Birds & Mammals recorded

Birds

Great Northern Diver
Gavia immer (Common Loon)

Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podiceps

Eared (Black-necked) Grebe
Podiceps nigricollis

Western Grebe
Aechmophorus accidentalis

Clark’s Grebe
Aechmophorus clarkii

American White Pelican
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

Double-crested Cormorant
Phalacrocorax auritus

Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias

Snowy Egret
Egretta thula

White-faced Ibis
Plegadis chihi

Snow Goose
Chen caerulescens

Ross’s Goose
Chen rossi

Canada Goose
Branta canadensis

Mute Swan
Cygnus olor

Wood Duck
Aix sponsa

Green-winged Teal
Anas crecca

Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos

Northern Pintail
Anas acuta

Blue-winged Teal
Anas discors

Northern Shoveler
Anas clypeata

Gadwall
Anas strepera

Cinnamon Teal
Anas cyanoptera

American Wigeon
Anas americana

Canvasback
Aythya valisineria

Redhead
Aythya americana

Ring-necked Duck
Aythya collaris

Lesser Scaup
Aythya affinis

Common Goldeneye
Bucephala clangula

Barrow’s Goldeneye
Bucephala islandica

Bufflehead
Bucephala albeola

Hooded Merganser
Lophodytes cucullatus

Common Merganser (Goosander)
Mergus merganser

Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serrator

Ruddy Duck
Oxyura jamaicensis

Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura

Osprey
Pandion haliaetus

Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Northern Harrier
Circus cyaneus

Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipiter striatus

Cooper’s Hawk
Accipiter cooperii

Swainson’s Hawk
Buteo swainsoni

Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis

Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo agopus

Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos

American Kestrel
Falco sparverius

Prairie Falcon
Falco mexicanus

Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinus

Ring-necked Pheasant
Phasianus colchicus

Blue Grouse
Dendragapus obscurus

White-tailed Ptarmigan
Lagopus leucurus

Greater Sage Grouse
Centrocercus urophasianus

Gunnison Sage Grouse
Centrocercus minimus

Greater Prairie Chicken
Tympanuchus cupido

Lesser Prairie Chicken
Tympanuchus pallidicinctus

Sharp-tailed Grouse
Tympanuchus phasianellus

Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo

Scaled Quail
Callipepla squamata

Gambel’s Quail
Callipepla gambelli

Virginia Rail
Rallis limicola

American Coot
Fulica americana

Sandhill Crane
Grus canadensis

Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatus

Piping Plover
Charadrius melodus

Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus

Mountain Plover
Charadrius montanus

Black-necked Stilt
Himantopus mexicanus

American Avocet
Recurvirostra americana

Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca

Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes

Willet
Catoptrophorus semipalmatus

Long-billed Curlew
Numenius americanus

Marbled Godwit
Limosa fedoa

Sanderling
Calidris alba

Dunlin
Calidris alpina

Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusilla

Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla

Baird’s Sandpiper
Calidris bairdii

Wilson’s Snipe
Gallinago delicata

Wilson’s Phalarope
Phalaropus tricolor

Franklin’s Gull
Larus pipixican

Bonaparte’s Gull
Larus philadelphia

Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis

California Gull
Larus californicus

(American) Herring Gull
Larus argentatus smithsonianus

Feral (Rock) Dove
Columbia livia

Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura

Barn Owl
Tyto alba

Eastern Screech Owl
Otus asio

Western Screech Owl
Otus kennicotti

Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus

Burrowing Owl
Athene cunicularia

Northern Saw-whet Owl
Aegolius acadicus

White-throated Swift
Aeronautes saxatalis

Black-chinned Hummingbird
Archilochus alexandri

Belted Kingfisher
Ceryle alcyon

Lewis’ Woodpecker
Melanerpes lewis

Red-bellied Woodpecker
Melanerpes carolinus

Red-naped Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus nuchalis

Williamson’s Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus thyroideus

Downy Woodpecker
Picoides pubescens

Hairy Woodpecker
Picoides villosus

Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratus

Eastern Phoebe
Sayorni phoebe

Say’s Phoebe
Sayornis saya

Horned Lark (Shorelark)
Eremophila alpestris

Tree Swallow
Tachycineta bicolour

Violet-green Swallow
Tachycineta thalassina

Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Bank Swallow (Sand Martin)
Riparia riparia

Cliff Swallow
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Barn Swallow (Swallow)
Hirundo rustica

