2002 Summary - Stuart Healy, Western U.S. Bird Guide

Location	Species Seen	Birding Days
Arizona	342	214
California	147	9
Colorado	16	2
Montana	123	5
Nebraska	41	1
New Mexico	29	3
North Dakota	86	4
Oregon	101	5
South Dakota	24	1
Wyoming	69	2

405 species recorded 236 birding days in 10 states	A Z	C A	C O	M T	N E	N M	N D	O R	S D	W Y	42 species photographed, 72 total images Images open in Main Window, switch to New Window
LOONS (3)
Pacific Loon		x						x
Common Loon	x	x						x
Yellow-billed Loon								x
GREBES (7)
Least Grebe	x
Pied-billed Grebe	x	x		x			x	x
Red-necked Grebe		x						x
Horned Grebe		x						x
Eared Grebe	x	x		x					x
Western Grebe	x	x		x			x	x	x
Clark's Grebe	x	x
ALBATROSSES (1)
Laysan Albatross		x									LAAL20020208CA
PELICANS (2)
American White Pelican	x	x		x	x		x			x
Brown Pelican	x										BRPE20020507AZ-DOC
CORMORANTS (4)
Double-crested Cormorant	x	x		x			x	x	x
Neotropic Cormorant	x										NECO20021104AZ
Brandt's Cormorant		x						x
Pelagic Cormorant		x						x
HERONS, EGRETS AND BITTERNS (8)
Great Blue Heron	x	x		x	x		x	x		x
Great Egret	x	x						x
Tricolored Heron	x
Snowy Egret	x	x
Cattle Egret	x	x							x		CAEG20020510AZ-DOC
Green Heron	x
Black-crowned Night-Heron	x	x
Least Bittern	x
IBIS (1)
White-faced Ibis	x	x
DUCKS, GEESE AND SWANS (36)
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck	x
Trumpeter Swan										x
Tundra Swan		x
Greater White-fronted Goose	x	x									GWFG20020216CA
Snow Goose	x	x
Ross's Goose	x	x
Emperor Goose		x									EMGO20020208CA
Canada Goose	x	x		x			x	x		x
Brant		x						x
Wood Duck	x			x	x
Eurasian Wigeon	x	x
American Wigeon	x	x		x				x
Gadwall	x	x		x			x	x	x	x
Green-winged Teal	x	x					x	x		x
Mallard	x	x		x	x		x	x	x	x
Northern Pintail	x	x		x			x	x		x
Blue-winged Teal	x			x			x		x
Cinnamon Teal	x	x		x						x	CITE20021231AZ
Northern Shoveler	x	x		x			x	x		x
Canvasback	x	x		x
Redhead	x			x			x
Ring-necked Duck	x	x		x				x		x
Tufted Duck		x
Greater Scaup	x	x						x			GRSC20020205CA-F GRSC20020205CA-M
Lesser Scaup	x	x		x			x			x
Harlequin Duck		x						x
Black Scoter		x						x
Surf Scoter		x						x
White-winged Scoter								x
Common Goldeneye	x	x						x
Barrow's Goldeneye										x
Bufflehead	x	x		x			x	x		x
Hooded Merganser	x			x
Red-breasted Merganser		x						x
Common Merganser	x	x		x
Ruddy Duck	x	x		x			x			x
NEW WORLD VULTURES (2)
Black Vulture	x
Turkey Vulture	x	x			x	x			x
OSPREY (1)
Osprey	x			x						x
HAWKS, EAGLES AND KITES (18)
White-tailed Kite	x	x						x
Mississippi Kite	x
Bald Eagle	x			x				x			BAEA20020625MT
Northern Harrier	x	x		x	x		x	x
Sharp-shinned Hawk	x
Cooper's Hawk	x	x						x			COHA20020908AZ
Northern Goshawk	x
Common Black-Hawk	x
Harris's Hawk	x
Gray Hawk	x
Red-shouldered Hawk		x
Short-tailed Hawk	x
Swainson's Hawk	x			x	x	x	x		x		SWHA20020501AZ
Zone-tailed Hawk	x
Red-tailed Hawk	x	x	x	x		x	x	x	x	x
Ferruginous Hawk	x	x					x
Rough-legged Hawk	x	x						x
Golden Eagle	x
FALCONS (5)
Crested Caracara	x
American Kestrel	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Merlin	x	x
Prairie Falcon	x	x						x
Peregrine Falcon	x	x								x	PEFA20021226AZ
TURKEYS (1)
Wild Turkey	x	x									WITU20020324AZ
GROUSE (1)
Dusky Grouse	x									x	DUGR20020628WY DUGR20020628WY-2 DUGR20020628WY-3 DUGR20020628WY-4 DUGR20020907AZ DUGR20020907AZ-2
NEW WORLD QUAIL (4)
Scaled Quail	x					x
California Quail		x
Gambel's Quail	x										GAQU20021219AZ GAQUXSCQU20020531AZ
