April Journal
 
 		Stuart Healy
Species recorded - April, 2012 		bottom of page
 

IMPORTANT: Do not use this list to generate a list of target birds.
Please use the appropriate SE AZ monthly checklists for that purpose.

318 species recorded from April 1 to April 29, 2012 (27 birding days in 2 states)

Location Species Seen Unique Species Birding Days
Arizona 122 31 5
Texas 287 196 23

Note: species are listed in modified Clements 2012 order
318 species recorded
27 birding days in 2 states		 A
Z		 T
X		 25 species photographed, 26 total images
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DUCKS, GEESE, AND WATERFOWL (19)      
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck   x  
Fulvous Whistling-Duck   x  
Greater White-fronted Goose   x  
Snow Goose   x  
Gadwall x x  
American Wigeon x x  
Mallard x x  
Mottled Duck   x  
Blue-winged Teal x x  
Cinnamon Teal x x  
Northern Shoveler x x  
Green-winged Teal x x  
Redhead   x  
Ring-necked Duck x x  
Greater Scaup   x GRSC20120428TX  
Lesser Scaup x x  
Bufflehead x x  
Red-breasted Merganser   x  
Ruddy Duck x x  
GUANS, CHACHALACAS, AND CURASSOWS (1)      
Plain Chachalaca   x  
NEW WORLD QUAIL (3)      
Scaled Quail   x  
Gambel's Quail x x  
Northern Bobwhite   x  
PHEASANTS, GROUSE, TURKEYS, ALLIES (1)      
Wild Turkey   x  
LOONS (2)      
Pacific Loon   x  
Common Loon   x  
GREBES (4)      
Least Grebe   x  
Pied-billed Grebe x x  
Eared Grebe x x  
Clark's Grebe   x  
FRIGATEBIRDS (1)      
Magnificent Frigatebird   x  
CORMORANTS AND SHAGS (2)      
Neotropic Cormorant x x  
Double-crested Cormorant x x  
ANHINGAS (1)      
Anhinga   x  
PELICANS (1)      
Brown Pelican   x  
HERONS, EGRETS, AND BITTERNS (11)      
Least Bittern   x LEBI20120427TX  
Great Blue Heron x x  
Great Egret   x  
Snowy Egret   x  
Little Blue Heron   x  
Tricolored Heron   x  
Reddish Egret   x  
Cattle Egret   x  
Green Heron   x  
Black-crowned Night-Heron   x  
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron   x YCNH20120420TX  
IBISES AND SPOONBILLS (3)      
White Ibis   x  
White-faced Ibis   x  
Roseate Spoonbill   x  
NEW WORLD VULTURES (2)      
Black Vulture x x  
Turkey Vulture x x  
OSPREY (1)      
Osprey x x  
HAWKS, EAGLES, AND KITES (13)      
White-tailed Kite   x  
Mississippi Kite   x  
Northern Harrier x x  
Sharp-shinned Hawk   x  
Cooper's Hawk x x  
Common Black-Hawk   x  
Harris's Hawk   x  
White-tailed Hawk   x  
Broad-winged Hawk   x  
Gray Hawk x x  
Swainson's Hawk x x  
Zone-tailed Hawk x    
Red-tailed Hawk x x  
FALCONS (2)      
Crested Caracara   x  
American Kestrel x x  
RAILS, GALLINULES, AND COOTS (4)      
Clapper Rail   x CLRA20120420TX  
Sora   x  
Common Gallinule   x  
American Coot x x  
PLOVERS (5)      
Black-bellied Plover   x  
Snowy Plover   x  
Wilson's Plover   x WIPL20120428TX  
Semipalmated Plover   x  
Killdeer   x  
OYSTERCATCHERS (1)      
American Oystercatcher   x AMOY20120417TX  
STILTS AND AVOCETS (2)      
Black-necked Stilt x x  
American Avocet   x  
SANDPIPERS AND ALLIES (21)      
Spotted Sandpiper   x  
Greater Yellowlegs x x  
Willet   x  
Lesser Yellowlegs   x  
Upland Sandpiper   x  
Whimbrel   x  
Hudsonian Godwit   x HUGO20120429TX  
Marbled Godwit   x  
Ruddy Turnstone   x  
Red Knot   x  
Sanderling   x  
Least Sandpiper   x  
White-rumped Sandpiper   x  
Pectoral Sandpiper   x  
Dunlin   x  
Stilt Sandpiper   x  
Buff-breasted Sandpiper   x  