Gray Jay
Perisoreus canadensis

Steller’s Jay
Cyanocitta stelleri

Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata

Western Scrub Jay
Aphelocoma californica

Pinyon Jay
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus

Clark’s Nutcracker
Nucifraga columbiana

Black-billed Magpie
Pica hudsonia

American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos

[Chihuahuan Raven]
Corvus cryptoleucus

(Common) Raven
Corvus corax

Black-capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus

Mountain Chickadee
Poecile gambeli

Juniper Titmouse
Baelophus griseus

Bushtit
Psaltriparus minimus

Red-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta canadensis

White-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis

Pygmy Nuthatch
Sitta pygmaea

Brown Creeper
Certhia americana

Rock Wren
Salpinctes obsoletus

Canyon Wren (heard only)
Cartherpes mexicanus

Bewick’s Wren
Thryomanes bewickii

House Wren
Troglodytes aedon

American Dipper
Cinclus mexicanus

Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Regulus calendula

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Polioptila caerulea

Eastern Bluebird
Sialia sialis

Western Bluebird
Sialia mexicana bairdi

Mountain Bluebird
Sialia currucoides

Townsend’s Solitaire
Myadestes townsendi

American Robin
Turdus migratorius

Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos

Sage Thrasher
Oreoscoptes montanus

Brown Thrasher
Toxostoma rufurn

Curve-billed Thrasher
Toxostoma curvirostre

American Pipit
Anthus rubescens alticola

Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorum

Loggerhead Shrike
Lanius ludovicianus

(European) Starling
Sturnus vulgaris

Orange-crowned Warbler
Vermivora celata

Yellow Warbler (possible)
Dendroica petechia

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
Dendroica coronata

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon’s)
Dendroica coronata

Spotted Towhee
Pipilo maculatus

Canyon Towhee
Pipilo fuscus

Cassin’s Sparrow
Aimophilia cassinii

Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Aimophilia ruficeps

Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerina

Brewer’s Sparrow
Spizella breweri

Field Sparrow
Spizella pusilla

Grasshopper Sparrow
Ammadramus savannarum

Vesper Sparrow
Pooeecetes gramineus

Lark Sparrow
Chondestes grammacus

Savannah Sparrow
Passerculus sandwichensis

Song Sparrow
Melospiza melodia

Lincoln’s Sparrow
Melospiza lincolni

White-Throated Sparrow
Zonotrychia albicollis

White-crowned Sparrow
Zonotrychia leucophrys

Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon form)
Junco hyemalis

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-coloured)
Junco hyemalis

Dark-eyed Junco (Gray-headed)
Junco hyemalis

McCown’s Longspur
Calcarius mccownii

Chestnut-collared Longspur
Calcarius ornatus

Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus

Western Meadowlark
Sturnella neglecta

Brewer’s Blackbird
Euphagus cyanocephalus

Yellow-headed Blackbird
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus

Great-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus mexicanus

Common Grackle
Quiscalus quiscula

Brown-headed Cowbird
Molothrus ater

Gray-crowned Rosy Finch
Leucosticte tephrocotis

Black Rosy Finch
Leucosticte atrata

Brown-capped Rosy Finch
Leucosticte australis

Pine Grosbeak
Pinicola enucleator

Cassin’s Finch
Carpodacus cassinii

House Finch
Carpodacus mexicanus

(Red) Crossbill
Loxia curvirostra

Pine Siskin
Carduelis pinus

Lesser Goldfinch
Carduelis psaltria

American Goldfinch
Carduelis tristis

Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus

House Sparrow
Passer domesticus





Mammals

American Pika
Ochotona princeps

Desert Cottontail
Sylvilagus auduboni

Eastern Cottontail
Sylvilagus floridanus

Mountain Cottontail
Sylvilagus nuttalli

Snowshoe Hare
Lepus americanus

Black-tailed Jackrabbit
Lepus californicus

White-tailed Jackrabbit
Lepus townsendii

Least Chipmunk
Tamias minimus
And / or
Colorado Chipmunk
Tamias quadrivittatus

Yellow-bellied Marmot
Marmota flaviventris

Wyoming Ground Squirrel
Spermophilus elegans

Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel
Spermophilus lateralis

Rock Squirrel
Spermophilus variegatus

Gunnison Prairie Dog
Cynomys gunnisoni

White-tailed Prairie Dog
Cynomys leucurus

Black-tailed Prairie Dog
Cynomys ludovicianus

Abert’s Squirrel
Sciurus aberti

Fox Squirrel
Sciurus niger

Pine Squirrel (Red Squirrel)
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

American Beaver
Castor canadensis

Common Muskrat
Ondatra zibethicus

Coyote
Canis latrans

Bobcat (tracks seen)
Lynx rufus

Elk
Cervus elaphus

Mule Deer
Odocoileus hemionus

White-tailed Deer
Odocoileus virgianus

Pronghorn
Antilocapra americana

Mountain Sheep (Bighorn Sheep)
Ovis canadensis