Montezuma Quail	x										MTQU20020802AZ
PHEASANTS AND PARTRIDGES (1)
Ring-necked Pheasant				x			x
CRANES (1)
Sandhill Crane	x									x
RAILS AND COOTS (4)
Virginia Rail	x	x
Sora	x
Common Moorhen	x	x
American Coot	x	x		x			x	x	x	x
OYSTERCATCHERS (1)
Black Oystercatcher		x						x			BLOY20020216CA
AVOCETS AND STILTS (2)
Black-necked Stilt	x	x		x
American Avocet	x	x		x			x
PLOVERS (5)
Black-bellied Plover	x	x						x
Semipalmated Plover	x
Killdeer	x	x	x	x	x		x	x	x	x
Snowy Plover	x
Mountain Plover	x
SANDPIPERS (25)
Wilson's Snipe	x			x
Short-billed Dowitcher	x
Long-billed Dowitcher	x	x						x
Marbled Godwit	x	x		x			x
Whimbrel		x
Long-billed Curlew	x	x	x
Greater Yellowlegs	x	x		x
Lesser Yellowlegs	x
Solitary Sandpiper	x
Spotted Sandpiper	x			x			x			x
Willet	x	x		x	x		x
Ruddy Turnstone		x
Black Turnstone		x						x
Surfbird		x						x			SURF20020209CA
Sanderling	x	x						x
Semipalmated Sandpiper	x
Western Sandpiper	x	x
Least Sandpiper	x	x						x
Baird's Sandpiper	x
Pectoral Sandpiper	x
Dunlin	x							x
Rock Sandpiper		x						x
Stilt Sandpiper	x
Wilson's Phalarope	x			x
Red-necked Phalarope	x
JAEGERS AND SKUAS (1)
Parasitic Jaeger	x										PAJA20020911AZ-DOC1 PAJA20020911AZ-DOC2
GULLS (9)
Mew Gull		x						x
Ring-billed Gull	x	x		x			x	x		x	RBGU20020205CA
California Gull	x	x		x			x			x
Glaucous-winged Gull		x						x			GWGU20020216CA
Western Gull		x						x			WEGU20020216CA
Thayer's Gull								x
American Herring Gull		x						x			AHGUXWEGU20020208CA
Bonaparte's Gull	x
Franklin's Gull	x			x			x				FRGU20020624MT
TERNS (4)
Caspian Tern				x
Common Tern	x			x			x
Forster's Tern	x	x			x
Black Tern	x			x			x
AUKS, MURRES AND PUFFINS (2)
Common Murre		x						x
Pigeon Guillemot		x
PIGEONS AND DOVES (8)
Rock Pigeon	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Band-tailed Pigeon	x
Eurasian Collared-Dove	x
Mourning Dove	x	x	x	x	x		x		x
White-winged Dove	x
Common Ground-Dove	x
Ruddy Ground-Dove	x
Inca Dove	x
CUCKOOS (2)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo	x
Greater Roadrunner	x
BARN-OWLS (1)
Barn Owl	x
OWLS (10)
Flammulated Owl	x
Western Screech-Owl	x
Whiskered Screech-Owl	x
Great Horned Owl	x
Spotted Owl	x										SPOW20020306AZ SPOW20020320AZ SPOW20020331AZ SPOW20020406AZ SPOW20020425AZ SPOW20020502AZ SPOW20020505AZ SPOW20020516AZ SPOW20020520AZ SPOW20020527AZ SPOW20020529AZ SPOW20020530AZ SPOW20020702AZ SPOW20020709AZ SPOW20020812AZ SPOW20020817AZ-ADULT SPOW20020817AZ-JUV SPOW20020914AZ
Northern Pygmy-Owl	x
Elf Owl	x
Burrowing Owl	x
Northern Long-eared Owl	x
Short-eared Owl		x		x							SEOW20020209CA SEOW20020626MT
NIGHTJARS (4)
Lesser Nighthawk	x					x
Common Nighthawk	x		x	x	x				x
Common Poorwill	x
Whip-poor-will	x
SWIFTS (2)
Vaux's Swift	x
White-throated Swift	x
HUMMINGBIRDS (13)
Broad-billed Hummingbird	x
Violet-crowned Hummingbird	x										VCHU20020303AZ
Berylline Hummingbird	x										BEHU20020726AZ-F-NEST
Blue-throated Hummingbird	x										BLUH20020425AZ
Magnificent Hummingbird	x										MAHU20021106AZ
Lucifer Hummingbird	x
Black-chinned Hummingbird	x
Anna's Hummingbird	x	x									ANHU20020425AZ
Costa's Hummingbird	x
Calliope Hummingbird	x
Broad-tailed Hummingbird	x										BTLH20020425AZ
Rufous Hummingbird	x
Allen's Hummingbird	x
TROGONS (1)
Elegant Trogon	x										ELTR20020304AZ ELTR20020429AZ
KINGFISHERS (2)
Belted Kingfisher	x	x						x
