Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus), Rio Salado, Maricopa County

Rusty Blackbird is a casual migrant and winter visitor to wet areas in southern Arizona. There are only about a dozen accepted records of the species in Arizona, with 9 of them having occurred before 1990. This bird was found at Rio Salado in Phoenix on 30 December 2007 by Troy Corman and photographed on 1 January 2008 by Harold Bond. Documentation has been submitted to the Arizona Bird Committee for this Review Species.

05 January 2008, photo by Oliver Niehuis

01 January 2008, photo by Harold Bond