These species are generally present in the area in the winter but are usually only seen a few times during the season.
| External Links in table below: | |
| (Remote sites open in a new window.) | |
| Cornell | Opens Cornell Lab of Ornithology's All About Birds site's species account in a new browser window. This site offers detailed information on every species including sound recordings. |
| USGS | Opens the USGS Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter species account in a new browser window. Includes BBS and CBC maps, ID Tips and Taxonomy for each species. |
| Image Search | Shows the results of a Google image search for the species. |
| All Photographs by Robert Templeton unless otherwise noted. Copyright Information. | |
| English Name: Genus species: | Comments | Photos |
| Swans, Geese and Ducks | ||
| American Wigeon Anas americana External Sites: Cornell USGS Image Search |  Photo: Donna Dewhurst USFWS Alaska  Photo: Donna Dewhurst USFWS Alaska | |
| Green-winged Teal Anas crecca External Sites: Cornell USGS Image Search |  Rio Grande: Orilla Verde State Park  Photo: David Menke USFWS California | |
| Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus External Sites: Cornell USGS Image Search |  Photo: John and Karen Hollingsworth USFWS Michigan | |
| Diurnal Raptors: Vultures, Eagles, Hawks and Falcons | ||
| Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus External Sites: Cornell USGS Image Search | Female pictured. Male gray above, White below with black wingtips. Usually seen flying in agricultural fields about 4-7 feet above ground. Often rises slightly to clear fences. |  Alameda Ave NE, Albuquerque  Enlarge |
| Merlin Falco columbarius External Sites: Cornell USGS Image Search | Generally appears dark, especially in flight or from behind, this falcon is about the size of a Northern Flicker. Flight is direct with constant beating of pointed wings. Plumage is variable. Note white eyebrow. Faint "mustache" below eye sometimes visible. In upper photo, plumage is reminiscent of Juvenile Sharp-shinned Hawk, but note dark eye. The middle photo shows the tail with narrow white bands. This is seen more clearly in lower photo. Width of light bands in tail can vary. Color ranges from white to tan. Width generally narrower than those of a Sharp-shinned Hawk tail. (All photos of same individual.) |  El Bosque, Dixon Enlarge  El Bosque, Dixon Enlarge  El Bosque, Dixon Enlarge |
| Smaller Wading Birds | ||
| Wilson’s Snipe Gallinago delicata External Sites: Cornell USGS Image Search |  Photo: David Ward USFWS Alaska | |
| Jays, Crows and their Allies | ||
| Steller’s Jay Cyanocitta stelleri  Enlarge Map External Sites: Cornell USGS Image Search |  Pot Creek, May 11, 2013 Enlarge | |
| Waxwings | ||
| Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum External Sites: Cornell USGS Image Search |  Río Ojo Sarco  Río Ojo Sarco | |
| Wood-Warblers | ||
| Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata External Sites: Cornell USGS Image Search |  Apodaca | |
