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Stuart Healy
Species recorded in White Mountains, AZ, Sept. 2002
 

 Location abbreviations:
BELA Becker Lake  CRLA Crescent Lake GRLA Greer Lakes
GRBC Greer, Butler Canyon GRWF Greer, West Fork HULA Hulsey Lake
LULA Luna Lake NERE Nelson Reservoir NURE Nutrioso Reservoir
SBLA Sierra Blanca Lake SIWA Sipe Wildlife Area SOFO South Fork
SULA Sunrise Lake WEWA Wenima Wildlife Area

Elevation symbols:
L = 7,000-8,000 feet                             M = 8,000-9,000 feet                              H = 9,000-10,000 feet

148 species from Sept. 4-10, 2002. (Listed in Clements' order; links are to photos & dates)

GREBES

  

Pied-billed Grebe

 abundant and widespread, seen every day.

Eared Grebe

 10+ LULA, 3 NURE, 2 SULA

CORMORANTS

  

Double-crested Cormorant

 41 GRLA, 4 SULA

PELICANS

  

Brown Pelican

 1 LULA

DUCKS, GEESE

  

Ruddy Duck

 common and widespread, seen every day.

Canada Goose

 LULA, NURE

American Wigeon

 fairly common, BELA, NERE, SULA

Gadwall

 surprisingly scarce, 2 SULA

Green-winged Teal

 common and widespread, mostly L-M

Mallard

 common and widespread, mostly L-M

Northern Pintail

 absent early in trip then common,. BELA, LULA, SULA

Cinnamon Teal

 uncommon and widespread.

Northern Shoveler

 absent early in trip then common, BELA, SULA

Redhead

 scarce, 3 SBLA, 6 NURE

Ring-necked Duck

 6+ present every day, BELA

Common Merganser

 6 CRLA, 42 GRLA

HERONS AND EGRETS

  

Snowy Egret

 1 SULA

Great Blue Heron

 fairly common and widespread, seen every day.

Great Egret

 1 NURE

Black-crowned Night-Heron

 3 HULA, 6 NURE

IBIS

  

White-faced Ibis

 BELA, LULA, SULA

NEW WORLD VULTURES

  

Turkey Vulture

 uncommon and widespread, seen every day.

OSPREY

  

Osprey

 CRLA, GRLA, HULA, LULA, SULA

HAWKS AND EAGLES

  

Bald Eagle

 2 adults, 1 imm. LULA, 1 adult SULA

Northern Harrier

 BELA, SBLA

Cooper's Hawk

Big Lake, Lyman Lake State Park, SIWA, SOFO

Northern Goshawk

 1 juvenile over Green's Peak

Swainson's Hawk

 1 over Green's Peak

Red-tailed Hawk

 uncommon and widespread, seen every day

FALCONS

  

American Kestrel

 fairly common to common and widespread, seen every day

Peregrine Falcon

 1 BELA

GROUSE

  

Blue Grouse  (photo2)

 male and female at Big Lake Lookout

RAILS AND COOTS

  

Sora

 1 NERE, 6+ SBLA

American Coot

 common to abundant and widespread, seen every day

SANDPIPERS

  

Common Snipe

 1 SIWA

Marbled Godwit

 1 SULA

Solitary Sandpiper

 1 HULA

Spotted Sandpiper

 Uncommon, BELA, GRLA, LULA, NERE

Long-billed Dowitcher

 3 BELA

Western Sandpiper

 scarce, BELA, SULA

Least Sandpiper

 uncommon, BELA LULA

Wilson's Phalarope

 5 LULA, 2 SBLA

PLOVERS

  

Black-bellied Plover

 1 LULA

Semipalmated Plover

 5 LULA

Killdeer

 fairly common and widespread

GULLS AND TERNS

  

Ring-billed Gull

 2 SULA

Black Tern

 2 NERE

Common Tern

 2 BELA

PIGEONS AND DOVES

  

Rock Dove

 scarce, Eagar and Springerville

Band-tailed Pigeon

 at feeder in Nutrioso

Eurasian Collared-Dove

 2 in Nutrioso

Mourning Dove

 uncommon and widespread, L-M

NIGHTJARS

  

Common Nighthawk

 1 LULA

HUMMINGBIRDS

  

Calliope Hummingbird

 1 female, LULA

Broad-tailed Hummingbird

 common, L-M

Rufous Hummingbird

 common, L

KINGFISHERS

  

Belted Kingfisher

 widespread, present at smaller bodies of water

WOODPECKERS

  

Lewis's Woodpecker

 surprisingly scarce, 1 in Nutrioso, 1 near Alpine

Red-naped Sapsucker

 several at SIWA, 1 GRBC, 1 Greer

Hairy Woodpecker

 uncommon and widespread, M-H

Three-toed Woodpecker

 1 male at Winn Campground

Northern Flicker

 fairly common and widespread

TYRANT FLYCATCHERS

  

Olive-sided Flycatcher

 uncommon, Greer, HULA, LULA, SOFO, WEWA

Western Wood-Pewee

 common and widespread, mostly L

Willow Flycatcher

 scarce, near NERE, WEWA

Hammond's Flycatcher

 uncommon, GRBC, Green's Peak, SOFO

Gray Flycatcher

 uncommon SIWA, common WEWA

Dusky Flycatcher

 scarce, SOFO, 1 WEWA

Say's Phoebe

 uncommon, BELA, SIWA, GRLA, Nutrioso, LULA

Black Phoebe

 scarce, NERE, WEWA

Ash-throated Flycatcher

 1 SOFO

Western Kingbird

 generally scarce, common at BELA, SIWA, WEWA

CROWS AND JAYS

  

