Birds seen by at least one of the group on the March 31 through
April 02, 2006 trip to Mata Ortiz. 73 species.
Great Blue Heron
White-faced Ibis
Turkey Vulture
Mallard, several pairs of the Mexican Mallard race
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Green-winged Teal
Northern Harrier
Cooper's Hawk
Harris's Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Golden Eagle
American Kestrel
Gambel's Quail
American Coot
Sandhill Crane
Killdeer
American Avocet
Greater Yellowlegs
Long-billed Curlew
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Long-billed dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe (formerly Common Snipe)
Rock Pigeon (formerly Rock Dove)
Eurasian Collared-Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Greater Roadrunner
Great Horned Owl
Burrowing Owl
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Gila Woodpecker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Northern (Red-shafted) Flicker
Black Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Western Kingbird
Loggerhead Shrike
Chihuahuan Raven
Common Raven
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
White-breasted Nuthatch (heard only)
Cactus Wren (heard only)
Rock Wren
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
Curve-billed Thrasher
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Phainopepla
Lucy's Warbler
Yellow-rumped (Audubon's) Warbler
Green-tailed Towhee
Canyon Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Lark Bunting
Song sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Pyrrhuloxia
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Great-tailed Grackle
Bronzed Cowbird
House finch
House Sparrow
Mammals seen by at least one of the group on the March 31 through
April 02, 2006 trip to Mata Ortiz. 6 species
Desert Cottontail
Black-tailed Jackrabbit
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
Silky (?) Pocket Mouse
(?) Skunk, smelled only
Mule Deer
Butterflies seen by at least one of the group on the March 31 through April 02, 2006 trip to Mata Ortiz. 3 species
Pipevine Swallowtail
Mourning Cloak
Sulphur species
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Dick Palmer
1022 W Union Bell Drive
Green Valley, Arizona
85614-5945
PalmerRD@aol.com
520-648-6735