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Our birdng class took a field trip to White Water Wash in the Sulfur Springs Valley (Cochse County, AZ). The weather was cold and snowy this day (1/23/10).

Mt. Graham....

Chiricahuas.....

White Water Creek Wildlife viewing area....

Merganzer....

Killdeer....

Roadrunner....

Ducks in flight.....

Coot....

Great Horned Owl....

Sandhill Cranes....

On the second weekend of class we visited the Discovery park nature preserve where we saw several ducks and 2 owls...We also saw a pair of Harris Hawks hunting low to the brush.

After calling in a tow truck to get one of the vans unstuck from the mud, we headed over to Roper Lake and saw....Yep....Several ducks and two owls. We also saw a cattle egret and what I think was a Northern Harrier (hawk).

Great Horned Owls....

Domesticated Mallard Ducks....

American Coots....

Killdeer!!! Almost in focus!!!!