Short-billed Dowitcher   x  
Long-billed Dowitcher x x  
Wilson's Snipe   x  
Wilson's Phalarope   x  
GULLS, TERNS, AND SKIMMERS (12)      
Laughing Gull   x  
Franklin's Gull   x FRGU20120417TX  
Ring-billed Gull x x  
Herring Gull   x  
Least Tern   x  
Gull-billed Tern   x  
Caspian Tern   x  
Black Tern   x  
Forster's Tern   x  
Royal Tern   x ROYT20120420TX  
Sandwich Tern   x  
Black Skimmer   x  
PIGEONS AND DOVES (7)      
Rock Pigeon x x  
Eurasian Collared-Dove x x  
White-winged Dove x x  
Mourning Dove x x  
Inca Dove x x  
Common Ground-Dove x x  
White-tipped Dove   x  
CUCKOOS (3)      
Yellow-billed Cuckoo   x  
Greater Roadrunner   x  
Groove-billed Ani   x  
OWLS (6)      
Western Screech-Owl x    
Whiskered Screech-Owl x    
Great Horned Owl x    
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl   x  
Elf Owl x    
Barred Owl   x BARR20120410TX  
NIGHTJARS AND ALLIES (3)      
Common Nighthawk   x  
Common Poorwill x    
Chuck-will's-widow   x  
SWIFTS (1)      
Chimney Swift   x  
HUMMINGBIRDS (8)      
Ruby-throated Hummingbird   x  
Black-chinned Hummingbird x x  
Anna's Hummingbird x    
Costa's Hummingbird x    
Rufous Hummingbird x    
Broad-billed Hummingbird x    
Buff-bellied Hummingbird   x BUFH20120425TX  
Violet-crowned Hummingbird x    
KINGFISHERS (3)      
Ringed Kingfisher   x  
Belted Kingfisher   x  
Green Kingfisher   x  
WOODPECKERS (9)      
Red-headed Woodpecker   x  
Acorn Woodpecker x    
Gila Woodpecker x    
Golden-fronted Woodpecker   x  
Red-bellied Woodpecker   x  
Ladder-backed Woodpecker x x LBWO20120408TX  
Downy Woodpecker   x  
Red-cockaded Woodpecker   x  
Gilded Flicker x    
PARROTS (3)      
Monk Parakeet   x  
Green Parakeet   x  
Red-crowned Parrot   x  
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS (18)      
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet x x  
Eastern Wood-Pewee   x  
Acadian Flycatcher   x  
Gray Flycatcher x    
Black Phoebe x x  
Eastern Phoebe   x  
Say's Phoebe x x  
Vermilion Flycatcher x x  
Ash-throated Flycatcher x x  
Great Crested Flycatcher   x  
Brown-crested Flycatcher   x  
Great Kiskadee   x  
Tropical Kingbird   x  
Couch's Kingbird   x COKI20120421TX  
Cassin's Kingbird x    
Western Kingbird x x  
Eastern Kingbird   x  
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher   x  
SHRIKES (1)      
Loggerhead Shrike x x  
VIREOS (9)      
White-eyed Vireo   x  
Bell's Vireo x x  
Black-capped Vireo   x  
Yellow-throated Vireo   x  
Blue-headed Vireo   x  
Hutton's Vireo   x  
Warbling Vireo   x  
Philadelphia Vireo   x PHVI20120417TX  
Red-eyed Vireo   x  
CROWS, JAYS, AND MAGPIES (7)      
Green Jay   x  
Blue Jay   x  
Western Scrub-Jay   x  
American Crow   x  
Fish Crow   x  
Chihuahuan Raven x x  
Common Raven x x  
LARKS (1)      
Horned Lark   x  
SWALLOWS (7)      
Northern Rough-winged Swallow x x  
Purple Martin   x  
Tree Swallow x x  
Violet-green Swallow x    
Barn Swallow x x  
Cliff Swallow x x  
Cave Swallow   x  
CHICKADEES AND TITS (4)      
Carolina Chickadee   x  
Bridled Titmouse x    
Tufted Titmouse   x  
Black-crested Titmouse   x BCTI20120408TX  
PENDULINE-TITS (1)      
Verdin x x  
LONG-TAILED TITS (1)      
Bushtit   x  
NUTHATCHES (2)      
White-breasted Nuthatch x    
Brown-headed Nuthatch   x  
WRENS (7)      
Canyon Wren x x  
House Wren x x  
Sedge Wren   x  
Marsh Wren x x  
Carolina Wren   x  
Bewick's Wren x x  
