INTERNATIONAL MIGRATORY BIRD DAY: MAY 10, 2008
Compiled by Hart R. Schwarz
The composite list below represents all the birds seen on one day in mid-May during ELEVENsuccessive years at Quarai, the site of the IMBD celebration sponsored by the CibolaNational Forest & SalinasPuebloMissionsNational Monument.
SPECIES / 98 / 99 / 00 / 01 / 02 / 03 / 04 / 05 / 06 / 07 / 08 / 09 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 1301. Green Heron / 1
02. Turkey Vulture / 2 / 2 / 2 / 4 / 4 / 5 / 2 / 4 / 3 / 2 / 1
03. Mallard / 2 / 2 / 1 / 2 / 2 / 2 / 1
04. Cooper’s Hawk / 1 / 1 / 1 / 3 / 1 / 2 / 1 / 1
05. Red-tailed Hawk / 2 / 2 / 1 / 2
06. American Kestrel / 2 / 2 / 2 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 2 / 2 / 2
07. Peregrine Falcon / 1
08. Virginia Rail / 1
09. Killdeer / 1
10. Spotted Sandpiper / 1
11. Rock Pigeon / 1
12. Band-tailed Pigeon / 1
13. Eurasian Collared-Dove / 2 / 1 / 1 / 2
14. White-winged Dove / 1 / 1
15. Mourning Dove / 7 / 12 / 8 / 6 / 10 / 8 / 12 / 8 / 10 / 8 / 5
16. Greater Roadrunner / 1
17. Great Horned Owl / 2 / 2 / 2 / 1 / 2 / 1 / 2 / 2 / 1 / 2
18. White-throated Swift / 1
19. Black-chin. Hummer / 5 / 3 / 1 / 2 / 1 / 5 / 4 / 2 / 1 / 2
20. Broad-tailed Hummer / 5 / 2 / 1 / 2 / 4 / 2 / 2 / 3 / 1 / 2 / 1
21. Lewis’s Woodpecker / 1
22. Ladder-back. Woodpeck. / 2 / 2 / 2 / 2 / 1 / 1 / 4 / 2 / 2 / 1 / 2
23. Hairy Woodpecker / 1
24. Northern Flicker / 4 / 6 / 5 / 2 / 2 / 3
25. Olive-sided Flycatcher / 1 / 2 / 2 / 2 / 1 / 1 / 1
26. Western Wood-Pewee / 1 / 5 / 7 / 3 / 2 / 2 / 8 / 3 / 4 / 2
27. Willow Flycatcher / 1
28. Dusky Flycatcher / 3 / 3 / 7 / 1 / 2 / 1 / 4
29. Gray Flycatcher / 1 / 1
Empidonax, species / 1 / 2
30. Black Phoebe / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 3 / 2
31. Say’s Phoebe / 1 / 2 / 3 / 3 / 3 / 5 / 4 / 3 / 2 / 2
32. Ash-throated Flycatcher / 2 / 4 / 3 / 4 / 4 / 1 / 2 / 4 / 3 / 3 / 1
33. Cassin’s Kingbird / 1 / 2
34. Western Kingbird / 1
35. Plumbeous Vireo / 2 / 1 / 1 / 3 / 3 / 1 / 1 / 2
36. Warbling Vireo / 3 / 1 / 3 / 2 / 4 / 4 / 1 / 1
37. Western Scrub-Jay / 3 / 4 / 5 / 5 / 4 / 7 / 5 / 5 / 5 / 3 / 5
38. Pinyon Jay / 5 / 6 / 2 / 1 / 4 / 2 / 5 / 3
39. American Crow / 1 / 1 / 2 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 2
40. Common Raven / 2 / 3 / 4 / 2 / 2 / 4 / 2 / 4 / 2 / 3 / 3
41. Violet-green Swallow / 30 / 25 / 25 / 25 / 30 / 30 / 40 / 35 / 20 / 16 / 25
42. N. Rough-wing. Swallow / 1 / 1 / 1
43. Barn Swallow / 6 / 6 / 6 / 1 / 4 / 4 / 4 / 8 / 15 / 6 / 5
44. Cliff Swallow / 5 / 1 / 1 / 6 / 4 / 2 / 1 / 1
45.Mountain Chickadee / 2 / 2
46. Juniper Titmouse / 3 / 3 / 3 / 2 / 3 / 1 / 4 / 3 / 3 / 2 / 1
47. Bushtit / 2 / 1 / 1 / 6 / 1 / 5 / 2 / 5
48. Red-breasted Nuthatch / 3
49. White-breasted Nuthatch / 1
50. Rock Wren / 3 / 3 / 2 / 2 / 2 / 2 / 2 / 2 / 1
51. Bewick’s Wren / 3 / 4 / 2 / 1 / 2 / 4 / 3 / 2 / 2 / 3 / 2
52. House Wren / 2 / 1 / 3 / 8 / 8 / 2 / 6 / 3 / 5
53. Ruby-crowned Kinglet / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1
54. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher / 1 / 2 / 2 / 2 / 2
