2009 Yuma Birding & Nature Festival

APRIL 15th-19th

 

YUMA VISITORS BUREAU

2008 Yuma Birding & Nature Festival
202 S. 1st Ave.
Suite 202
Yuma, AZ 85364
ph: 928-376-0100
fax: 928-376-0133

2008 Birds & Wildlife viewed by participants

2008 Yuma Birding & Nature Festival
Bird & Wildlife Sightings

Here is a list of the birds and wildlife that participants and leaders posted on our boards at the festival headquarters.

GREBES
Pied-billed Grebe – Colorado River – 4/18 (with chick)
Horned Grebe – Andrade Wetlands Mexico – 4/19
Eared Grebe – El Golfo Mexico – 4/19
PELICANS
American White Pelican – Salton Sea – 4/18
Brown Pelican – El Golfo Mexico – 4/19
CORMORANTS
Double-crested Cormorant – Colorado River – 4/18
Brandt’s Cormorant – El Doctor Mexico – 4/18
HERONS, EGRETS, AND BITTERNS
Least Bittern – Colorado River – 4/18
Great Egret – Colorado River – 4/16-4/17
Snowy Egret – Colorado River – 4/16-4/17
Cattle Egret – Mexico – 4/18
Great Blue Heron – Colorado River – 4/17-4/18
Green Heron – Colorado River – 4/18
Black-crowned Night Heron – Colorado River – 4/17
IBISES AND SPOONBILLS
White-faced ibis – Colorado River – 4/17-4/18
VULTURES
Turkey Vulture – La Cienega Mexico – 4/18
HAWKS, EAGLES, AND KITES
Osprey – Colorado River – 4/17-4/18
Northern Harrier – Andrade Wetlands Mexico – 4/19
Red-Tailed Hawk – Mexico – 4/18
FALCONS AND CARACARAS
American Kestrel – Colorado River & Salton Sea – 4/18
PHEASANTS AND QUAIL
Ring-Necked Pheasant – Mexico – 4/18
Gambel’s Quail – Horse Tanks Hike – 4/18 (with chicks)
RAILS, GALLINULES, AND COOTS
Black Rail – Mittry Lake – 4/19
Clapper Rail – La Cienega Mexico – 4/18 (heard not seen)
Virginia Rail – Mittry Lake – 4/19
Sora – La Cienega Mexico – 4/18
Common Moorhen – Betty’s Kitchen – 4/19
American Coot – Colorado River – 4/17
PLOVERS
Black Bellied Plover – El Golfo Mexico – 4/18
Snowy Plover – Salton Sea – 4/18
Semipalmated Plover – Salton Sea – 4/18
Kildeer – El Doctor Mexico – 4/18
AVOCETS AND STILTS
American Avocet – Colorado River – 4/17
Black-necked Stilt – El Doctor Mexico – 4/18
SANDPIPERS AND ALLIES
Greater Yellowlegs – El Doctor Mexico – 4/18
Lesser Yellowlegs – El Doctor Mexico – 4/18
Willet – El Doctor Mexico – 4/18
Spotted Sandpiper – La Cienega Mexico – 4/18
Whimbrel – Salton Sea & Ave 7E Yuma – 4/18-4/19
Long-billed Curlew – El Golfo Mexico – 4/19
Marbled Godwit – Salton Sea – 4/18
Red Knot – El Golfo Mexico – 4/19
Sanderling – El Golfo Mexico – 4/19
Western Sandpiper – El Doctor Mexico – 4/18
Least Sandpiper – Colorado River & Salton Sea – 4/18
Dunlin – Salton Sea – 4/18
Short-billed Dowitcher – El Doctor Mexico – 4/19
Long-billed Dowitcher – El Doctor Mexico – 4/19
Wilson’s Phalarope – Salton Sea and Andrade Wetlands Mexico – 4/18-4/19
GULLS, TERNS, AND ALLIES
Laughing Gull – Salton Sea – 4/18
Ring-billed Gull – El Golfo Mexico – 4/18
California Gull – Salton Sea – 4/18
Heerman’s Gull – El Golfo Mexico – 4/18
Caspian Tern – Salton Sea – 4/18
Forster’s Tern – Andrade Wetlands Mexico – 4/19
Least Tern – El Doctor Mexico – 4/18
