Himmel Park with Catherine Rosenberg

I look forward to another birding field trip at Himmel Park, 1000 N. Tucson Blvd. on Tuesday, March 4th at 8:00am. Himmel Park is located on the east side of Tucson Boulevard, half a block south of Speedway Boulevard. We will meet in front of the wildlife mural. You can’t miss it!

There are over one hundred unshaded parking spots – so plenty of parking at 8:00 am. Entry to the park is free. Himmel is open 6:00 am to 10:30 pm and there are bathrooms on site. The trip difficulty is easy. We walk mostly on grass. Himmel is about 25 acres, with lots of amenities. We will bird from 8:00 am to 9:30 or 10:00 am, depending on how the birds cooperate. At 10:00am please join me for hot mint tea and a homemade baked good, maybe brownies. Feel free to bring something to add to our morning picnic if you like.

We will look for: the two Great Horned Owls that live in or near the park (We’ll check for a nest in the big sycamore by the tennis courts), Harris, Red-tailed and Cooper’s Hawks, Kestrels, Vermillion Flycatchers, Gila and Ladder-backed Woodpeckers, Lark, Chipping and White-crowned Sparrows, Broad-billed, Anna’s and Costa’s Hummingbirds, Northern Flickers, maybe still some Western Bluebirds, Yellow-rumped Warblers (Audubon), Dark-eyed Juncos (near the library) and other common local species. On our last outing in Himmel in February we saw a single Chipping Sparrow and a Ruby-crowned kinglet (the kinglet is rarely seen in Himmel according to a local birder we ran into at Himmel.) We didn’t see signs of Spring birds on our walk in February. I hope we are surprised in March. It is always an adventure!

Leader: Catherine Rosenberg