2005 Summary - Stuart Healy, Western U.S. Bird Guide

Location	Species Seen	Birding Days
Arizona	315	223
California	100	4
Kansas	14	2
Nebraska	37	1
New Mexico	26	4
North Dakota	135	11
Oklahoma	53	2
South Dakota	89	5
Texas	15	1
Wyoming	161	12

388 species recorded 252 birding days in 10 states	A Z	C A	K A	N E	N M	N D	O K	S D	T X	W Y	183 species photographed, 299 total images Images open in New Window, switch to Main Window
LOONS (1)
Common Loon		x				x				x
GREBES (5)
Pied-billed Grebe	x	x				x				x
Red-necked Grebe						x
Eared Grebe	x	x				x		x		x
Western Grebe	x	x				x		x		x	WEGR&CLGR20050301AZ
Clark's Grebe	x									x	WEGR&CLGR20050301AZ
PELICANS (2)
American White Pelican		x				x		x		x
Brown Pelican	x	x
CORMORANTS (4)
Double-crested Cormorant	x	x		x		x		x		x	DCCO20050618WY-FLT
Neotropic Cormorant	x										NECO20050301AZ
Brandt's Cormorant		x
Pelagic Cormorant		x
HERONS, EGRETS AND BITTERNS (8)
Great Blue Heron	x	x	x			x		x		x
Great Egret	x	x				x	x	x			GREG20050105CA GREG20050721AZ
Snowy Egret	x	x				x					SNEG20051222AZ
Cattle Egret	x					x	x				CAEG20050120AZ CAEG20050120AZ-FLT
Green Heron	x										GRHE20050410AZ-1 GRHE20050410AZ-2 GRHE20051021AZ GRHE20051101AZ
Black-crowned Night-Heron	x					x				x
Least Bittern	x
American Bittern	x	x				x					AMBI20050611ND
IBIS (1)
White-faced Ibis	x	x									WFIB20050415AZ
DUCKS, GEESE AND SWANS (30)
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck	x
Trumpeter Swan										x
Tundra Swan		x
Greater White-fronted Goose	x	x
Snow Goose	x	x									SNGO20050105CA-IMM SNGO20051111AZ-1 SNGO20051111AZ-2
Ross's Goose	x
Canada Goose	x	x				x		x		x	CAGO20051209AZ
Brant		x
Wood Duck	x	x				x				x
Eurasian Wigeon		x
American Wigeon	x	x				x		x		x	AMWI20051214AZ
Gadwall	x	x				x		x		x
Green-winged Teal	x	x								x	GWTE20050301AZ-F GWTE20051222AZ
Mallard	x	x				x		x		x	MALL20050114AZ-MX-M+F
Northern Pintail	x	x				x				x	NOPI20050611ND
Blue-winged Teal	x					x		x			BWTE20050611ND
Cinnamon Teal	x	x
Northern Shoveler	x	x				x		x
Canvasback	x					x				x
Redhead	x					x		x		x
Ring-necked Duck	x	x				x				x	RNDU20050218AZ-M
Greater Scaup	x
Lesser Scaup	x					x		x		x
Surf Scoter		x
Common Goldeneye	x	x				x					COGO20050301AZ-M
Bufflehead	x	x				x					BUFF20050415AZ-F
Hooded Merganser	x	x				x					HOME20051216AZ
Red-breasted Merganser		x
Common Merganser	x									x
Ruddy Duck	x	x				x		x		x	RUDU20051224AZ-M
NEW WORLD VULTURES (2)
Black Vulture	x										BLVU20050405AZ
Turkey Vulture	x	x	x	x	x		x	x	x	x
OSPREY (1)
Osprey	x									x	OSPR20050618WY OSPR20050618WY-FLT
HAWKS, EAGLES AND KITES (12)
White-tailed Kite	x	x
Bald Eagle	x	x								x	BAEA20050105CA BAEA20050425AZ-FLT BAEA20050624WY
Northern Harrier	x	x				x				x	NOHA20051214AZ-IMM-FLT