Green Kingfisher	x
WOODPECKERS (15)
Lewis's Woodpecker	x					x		x			LEWO20021226AZ
Acorn Woodpecker	x	x				x					ACWO20020329AZ
Gila Woodpecker	x										GIWO20021219AZ
Williamson's Sapsucker	x
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	x
Red-naped Sapsucker	x			x						x
Ladder-backed Woodpecker	x
Nuttall's Woodpecker		x
Downy Woodpecker		x					x	x
Hairy Woodpecker	x						x	x		x
Arizona Woodpecker	x
American Three-toed Woodpecker	x
Northern Flicker	x	x		x	x		x	x		x
Gilded Flicker	x
Pileated Woodpecker				x
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS (26)
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet	x
Olive-sided Flycatcher	x
Greater Pewee	x
Western Wood-Pewee	x			x						x
Eastern Wood-Pewee							x
Willow Flycatcher	x			x						x
Least Flycatcher				x			x
Hammond's Flycatcher	x
Gray Flycatcher	x
Dusky Flycatcher	x			x
Pacific-slope Flycatcher	x
Cordilleran Flycatcher	x
Buff-breasted Flycatcher	x
Eastern Phoebe	x
Black Phoebe	x	x						x
Say's Phoebe	x	x
Vermilion Flycatcher	x
Dusky-capped Flycatcher	x
Ash-throated Flycatcher	x					x
Brown-crested Flycatcher	x
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher	x										SBFL20020717AZ
Tropical Kingbird	x										TRKI20020531AZ
Cassin's Kingbird	x
Thick-billed Kingbird	x
Western Kingbird	x		x	x		x	x
Eastern Kingbird				x	x		x		x
LARKS (1)
Horned Lark	x		x	x		x	x	x
SWALLOWS (7)
Purple Martin	x						x
Tree Swallow	x			x			x			x
Violet-green Swallow	x			x						x
Northern Rough-winged Swallow	x			x	x
Bank Swallow	x						x
Cliff Swallow	x			x	x	x	x			x
Barn Swallow	x			x	x	x	x		x	x
WAGTAILS AND PIPITS (1)
American Pipit	x	x								x
KINGLETS (2)
Golden-crowned Kinglet	x	x		x				x
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	x	x		x				x		x
SILKY-FLYCATCHERS (1)
Phainopepla	x
WAXWINGS (1)
Cedar Waxwing	x			x			x			x
DIPPERS (1)
American Dipper	x			x
WRENS (8)
Cactus Wren	x					x
Rock Wren	x
Canyon Wren	x
Bewick's Wren	x	x						x
Winter Wren		x						x
House Wren	x			x			x			x
Sedge Wren				x			x
Marsh Wren	x	x			x		x	x
MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS (8)
Gray Catbird	x			x	x		x
Northern Mockingbird	x	x
Sage Thrasher	x
Brown Thrasher	x			x	x		x
Bendire's Thrasher	x
Curve-billed Thrasher	x
Crissal Thrasher	x
Le Conte's Thrasher	x
THRUSHES (10)
Eastern Bluebird	x						x
Western Bluebird	x	x						x
Mountain Bluebird	x			x						x	MOBL20020509AZ-2 MOBL20020509AZ-3 MOBL20020509AZ-NEST
Townsend's Solitaire	x			x						x
Veery				x			x
Swainson's Thrush	x			x						x
Hermit Thrush	x	x						x
Rufous-backed Robin	x
American Robin	x	x	x	x	x		x	x	x	x
Varied Thrush	x	x		x				x
OLD WORLD WARBLERS (1)
Wrentit		x						x
GNATCATCHERS (3)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	x
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher	x
Black-capped Gnatcatcher	x
LONG-TAILED TITS (1)
Bushtit	x	x				x		x
CHICKADEES AND TITS (7)
Black-capped Chickadee				x	x		x	x		x
Mountain Chickadee	x									x
Mexican Chickadee	x
Chestnut-backed Chickadee		x						x
Bridled Titmouse	x
Oak Titmouse		x
Juniper Titmouse	x
NUTHATCHES (3)
Pygmy Nuthatch	x	x
Red-breasted Nuthatch	x									x
White-breasted Nuthatch	x					x
CREEPERS (1)
Brown Creeper	x
PENDULINE TITS (1)
Verdin	x
SHRIKES (1)
Loggerhead Shrike	x	x		x	x
CROWS AND JAYS (11)
Gray Jay	x
Steller's Jay	x	x				x		x
Western Scrub-Jay	x	x						x
Mexican Jay	x									&