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❑ Mourning Dove — paloma huilota / hohhi P ❑ Inca Dove — tórtola de cola larga / gugu P Cuckoos ❑ Greater Roadrunner — correcaminos norteño / tadai P Some birds live at Tohono Chul all year, while others are Barn Owls migrants that visit only at certain seasons. The follow- ❑ Barn Owl — lechuza de campanario P ing codes give the status for each species: Typical Owls P – permanent resident ❑ Western Screech-Owl — tecolote occidental P S – summer visitor ❑ Great Horned Owl — búho cornudo grande P W – winter visitor ❑ Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl — tecolotito común P/r ❑ M – migrant (spring & fall) Elf Owl — tecolote enano / kuhkwul S ❑ Burrowing Owl — tecolote llanero M/r r – rare ❑ Long-eared Owl — búho cornudo de cara café W/r u – uncommon Seasons for birds do not match the seasons on our Nighthawks and Nightjars ❑ Lesser Nighthawk — chotacabras menor / nehpod S calendars. Some winter visitors arrive in September ❑ Common Poorwill — tapacaminos tevíi / kohlo’ogam M/r and stay through April. Some summer visitors appear in March, or even earlier. Some fall migrants pass Swifts through primarily in August. Bird species marked “P/u” ❑ Vaux’s Swift — vencejo de Vaux M or “P/r” may be present all year somewhere in the Tuc- ❑ White-throated Swift — vencejo de pecho blanco P son area, but visit Tohono Chul only occasionally. Hummingbirds (wipismal) Species are arranged in taxonomic order; that is, spe- ❑ Broad-billed Hummingbird — colibrí de pico ancho M cies are placed in the sequence of their presumed natu- ❑ Black-chinned Hummingbird — colibrí garganta morada S ❑ ral relationships. The birds thought to be most primitive Anna’s Hummingbird — colibrí de cabeza roja P ❑ Costa’s Hummingbird — colibrí de cabeza violeta P are listed first, proceeding on to the most highly evolved. ❑ Calliope Hummingbird — colibrí de garganta rayada M/r Taxonomists do not always agree, so this order is sub- ❑ Broad-tailed Hummingbird — zumbador de cola ancho M/u ject to change. The current sequence is based on the ❑ Rufous Hummingbird — zumbador rufo M A.O.U. Check-list of North American Birds, 7th edition. ❑ Allen’s Hummingbird — zumbador de Allen M/r Where known, Spanish and Tohono O’odham names Field Checklist of Birds Field Checklist of Birds Field Checklist of Birds Field Checklist of Birds Field Checklist of Birds Woodpeckers are included. ❑ Gila Woodpecker — carpintero del desierto / hikiwigi P ❑ Quail Red-naped Sapsucker — chupasavia de nuca roja W ❑ Ladder-backed Woodpecker — carpintero mexicano / ❑ Gambel’s Quail — codorniz de Gambel / kakaichu P chehegam P ❑ Herons “Red-shafted” Northern Flicker — carpintero de pechera ❑ Great Blue Heron — garzón cenizo P/u común W/u ❑ Gilded Flicker — carpintero de pechera de Arizona / kudat P American Vultures ❑ Turkey Vulture — zopilote aura / nuwi S Flycatchers ❑ Northern Beardless Tyrannulet — mosquero lampiño M Hawks and Eagles ❑ Olive-sided Flycatcher — pibí boreal M/r ❑ Osprey — gavilán pescador M/r ❑ Western Wood-Pewee — pibí occidental M ❑ Northern Harrier — gavilán rastrero W/r ❑ Hammond’s Flycatcher — mosquero de Hammond M/r ❑ Sharp-shinned Hawk — gavilán de pecho rufo / wishag W ❑ Gray Flycatcher — mosquero gris M ❑ Cooper’s Hawk — gavilán de Cooper P ❑ Dusky Flycatcher — mosquero oscura M ❑ Harris’ Hawk — aguililla de Harris P ❑ Pacific-slope Flycatcher — mosquero californiano M/r ❑ Swainson’s Hawk — gavilán de Swainson M ❑ Cordilleran Flycatcher — mosquero barranqueño M/r ❑ Zone-tailed Hawk — aguililla aura S ❑ Black Phoebe — papamoscas negro / gihsupi P/u ❑ Red-tailed Hawk — aguililla cola roja P ❑ Say’s Phoebe — papamoscas llanero P ❑ Ferruginous Hawk — aguililla real W/r ❑ Vermilion Flycatcher — mosquero cardenalito M ❑ Golden Eagle -- águila real P/r ❑ Ash-throated Flycatcher — copetón cenizo S ❑ Brown-crested Flycatcher — copetón tirano S Falcons ❑ Cassin’s Kingbird — tirano gritón M ❑ American Kestrel — cernícalo Americano / sisiki P ❑ Western Kingbird — tirano de bordes blancos S ❑ Merlin — halcón esmerejón W/r ❑ Peregrine Falcon — halcón peregrino P/r Shrikes ❑ Prairie Falcon — halcón mexicano P ❑ Loggerhead Shrike — alcaudón verdugo P/r Plovers Vireos ❑ Killdeer — chorlo tildío / chiwi-chuhch P/u ❑ Bell’s Vireo — vireo de Bell S ❑ Plumbeous Vireo — vireo plomizo M Doves and Pigeons ❑ Cassin’s Vireo — viero de Cassin M ❑ Rock Pigeon (Dove) — paloma doméstica P ❑ Hutton’s Vireo — vireo reyezuelo W/r ❑ White-winged Dove — paloma de ala blanca / okokoi S ❑ Warbling Vireo — vireo gorjeador M Ravens Tanagers ❑ Common Raven — cuervo común / hawani P ❑ Summer Tanager — tangara roja M/r ❑ Western Tanager — tangara de capucha roja M Swallows ❑ Purple Martin — golodrina azul-negra S Towhees and Sparrows ❑ Tree Swallow — golondrina bicolor M ❑ Green-tailed Towhee — rascador de cola verde M ❑ Violet-green Swallow — golondrina verde tornasol M ❑ Spotted Towhee — rascador manchado W/u ❑ Northern Rough-winged Swallow — golondrina de ala ❑ Canyon Towhee — rascador pardo / bichput P aserrada S/r ❑ Abert’s Towhee — rascador de Abert P/u ❑ Cliff Swallow — golondrina risquera S ❑ Rufous-winged Sparrow — zacatonero de ala rufa P/r ❑ Barn Swallow — golondrina tijereta S ❑ Chipping Sparrow — gorrión de ceja blanca M ❑ Brewer’s Sparrow —gorrión de Brewer W Tits and Verdins ❑ Lark Sparrow — gorrión arlequín S ❑ Verdin — baloncillo / gisop P ❑ Black-throated Sparrow — gorrión de garganta negra / ba‘ i-chukulim P ❑ Wrens Sage Sparrow — zacatonero de artemisa W/r ❑ Song Sparrow — gorrión cantor M ❑ Cactus Wren — matraca del desierto / hokkad P ❑ Lincoln’s Sparrow — gorrión de Lincoln M ❑ Rock Wren — saltapared roquero W ❑ White-throated Sparrow — gorrión de garganta blanca W/u ❑ Bewick’s Wren — saltapared de Bewick W ❑ White-crowned Sparrow — gorrión de corona blanca / ❑ House Wren — saltapared continental M tomtol W ❑ Dark-eyed Junco — junco de ojo oscuro W Kinglets ❑ Ruby-crowned Kinglet — reyzuelo de corona roja W Cardinals, Grosbeaks and Allies ❑ Northern Cardinal — cardenal norteño / sipuk P Gnatcatchers ❑ Pyrrhuloxia — cardenal desértico / bichpod P ❑ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher — perlita azul gris M/r ❑ Black-headed Grosbeak — picogordo tigrillo M ❑ Black-tailed Gnatcatcher — perlita del desierto / schuk ❑ Blue Grosbeak — picogordo azul M/r mookam gisop P ❑ Lazuli Bunting — colorín lázuli M Thrushes Blackbirds, Orioles, Grackles and ❑ Western Bluebird — azulejo de garganta azul W/r Meadowlarks ❑ Mountain Bluebird — azulejo pálio W/r ❑ Red-winged Blackbird — tordo sargento / s-wegi shashani W/r ❑ Hermit Thrush — zorzal de cola rufa W ❑ Western Meadowlark — pradero occidental M/r ❑ American Robin — mirlo primavera W ❑ Great-tailed Grackle — zanate mexicano P ❑ Bronzed Cowbird — vaquero de ojo rojo S Mockingbirds and Thrashers ❑ Brown-headed Cowbird — vaquero de cabeza café P ❑ Northern Mockingbird — cenzontle norteño / shug P ❑ Hooded Oriole — bolsero enmascarado / s-oam shashani S ❑ Sage Thrasher — cuitlacoche de artemisa M/r ❑ Bullock’s Oriole — bolsero de Bullock S ❑ Curve-billed Thrasher — cuitlacoche de pico curvo / kudwik P Finches ❑ House Finch — pinzón mexicano P Starlings ❑ Pine Siskin — dominico pinero W/r ❑ European Starling — estornino europeo P ❑ Lesser Goldfinch — dominico de dorso oscuro P Pipits Old World Sparrows ❑ American Pipit — bisbita americana W/r ❑ House Sparrow — gorrión doméstico / o’odopiwa P Waxwings Waxwings date: ___________________ time: ________________ ❑ Cedar Waxwing — ampelis chinito W/r weather: _______________________________________ notes: Silky Flycatchers ❑ Phainopepla — capulinero negro / kuigam P _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ Wood Warblers _________________________________________________ ❑ Orange-crowned Warbler — chipe oliváceo W _________________________________________________ ❑ Nashville Warbler — chipe de Nashville M _________________________________________________ ❑ Virginia’s Warbler — chipe de Virginia M ❑ Lucy’s Warbler — chipe de rabadilla rufa S ❑ Yellow Warbler — chipe amarillo M ❑ Yellow-rumped Warbler — chipe de rabadilla amarilla W ❑ Black-throated Gray Warbler — chipe negro gris M ❑ Townsend’s Warbler — chipe de Townsend M © 2009 Tohono Chul Park ❑ Hermit Warbler — chipe de cabeza amarilla M/r checklist prepared by Lynn Hassler ❑ MacGillivray’s Warbler — chipe de tolmie M ❑ Common Yellowthroat — mascarita común M artwork by Debbie Jensen ❑ Wilson’s Warbler — chipe de corona negra M ❑ Yellow-breasted Chat — chipe de pecho amarillo M www.tohonochulpark.org.
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  • June-July 2021

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    Phainopepla Published by the San Fernando Valley Audubon Society A 501(c)(3) non-profit organization A Chapter of National Audubon Society For Nature Education and the Conservation of Wildlife Vol. 72 No. 3 June / July 2021 General Membership Meeting: — Zoom Presentation Online General Membership Thursday, June 24, 2021 Meetings 7:00—8:00 p.m. Please join us for our Guest Speaker: Krise Stein online presentations From: Southern Sierra Research StaEon from the comfort of PresentaEon Title: Successes and Future Developments of the Motus your home! Wildlife Tracking System ————————————————— Become a NEW member Please click here to register. Your first year is FREE! Go to SFVAudubon.org Clean Up of Haskell Creek in the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve ————————————————— Saturday June 19, 2021 8:30AM – Noon Additional Changes at National Audubon Society Leadership Effective April 23, 2021, David an Fernando Valley Audubon Society is partnering with Friends of the Los Angeles River (FoLAR) Ringer, Chief Network and S Communications Officer, National and the Resource Conserva?on District of the Santa Monica Mountains for a greatly needed cleanup. Audubon Society, announced his departure. Along with Elizabeth Please register soon to volunteer to help Haskell Creek at hFps://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-great-la- Sorrell, they will begin a new v e n t u r e t o g e t h e r t o h e l p river-cleanup-haskell-creek-registra?on-151737560127. nonprofit organizations and companies do more for the As FoLAR’s announcement says, The River needs YOU! This summer, join FoLAR and our partners for a e n v i r o n m e n t a n d f o r series of small, in-person cleanups to collect trash and prevent waste from pollu?ng our watershed and communities.