House Finch male
House Finch male. This is one of our most common birds.
House Finch female
House finch with mycoplasma. Keeping feeders clean is very important. See the FeederWatch home page for more information on avian disease and prevention.
House finch with avian pox. Keeping feeders clean is very important. See the FeederWatch home page for more information on avian disease and prevention.
Dark-eyed Junco. We see a number of color variations.
Dark-eyed Junco
Leucistic Dark-eyed Junco, "The Lone Junco"
Markedly leucistic Dark-eyed Junco with normal for comparison.
Leucistic Dark-eyed Junco
Pine Siskin. We were part of the irruption described in the FeederWatch newsletter and saw up to 100 at a time.
Pine Siskin
Gambel's Quail
Gambel's Quail and Simon "I don't believe we've met."
Gambel's Quail, Daddy and chicks in front of web cam
Gambel's Quail, daddy and chicks
Gambels' Quail chicks
Gambel's Quail chicks inspecting the cables to the bird cam.
Gambel's Quail chicks a couple feet off the ground on the bird bath. They can fly a few days after hatching.
Bushtit. They love peanut butter.
Bushtit
Bushtits
Western Scrub-Jay
Mourning Dove
Juniper Titmouse. He will stay on the tray for only a few seconds.
Juniper Titmouse
Pinyon Jay
Pinyon Jays
Pinyon Jays. They arrive in flocks of 20-100
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch, winter plumage.
American Goldfinch
European Starling
House Sparrow
House sparrow, male
House Sparrow, male
House Sparrows
Black-Capped Chickadee
Mountain Chickadee. They only stay on the tray long enough to grab a nut and then fly off to eat it.
Mountain Chickadee
Black-Headed Grosbeak, male
Black-headed Grosbeak, female
Rufous Hummingbird. They arrive in August on their way south and stay for a couple months.
Rufous hummingbird
Northern Mockingbird
Bullock's Oriole
Immature Oriole. He was dazed after hitting the window, but recovered and flew off.
Spotted Towhee
Northern Flicker female
Northern Flicker male
Lazuli Bunting female
Lazuli Bunting male
Black-Billed Magpie. Their numbers were reduced drastically by the West Nile virus, but they seem to be making a comeback.
Black-Billed Magpie
Black-billed Magpie
Cassin's Finch, female. They are more common at higher altitudes and rarely come to our yard.
Cassin's Finch female
Cassin's Finchs male
Cassin's Finch male
Western Tanager
Ash-Throated Flycatcher. Although he is present frequently in the summer, he usually stays on the fence and watches for bugs in the adjacent field.
Western Kingbird. He usually perches on the fence.
Western Kingbirds
Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher
Immature Cooper's Hawk. One or more Cooper's usually visit daily, but seeing one on the cam is unlikely.
Cooper's Hawk
Immature Cooper's Hawk
Immature Sharp-Shinned Hawk
SharpShinned Hawk. Although we see them from the window, seeing one on the cam is unlikely.
Broad-Tailed Hummingbird
Steller's Jay. They are usually at higher altitudes.
Immature Black-Throated Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrows
Black-throated Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
White-Crowned Sparrow female
White-Crowned Sparrow male
Lark Sparrow, very rare at our feeder site
Lark Sparrow
Green-Tailed Towhee
Green-tailed Towhee
White-winged dove
White-winged dove with Mourning Dove in background for comparison
Mountain bluebird, male
Mountain Bluebird, female
Mountain Bluebird, male, roosting under under our porch
Mountain Bluebird babies. I couldn't see anything through the opening, but Shanna assured me that there were at least several chicks in our bluebird house because she could hear them, so I briefly removed the lid and took this shot.
Mountain Bluebird, male
Fledgling Mountain Bluebird only out of the box a couple hours.
Mountain Bluebird, male, bringing a meal to the box
As Neil Young said, "Expecting to fly." Mountain Bluebird fledgling.
Bewick's Wren
Canyon Wren. He might be seen going in and out of the crevices between the rocks.
Canyon Wren
Northern Harrier, immature. Seeing one on the web cam is unlikely.
American Kestrel. He will not land on a feeder, but he might be seen in the background on the barbed-wire fence.
American Kestrel
Antelope squirrel
Chipmunk. Thee are three varieties in our area, the Least, the Colorado, and the Hopi, but I can't tell which this is.
Chipmunk
Chipmunks just out of the nest
Rabbit
Rock Squirrel. Their colors perfectly match the black granite and red dirt.
Rock Squirrel (Mumps?)
Rock Squirrel
Coyote
Coyote. This poor guy was injured. Note the swollen right hind leg.
Desert Bighorn Sheep
Desert bighorn sheep
Desert Bighorn Sheep. This shot required a 500 mm lens, so clearly they won't be seen on the cam while on the cliffs, but they have come close to the fence, and a viewer might get lucky.
Mule deer
Mule Deer at sunrise
Bobcat. He walked right under the cam.
Bobcat
Collared Lizard
Collared lizard
