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SPRING BIRD LIST
Sightings From April 9th thru April 14, 2005
This April, when the folks from the Bar H visited the ranch they were accompanied by biologist and birding enthusiast, Susan Patla. Susan is a nongame biologist with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department in Jackson, Wyoming. She is responsible for monitoring Bald Eagles, Peregrine Falcons, Trumpeter Swans, waterfowl and migratory birds in western Wyoming. Susan did her Master's thesis on the nesting ecology of the Northern Goshawk in eastern Idaho, and was responsible for monitoring Northern Goshawk nesting pairs for over 10 years on the Targhee National Forest in Idaho (1989-1993). She has been watching and studying birds for over 30 years, ever since her initial interest was stimulated by trips to Antarctica in the 1970s. She has been a devoted observer ever since.
Susan has written a short account of her visit with us - Click her to read her description
Susan prepared the following list of bird sightings for us. Scroll down for the complete look at Susan's Bird List:
Great Blue Heron
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Cooper’s Hawk
Gray Haw—many pairs courtship behavior
Zone-tailed Hawk--soaring with vultures
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Gambel’s Quail—many calling
Killdeer
White-winged Dove--common
Mourning Dove
Common Ground-dove
Greater Roadrunner
Elf Owl—in nest owl
Common Poorwill
Broad-billed Hummingbird—many
Elegant Trogan—saw every day (calling, territorial)
Acorn Woodpecker
Gila Woodpecker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet—up canyon beyond bunk house
Greater Pewee
Say’s Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher—very common
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Cassin’s Kingbird
Thick-billed Kingbird
Rose-throated Becard—heard and saw old nests
Bell’s Vireo—many calling
Plumbeous Vireo
Hutton’s Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Mexican Jay
Chichuahuan Raven
Common Raven
Violet-green Swallow
Barn Swallow
Bridled Titmouse
Verdin
White-breasted Nuthatch
Cactus Wren
Rock Wren
Canyon Wren
Bewick’s Wren
House Wren
Black-capped Gnatcatcher
Northern Mockingbird
Phainopepla
Lucy’s Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler—Audubon’s form
Townsend’s Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Hepatic Tanager
Summer Tanager
Western Tanager
Canyon Towhee
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Pyrrhuloxia
Black-headed Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Brown-headed Cowbird
Hooded Oriole
Scott’s Oriole
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
House Sparrow
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