PIGEONS AND DOVES
Rock Pigeon – Mexico – 4/18
White-winged Dove – Colorado River & Mexico
Mourning Dove – Everywhere
Inca Dove – Laguna Dam – 4/19
Common Ground-dove – Mexico – 4/18
CUCKOOS AND ROADRUNNERS
Greater Roadrunner – El Doctor Mexico – 4/18
OWLS
Barn Owl – Salton Sea – 4/18
Western Screech Owl – Fortuna Wash Yuma – 4/18
Great Horned Owl – Fortuna Wash Yuma – 4/18
Burrowing Owl – La Cienega Mexico – 4/18
Northern Saw-whet Owl – Fortuna Wash Yuma – 4/17 (heard only)
NIGHTJARS
Lesser Nighthawk – Colorado River – 4/17
SWIFTS
Vaux’s Swift – Betty’s Kitchen – 4/19
HUMMINGBIRDS
Black-chinned Hummingbird – Eijeda Johnson – 4/19
Anna’s Hummingbird – Eijeda Johnson – 4/18
Calliope Hummingbird – Eijeda Johnson – 4/19
Costa’s Hummingbird – Horse Tanks Hike – 4/18
Rufous Hummingbird – Eijeda Johnson – 4/18
Allen’s Hummingbird – Eijeda Johnson – 4/18
KINGFISHERS
Belted Kingfisher – Mittry Lake – 4/19
WOODPECKERS
Gila Woodpecker – Colorado River edge – 4/18
Ladder-backed Woodpecker – Colorado River – 4/18
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
Willow Flycatcher – El Doctor Mexico – 4/19
Pacific-slope Flycatcher – Betty’s Kitchen – 4/19
Black Phoebe – La Cienega Mexico – 4/18
Say’s Phoebe – Horse Tanks Hike – 4/18
Ash-throated Flycatcher – Kofa NWR Burro Canyon – 4/17
Cassin’s Kingbird – La Cienega Mexico – 4/18
Western Kingbird – La Cienega Mexico – 4/18
SWALLOWS
Tree Swallow – La Cienega Mexico – 4/18
Northern Rough-winged Swallow – Betty’s Kitchen – 4/19
Bank Swallow – La Cienega Mexico – 4/18
Cliff Swallow – Colorado River – 4/18
Barn Swallow – Betty’s Kitchen – 4/19
Common Raven – El Golfo – 4/18
VERDINS AND BUSHTITS
Verdin – El Doctor Mexico – 4/18
WRENS
Rock Wren – Mtn Palm Springs – 4/19
Canyon Wren – Horse Tanks Hike – 4/18
Marsh Wren – Colorado River (heard) & La Cienega Mexico – 4/18
KINGLETS AND GNATCATCHERS
Ruby-crowned Kinglet – El Doctor Mexico – 4/19
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher – Betty’s Kitchen – 4/19
MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS
Northern Mockingbird – at the Holiday Inn – 4/18
Curve-billed Thrasher – Colorado River – 4/17
SILKY FLYCATCHERS
Phainopepla – El Doctor Mexico – 4/18
STARLINGS
European Starling – at the Holiday Inn – 4/18
VIREOS
Bell’s Vireo – La Cienega Mexico – 4/18
Plumbeous Vireo – Betty’s Kitchen – 4/19
Warbling Vireo – Betty’s Kitchen – 4/19
WARBLERS
Orange-crowned Warbler – El Doctor Mexico – 4/19
Nashville Warbler – Mtn Palm Springs – 4/19
Yellow Warbler – Mittry Lake – 4/19
Yellow-rumped Warbler – El Doctor Mexico – 4/18
Black-throated Gray Warbler – El Doctor Mexico – 4/19
Townsend’s Warbler – Mtn Palm Springs – 4/19
Hermit Warbler – Betty’s Kitchen – 4/19
Wilson’s Warbler – El Doctor Mexico – 4/18
MacGillivray’s Warbler – Yuma East Wetlands – 4/19
Common Yellowthroat – Colorado River & La Cienega Mexico – 4/18
Yellow-breasted Chat – El Doctor Mexico – 4/19
TANAGERS
Western Tanager – Mtn Palm Springs – 4/19
CARDINALS, GROSBEAKS, AND ALLIES
Black-headed Grosbeak – La Cienega Mexico – 4/18
