Yard List

Yard List

January

1/1 Cooper’s Hawk

1/1 Red-tailed Hawk

1/1 Gambel’s Quail

1/1 Mourning Dove

1/1 Acorn Woodpecker

1/1 N. Flicker (red-shafted)

1/1 Steller’s Jay

1/1 Mexican Jay

1/1 Common Raven

1/1 Bridled Titmouse

1/1 White-breasted Nuthatch

1/1 Dark-eyed Junco

1/1 Gray-headed (11/12)

1/1 Pink-sided (11/4)

1/1 Oregon (11/19)

1/1 Slate-colored (3/18)

1/1 House Finch

1/1 Pine Siskin

1/1 Lesser Goldfinch

1/1 Western Bluebird

1/1 Arizona Woodpecker

1/1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet

1/1 Yellow-rumped Warbler

1/1 Audubon’s

1/1 Red-naped Sapsucker (9/23)

1/1 Yellow-eyed Junco (12/29)

1/1 Spotted Towhee

1/1 Juniper Titmouse

1/1 Lincoln’s Sparrow

1/1 Townsend’s Warbler (thru 3/27)

1/5 Great Horned Owl

1/7 Western Scrub Jay

1/14 Williamson’s Sapsucker

1/20 American Robin

1/23 Canyon Wren

February

2/9 Black-throated Gray Warbler

2/18 Montezuma Quail

2/22 Northern Cardinal

2/23 Canyon Towhee

2/27 White-crowned Sparrow

March

3/2 Hutton’s Vireo

3/4 White-winged Dove

3/7 Rufous Hummingbird (7/8)

3/8 Broad-tailed Hummingbird

3/12 Turkey Vulture

3/13 Bushtit

3/14 Scott’s Oriole

3/15 Ladder-backed Woodpecker

3/15 Bewick’s Wren

3/16 Magnificent Hummingbird

3/27 House Sparrow

3/28 Violet-green Swallow

3/30 Lazuli Bunting

April

4/6 Hooded Oriole

4/7 Chipping Sparrow

4/14 House Wren

4/15 Elf Owl

4/16 Cassin’s Kingbird

4/16 Black-headed Grosbeak

4/17 Bullock’s Oriole

4/17 Indigo Bunting

4/19 Dusky-capped Flycatcher

4/20 Western Tanager

4/20 Great-tailed Grackle

4/21 Wilson’s Warbler

4/21 *Red-winged Blackbird*(f)

4/23 Zone-tailed Hawk

4/28 Red-faced Warbler

4/28 Mexican Chickadee

4/29 Brown-headed Cowbird

4/30 Summer Tanager

4/30 MacGillivray’s Warbler

May

5/1 Hepatic Tanager

5/2 Lark Sparrow

5/2 Hermit Thrush

5/4 Green-tailed Towhee

5/6 Yellow-breasted Chat

5/6 *Black and White Warbler*

5/8 Blue-throated Hummingbird

5/9 Costa’s Hummingbird

5/11 Rose-breasted Grosbeak

5/13 Bronzed Cowbird

5/18 Blue Grosbeak

5/18 *Varied Bunting*(thru 5/28)

5/19 American Goldfinch

5/2 Hammond’s Flycatcher

June

6/5 Lesser Nighthawk

6/18 Brown-crested Flycatcher

6/26 N. Mockingbird

July

7/8 Violet-crowned Hbird

7/18 Anna’s Hummingbird

7/20 Rufous-crowned Sparrow

7/18(f) Painted Bunting (9/29 m)

7/22 Broad-billed Hummingbird

7/23 Virginia’s Warbler

7/24 Dusky Flycatcher

August

8/15 Western Screech-owl

9/18 Brewer’s Blackbird

Oct Cassin’s Finch

Species Seen in Other Years

11/23/10 Inca Dove (12/11)

11/17/10 Eurasian Collared Dove

9/18/10 Olive-sided Flycatcher

6/22/10 *Gray Catbird*

6/7/10 Great Blue Heron

4/19/10 Elegant Trogon

4/9/10 Ash-throated Flycatcher

4/7/10 Belted Kingfisher

4/2/10 Greater Pewee

3/22/10 White-throated Swift

3/15/10 Hairy Woodpecker

2/22/10 *Purple Finch*

1/15/10 Fox Sparrow

1/1/10 Townsend’s Solitaire

1/1/10 Greater Roadrunner

11/2/09 N. Harrier (cemetery)

