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2006 ARIZONA BIG DAYS
From December 2005 to November 2006, we attempted to break the Arizona Big Day
records for every month of the year - all 12 records in a row. Crazy? Of course.
Successful? Almost! We broke every month's record except for August. Note: we took our information on these records from the
ABA's Big Day Reports,
so there may be unpublished records (perhaps surpassing ours) of which we are unaware.
| December 4, 2005 | highlights - report |
| No. of species: 137 Areas covered: Sweetwater Wetlands, Ruby Road, Nogales, Kino Springs, Patagonia Lake State Park, Whitewater Draw, Sulphur Springs Valley, Pinery Canyon | |
| January 28, 2006 | highlights - report |
| No. of species: 150 Areas covered: Reid Park, Sweetwater Wetlands, McCormick Ranch, Red Mountain Park, Gilbert Water Ranch, Santa Cruz Flats, Pinal Airpark Pecan Grove, Mount Lemmon | |
| February 26, 2006 | highlights - report |
| No. of species: 164 Areas covered: Mount Lemmon, Sonoita area, Patagonia Lake State Park, Santa Cruz River in Tucson, Santa Cruz Flats | |
| March 25, 2006 | highlights - report |
| No. of species: 162 Areas covered: Carr Canyon, Patagonia Lake State Park, Kino Springs, Tubac, Santa Cruz Flats | |
| April 29, 2006 | highlights - report |
| No. of species: 192 Areas covered: Tucson vicinity, Carr Canyon (Huachuca Mts), Sonoita area, Patagonia vicinity, Patagonia Lake State Park, Kino Springs, Rio Rico, Avra Valley WWTP, Sweetwater Wetlands, Mount Lemmon | |
| May 7, 2006 | highlights - report |
| No. of species: 189 Areas covered: Tucson vicinity, Madera Canyon, Amado Sewage Pond, Rio Rico, Kino Springs, Patagonia Lake State Park, Patagonia Area, Sonoita area, Carr Canyon (Huachuca Mts), Avra Valley WWTP, Sweetwater Wetlands, Mount Lemmon | |
| June 17, 2006 | highlights - report |
| No. of species:
171 Areas covered: Santa Catalina Mountains, Madera Canyon, Rio Rico Pond, Patagonia area, Carr Canyon, Miller Canyon, Willcox | |
| July 2006 | highlights - report |
| Report in progress. | |
| August 12, 2006 | highlights - report |
| No. of species:
184 Areas covered: Chiricahua Mountains, Lake Cochise, Benson Sewage Ponds, Beatty's Miller Canyon Guest Houses, Marion Paton's yard, Patagonia Lake State Park, Kino Springs, Rio Rico, Avra Valley Wastewater Treatment Plant | |
| September 2006 | highlights - report |
| No. of species:
161 Areas covered: report in progress | |
| October 2006 | highlights - report |
| No. of species:
149 Areas covered: report in progress | |
| November 2006 | highlights - report |
| No. of species:
137 Areas covered: Gilbert Water Ranch, Casa Grande Sewage Ponds, Santa Cruz Flats, Sweetwater Wetland, Madera Canyon | |