Blue Grosbeak – Mtn Palm Springs – 4/19
Lazuli Bunting – El Doctor Mexico – 4/19
SPARROWS
Rufous-crowned Sparrow – Salton Sea – 4/18
Canyon Towhee – La Cienega Mexico – 4/18
Abert’s Towhee – Yuma East Wetlands – 4/18-4/19
Brewer’s Sparrow – Yuma East Wetlands – 4/20
Black-throated Sparrow – Palm Canyon – 4/19
Song Sparrow – El Doctor Mexico – 4/18
Lincoln’s Sparrow – El Doctor Mexico – 4/19
White-crowned Sparrow – Colorado River – 4/18
BLACKBIRDS AND ORIOLES
Red-winged Blackbird – Colorado River – 4/17
Western Meadowlark – Andrade Wetlands Mexico – 4/19
Yellow-headed Blackbird – Colorado River – 4/17-4/18
Great-tailed Grackle – Colorado River – 4/17-4/18
Common Grackle – Colorado River – 4/17-4/18
Brown-headed Cowbird – Colorado River – 4/18
Cinnamon Teal – Mittry Lake – 4/19
Mallard – Mittry Lake – 4/19
Northern Shoveler – La Cienega Mexico – 4/18
Ring-necked Duck – Gila Gravity Canal – 4/19
Greater Scaup – La Cienega Mexico – 4/18
Common Goldeneye – Gila Gravity Canal – 4/19
Ruddy Duck – Imperial Wildlife Refuge Pond – 4/17
Bufflehead – Colorado River @ Imperial Dam
Bronzed Cowbird – Colorado River – 4/18
Hooded Oriole – Burro Canyon – 4/17
Bullock’s Oriole – El Doctor Mexico – 4/19
Scott’s Oriole – Burro Canyon – 4/17
FINCHES
House Finch – El Doctor Mexico – 4/18
Lesser Goldfinch – Burro Canyon – 4/17
OLD WORLD SPARROWS
House Sparrow – Holiday Inn – 4/18
MISC WILDLIFE
Bobcat – Imperial Wildlife Refuge – 4/17
Rattlesnake – Holiday Inn Parking Lot – 4/18
Zebra Tailed Lizard – Imperial Wildlife Refuge – 4/17
Tiger Whiptail – Imperial Wildlife Refuge – 4/17
Butterflies (13 species viewed) – Wetlands & AWC – 4/19
Desert Iguana – El Golfo Mexico – 4/18
Desert Kangaroo Rat – Dunes Ecology – 4/18
Black-tailed jackrabbit – Dunes Ecology – 4/18
Desert Cottontail – Dunes Ecology – 4/18
Sidewinders – Dunes Ecology – 4/18
Flat-tailed horned lizard – Dunes Ecology – 4/18
Banded Gecko – Dunes Ecology – 4/18
Fringe-toed lizard – Dunes Ecology – 4/18
Scorpions – Dunes Ecology – 4/18
Tarahumara Frogs – Horse Tanks – 4/18
Side-blotched Lizards – Horse Tanks – 4/18
Coachwhip snake – Horse Tanks – 4/18
Chuckwalla – Horse Tanks – 4/18
Desert Iguana – Horse Tanks – 4/18
Tree Lizard – Palm Canyon – 4/19
Blister Beetles – Black Tanks – 4/19
Red Diamondback Rattlesnake – Anza Borrego – 4/19
Desert Horned Lizard – Anza Borrego – 4/19
Black-tailed brush Lizard – Anza Borrego – 4/19
Banded Rock Lizard – Anza Borrego – 4/19
Pacific Treefrog – Anza Borrego – 4/19
California Treefrog – Anza Borrego – 4/19
Coachwhip Snake – Anza Borrego – 4/19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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DISCLAIMER:  The Yuma Visitors Bureau is a non-profit organization focused on promoting tourism in the Yuma area.  All proceeds from the 2008 Yuma Birding & Nature festival will be used to fund current and future Birding & Nature festivals in Yuma. 

2008 Yuma Birding & Nature Festival
202 S. 1st Ave.
Suite 202
Yuma, AZ 85364
ph: 928-376-0100
fax: 928-376-0133