Cactus Wren   x  
GNATCATCHERS (2)      
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher   x  
Black-capped Gnatcatcher x    
KINGLETS (1)      
Ruby-crowned Kinglet x x  
THRUSHES AND ALLIES (8)      
Eastern Bluebird   x  
Townsend's Solitaire x    
Veery   x  
Gray-cheeked Thrush   x  
Swainson's Thrush   x  
Hermit Thrush x    
Clay-colored Thrush   x CCTH20120416TX  
American Robin x x  
MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS (5)      
Gray Catbird   x  
Northern Mockingbird x x  
Brown Thrasher   x  
Long-billed Thrasher   x  
Curve-billed Thrasher x x  
STARLINGS (1)      
European Starling x x  
WAXWINGS (1)      
Cedar Waxwing   x  
SILKY-FLYCATCHERS (1)      
Phainopepla   x PHAI20120408TX  
NEW WORLD WARBLERS (29)      
Ovenbird   x  
Louisiana Waterthrush   x  
Northern Waterthrush   x  
Black-and-white Warbler   x  
Prothonotary Warbler   x  
Swainson's Warbler   x  
Tennessee Warbler   x  
Orange-crowned Warbler   x  
Lucy's Warbler x    
Nashville Warbler   x  
Kentucky Warbler   x  
Common Yellowthroat x x  
Hooded Warbler   x  
American Redstart   x  
Northern Parula   x  
Tropical Parula   x TRPA20120421TX  
Magnolia Warbler   x  
Blackburnian Warbler   x BLBW20120426TX  
Yellow Warbler x x  
Pine Warbler   x  
Yellow-rumped Warbler x x  
Yellow-throated Warbler   x  
Townsend's Warbler   x  
Golden-cheeked Warbler   x GCWA20120412TX-1   GCWA20120412TX-2  
Black-throated Green Warbler   x  
Canada Warbler   x  
Wilson's Warbler   x  
Painted Redstart x    
Yellow-breasted Chat   x  
TANAGERS AND ALLIES (1)      
White-collared Seedeater   x  
BUNTINGS AND NEW WORLD SPARROWS (25)      
Olive Sparrow   x  
Green-tailed Towhee x x  
Spotted Towhee   x  
Rufous-crowned Sparrow x x  
Canyon Towhee x x CANT20120408TX-JUV  
Abert's Towhee x    
Rufous-winged Sparrow x    
Botteri's Sparrow x x  
Cassin's Sparrow   x  
Bachman's Sparrow   x  
Chipping Sparrow x x  
Clay-colored Sparrow   x  
Brewer's Sparrow x    
Field Sparrow   x  
Vesper Sparrow x x  
Lark Sparrow x x  
Black-throated Sparrow x x  
Lark Bunting x    
Savannah Sparrow x x  
Grasshopper Sparrow x x  
Seaside Sparrow   x SESP20120419TX  
Song Sparrow x x  
Lincoln's Sparrow x x  
White-throated Sparrow x x  
White-crowned Sparrow x x  
CARDINALS AND ALLIES (11)      
Summer Tanager   x  
Scarlet Tanager   x SCTA20120420TX  
Northern Cardinal x x  
Pyrrhuloxia x x  
Rose-breasted Grosbeak   x  
Black-headed Grosbeak x    
Blue Grosbeak   x  
Lazuli Bunting x    
Indigo Bunting x x  
Painted Bunting   x  
Dickcissel   x  
TROUPIALS AND ALLIES (16)      
Red-winged Blackbird x x  
Eastern Meadowlark x x  
Western Meadowlark   x  
Yellow-headed Blackbird   x  
Brewer's Blackbird   x  
Common Grackle   x  
Boat-tailed Grackle   x BTGR20120419TX  
Great-tailed Grackle x x  
Bronzed Cowbird   x  
Brown-headed Cowbird   x  
Orchard Oriole   x  
Hooded Oriole x x HOOR20120410TX  
Bullock's Oriole x    
Audubon's Oriole   x  
Baltimore Oriole   x  
Scott's Oriole   x  
SISKINS, CROSSBILLS, AND ALLIES (3)      
House Finch x x  
Pine Siskin x x  
Lesser Goldfinch x x  
OLD WORLD SPARROWS (1)      
House Sparrow x x  
318 species recorded
27 birding days in 2 states		 A
Z		 T
X		 25 species photographed, 26 total images
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April Journal
 Stuart Healy
Species recorded - April, 2012
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