Birding by Bike

[ERT - Mike Breiding]

Greetings, Bike People!
Spring has sprung in the Sonoran desert. This morning I took the opportunity to enjoy a 20 mile bike ride on the Santa Cruz River Greenway section of The Loop. 

There were a lot of spring wildflowers in bloom along the bikeway and also a good bit of bird activity.  I either saw or heard 19 species which are listed below.

 1. Roadrunner (4)
 2. Flycatcher, Vermilion (2)
 3. Hawk, Red-Tailed
 4. Hawk, Coopers
 5. Dove, Mourning
 6. Dove, Eurasian collared
 7. Wren, Cactus
 8. Heron, Great-blue
 9. Thrasher, Curve-billed
10. Sparrow, Black-throated
11. Finch, House
12. Hummingbird, Anna's
13. Mockingbird
14. Phoebe, Say's 
15. Grackle, Great-tailed 
16. Goldfinch, Lesser 
17. Phainopepla 
18. Cardinal
19. Swallow, Rough-winged

Links:

• My 20 mile route
• Pipe Art
• "The Loop" map
• Art on The Loop

My thanks to Bill Foster, Laurel Klein and Kelley Williams for keeping me in the saddle.

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Mike Breiding
www.EpicRoadTrips.us

[Steven Knudsen]

Mike,

   Can I put the list and map in the newsletter? This is an amazing haul of views.

Steve

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[Marilyn Newcome]

Sounds like a great ride. Lucky you. Will you please bring back some warm weather with you?

Marilyn

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[jstabler1]

Different sort of road kill here in AZ. 93 degrees here yesterday brought out the rattlers.

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