9/28/09 * Vaux’s Swift*

9/11/09 Nashville Warbler*

8/19/09 Black-throated Sparrow (fledgling)

6/28/09 Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher

6/4/09 N. Pygmy Owl

5/18/09 Whiskered Screech-owl

5/17/09 Western Wood-pewee

5/15/09 Streak-backed Oriole (hypo)

5/9/09 Black-chinned Sparrow

5/5/09 Buff-breasted Flycatcher

5/4/09 Green Heron (described)

4/28/09 Gray Flycatcher

4/10/09 Orange-crowned Warbler

3/10/09 Curve-billed Thrasher

3/4/09 Say’s Phoebe

2/5/09 Pyrrhuloxia

10/16/08 Sandhill Crane

9/20/08 Cassin’s Vireo

8/19/08 *Rock Pigeon*

8/9/08 White-eared Hummingbird

6/2/08 Lucifer Hummingbird

5/14/08 Yellow-throated Warbler

5/13/08 Orchard Oriole

5/12/08 *Prothonotary Warbler*

4/28/08 Plumbeous Vireo

4/15/08 Brewer’s Sparrow

4/8/08 *Barn Swallow*

1/1/08 Olive Warbler

10/11/07 Sharp-shinned Hawk

10/2/07 Verdin

9/25/07 N. Goshawk

7/18/07 Lawrence’s Goldfinch

7/14/07 Evening Grosbeak

7/14/07 Crescent-chested Warbler

7/6/07 Flammulated Owl

7/6/07 Mexican Whip-poor-will

7/1/07 Brown Creeper

5/28/07 N. Parula

5/28/07 American Redstart

5/27/07 Lucy’s Warbler

5/12/07 Bell’s Vireo (juvenile)

5/1/07 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

5/1/07 Grace’s Warbler

4/26/07 Worm-eating Warbler

4/8/07 Lewis’ Woodpecker

3/31/07 Short-tailed Hawk*

9/29/05 Allen’s Hummingbird

8/16/05 Hermit Warbler

8/10/05 Spotted Sandpiper

5/28/05 Red Crossbill

4/3/05 Crissal Thrasher

3/14/05 Golden Eagle

4/16/03 Clark’s Nutcracker

4/11/03 Western Kingbird

3/24/03 Song Sparrow

3/21/03 Pinyon Jay

3/19/03 Common Black Hawk

11/30/02 Rufous-capped Warbler

4/29/00 Tennessee Warbler

7/19/99 Horned Lark

5/10/99 Vermilion Flycatcher

9/30/98 Cactus Wren

9/8/98 Eastern Meadowlark

9/29/97 Swainson’s Hawk

9/97 N. Waterthrush

7/20/97 Clay-colored Sparrow

4/11/97 Sage Thrasher

5/19/96 Gray Vireo

6/1/94 Berryline Hummingbird

11/25/08 Red-breasted Nuthatch

Warbling Vireo

American Kestrel

Merlin

Reptiles and Amphibians

Black-tailed Rattlesnake

Sonoran Whipsnake

Gopher Snake

Mountain Patchnose Snake

Diamondback Rattlesnake

Green Rat Snake

Spade-foot Toad

Bunch Grass Lizard

Striped Plateau Lizard

Desert Grassland Lizard

Clark Spiny Lizard

Yarrow Spiny Lizard

Madrean Alligator Lizard

Ornate Tree Lizard

Mammals

Chiricahua Fox Squirrel

Black-tailed Jack Rabbit

Cactus Mouse

Kangaroo Rat

Pack Rat aka Wood Rat

Cliff Chipmunk

Rock Squirrel

Desert Cottontail

Gray Fox

Coyote

Coatimundi

Raccoon

Ring-tailed Cat

Bobcat

Mountain Lion

Black Bear

Striped Skunk

Hooded Skunk

Javelina

Big Brown Bat

Pallid Bat

Mexican Free-tailed Bat

Mexican Long-tongued Bat

Lesser Long-nosed Bat

Western Pipistrelle Bat

Townsend’s Big-eared Bat

Butterflies

140 of the approximately 180 species

of butterflies found in the Chiricahuas

can be seen within a one mile radius of Paradise.

Seed Fund Donations

Your donations to the seed fund help keep

the birds fed and happy. Average annual purchases:

385 lb Sugar

1230 lb Seed

(includes sunflower, mixed & songbird)

720 lb Thistle

132 lb Peanut Butter

60 blocks Suet

60 lb Cornmeal

85 lb Jelly

148 lb Oranges