English Name: Genus species: | Comments | Photos |
Swans, Geese and Ducks |
Gadwall Anas strepera
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External Sites: Cornell USGS Image Search | | Bosque del Apache
![](picts/gadw_5228_male.jpg) Bosque del Apache |
Northern Pintail Anas acuta
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External Sites: Cornell USGS Image Search | | Click for Photos |
Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
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External Sites: Cornell USGS Image Search | | Click for Photos |
Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
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External Sites: Cornell USGS Image Search | | Click for Photos |
Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
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External Sites: Cornell USGS Image Search | Male on left. Female on right. | ![](picts/buff-1566-OrillaVerde-300x125sm.jpg) Orilla Verde Enlarge |
Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
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Upland Game Birds |
Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
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Grebes |
Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
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Diurnal Raptors: Vultures, Eagles, Hawks and Falcons |
Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus
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External Sites: Cornell USGS Image Search | | Click for Photos |
Woodpeckers |
Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
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External Sites: Cornell USGS Image Search | | ![](picts/rnsa-MattMacGillivray-Flikr-AlbertaCanada-300-sm.jpg) Photo: Matt MacGillivray Alberta, Canada |
Shrikes and Vireos |
Northern Shrike Lanius excubitor
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External Sites: Cornell USGS Image Search | | ![](picts/nshr_4318.jpg) Maxwell, NM |
Larks |
Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
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External Sites: Cornell USGS Image Search | | ![](picts/hola-JerryFriedman-9046-300x223.jpg) Photo: Jerry Friedman, Apodaca Enlarge |
Nuthatches and Creepers |
Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea
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Sparrows and their Allies |
Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
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External Sites: Cornell USGS Image Search | Distinguished from other sparrows with rufous crowns by dark malar stripe below base of bill. | ![](picts/rcsp_4617_300x198sm.jpg) Orilla Verde State Park Enlarge |
American Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea
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External Sites: Cornell USGS Image Search | | Click for Photos |
White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
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External Sites: Cornell USGS Image Search | Similar to White-crowned Sparrow.
Note the yellow lores and the white-throat.
Rare, but when present, seen mixed in flocks of White-crowneds. | ![](picts/wtsp-ArthurChapman-OntarioCanada-300.jpg) Photo: Arthur Chapman, Ontario, Canada |
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch Leucosticte tephrocotis
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External Sites: Cornell USGS Image Search | Documentation photos taken with Point-and-Shoot during Dixon CBC in 2007. Location: Velarde
Gray crown evident. Compare with photos from image search.
Flock of 70 recorded. | ![](picts/gcrf-two-wire-300x213sm.jpg) Photo: Martin MacRoberts, Velarde, CBC 2007 Enlarge
![](picts/gcrf-flight-300x350sm.jpg) Photo: Martin MacRoberts, Velarde, CBC 2007 Enlarge |