Pinyon Jay

 fairly common, GRLA, HULA, NERE, NURE, SIWA, SOFO

Steller's Jay

 common and widespread, mostly M-H

Western Scrub-Jay

 uncommon, BELA, Nutrioso, SIWA, SOFO, WEWA

Gray Jay

 3 Sunrise Campground

Clark's Nutcracker

 uncommon, Greer, HULA, Nutrioso, SBLA

American Crow

 locally common, mostly M-H

Common Raven

 abundant and widespread

VIREOS

  

Cassin's Vireo

 5; GRBC, GRLA, Greer Hoyer Campground, HULA, SIWA

Plumbeous Vireo

 8; GRLA, HULA, LULA, NERE, NURE

Warbling Vireo

 1 WEWA

SHRIKES

  

Loggerhead Shrike

 scarce, BELA, SIWA

DIPPERS

  

American Dipper

 1 GRWF

THRUSHES

  

Western Bluebird

 common and widespread, mostly L-M

Mountain Bluebird

 uncommon and widespread, mostly M-H

Townsend's Solitaire

 uncommon, Big Lake, NERE, SIWA, SOFO

Hermit Thrush

 scarce, Big Lake Lookout, HULA

American Robin

 fairly common and widespread, mostly M-H

MOCKINGBIRDS

  

Gray Catbird

 1 SOFO

Northern Mockingbird

 1 SIWA

STARLINGS

  

European Starling

 common around towns and at BELA, SIWA

NUTHATCHES

  

Pygmy Nuthatch

 fairly common and widespread, M-H

Red-breasted Nuthatch

 uncommon, H

White-breasted Nuthatch

 common, mostly L-M

CREEPERS

  

Brown Creeper

 uncommon, M-H

WRENS

  

Rock Wren

 3; Green's Peak, GRLA, WEWA

Canyon Wren

 1 WEWA

House Wren

 common to abundant and widespread, mostly L-M

GNATCATCHERS

  

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

 small groups, local; GRLA, HULA, near NERE

LONG-TAILED TITS

  

Bushtit

 uncommon, SOFO

SWALLOWS

  

Tree Swallow

 scarce, BELA

Violet-green Swallow

 abundant and widespread, seen every day

N. Rough-winged Swallow

 common and widespread, L

Bank Swallow

 uncommon, BELA, LULA, NURE

Barn Swallow

 common and widespread, mostly L-M

Cliff Swallow

 uncommon, GRLA, LUMA, SBLA, WEWA

KINGLETS

  

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

 uncommon, M-H

Golden-crowned Kinglet

 fairly common M-H

CHICKADEES

  

Mountain Chickadee

 common, mostly M-H

LARKS

  

Horned Lark

 scarce and widespread, uncommon at SIWA and SULA

OLD WORLD SPARROWS

  

House Sparrow

 uncommon in towns

SISKINS AND ALLIES

  

Pine Siskin

 common and widespread, locally abundant

Lesser Goldfinch

 common to abundant and widespread, L

NEW WORLD WARBLERS

  

Olive Warbler

 several juveniles, HULA, LULA

Orange-crowned Warbler

 scarce, GRWF, HULA, WEWA

Nashville Warbler

 scarce, GRWF

Virginia's Warbler

 1 near NERE, 2 WEWA

Yellow Warbler

 uncommon and widespread, L

Yellow-rumped Warbler

 uncommon, mostly M-L

Black-throated Gray Warbler

 1 LULA

Townsend's Warbler

 1 GRWF

Hermit Warbler

 1 GRWF

Grace's Warbler

 several, HULA, LULA

MacGillivray's Warbler

 very common and widespread, L-M

Common Yellowthroat

 uncommon and widespread, L

Wilson's Warbler

 common and widespread, L-M

Red-faced Warbler

 1 SOFO

Yellow-breasted Chat

 4-6 WEWA

BUNTINGS, SPARROWS, TANAGERS, ALLIES

  

Song Sparrow

 1 SIWA

Lincoln's Sparrow

 fairly common, GRLA, LULA, SIWA, SOFO, WEWA

Dark-eyed Junco

 uncommmon and widespread, M-H

Savannah Sparrow

 several, SULA

Chipping Sparrow

 uncommon and widespread, L-M

Brewer's Sparrow

 uncommon, BELA, NERE, LULA, SIWA, WEWA

Vesper Sparrow

 uncommon and widespread, mostly H, a few L

Lark Sparrow

 scarce, CRLA, Nutrioso, Springerville

Green-tailed Towhee

 common and widespread, mostly L, a few M

Western Tanager

 common and widespread, mostly L

Black-headed Grosbeak

 uncommon, GRWF, Nutrioso, WEWA

Blue Grosbeak

 scarce, Nutrioso, WEWA

Lazuli Bunting

 common, Nutrioso, SIWA, WEWA

BLACKBIRDS, GRACKLES, ORIOLES

  

Bullock's Oriole

 scarce, BELA, Nutrioso,WEWA

Yellow-headed Blackbird

 uncommon, BELA, NURE, LULA

Eastern Meadowlark

 uncommon and widespread, common SULA

Western Meadowlark

 uncommon BELA, common SULA

Brewer's Blackbird

 common and widespread L-M, uncommon H

Brown-headed Cowbird

 3 LULA, 3 NURE

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Stuart Healy
 Species recorded in White Mountains, AZ, Sept. 2003