White-nosed coati
(Nasua narica) hiking with me up Garden Canyon Road at Fort Huachuca, in Cochise County, Arizona.
Tag: Cochise County
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Cliff chipmunk (Neotamias dorsalis) at a Cave Creek Ranch birdfeeder, Portal, Arizona.
Open cone and seed of Mexican pinyon (Pinus cembroides) in the
Chiricahua Mountains near Portal, Arizona.
Yellow-eyed junco (Junco phaeonotus) at Sunny Flat, near Portal, Arizona.
Blue-throated mountain-gem hummingbird (Lampornis clemenciae), at a Cave Creek Ranch feeder.
In the Chiricahua Mountains near Portal, Arizona.
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Coues whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus couesi) at Cave Creek, near Portal, Arizona.
After deriding people for chasing after the eared quetzal for their birding lists, I went chasing after — the eared quetzal. This bird is a very rare visitor from the Sierra Madre mountains of Mexico. Every fifteen years or so it shows up in the madrean sky islands of southeastern Arizona. This year three of them have been spotted in the Chiricahua Mountains in Cochise County, and I saw two of them — a remarkable addition to my Big Week list.
Eared quetzal (Euptilotis neoxenus) at Cave Creek near Portal, Arizona.
Cathedral Rock, from Cave Creek Ranch, Portal, Arizona.
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