Robbins Butte

It was a beautiful morning when 23 of us gathered at the picnic area at Robbins Butte at 8 a.m. for the bird walk. Phil Smith, the resident ranger for Arizona Game and Fish, led us on a nice 2 1/2 hour walk that saw 44 species. The attendees were Haylie Hewitt, Donna Smith, Barb Meding, Joe Ford, Richard & Karen Kaiser, Rosemary Zanter, Anne Durning, Jesse Cuilty, Cheri Laude, Joe Emmons, Carol Sharplin, Joyce Eggert, Darnell Kirksey, Bob McCormick, Gail Bonneville, Paul Soame, Martha Emmons, George Wall, Sharon & Les Sell and Jerry Theis. The following birds were seen or heard both on the walk and at other times during the picnic. They were: Gambel’s Quail, Northern Harrier, Northern Goshawk, Red-tailed Hawk, American Kestrel, Eurasian Collared Dove, Mourning Dove, Greater Roadrunner, Barn Owl, Great Horned Owl, Gila Woodpecker, Red-naped Sapsucker, Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Gilded Flicker, Black Phoebe, Say’s Phoebe, Loggerhead Shrike, Horned Lark, Verdin, Rock Wren, House Wren, Marsh Wren, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Black-tailed Gnatcatcher, Westerb Bluebird, American Robin, Phainopepla, Northern Mockingbird, Crissal Thrasher, Orange-crowned Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Abert’s Towhee, Sage Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Lincoln’s Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Red-winged Blackbird, Western Meadowlark, House Finch and House Sparrow.