The Sonoita Peep-Squeaks (7 team members, ages 4 to 13) hit the trails for this year's Tucson Audubon's Birdathon fundraiser.  Thanks to Marcia Grand for the exciting pledge challenges listed below under "pledges". The Peeps hit all the Special Pledge challenge finds!! See all the species listed below. As always, we thank everyone and most especially the Peeps, their Team Leaders, and the team moms and dads for their excellent efforts in getting the job done!!

1. Elf Owl
2. Western Screech (or Whiskered?) Owl
3. Northern Pygmy Owl
4. Great-Horned Owl
5. Acorn Woodpecker
6. Arizona Woodpecker
7. Common Raven
8. Chihahua Raven 
9. Gray Hawk
10. Red-tailed Hawk
11. Swainson's Hawk
12. Vermilion Flycatcher
13. Say's Phoebe
14. Black Phoebe
15. Gambel's Quail
16. Scaled Quail
17. Wild Turkey
18. Snowy Egret
19. Eurasian-collared Dove
20. Mourning Dove
21. White-tipped Dove
22. Inca Dove
23. White-throated Swift
24. Anna's Hummingbird
25. Broad-tailed Hummingbird
26. Costa's Hummingbird
27. Northern Beardless Tyrannulet
28. Brown-crested Flycatcher
29. White-crowned Sparrow
30. Lazuli Bunting
31. Pigeon
32. House Finch
33. Killdeer
34. Turkey Vulture
35. Black Vulture
36. Brewer's Blackbird
37. Yellow-headed Blackbird
38. Brown-headed Cowbird
39. Evening Grosbeak
40. Verdin
41. Curve-billed Thrasher
42. Canyon Towhee
43. Abert's Towhee
44. Double-crested Cormorant
45. Pyrrhuloxia
46. Barn Swallow
47. Mexican Duck
48. Broad-billed Hummingbird
49. Rufous Hummingbird
50. Rivoli's Hummingbird
51. Violet-crowned Hummingbird
52. Black-chinned Hummingbird
53. Lesser Goldfinch
54. American Goldfinch
55. Grackle
56. Yellow-rumped Warbler
57. Great Blue Heron
58. Zone-tailed Hawk
59. Gila Woodpecker
60. Lucy's Warbler
61. Western Meadowlark
62. Lark Sparrow
63. Lesser Scaup
64. Horned Lark
65. Tropical Kingbird
66. Western Kingbird
67. Cassin's Kingbird
68. Western Tanager
69. Summer Tanager
70. Bullock's oriole
71. Hooded Oriole 
72. White-winged Dove
73. Gray Hawk
74. Steller's Jay
75. Spotted Towhee
76. Scott's Oriole
77. Mexican Jay
78. Painted Redstart
79. Black-throated Gray Warbler
80. Grace's Warbler
81. Ash-throated Flycatcher
82. Dusky-capped Flycatcher
83. American Robin
84. Elegant Trogon
85. American Coot
86. Phainopepla
87. Spotted Sandpipers
88. Bridled Titmouse
89. Cardinal
90. Barn Owl
91. Roadrunner
92. Montezuma Quail
93. Red-winged Blackbird
94. Crested Caracara
95. Canyon Wren
96. Northern Flicker
97. Common Poorwill
98. Plumbeous Vireo
99. Warbling Vireo
100. Violet-Green Swallow
101. White-breasted Nuthatch
102. Bewick's Wren
103. Swainson's Thrush
104. House Sparrow
105. Black-throated Sparrow
106. Song Sparrow
107. Yellow-breasted Chat
108. Bronzed Cowbird
109. Yellow Warbler
110. Wilson's Warbler
111. Hepatic Tanger
112. Black-headed Grosbeak
113. Pyrrhuloxia

Rattler: 2

1.  Max, Audrey, and Axel spotted 2 Diamond-back Rattlesnakes, probably emerging from their den (a gravesite?) now that weather is warming. 

Tiny Owls: 3

1. Elf Owl
2. Screech Owl (Western or Whiskered) 
3. Northern Pigmy Owl

Frogs: 3

1. American Bullfrog
2. Chiricahua Leopard Frog
3. Canyon Tree Frog

Large Lizard: 1

1. Desert Iguana

Mammals: 4

1. Mule Deer
2. Bobcat
3. Coyote
4. Skunk

Active Nest:

1. Common Raven
2. Barn Swallow
3. Killdeer
4. Eurasian-collared Dove
5. House Sparrow
6. American Kestrel
7. Curve-billed Thrasher
8. Broad-billed Hummingbird
9. Golden Eagle
10. Red-tailed Nest (with chicks)
11. Gila Woodpecker
12. Northern Flicker

Saguaro with Active Nest: 

1. Crested Caracara
2. Red-tailed Hawk

Any 5 Hummingbirds:

1.  Broad-billed
2.  Rufous 
3.  Black-chinned 
4.  Rivoli's
5.  Violet-crowned

Mountain Lion: 1  after spotting tracks we were able to find it on the trail cam. 

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Pledges:

• Marcia Grand: $10/species; $100 for a rattler; $150 for 3 species Tiny Owls; $100 for 3 species frogs; $150 for a Large Lizard like a Gila Monster, Desert Iguana, Chuckwalla, etc; $150 for any 3 – javelina, coyote, bobcat, racoon, jackrabbit, skunk, deer, coatimundi; $10 for each working nest; $150 for one saguaro with an active nest in it; $150 for any 5 hummingbirds; $250 for mountain lion.