Sharp-shinned Hawk	x	x									SSHA20050915AZ-F-JUV SSHA20051111AZ-F-JUV SSHA20051115AZ-M-JUV
Cooper's Hawk	x										COHA20050721AZ-JUV COHA20051225AZ-JUV
Gray Hawk	x										GRHA20050405AZ GRHA20050901AZ-JUV
Red-shouldered Hawk		x					x
Swainson's Hawk	x				x	x			x	x	SWHA20050509AZ-FLT
Zone-tailed Hawk	x
Red-tailed Hawk	x	x	x			x	x	x		x	RTHA20050625WY-FLT RTHA20050802AZ-IMM-FLT
Ferruginous Hawk	x									x
Golden Eagle	x	x								x
FALCONS (5)
Crested Caracara	x
American Kestrel	x	x				x		x		x	AMKE20051115AZ
Merlin	x	x									MERL20051207AZ
Prairie Falcon	x									x	PRFA20050426AZ-FLT
Peregrine Falcon	x	x									PEFA20050116AZ-FLT PEFA20050121AZ
TURKEYS (1)
Wild Turkey	x					x				x
GROUSE (4)
Dusky Grouse	x										DUGR20050503AZ DUGR20050503AZ-2 DUGR20050803AZ-JUV1 DUGR20050803AZ-JUV2 DUGR20050813AZ
Ruffed Grouse						x
Greater Sage-Grouse										x
Sharp-tailed Grouse						x
NEW WORLD QUAIL (4)
Scaled Quail	x										SCQU20050302AZ
Gambel's Quail	x										GAQU20050302AZ-M
Northern Bobwhite							x				NOBO20050602OK
Montezuma Quail	x										MTQU20051122AZ-IMM-M
PHEASANTS AND PARTRIDGES (2)
Gray Partridge						x				x	GRPA20050608ND
Ring-necked Pheasant		x				x		x
CRANES (1)
Sandhill Crane	x					x				x	SACR20050302AZ-FLT SACR20050625WY
RAILS AND COOTS (5)
Yellow Rail						x
Virginia Rail	x					x					VIRA20050410AZ VIRA20050605ND VIRA20051020AZ
Sora	x					x				x	SORA20050313AZ SORA20051222AZ-1 SORA20051222AZ-2
Common Moorhen	x	x									COMO20051216AZ
American Coot	x	x				x		x		x
AVOCETS AND STILTS (2)
Black-necked Stilt	x	x									BNST20050721AZ
American Avocet	x	x				x				x	AMAV20050620WY
PLOVERS (4)
Black-bellied Plover	x	x
Semipalmated Plover	x
Killdeer	x	x	x	x		x	x	x	x	x	KILL20050218AZ KILL20050625WY
Mountain Plover	x									x	MOUP20050620WY
SANDPIPERS (21)
Wilson's Snipe	x					x				x	WISN20050625WY
Long-billed Dowitcher	x	x
Marbled Godwit	x	x				x		x		x	MAGO20050608ND
Long-billed Curlew	x	x								x	LBCU20050619WY
Upland Sandpiper							x			x	UPSA20050602OK UPSA20050619WY
Greater Yellowlegs	x	x
Lesser Yellowlegs	x
Solitary Sandpiper	x										SOSA20050909AZ
Spotted Sandpiper	x	x				x				x
Willet	x	x				x				x
Black Turnstone		x
Surfbird		x
Sanderling		x
Semipalmated Sandpiper	x
Western Sandpiper	x	x
Least Sandpiper	x	x
White-rumped Sandpiper						x
Baird's Sandpiper	x										BASA20050721AZ
Stilt Sandpiper	x
Wilson's Phalarope	x					x				x
Red-necked Phalarope	x
GULLS (6)
Heermann's Gull		x
Ring-billed Gull	x	x				x		x		x
California Gull		x				x				x
Western Gull		x
American Herring Gull		x
Franklin's Gull	x					x				x
TERNS (2)
Forster's Tern		x				x		x		x	FOTE20050610ND
Black Tern	x			x		x		x		x
PIGEONS AND DOVES (8)
Rock Pigeon	x	x		x	x	x		x	x	x
Band-tailed Pigeon	x
