The Birds (Aves)
If the scientific name contains a link, you can follow that to hear the birds call.
- Blackbird
- Red-winged Agelaius phoeniceus (seen down below near the Culebra Creek)
- Bluebird
- Cardinal
- Chickadee
- Corvidae
- Jay, Blue (We saw 2 Blue Jays in the back yard. Just once.)
- Jay, Pinyon
- Jay, Stellars
- Jay, Woodhouse Scrub
- Magpie, Black-billed ( We used to see them up here, before we built the house. We still see many below the mesa though.)
- Nutcracker, Clark’s
- Raven, Common
- Eagle
- Bald (last seen flying over the house on 3/2/2019)
- Golden (We’ve seen Goldens on the Mesa twice, but not while at home)
- Finch
- Grosbeak
- Black Headed Grosbeak
- Evening Grosbeak
- Harrier, Northern
- Hummingbirds
- Junco
- Dark Eyed , Junco hyemalis
- Gray Headed
- Pink Sided
- Oregon ?
- Dark Eyed , Junco hyemalis
- Oriole
- Pigeon
- Mourning Dove, Zenaida macroura
- Towhee,
- Spotted Towhee a.k.a. Rufous Sided
- Vulture, Turkey, Cathartes aura
- Warbler
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Woodpecker
- Red-shafted Flicker