{"id":1096,"date":"2013-05-13T19:51:19","date_gmt":"2013-05-13T19:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aziba.org\/?page_id=1096"},"modified":"2016-05-13T13:54:50","modified_gmt":"2016-05-13T20:54:50","slug":"sites-of-conservation-significance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aziba.org\/?page_id=1096","title":{"rendered":"Sites of Conservation Significance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sites of Conservation Significance<\/h1>\n

\"Maricopa<\/p>\n

The Arizona Important Bird Areas program looks at many areas and considers them for IBA status. While many of the areas we look at are formally proposed to our Science Committee and approved, some sites just don\u2019t meet all the requirements and are not formally proposed. This is usually due to the small size or ephemeral nature of these sites. However, many of these sites are still very significant habitat for native birds and we would like to still recognize the contribution these areas make.<\/p>\n

What we have decided to do is create a separate status that the Arizona IBA program can award for such areas; Sites of Conservation Significance.<\/p>\n

Maricopa Burrowing Owl Haven<\/h2>\n

This is private land in Maricopa surrounded by Agriculture land. Doug Loney, the owner had put a good deal of effort into establishing this area as wildlife habitat with lush vegetation. As a result he gets lots of birds on his property including Burrowing Owls.<\/p>\n

Here is an eBird Checklist from a Tucson Audubon field trip to this property, we saw 10 different Burrowing Owls!<\/p>\n

\"Maricopa<\/a>

Doug Loney<\/p><\/div>\n

eBird Checklist<\/strong><\/p>\n

Burrowing Owl Haven – Doug Loney’s Property, Pinal County, Arizona, US<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tue Apr 16, 2013 6:21 AM<\/strong><\/p>\n

Comments: Tucson Audubon Field Trip to Doug Loney’s property – Maricopa Burrowing Owls
\nSubmitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.5.2<\/p>\n

26 species total<\/strong><\/p>\n

7 \u00a0Gambel’s Quail<\/p>\n

1 \u00a0Black Vulture<\/p>\n

4 \u00a0Turkey Vulture<\/p>\n

10\u00a0 Eurasian Collared-Dove<\/p>\n

20\u00a0 White-winged Dove<\/p>\n

7\u00a0 Mourning Dove<\/p>\n

1\u00a0 Greater Roadrunner<\/p>\n

10\u00a0 Burrowing Owl<\/p>\n

1\u00a0 Black-chinned Hummingbird<\/p>\n

1\u00a0 Broad-billed Hummingbird<\/p>\n

\"Maricopa<\/a>

The Adjacent field where many Burrowing Owls can be found<\/p><\/div>\n

3\u00a0 Common Raven<\/p>\n

4\u00a0 Barn Swallow<\/p>\n

3\u00a0 Verdin<\/p>\n

2\u00a0 Northern Mockingbird<\/p>\n

2\u00a0 Curve-billed Thrasher<\/p>\n

1\u00a0 European Starling<\/p>\n

1\u00a0 Yellow-rumped Warbler<\/p>\n

50\u00a0 Brewer’s Sparrow (breweri)<\/p>\n

5\u00a0 Lark Sparrow<\/p>\n

4\u00a0 White-crowned Sparrow\"Maricopa<\/a><\/p>\n

1\u00a0 Black-headed Grosbeak<\/p>\n

10\u00a0 Red-winged Blackbird<\/p>\n

1\u00a0 Brown-headed Cowbird<\/p>\n

1\u00a0 Hooded Oriole<\/p>\n

3\u00a0 House Finch<\/p>\n

25\u00a0 House Sparrow<\/p>\n

Birders are invited to visit Doug\u2019s property and see Burrowing Owls \u00a0but it is asked that you call first<\/span>, his number is (520) 233-7564<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Directions to Doug\u2019s Land:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I-10 to the I-8, go west. Make a right on Stanfield Road (after Mile marker 162) go 2 -3 miles. The first stop sign is Highway 84, make a left. Go to 347 (Also called N John Wayne Rd) and make a right. After about \u00be mile there should be tanks on the NE corner and TWO roads marked Carefree with a dirt strip between them. You want the one on the LEFT. Then go about \u00bd mile and his house is on the left surrounded by lots of trees.<\/p>\n

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Sites of Conservation Significance The Arizona Important Bird Areas program looks at many areas and considers them for IBA status. While many of the areas we look at are formally proposed to our Science Committee and approved, some sites just don\u2019t meet all the requirements and are not formally proposed. This is usually due to … <\/p>\n

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