Mountain Plover Festival 2013 Bird List
87 Species
Canada Goose
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
American White Pelican
Snowy Egret (5/26 photo)
Great Blue Heron
White-faced Ibis
Northern Harrier
Cooper’s Hawk
Swainson’s Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Golden Eagle
American Kestrel
Prairie Falcon
American Coot
Killdeer
Mountain Plover
American Avocet
Black-necked Stilt
Spotted Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Stilt Sandpiper
Wilson’s Phalarope
Franklin’s Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Great Horned Owl
Burrowing Owl
Eastern Screech Owl
Northern Flicker
Empid Sparrow (poss. Hammond’s)
Say’s Phoebe
Western Kingbird
Loggerhead Shrike
Black-billed Magpie
Common Raven
Horned Lark
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Rock Wren
House Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
American Pipit
Yellow-rumped Warbler (both)
Spotted Towhee
Green-tailed Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brewer’s Blackbird
Common Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
House Sparrow
Mountain Plover Festival 2012 Bird List
DUCKS
Wood Duck
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Green-winged Teal
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Ruddy Duck
QUAIL
Scaled Quail
GREBES
Pled-billed Grebe
Eared Grebe
HERONS
Great Blue Heron
HAWKS
Northern Harrier
Swainson’s Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Golden Eagle
FALCONS
American Kestrel
RAILS
American Coot
PLOVERS
Killdeer
Mountain Plover
SANDPIPERS
Spotted Sandpiper
Scolitery Sandpiper
Willet
Long-billed Curlew
Least Sandpiper
Wilson’s Phalarope
PIGEONS/DOVES
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared
Mourning Dove
OWLS
Great Horned Owl
Burrowing Owl
KINGFISHERS
Belted Kingfisher
WOODPECKERS
Northern Flicker
FLYCATCHERS
Say’s Phoebe
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
SHRIKES
Loggerhead Shrike
JAYS & CROWS
Common Raven
LARKS
Horned Lark
SWALLOWS
Northern Rough-Winged
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
WRENS
Rock wren
House wren
KINGLETS
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
THRASHERS
Northern
Mockingbird
Brown Thresher
STARLINGS
European Sterling
WARBLERS
Orange-crowned
Yellow-rumped
Common Yellowthroat
SPARROWS
Spotted Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Brewer’s Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Lark Bunting
Lincoln’s Sparrow
White-crowned
Sparrow
BLACKBIRDS
Red-winged
Blackbird
Western
Meadowlark
Yellow-headed
Blackbird
Brewer’s Blackbird
Common Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed
Cowbird
OLD WORLD SPARROWS
House Sparrow
White-faced ibis
Field Sparrow
Rose-breasted
Grosbeak
Red-naped Sapsucker
FINCHES
American Goldfinch
Mountain Plover Festival 2011 Bird List
DUCKS
Gadwall
Mallard
Blue-winged teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged teal
Ruddy Duck
QUAIL
Scaled Quail
GREBES
Pied-billed Grebe
Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
HERONS
Black-crowned Night-Heron
VULTURES
Turkey Vulture
HAWKS
Northern Harrier
Swainson’s Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
FALCONS
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
RAILS
American Coot
PLOVERS
Killdeer
Mountain Plover
TERNS
Forster’s
LARKS
Horned Lark
SANDPIPERS
Spotted
Willet
Lesser Yellowlegs
Least Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson’s Snipe
White-faced Ibis
KINGLETS
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
OWLS
Great Horned Owl
Burrowing Owl
NIGHTJARS
Common Poorwill
WOODPECKERS
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
FLYCATCHERS
Say’s Phoebe
Western Kingbird
SHRIKES
Loggerhead Shrike
JAYS & CROWS
Common Raven
SWALLOWS
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
NUTHATCHES
White-breasted Nuthatch
WRENS
Rock Wren
House Wren
PIGEONS & DOVES
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
THRUSHERS
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
STARLINGS
European Starling
PIPITS
American Pipit
WARBLERS
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Virginia’s Warbler
SPARROWS
Spotted Towhee
Cassin’s Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow Greentailed
Towhee
Brewer’s Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Bunting
Song sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
BLACKBIRDS
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
FINCHES
House Finch
Pine Siakin
OLD WORLD SPARROWS
House Sparrow