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Welcome to the Birder's Bulletin where you can find out how the Spirit Tree Inn will enhance your Arizona birding experience. Not only can you take advantage of our 52 private acres, but your Arizona birdwatching adventure can extend to the nearby Coronado National Forest and the highly esteemed Nature Conservancy's near Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve. With our ideal location, your bird watching vacation will be like no other. You will have the opportunity to see 300 unique species of bird, some of which may include the gray hawk, green kingfisher, thick-billed kingbird, northern beardless-tyrannulet, violet-crowned hummingbird, and rose-throated becard. Below you will find what some of our guests have to say about our birding area:

"We spent 4 nights here while doing extensive bird-watching. We saw about 80 species in the area and our trip was made even more wonderful by the warm environment at Spirit Tree Inn. We stayed in the casita, which suited us perfectly. The breakfasts were phenomenal - and set us up just right for our days' efforts. We'll be recommending the place to our friends and other birders in Vermont!"
-Leslie S. & Marve K.
Jericho, VT

"We had a wonderful time here - we visited the Creek preserve and Patagonia Lake and saw lots of new birds. There are so many places we'd like to visit around here, and we loved staying at the Spirit Tree. Many Thanks. I hope we'll be back."
-Michael B., Gloria B.
and Natasha B.

"Our vacation and accommodations exceeded all of our expectations. What a quiet, relaxing, homey place - with nesting elf owls to boot! Vermillion flycatchers, lazuli bunting, grey-tailed hawks were the highlights of our stay - awesome breakfasts with lots of hot coffee!"
-Ann & Greg S.
Clam Lake, WI

PS - white helmeted guineafowl - a new life bird!

Birds seen on the Spirit Tree Inn B & B property and close by spots in early January 2008 by BN.

Canyon towhee Pyrrhuloxia House finch Chipping sparrow White-crowned sparrow

Northern mocking bird Gila woodpecker Curve-billed thresher Says Phoebe

Yellow-rumped warbler Acorn woodpecker Ladder-backed woodpecker Bewicks wren

Northern cardinal American kestrel Red shattered flicker Red-tailed hawk

Hermit thrush Dark-eyed Juca Common raven Orange-crowned warbler Black Phoebe

Mexican Jay Western Screech owl White-breasted nuthatch

WEEKLY BIRD LIST of The Nature Conservancy's Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve
(and nearby areas)
Prepared May 30, 2003 by Matthew Brown, The Patagonia Birding & Butterfly Co. (520) 604-6300