55. Western Bluebird / 2 / 4 / 2 / 3 / 2 / 2
56. Mountain Bluebird / 2 / 1 / 2 / 1 / 2 / 2
57. Townsend’s Solitaire / 1 / 1
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATORY BIRD DAY: MAY 10, 2008
Compiled by Hart R. Schwarz
SPECIES / 98 / 99 / 00 / 01 / 02 / 03 / 04 / 05 / 06 / 07 / 08 / 09 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 1358. Hermit Thrush / 1 / 1
59. American Robin / 8 / 4 / 8 / 1 / 2 / 1 / 2 / 1
60. Gray Catbird / 1
61. Northern Mockingbird / 4 / 2 / 5 / 4 / 15 / 3 / 1 / 3 / 4
62. Brown Thrasher / 1
63. European Starling / 2 / 5
64. Cedar Waxwing / 40 / 6 / 20
65. Blue-winged Warbler / 1
66. Orange-crowned Warbler / 2 / 5 / 5 / 6 / 4 / 2 / 2 / 1 / 3
67. Virginia’s Warbler / 2 / 2 / 1 / 1 / 4 / 2 / 2 / 1 / 1 / 2
68. Yellow Warbler / 4 / 2 / 4 / 3 / 3 / 7 / 3 / 4 / 1 / 6
69. Chestnut-sided Warbler / 1
70. Yellow-rumped Warbler / 24 / 13 / 3 / 2 / 10 / 6 / 4 / 5 / 1 / 1 / 15
71. Black-thr. Gray Warbler / 1
72. Black-and-white Warbler / 1 / 1
73. American Redstart / 1 / 1
74. Northern Waterthrush / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1
75. MacGillivray’s Warbler / 2 / 1 / 4 / 7 / 6 / 3 / 5 / 4 / 3 / 3
76. Common Yellowthroat / 4 / 1 / 4 / 3 / 3 / 1 / 3 / 1 / 3
77. Hooded Warbler / 1
78. Wilson’s Warbler / 10 / 12 / 15 / 15 / 3 / 6 / 10 / 3 / 2 / 10
79. Yellow-breasted Chat / 4 / 4 / 8 / 7 / 8 / 4 / 6 / 10 / 6 / 8 / 6
80. Summer Tanager / 1 / 2 / 1 / 1 / 3
81. Western Tanager / 3 / 1 / 6 / 4 / 3 / 5 / 4 / 6 / 1 / 3 / 4
82. Green-tailed Towhee / 3 / 1 / 2 / 2 / 2 / 3 / 3
83. Spotted Towhee / 10 / 8 / 8 / 10 / 3 / 8 / 6 / 10 / 4 / 8 / 4
84.Canyon Towhee / 1 / 2 / 1 / 2 / 1 / 3 / 4 / 2 / 2 / 2
85. Chipping Sparrow / 5 / 12 / 1 / 4 / 5 / 15 / 2 / 7 / 4 / 30
86. Brewer’s Sparrow / 4 / 7 / 4 / 1 / 1
87. Black-chinned Sparrow / 1
88. Vesper Sparrow / 1
89. Lark Sparrow / 5 / 1 / 2 / 2 / 1 / 5 / 4 / 3
90. Black-throated Sparrow / 1
91. Song Sparrow / 1
92. Lincoln’s Sparrow / 2 / 1 / 2 / 1
93. White-crowned Sparrow / 7 / 8 / 6 / 6 / 8 / 12 / 10 / 5 / 6 / 4 / 4
94. Golden-crowned Sparrow / 1
95. Dark-eyed (G-h) Junco / 1 / 1 / 5
96. Black-headed Grosbeak / 5 / 6 / 2 / 4 / 4 / 5 / 4 / 8 / 10 / 10 / 11
97. Blue Grosbeak / 1 / 4 / 4 / 3 / 4 / 2 / 3 / 2
98. Lazuli Bunting / 1 / 1 / 1
99. Indigo Bunting / 1 / 1 / 1
100. Red-winged Blackbird / 4 / 2 / 1 / 1
101. Western Meadowlark / 2 / 3 / 2 / 2 / 2 / 2 / 2 / 2 / 2
102. Brown-headed Cowbird / 2 / 2 / 4 / 4 / 1 / 1 / 3 / 3 / 6 / 4 / 3
103. Bullock’s Oriole / 1 / 3 / 2 / 5 / 2 / 2 / 3 / 7 / 4 / 3 / 4
104. Scott’s Oriole / 1 / 1
105. House Finch / 7 / 6 / 6 / 8 / 20 / 12 / 12 / 10 / 8 / 6 / 7
106. Pine Siskin / 12 / 2 / 1 / 12 / 3 / 10
107. Lesser Goldfinch / 1 / 2 / 1 / 1 / 1
108. American Goldfinch / 2 / 2
11-Year Summary (Average is 57 species)
YEAR / SPECIES / INDIVIDUALS / YEAR / SPECIES / INDIVIDUALS5-10-2003 / 56 / 235
5-10-2008 / 57 / 233 / 5-11-2002 / 66 / 266
5-12-2007 / 49 / 164 / 5-12-2001 / 47 / 161
5-13-2006 / 61 / 200 / 5-13-2000 / 67 / 222
5-14-2005 / 62 / 271 / 5-08-1999 / 64 / 246
5-08-2004 / 55 / 246 / 5-09-1998 / 48 / 202