Bird Watching
American Bald Eagles nest to the right of the picture.
Bird watching is seasonal for the different types, so keep your eyes open.
A hawk flying along the cliff edge
looks for breakfast.
Looking down from the eagle's nest.
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Some of the wonderful birds to be found arriving in
the area in the spring. |
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| Mexican Chickadee Bronzed Cowbird Brown-headed Cowbird Brown Creeper Bushtit Mourning Dove White-winged Dove Peregrine Falcon House Finch Northern Flicker Ash-throated Flycatcher Brown-crested Flycatcher Dusky-capped Flycatcher Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Western Flycatcher Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Northern Goshawk Black-Headed Grosbeak Cooper's Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Zone-tailed Hawk Berylline Hummingbird -- rare Black-chinned Hummingbird Blue-throated Hummingbird Broad-billed Hummingbird -- rare Broad-tailed Hummingbird |
Magnificent Hummingbird Violet-crowned Hummingbird - rare White-eared Hummingbird - rare Mexican Jay Steller's Jay Cassin's Kingbird Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch Hooded Oriole Scott's Oriole Elf Owl Flammulated Owl Great Horned Owl Northern Pygmy Owl Spotted Owl Whiskered Screech Owl Greater Pewee Western Wood Pewee Black Phoebe Say's Phoebe Band-tailed Pigeon Montezuma Quail -- hard to find Common Raven Painted Redstart American Robin Violet-green Swallow |
White-throated Swift Hepatic Tanager Western Tanager Bridled Titmouse Curve-billed Thrasher Hermit Thrush Canyon Towhee Spotted Towhee Eared Trogon -- very rare Elegant Trogon Turkey Vulture Hutton's Vireo Solitary Vireo Warbling Vireo Black-throated Gray Warbler Grace's Warbler Lucy's Warbler Red-faced Warbler Virginia's Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Whip-Poor-Will Acorn Woodpecker Strickland's Woodpecker Bewick's Wren Canyon Wren House Wren |
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Some other species that have occurred in the summer: Aztec Thrush, Flame-colored Tanager, Hooded Warbler, Black-and-White Warbler... be sure and tell us of any you spot that AREN'T on the list and where you saw them. |
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And here's some recent reports:
| DATE | TIME | BIRD | M/F | ACTIVITY | OBSERVER |
| 02/06/06 | 3:30 AM | Bald Eagle | ? | Perched in Cottonwood | Darlene Brinkerhoff |
| 05/12/06 | 9:16 AM | Great Tailed Grackles | M/F | Both partners stealing dog food | Darlene Brinkerhoff |
| 05/12/06 | 9:30 AM | White Breasted Nuthatch | ? | Pecking into tree bark | Darlene Brinkerhoff |
| 05/12/06 | 9:54 AM | Mallard Ducks | M/F | Swimming, nesting | Darlene Brinkerhoff |
| 05/12/06 | 10:00 AM | Mourning Doves | ? | Flying and calling | Darlene Brinkerhoff |
| 05/13/06 | 8:59 AM | Road Runner | ? | Running around gate entrance | Darlene Brinkerhoff |
| 05/13/06 | 9:30 AM | Scrub Jay | ? | Standing in Fruit Tree | Darlene Brinkerhoff |
| 05/13/06 | all day | Turkey Vultures | ? | Soaring for Prey | Darlene Brinkerhoff |
| 05/13/06 | morning | Robins | ? | Eating off the ground | Darlene Brinkerhoff |
| 05/14/06 | 11:40 AM | Blackheaded Grosbeak | M/F | Drinking from ground watering and perched | Darlene Brinkerhoff |
| 05/14/06 | 11:52 AM | Redwing Blackbird | M/F | Standing in Marsh area cattails | Darlene Brinkerhoff |
| 05/14/06 | 12:01 PM | Common Raven | ? | Perched in trees, calling, soaring | Darlene Brinkerhoff |
| 05/14/06 | 12:25 PM | Blackchinned Hummer | M/F | Drinking from feeder | Darlene Brinkerhoff |
| 05/14/06 | 12:46 PM | House Finch | M | Drinking from tree water | Darlene Brinkerhoff |
| 05/14/06 | 5:22 PM | Killdeer | ? | Distraction display from nest | Darlene Brinkerhoff |
| 05/14/06 | morning | Brown Creeper | ? | Pecking in tree | Darlene Brinkerhoff |
| 05/15/06 | 2:10 PM | Bullocks Oriole | M | Perched in Aspen Tree | Darlene Brinkerhoff |
| 05/16/06 | 9:42 AM | Canyon Wren | ? | Calling | Darlene Brinkerhoff |
| 05/16/06 | 10:40 AM | Red Phalarope *** | F | Mottled back, rust chest, yellowbill, wh. eyepatch |
D. Brinkerhoff & Geri Hartman |
| 05/16/06 | 10:44 AM | Western Kingbird | M/F | Perched, nesting w/young, chasing grackle away | D. Brinkerhoff |
| 06/03/06 | 1:00 AM | Says Phoebe | ? | Perched on fence | Jo Ann Weldon |
| 06/04/06 | 5:00 PM | Western Tanager | M | Out kitchen window in Cottonwood Tree | Darlene Brinkerhoff |
| 06/05/06 | 9:47 AM | Northern Mockingbird | ? | Flying and Perched | Darlene Brinkerhoff |
| 06/05/06 | 10:00 AM | Hairy Woodpecker | F | Pecking holes in Cottonwood Tree | Darlene Brinkerhoff |
| 06/05/06 | 11:20 AM | Roadrunner | ? | Walking through yard, popping tail & head crest | Darlene Brinkerhoff |
| 06/05/06 | 6:25 PM | Night Hawks | ? | Flying over lake | Darlene Brinkerhoff |
| 06/05/06 | 6:38 PM | American Coots | ? | Swimming near shorelines of lake | Darlene Brinkerhoff |
| 06/06/06 | 8:56 AM | Olive Sided Flycatcher | Adult | Sitting on fence towards prairie | Darlene Brinkerhoff |
| 06/07/06 | 7:58 AM | Brewers Blackbird | M/F | Eating popcorn, bathing in irrigation, preening | Darlene Brinkerhoff |
| 7/30/06 | 1:10 PM | Great Blue Heron | ? | Flying off from Lake | Darlene Brinkerhoff |
| 7/30/06 | 1:16 PM | Phainopepla | M | Perched in tree near gate. | Darlene Brinkerhoff |
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