Birds At The Farm
Farm habitat is cottonwood bosque with grassland and wetland. Birds also seen just west at Escondida Lake & the river (Rio Grande) or just east in the desert Quebradas.
| Bird | Type | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Bald Eagle | We see them fly over. | |
| Blackbird | Redwing | large flock lives in cattails |
| Bluebirds | Western | early spring |
| Mountain | ||
| Bunting | Lazuli | |
| Cedar Waxwing | ||
| Common Yellowthroat | in wetland willows | |
| Crane | Sandhill | |
| Crow | ||
| Dove | Whitewing | |
| Mourning | ||
| Duck | Mallard | nest in wetland & fly into the trees! |
| Finch | House | |
| Lesser | ||
| American Goldfinch | ||
| Flycatcher | Say's Phoebe | |
| Black Phoebe | ||
| Western Kingbird | ||
| Ash Throated | ||
| Tyrants - help! | ||
| Geese | Snow | |
| Canada | ||
| Grosbeak | Blue | |
| Black Headed | ||
| Hawk & Falcon | Red Tailed | |
| Sharpie | ||
| Northern Harrier | ||
| Coopers | ||
| Kestrel | nest and raise several brood each year | |
| Heron | Great Blue | |
| Black Crown Night | ||
| Green | ||
| Horned Lark | ||
| Hummingbird | Broad Tail | all 4 kinds at feeders at the same time! |
| Black Chin | ||
| Rufous | ||
| Calliope | ||
| Kingfisher | ||
| Mockingbird | ||
| Nighthawk | ||
| Nuthatch | White Breasted | |
| Oriole | Bullocks | |
| Osprey | fly over | |
| Owl | Western Screech | |
| Great Horned | ||
| Phainopepla | ||
| Quail | Gambel | |
| Scaled | ||
| Raven | nest next to field in cottonwood | |
| Roadrunner | ||
| Robin | ||
| Seagull | Ringbill | fly over lake |
| Sora | heard in cattails | |
| Sparrow | Dark Eyed Junco | |
| White Crown | ||
| Spotted Towhee | year round | |
| Black Throated | ||
| White Throated | ||
| Chipping | ||
| +more | help! | |
| Starling | ||
| Swallow | Cliff | colony at bridge |
| Violet Green | ||
| Barn | ||
| Tanager | Summer | nests each summer |
| Western | occasional | |
| Turkey Vulture | ||
| Warblers | various | help! |
| Yellow | ||
| Wild Turkey | ||
| Woodpeckers | Flicker | |
| Downy (or Hairy?) | ||
| Wren | Bewicks | |
| Marsh |