Today – Jan. 02, 2012, six of us participated in the Audubon CBC in Camp Verde, AZ. In nearly eight hours we listed 50species for 1496 individual birds. These are photos of some of them.The day was warm and sunny and the entire area was rural/residential with the Verde River always within a half mile. Perhaps the most striking pattern to the day was the huge numbers of Canada Geese overhead. Ravens also were extremely common.

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American Pipit - we saw two large groups of thse on the ground.	Canada Goose	Northern Cardinal The male simply did not pose; neither did she.
Gila Woodpecker ; fairly solitary birds. very easy to find.	Ruby-crowned Kinglet	Says Phoes says it all.
Sharp-shinned Hawk	Sharp-shined Hawk	Vermillion-Flycatcher-Female
Vermillion-Flycatcher-Male; Tried for 5 years for a good photo; this is not it - yet.	Western Meadowlark	Too good to pass up.