Eurasian Collared-Dove	x				x		x			x
Mourning Dove	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x		x
White-winged Dove	x				x
Common Ground-Dove	x				x
Ruddy Ground-Dove	x				x						RUGD20051019AZ RUGD20051216AZ
Inca Dove	x										INDO20051107AZ
CUCKOOS (3)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo	x						x	x	x
Groove-billed Ani	x										GBAN20051123AZ-1 GBAN20051123AZ-2
Greater Roadrunner	x										GRRO20050215AZ GRRO20050302AZ GRRO20051207AZ
OWLS (9)
Flammulated Owl	x
Western Screech-Owl	x
Whiskered Screech-Owl	x
Great Horned Owl	x					x				x	GHOW20050625WY GHOW20050810AZ GHOW20051130AZ
Spotted Owl	x										SPOW20050113AZ SPOW20050308AZ SPOW20050408AZ SPOW20050412AZ SPOW20050417AZ SPOW20050505AZ
Northern Pygmy-Owl	x										NOPO20050308AZ
Elf Owl	x
Burrowing Owl	x
Northern Saw-whet Owl										x
NIGHTJARS (5)
Lesser Nighthawk	x
Common Nighthawk	x					x	x	x		x	CONI20050602OK
Common Poorwill	x
Buff-collared Nightjar	x
Whip-poor-will	x
SWIFTS (3)
Chimney Swift				x		x	x
Vaux's Swift	x
White-throated Swift	x							x		x
HUMMINGBIRDS (11)
Broad-billed Hummingbird	x										BBLH20050330AZ-F-NEST
Violet-crowned Hummingbird	x
Blue-throated Hummingbird	x
Magnificent Hummingbird	x
Ruby-throated Hummingbird						x
Black-chinned Hummingbird	x										BCHU20050423AZ-F-NEST
Anna's Hummingbird	x										ANHU20051021AZ-F
Costa's Hummingbird	x
Calliope Hummingbird	x										CAHU20050806AZ
Broad-tailed Hummingbird	x									x
Rufous Hummingbird	x										RUHU20050806AZ
TROGONS (1)
Elegant Trogon	x										ELTR20050208AZ-1 ELTR20050208AZ-2 ELTR20050208AZ-3 ELTR20050416AZ-M ELTR20050420AZ-M ELTR20050424AZ-F1 ELTR20050424AZ-F2 ELTR20050424AZ-M1 ELTR20050424AZ-M2
KINGFISHERS (2)
Belted Kingfisher	x	x		x		x		x		x
Green Kingfisher	x										GKIN20051121AZ
WOODPECKERS (14)
Lewis's Woodpecker	x
Red-headed Woodpecker								x
Acorn Woodpecker	x										ACWO20050426AZ ACWO20051024AZ
Gila Woodpecker	x										GIWO20051020AZ-F
Williamson's Sapsucker	x										WISA20050216AZ-M WISA20050317AZ-M WISA20050804AZ-IMM-M WISA20050814AZ-IMM-F WISA20051116AZ
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker						x
Red-naped Sapsucker	x									x
Ladder-backed Woodpecker	x				x						LBWO20050208AZ-F
Downy Woodpecker	x	x						x		x	DOWO20050805AZ
Hairy Woodpecker	x					x		x		x
Arizona Woodpecker	x										ARWO20050320AZ-M ARWO20051122AZ
American Three-toed Woodpecker	x										ATTW20050813AZ-M-F ATTW20050815AZ-F
Northern Flicker	x	x		x		x		x		x
Gilded Flicker	x
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS (30)
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet	x										NOBT20050330AZ NOBT20050410AZ NOBT20050415AZ
Olive-sided Flycatcher	x									x
Greater Pewee	x
