Phoenix Area Residents Submit Cool Bird Photos

The images in this Phoenix Bird Photo Gallery were taken mostly in the Greater Phoenix area and submitted by local residents, or people who were visiting the area.

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Mockingbird

Small Mockingbird at Usery Park.

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Greylag Goose

© Heather Butcher, used with permission.

Greylag Goose at the Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch in Gilbert.

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Northern Mockingbird

Northern mockingbird at the Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch in Gilbert.

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Orange-crowned Warbler

Orange-crowned warbler at the Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch in Gilbert.

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Cinnamon Teal

Cinnamon Teal in the foreground with his mate not far behind him, taken at Saguaro Lake.

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Mallard Duck

A male Mallard preening himself at the Saguaro Lake Marina.

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Mallard Ducks

Two pair of Mallard Ducks cruising in the water at Gilbert Water Ranch.

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Adult Verdin

An Adult Verdin perched in the Nicotiana in Apache Junction.

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Verdin Juvenile

Juvenile Verdin — Tiffany Hawkins, used with permission

A Verdin juvenile perched in the sunflowers, taken in Apache Junction.

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Phainopepla

Female Phainopepla, taken at Lost Dutchman State Park.

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Male Phainopepla

Male Phainopepla in Gold Canyon.

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Pied-billed Grebe

Pied-billed Grebe at Saguaro Lake.

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Green-Winged Teal

A male Green-Winged Teal at Gilbert Water Ranch.

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American Coot

An American Coot at Saguaro Lake.

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Black-Throated Sparrow

Black-Throated Sparrow, photographed in Gold Canyon.

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Bendire's Thrasher

Bendire's Thrasher, photographed in Lost Dutchman State Park.

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White-Winged Dove

White-Winged Dove in Apache Junction.

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Abert's Towhee

A pair of Abert's Towhees, photographed at Gilbert Water Ranch.

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Costa's Hummingbird

A male Costa's after a springtime rain in Apache Junction.

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Black Phoebe

A Black Phoebe preening in a tree at Gilbert Water Ranch.

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Black Phoebe

Black Phoebe, at Saguaro Lake's Marina.

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Gila Woodpecker

From the photographer: "Here's a picture my wife shot one morning of a Gila Woodpecker... with our new DSLR camara. This little guy was only about 2 feet off the ground hanging onto a piller on our back porch."

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Verdin

Verdin, taken in New River, Arizona.

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Hummingbird at Work

Hummingbird at Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix.

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Great Blue Heron at Saguaro Lake

Great Blue Heron at Saguaro Lake.

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Crested Ducks in Mesa

Crested Ducks at Red Mountain Park in Mesa, AZ.

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Snowy Egret in Gilbert

A playful Snowy Egret in Gilbert, Arizona.

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Green Heron

This Green Heron was photographed in Granada Park in Phoenix.

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Say's Phoebe

Say's Phoebe, photographed at the Gilbert Riparian Preserve in Gilbert, Arizona.

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Lesser Yellowlegs

Lesser Yellowlegs, at the Gilbert Riparian Preserve in Gilbert, Arizona.

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White Heron and Blue Heron

Photographed at the Gilbert Riparian Preserve in Gilbert, Arizona.

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Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron in flight, at the Gilbert Riparian Preserve in Gilbert, Arizona.

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White Heron

White Heron with fish, at the Gilbert Riparian Preserve in Gilbert, Arizona.

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Black-necked Stilt

Black-necked Stilt, at the Gilbert Riparian Preserve in Gilbert, Arizona.

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Cormorant

Cormorant, at the Gilbert Riparian Preserve in Gilbert, Arizona.

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Verdin

Verdin at the Gilbert Riparian Preserve in Gilbert, Arizona.

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Abert's Towhee

Abert's Towhee seen in Chandler, Arizona.

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Cactus Wren

Arizona's State Bird, the cactus wren, near Wikieup, AZ.

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Fuertes Red Tailed Hawk

From the photographer: "Fuertes Red Tailed Hawk on my neighbor's two story house. He was over 2 feet tall." Photo taken at Cinnabar Canyon in Phoenix.

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Northern Cardinal

This Northern Cardinal was seen in St. David, Arizona. That's in Cochise County, not far from Benson.

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Greater Roadrunner

The Greater Roadrunner was photographed in St. David, Arizona with a Cannon PowerShot S3 camera.

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Muscovy Duck in Tempe

Muscovy Duck at the ASU Research Park in Tempe, Arizona.

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Chinese Goose

Chinese Goose at the ASU Research Park in Tempe, Arizona.

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Chinese Geese

Chinese Geese at the ASU Research Park in Tempe, Arizona.

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Gambel's Quail

From the photographer: "Thought you'd like to see this quail on top of my trash can in Mesa. There seem to be a lot of quail couples out and about this spring."

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Swan

This swan picture was taken in downtown Scottsdale at the Scottsdale Civic Center Mall.

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Red-winged Blackbird

Red-winged Blackbird in a wheat field outside Maricopa, Arizona.

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Great Blue Heron

Close-up of a Great Blue Heron in Maricopa, Arizona.

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Phainopepla

This male phainopepla was seen along the Verde River near Bartlett Lake, north of Phoenix.

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Ring-necked Duck

This photo of a male ring-necked duck was taken at the Water Ranch Riparian Preserve in Gilbert.

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Black Mallard

From the photographer: "I'd never heard of, nor seen, a black mallard before. This female black mallard at Riverview Park in Mesa had three ducklings - two of which were light-colored, and one which was black like herself!"

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Black-necked Stilts

Black-necked stilts at the Water Ranch Riparian Preserve in Gilbert.

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Roadrunner

From the photographer: "We found our resident Roadrunner dealing with a giant centipede in the back yard of our home."

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Neotropic Cormorant

Neotropic Cormorant at Western Skies Golf Club in Gilbert, Arizona.

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American Kestrel

From the photographer: This awesome bird, an American Kestrel, came to our Phoenix backyard for a short visit September 22, 2010. She posed patiently while I took her picture. We live in the North Central Phoenix area near Northern Avenue and 7th Avenue.