Last bird and animal views from Tucson.....

Time to post the last of my bird and animal shots from vacation.  I have scenery shots I may post yet from Sabino Canyon and Mt. Lemon.  Also went to a really neat miniature museum, but that doesn't fit my blog very well.  It is hard to stay concentrated on a vacation once you are back home.

Not an exciting shot, but with a nice variety of birds.  A Black-necked Stilt standing near the water, several sleeping Shoveler Ducks, I think that smaller pair of ducks might be the Teals we saw elsewhere, and on the lower right a Killdeer or two.  These are all hanging around one of the large holding ponds of water from the treatment plant.  I've done some of my best birding at places that are connected to water treatment plants. 

Another shot of the stilt. 

 In the more tranquil ponds surrounded by cat tails in the wetland area, a pair of coots.  The water here is so nice and makes wonderful reflections of everything.

 A female duck cleaning up in front of a little bush/tree.

Snoozing 

Saw this lovely Flicker that was just dying to pose for me!  I love cooperative birds :-)  

After much studying of the head in the bird book, I finally had to decide it was the common  Red-shafted Flicker and not the Gilded Flicker, which I would have preferred.  The color on the head just doesn't seem to go back far enough and the under tail area was more reddish then yellow.

A gorgeous bird, no matter what Flicker it might be! 

Green-winged teal males 

Another....just liked the reflections on this and the one below. 

I believe this is the juvenile Moorhen? 

 Female Ruddy Duck

 Squirrel.....can't seem to find out for sure what kind.  

They have one called the Rock Squirrel, but I don't know if this is it or not.

The squirrels and bunnies are probably what the Bobcat was hoping to find. 

Shoveler male doing some preening. 

Saw the Sora one last time! 

 It is really small.  It went swimming across the water and I almost didn't get its photo.

 Good old Starling.

A turtle! 

 Made me feel right at home.  The turtles here are probably still hiding in the mud wishing spring would come. 

White-crowned Sparrow?