Western Wood-Pewee	x									x	WEWP20050915AZ
Eastern Wood-Pewee				x		x	x
Alder Flycatcher						x
Willow Flycatcher	x					x				x	WIFL20050622WY
Least Flycatcher						x		x		x	LEFL20050606ND
Hammond's Flycatcher	x
Gray Flycatcher	x
Dusky Flycatcher	x									x	DUFL20050814AZ
Pacific-slope Flycatcher	x										PSFL20051222AZ
Cordilleran Flycatcher	x							x		x	COFL20050617WY
Buff-breasted Flycatcher	x										BBFL20050326AZ
Eastern Phoebe	x					x					EAPH20050207AZ-DOC EAPH20050612ND
Black Phoebe	x	x
Say's Phoebe	x	x			x					x	SAPH20051020AZ
Vermilion Flycatcher	x										VEFL20050310AZ-M VEFL20051019AZ VEFL20051019AZ-HY VEFL20051101AZ VEFL20051115AZ-1 VEFL20051115AZ-2
Dusky-capped Flycatcher	x										DCFL20050916AZ
Ash-throated Flycatcher	x
Great Crested Flycatcher						x	x				GCFL20050610ND
Brown-crested Flycatcher	x
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher	x
Tropical Kingbird	x										TRKI20050901AZ
Cassin's Kingbird	x
Thick-billed Kingbird	x										TBKI20050506AZ
Western Kingbird	x					x	x	x	x	x
Eastern Kingbird				x		x	x	x		x	EAKI20050608ND EAKI20050615SD
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher							x		x		STFL20050602OK
Rose-throated Becard	x										RTBE20050901AZ RTBE20050901AZ-F
LARKS (1)
Horned Lark	x				x	x		x		x	HOLA20050625WY
SWALLOWS (7)
Purple Martin	x
Tree Swallow	x					x		x		x
Violet-green Swallow	x							x		x
Northern Rough-winged Swallow	x			x						x
Bank Swallow	x					x				x
Cliff Swallow	x		x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Barn Swallow	x		x	x	x	x	x	x		x
WAGTAILS AND PIPITS (2)
American Pipit	x	x								x
Sprague's Pipit						x
KINGLETS (2)
Golden-crowned Kinglet	x
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	x	x								x	RCKI20050427AZ
SILKY-FLYCATCHERS (1)
Phainopepla	x										PHAI20050119AZ-M PHAI20051114AZ
WAXWINGS (1)
Cedar Waxwing	x			x		x		x		x	CEDW20050606ND CEDW20050618WY-C
DIPPERS (1)
American Dipper	x										AMDI20050810AZ-JUV1
WRENS (8)
Cactus Wren	x				x						CACW20051201AZ
Rock Wren	x									x	ROWR20050812AZ-JUV
Canyon Wren	x										CANW20051216AZ
Carolina Wren							x
Bewick's Wren	x	x									BEWR20051006AZ
House Wren	x			x		x		x		x
Sedge Wren						x					SEWR20050612ND
Marsh Wren	x	x				x		x		x	MAWR20050624WY MAWR20051129AZ
MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS (8)
Gray Catbird	x					x		x		x
Northern Mockingbird	x				x		x		x
Sage Thrasher	x									x	SATH20050625WY
Brown Thrasher						x	x	x		x	BRTH20050615SD
Bendire's Thrasher	x										BETH20050302AZ
Curve-billed Thrasher	x				x						CBTH20051114AZ
Crissal Thrasher	x										CRTH20051130AZ
Le Conte's Thrasher	x
THRUSHES (8)
Eastern Bluebird	x						x			x
Western Bluebird	x
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