BIRDS OF Colossal Cave Mountain Park

The following is a (loosely kept) list of birds • Brown-crested Flycatcher • Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena) seen in Colossal Cave Mountain Park over (Myiarchus tyrannulus) • Bronzed Cowbird (Molothrus aeneus) the last forty-plus years by Park residents • Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) • Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) and visitors. We extend particular thanks • Bell’s Vireo (Vireo bellii) • Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus) to Mark Stevenson, who has not only • Western Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica) • Streak-backed Oriole (Icterus pustulatus) added a number of species to the list, • Common Raven (Corvus corax) • Bullock’s Oriole (Icterus bullockii) but also generously shared his expertise • Purple Martin (Progne subis) • Scott’s Oriole (Icterus parisorum) with the Park: • Cliff Swallow (Hirundo pyrrhonota) • Cassin’s Finch (Carpodacus cassinii) • Bridled Titmouse (Parus wollweberi) • House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) • Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) • Juniper Titmouse (Baelophus ridgewayi) • Pine Siskin (Carduelis pinus) • Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) • Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus) • Lesser Goldfinch (Carduelis psaltria) • Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) • Verdin (Auriparus flaviceps) • (over for birds seen only at the Ranch) • Cooper’s Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) • Cactus Wren (Campylorhynchus • Common Black-Hawk brunneicapillus) (Buteogallus anthracinus) Some birds have been sighted on La Posta • Rock Wren (Salpinctes obsoletus) Quemada Ranch but, to date, not elsewhere • Zone-tailed Hawk (Buteo albonotatus) • Canyon Wren (Catherpes mexicanus) in Colossal Cave Mountain Park; these are • Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) • Bewick’s Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) listed below: • Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis) • House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) • Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) • Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) • Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias ) • Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) • Black-tailed Gnatcatcher (Polioptila • Mallard (Anas platyrynchnos ) • American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) melanura) • Gray Hawk (Buteo nitidus) • Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) • Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) • Anna’s Hummingbird (Calypte anna) • Prairie Falcon (Falco mexicanus) • Curve-billed Thrasher • Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet • Scaled Quail (Callipepla squamata) (Toxostoma curvirostre) (Camptostoma imberbe) • Gambel’s Quail (Callipepla gambelii) • Crissal Thrasher (Toxostoma crissale) • Hammond’s Flycatcher • Rock Dove (Columba livia) • Phainopepla (Phainopepla nitens) (Emponidax hammondii) • White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) • Virginia’s Warbler (Vermivora virginiae) • Gray Flycatcher (Emponidax wrightii) • Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) • Lucy’s Warbler (Vermivora luciae) • Dusky Flycatcher (Emponidax oberholseri) • Greater Roadrunner • Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia) • Pacific-slope Flycatcher (Emponidax dificilis) (Geococcyx californianus) • Black-throated Gray Warbler • Vermilion Flycatcher • Western Screech Owl (Otus kennicotii) (Dendroica nigrescens) (Pyrocephalus rubinus) • Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) • MacGillivray’s Warbler (Oporornis tolmiei) • Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) • Elf Owl (Micrathene whitneyi) • Wilson’s Warbler (Wilsonia pusilla) • Cassin’s Kingbird (Tyrannus vociferans) • Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) • Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) • Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) • Common Poorwill (Phalaenoptilus nuttallii) • Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) • Hutton’s Vireo (Vireo huttoni) • White-throated Swift (Aeronautes saxatalis) • Green-tailed Towhee (Pipilo chlorurus) • Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) • Broad-billed Hummingbird • Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) • Plumbeous Vireo (Vireo plumbeus) (Cynanthus latirostris) • Canyon Towhee (Pipilo fuscus) • Cassin’s Vireo (Vireo cassinii) • Lucifer Hummingbird (Calothorax lucifer) • Abert’s Towhee (Pipilo aberti) • White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta • Black-chinned Hummingbird • Rufous-winged Sparrow carolinensis) (Archilocus alexandri) (Aimophila carpalis) • Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) • Costa’s Hummingbird (Calypte costae) • Rufous-crowned Sparrow • Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris) • Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) (Aimophila ruficeps) • Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher • Allen’s Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) • Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (Polioptila melanura) • Gila Woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygialis) • Black-chinned Sparrow (Spizella atrigularis) • Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) • Williamson’s Sapsucker • Black-throated Sparrow • American Robin (Turdus migratorius) (Sphyrapicus thyroideus) (Amphispiza bilineata) • European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) • Red-naped Sapsucker • Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus • Yellow-rumped Warbler (Sphyrapicus nuchalis) sandwichensis) (Dendroica coronata) • Ladder-backed Woodpecker • White-crowned Sparrow • Orange-crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata) (Picoides scalaris) (Zonotrichia leucophrys) • Common Yellowthroat (Geothylpis trichas) • Gilded Flicker (Colapteschrysoides) • Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) • Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) • Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans) • Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) • Lincoln’s Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) • Say’s Phoebe (Sayornis saya) • Pyrrhuloxia (Cardinalis sinuatus) • Red-winged Blackbird • Ash-throated Flycatcher • Black-headed Grosbeak (Agelaius phoeniceus) (Myiarchus cinerascens) (Pheucticus melancephalus) • House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) • Blue Grosbeak (Guiraca caerulea) BIRDS OF Colossal Cave Mountain Park

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