Site Report: Big Bend National Park
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Chisos Mountains
Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus)
Western Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis)
Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle (Apalone spinifera)
Mexican Jay (Aphelocoma wollweberi)
Colima Warbler (Oreothlypis crissalis)
Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus)
Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus)
Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris)
Canyon Towhee (Melozone fusca)
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) - Gray-headed
Crissal Thrasher (Toxostoma crissale)
Cactus Wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus)
Pyrrhuloxia (Cardinalis sinuatus)
Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus) - Female
Dusky Flycatcher (Empidonax oberholseri)
Cassin's Vireo (Vireo cassinii)
Scarlet Hedgehog Cactus (Echinocereus coccineus)
Black-chinned Sparrow (Spizella atrogularis)
Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Aimophila ruficeps)
American Badger (Taxidea taxus)
Scott's Oriole (Icterus parisorum) - Female
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Andrew
Andy
Chisos Mountains
Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus)
Western Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis)
Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle (Apalone spinifera)
Mexican Jay (Aphelocoma wollweberi)
Colima Warbler (Oreothlypis crissalis)
Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus)
Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus)
Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris)
Canyon Towhee (Melozone fusca)
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) - Gray-headed
Crissal Thrasher (Toxostoma crissale)
Cactus Wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus)
Pyrrhuloxia (Cardinalis sinuatus)
Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus) - Female
Dusky Flycatcher (Empidonax oberholseri)
Cassin's Vireo (Vireo cassinii)
Scarlet Hedgehog Cactus (Echinocereus coccineus)
Black-chinned Sparrow (Spizella atrogularis)
Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Aimophila ruficeps)
American Badger (Taxidea taxus)
Scott's Oriole (Icterus parisorum) - Female
A desert area with a "sky island" mountain range on the border of the USA and Mexico.
Visits
- 2018-04-20:
- 2018-04-21:
- 2018-04-22:
- 2018-04-23:
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (66 records)
Phylum: Angiosperms
(1 record)
Class: Eudicots
(1 record)
- Order: Caryophyllales
(1 record)
- Family: Cactaceae
- Scarlet Hedgehog Cactus (Echinocereus coccineus)
Phylum: Chordates
(65 records)
Class: Birds
(62 records)
- Order: Cuckoos
(1 record)
- Family: Cuckoos
- Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(2 records)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus)
- Family: Swifts
- White-throated Swift (Aeronautes saxatalis)
- Order: Pelicans
(2 records)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
- Order: Perching Birds
(50 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Scott's Oriole (Icterus parisorum)
- Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
- Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)
- Family: Bushtits
- Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus)
- Family: Cardinals and Allies
- Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
- Pyrrhuloxia (Cardinalis sinuatus)
- Varied Bunting (Passerina versicolor)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus)
- Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)
- House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
- Family: Chickadees and Titmice
- Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus)
- Family: Gnatwrens
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Common Raven (Corvus corax)
- Mexican Jay (Aphelocoma wollweberi)
- Family: Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Allies
- Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
- Curve-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre)
- Crissal Thrasher (Toxostoma crissale)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Colima Warbler (Leiothlypis crissalis)
- Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)
- Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys)
- Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)
- White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
- Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
- Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
- Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida)
- Black-chinned Sparrow (Spizella atrogularis)
- Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus)
- Black-throated Sparrow (Amphispiza bilineata)
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Aimophila ruficeps)
- Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus)
- Canyon Towhee (Melozone fusca)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Family: Swallows
- Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis)
- Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Dusky Flycatcher (Empidonax oberholseri)
- Western Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis)
- Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya)
- Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
- Ash-throated Flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens)
- Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis)
- Family: Wrens
- Cactus Wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus)
- Rock Wren (Salpinctes obsoletus)
- Canyon Wren (Catherpes mexicanus)
- Northern House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(1 record)
- Family: New World Quail
- Scaled Quail (Callipepla squamata)
- Order: Vultures
(2 records)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(2 records)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris)
Class: Mammals
(2 records)
- Order: Carnivorans
(1 record)
- Family: Mustelids
- American Badger (Taxidea taxus)
- Order: Lagomorpha
(1 record)
- Family: Leporidae
- Audubon's Cottontail (Sylvilagus audubonii)
Class: Reptiles
(1 record)
- Order: Turtles
(1 record)
- Family: Soft-shelled Turtles
- Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle (Apalone spinifera)