Species # of days/Max count Red-throated Loon *see notes Gavia stellata 1/1 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps 1/3 Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 3/40 Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis 3/5 Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii 1/1 American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos 2/10 Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus 2/6 Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus 2/2 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias 3/7 Snowy Egret Egretta thula 3/6 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea 1/1 Green Heron Butorides virescens 2/2 Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 1/1 White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi 3/12 Green-winged Teal Anas crecca 1/12 Mallard * inc Mexican form Anas platyrhynchos 5/8 Blue-winged Teal Anas discors 2/12 Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera 4/8 Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata 5/40 Gadwall Anas strepera 2/20 American Wigeon Anas americana 1/1 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola 1/1 Common Merganser Mergus merganser 1/5 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 3/100 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura 7/30 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 3/6 Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus 4/2 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus 2/1 Common Black-Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus 1/1 Harris's Hawk * nest Parabuteo unicinctus 1/4 Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni 5/20 Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus 2/1 Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis 6/6 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 2/2 American Kestrel Falco sparverius 5/12 Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 2/1 Wild Turkey * domestic/intro? Meleagris gallopavo 2/5 Scaled Quail Callipepla squamata 4/12 Gambel's Quail Callipepla gambelii 2/12 American Coot Fulica americana 3/100 Snowy Plover Charadrius alexandrinus 1/13 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus 1/1 Killdeer * with young Charadrius vociferus 6/10 Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus 6/4 American Avocet Recurvirostra americana 6/10 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca 2/2 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria 1/1 Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus 3/5 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia 5/8 Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa 2/3 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla 1/1 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri 4/50 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla 4/9 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 3/5 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 2/1 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor 1/40 Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan 2/40 Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia 2/1 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 4/16 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 1/1 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri 2/15 Rock Dove Columba livia 7/20 White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica 6/12 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 7/20 Inca Dove Columbina inca 3/2 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus 1/1 Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus 3/2 Burrowing Owl Speotyto cunicularia 1/1 Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis 3/8 White-throated Swift * Texas Aeronautes saxatalis 1/1 Black-chinned Hummingbird *n Archilochus alexandri 3/5 Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon 1/1 Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus 1/1 Gila Woodpecker Melanerpes uropygialis 2/2 Ladder-backed Woodpecker Picoides scalaris 4/2 Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus 1/1 Strickland's Woodpecker Picoides stricklandi 1/1 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus 2/4 Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri 1/1 Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya 3/6 Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus 2/4 Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens 5/10 Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans 3/12 Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis 7/20 Horned Lark * carrying food Eremophila alpestris 6/4 Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina 2/100 Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis 1/6 Bank Swallow Riparia riparia 1/2 Cliff Swallow Hirundo pyrrhonota 4/100 Cave Swallow Hirundo fulva 1/12 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 6/20 Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri 1/1 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 3/2 Western Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma californica 1/1 Mexican Jay Aphelocoma ultramarina 1/12 Chihuahuan Raven * nest Corvus cryptoleucus 5/20 Common Raven Corvus corax 1/2 Bridled Titmouse Parus wollweberi 1/4 Bushtit * sev at ? nest Psaltriparus minimus 1/6 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis 1/1 Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea 1/2 Cactus Wren * nest Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus 3/1 Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus 1/1 Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii 3/6 Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris 1/2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula 3/10 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea 1/1 Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides 1/7 Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi 1/1 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus 1/1 American Robin Turdus migratorius 3/5 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos 6/12 Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus 2/6 Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum 1/2 Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre 1/4 Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus 6/12 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 7/20 Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii 1/1 Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus 1/1 Tennessee Warbler Vermivora peregrina 1/1 Orange-crowned Warbler Vermivora celata 1/1 Lucy's Warbler Vermivora luciae 1/1 Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia 4/2 Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata 4/21 Black-throated Gray Warbler Dendroica nigrescens 1/1 Townsend's Warbler Dendroica townsendi 1/1 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia 1/1 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas 2/3 Wilson's Warbler Wilsonia pusilla 5/12 Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens 1/2 Summer Tanager Piranga rubra 2/8 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 2/4 Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus 4/4 Blue Grosbeak Guiraca caerulea 1/1 Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus 1/3 Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus 1/2 Canyon Towhee Pipilo fuscus 1/4 Abert's Towhee Pipilo aberti 1/3 Cassin's Sparrow Aimophila cassinii 2/12 Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina 2/12 Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri 6/25 Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus 4/3 Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus 3/12 Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata 4/20 Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys 2/100 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis 1/1 Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii 1/1 Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana 1/2 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys 6/25 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 1/5 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 6/12 Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna 4/12 Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta 2/4 Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus 2/6 Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus 6/40 Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus 7/20 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater 3/20 Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockii 4/6 Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum 3/2 Cassin's Finch Carpodacus cassinii 1/20 House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus 7/20 Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus 3/40 Lesser Goldfinch Carduelis psaltria 2/10 American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis 1/2 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 7/20
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