Birds seen during our first retirement trip, which included the Texas Coast and South Texas, SE Arizona, and the Rocky Mountains all the way to Canada.
April 5 through July 24, 2010.
336 total species seen including 7 life birds.
LOONS
Common Loon
GREBES
Least Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
PELICANS
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
CORMORANTS
Double-crested Cormorant
Neotropic Cormorant
ANHINGAS
Anhinga
HERONS EGRETS AND BITTERNS
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Reddish Egret
Tricolored Heron
Little Blue Heron
Snowy Egret
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
IBIS AND SPOONBILLS
White Ibis
White-faced Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
DUCKS GEESE AND SWANS
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Trumpeter Swan
Canada Goose
American Wigeon
Gadwall
Green-winged Teal
Mallard
Mottled Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Barrow's Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
NEW WORLD VULTURES
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
OSPREY
Osprey
HAWKS EAGLES AND KITES
Hook-billed Kite
White-tailed Kite
Mississippi Kite
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Common Black-Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Gray Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Golden Eagle
FALCONS AND CARACARAS
Crested Caracara
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
GUANS CHACHALACAS AND CURASSOWS
Plain Chachalaca
TURKEYS
Wild Turkey
GROUSE PTARMIGANS AND PRAIRIE-CHICKE
Dusky Grouse
Ruffed Grouse (Life Bird)
NEW WORLD QUAIL
Gambel's Quail
Northern Bobwhite
PHEASANTS AND PARTRIDGES
Ring-necked Pheasant
CRANES
Sandhill Crane
RAILS GALLINULES AND COOTS
Clapper Rail
Virginia Rail
Sora
Common Moorhen
American Coot
OYSTERCATCHERS
American Oystercatcher
AVOCETS AND STILTS
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
SANDPIPERS
Wilson's Snipe
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Marbled Godwit
Whimbrel
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Lesser Yellowlegs
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Dunlin
Stilt Sandpiper
Wilson's Phalarope
GULLS
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull (Life Bird)
American Herring Gull
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
TERNS
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Forster's Tern
Royal Tern
Sandwich Tern
SKIMMERS
Black Skimmer
PIGEONS AND DOVES
Rock Pigeon
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
White-winged Dove
Common Ground-Dove
Inca Dove
White-tipped Dove
CUCKOOS
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Groove-billed Ani
Greater Roadrunner
OWLS
Great Horned Owl
Spotted Owl
Elf Owl
NIGHTJARS
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk
Pauraque
Common Poorwill
Chuck-will's-widow
SWIFTS
Chimney Swift
Vaux's Swift
White-throated Swift
HUMMINGBIRDS
Broad-billed Hummingbird
White-eared Hummingbird
Buff-bellied Hummingbird
Berylline Hummingbird
Blue-throated Hummingbird
Magnificent Hummingbird
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird
Costa's Hummingbird
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
TROGONS AND QUETZALS
Elegant Trogon
KINGFISHERS
Belted Kingfisher
Ringed Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
WOODPECKERS
Acorn Woodpecker
Gila Woodpecker
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Arizona Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
Least Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher
Cordilleran Flycatcher
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Western Wood-Pewee
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Black Phoebe
Eastern Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Great Kiskadee
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Couch's Kingbird
Cassin's Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher
LARKS
Horned Lark
SWALLOWS
Bank Swallow
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Purple Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Cave Swallow
WAGTAILS AND PIPITS
Sprague's Pipit
KINGLETS
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
WAXWINGS
Cedar Waxwing
DIPPERS
American Dipper
WRENS
Cactus Wren
Rock Wren
Canyon Wren
Carolina Wren
Bewick's Wren
Winter Wren
House Wren
Marsh Wren
MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Sage Thrasher
Brown Thrasher
Long-billed Thrasher
Curve-billed Thrasher
THRUSHES
Western Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Clay-colored Robin
American Robin
Varied Thrush (Life Bird)
GNATCATCHERS
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
LONG-TAILED TITS
Bushtit
CHICKADEES AND TITS
Black-capped Chickadee
Mountain Chickadee
Bridled Titmouse
Juniper Titmouse
Black-crested Titmouse
NUTHATCHES
Pygmy Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
CREEPERS
Brown Creeper
SHRIKES
Loggerhead Shrike
CROWS JAYS AND MAGPIES
Gray Jay
Steller's Jay
Green Jay
Western Scrub-Jay
Mexican Jay
Black-billed Magpie
Clark's Nutcracker
American Crow
Chihuahuan Raven
Common Raven
STARLINGS
European Starling
OLD WORLD SPARROWS
House Sparrow
VIREOS AND ALLIES
White-eyed Vireo
Bell's Vireo
Plumbeous Vireo
Cassin's Vireo (Life Bird)
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
SISKINS CROSSBILLS AND ALLIES
Cassin's Finch
House Finch
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
NEW WORLD WARBLERS
Blue-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Lucy's Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Golden-cheeked Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Grace's Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler (Life Bird)
Cerulean Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush
Kentucky Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Red-faced Warbler
Painted Redstart
Yellow-breasted Chat
TANAGERS AND ALLIES
Hepatic Tanager
Summer Tanager
Western Tanager
BUNTINGS SPARROWS SEEDEATERS ALLIES
Olive Sparrow
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Canyon Towhee
Abert's Towhee
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Yellow-eyed Junco
Chestnut-collared Longspur (Life Bird)
SALTATORS CARDINALS AND ALLIES
Northern Cardinal
Pyrrhuloxia
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Dickcissel
TROUPIALS AND ALLIES
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
Bronzed Cowbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Altamira Oriole
Hooded Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Bullock's Oriole
Orchard Oriole
Scott's Oriole
