Red Rock Arizona is in Pinal County, located off the I-10 between Picacho and Marana. There is a feedlot two miles east of town that sometimes hosts rare doves and other birds. Twice I’ve visited here. Each time, I was returning home after photo expeditions in southern Arizona. My first visit was in late fall (2008-11-29), and I passed by again in the jaws of summer (2013-08-29).
Cattle feedlots are not the most pleasant places to meet birds. They smell bad and there is little ‘natural’ about them. But the feed for the livestock can attract seed-eating birds, and the flying bugs that hang out in the manure attract insect eaters.
I had seen reports of Ruddy Doves at this feedlot in the past and the faint hope of meeting this species lured me in for a visit. Alas, in this quest, I failed. Even so, I found the time spent with the avian community here was worthwhile.
The birds I met here during the brief time I spent on each visit were White-Winged Dove, Yellow-Headed Blackbird, Killdeer, Brown-Headed Cowbird, and Eurasian Collared-Dove.
White-Winged Dove(Zenaida asiatica) |
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Description: Near the feed lot outside of Red Rock, Arizona 2013-08-29. |
Date Taken: 2013:08:29 14:49 |
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Location:
Red Rock |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: D3X2493-WhiteWingedDove |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
White-Winged Dove(Zenaida asiatica) |
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Description: Near the feed lot outside of Red Rock, Arizona 2013-08-29. |
Date Taken: 2013:08:29 15:06 |
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Location:
Red Rock |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: D3X2497-WhiteWingedDove |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
White-Winged Dove(Zenaida asiatica) |
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Description: Near the feed lot outside of Red Rock, Arizona 2013-08-29. |
Date Taken: 2013:08:29 15:06 |
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Location:
Red Rock |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: D3X2498-WhiteWingedDove |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
White-Winged Dove(Zenaida asiatica) |
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Description: Near the feed lot outside of Red Rock, Arizona 2013-08-29. |
Date Taken: 2013:08:29 15:09 |
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Location:
Red Rock |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: D3X2500-WhiteWingedDove |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Yellow-Headed Blackbird(Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) |
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Description: Near the feed lot outside of Red Rock, Arizona 2013-08-29. |
Date Taken: 2013:08:29 15:18 |
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Location:
Red Rock |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: D3X2510-YellowHeadedBlackBird |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Killdeer(Charadrius vociferus) |
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Description: Near the feed lot outside of Red Rock, Arizona 2013-08-29. |
Date Taken: 2013:08:29 15:19 |
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Location:
Red Rock |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/3200 |
File Name: D3X2519-Killdeer |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Brown-Headed Cowbird(Molothrus ater) |
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Description: Near the feed lot outside of Red Rock, Arizona 2013-08-29. |
Date Taken: 2013:08:29 15:27 |
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Location:
Red Rock |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: D3X2525-BrownHeadedCowBird-Juvenile |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Yellow-Headed Blackbird(Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) |
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Description: This feedlot in Red Rock Arizona has hosted some rare doves and sometimes other birds. Pinal County Arizona USA 2008-11-29. |
Date Taken: 2008:11:29 13:11 |
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Location:
Red Rock Feed Lot |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/640 |
File Name: jcd3039YellowHeadedBlackBird |
| © 2008 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Brown-Headed Cowbird(Molothrus ater) |
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Description: This feedlot in Red Rock Arizona has hosted some rare doves and sometimes other birds. Pinal County Arizona USA 2008-11-29. |
Date Taken: 2008:11:29 13:13 |
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Location:
Red Rock Feed Lot |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/350 |
File Name: jcd3049BrownHeadedCowBird |
| © 2008 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Eurasian Collared-Dove(Streptopelia decaocto) |
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Description: This feedlot in Red Rock Arizona has hosted some rare doves and sometimes other birds. Pinal County Arizona USA 2008-11-29. |
Date Taken: 2008:11:29 13:21 |
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Location:
Red Rock Feed Lot |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/1000 |
File Name: jcd3052EurasianCollaredDove |
| © 2008 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
White-Winged Dove(Zenaida asiatica) |
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Description: This feedlot in Red Rock Arizona has hosted some rare doves and sometimes other birds. Pinal County Arizona USA 2008-11-29. |
Date Taken: 2008:11:29 13:42 |
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Location:
Red Rock Feed Lot |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/800 |
File Name: jcd3061WhiteWingedDove |
| © 2008 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
White-Winged Dove(Zenaida asiatica) |
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Description: This feedlot in Red Rock Arizona has hosted some rare doves and sometimes other birds. Pinal County Arizona USA 2008-11-29. |
Date Taken: 2008:11:29 13:47 |
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Location:
Red Rock Feed Lot |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/1000 |
File Name: jcd3068WhiteWingedDove |
| © 2008 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
White-Winged Dove(Zenaida asiatica) |
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Description: This feedlot in Red Rock Arizona has hosted some rare doves and sometimes other birds. Pinal County Arizona USA 2008-11-29. |
Date Taken: 2008:11:29 13:48 |
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Location:
Red Rock Feed Lot |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/1250 |
File Name: jcd3083WhiteWingedDove |
| © 2008 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Eurasian Collared-Dove(Streptopelia decaocto) |
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Description: This feedlot in Red Rock Arizona has hosted some rare doves and sometimes other birds. Pinal County Arizona USA 2008-11-29. |
Date Taken: 2008:11:29 13:57 |
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Location:
Red Rock Feed Lot |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/1000 |
File Name: jcd3115EurasianCollaredDove |
| © 2008 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Eurasian Collared-Dove(Streptopelia decaocto) |
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Description: This feedlot in Red Rock Arizona has hosted some rare doves and sometimes other birds. Pinal County Arizona USA 2008-11-29. |
Date Taken: 2008:11:29 13:59 |
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Location:
Red Rock Feed Lot |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/1000 |
File Name: jcd3128EurasianCollaredDove |
| © 2008 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
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