In June 2007, wildlife biologist and expert birder Robert Luce conducted a formal survey of the birds that can be found on the Double Circle Ranch. Recognizing that itinerant migrants may pass through in certain years, bird populations shift, and rare birds may have been overlooked, we believe this list is both accurate and fairly complete.
The list includes 137 species of birds, some of which are rare or unique enough to be of interest to everyone from beginning to advanced birders.
* = Species of high interest
** = Southwestern US specialty birds
Acorn Woodpecker*
American Crow
American Goldfinch
American Kestral
American Robin
American White Pelican
Anna’s Hummingbird
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Bald Eagle
Band-tailed Pigeon
Barn Owl*
Bell’s Vireo
Belted Kingfisher
Bewick’s Wren
Black Phoebe
Black-and-white Warbler*
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Black-headed Grosbeak
Black-throated Gray Warbler*
Blue Grosbeak
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Blue-winged Teal
Brewer’s Blackbird
Bridled Titmouse**
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Brown-crested Flycatcher**
Brown-headed Cowbird
Bufflehead
Bullock’s Oriole
Burrowing Owl
Bushtit
Canyon Wren
Cardinal
Cassin’s Finch
Cassin’s Kingbird
Cattle Egret
Cedar Waxwing
Chihauhuan Raven
Chipping Sparrow
Cinnamon Teal
Cliff Swallow
Common Blackhawk**
Common Nighthawk
Common Poorwill
Common Raven
Common Yellowthroat
Cooper’s Hawk
Curve-billed Thrasher
Dark-eyed Junco
Dusky-capped Flycatcher**
Elf Owl**
Eurasian-collared Dove
European Starling
Evening Grosbeak
Gambel’s Quail**
Gila Woodpecker
Golden Eagle
Grace’s Warbler*
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Great Horned Owl
Greater Roadrunner
Green-tailed Towhee
Hairy Woodpecker
Harris’s Hawk
Hepatic Tanager**
House Finch
Hooded Oriole**
Juniper Titmouse
Killdeer
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Lark Sparrow
Lazuli Bunting
Lesser Goldfinch
Lesser Nighthawk**
Lewis’s Woodpecker
Lucy’s Warbler*/**
Magnificent Hummingbird
Mallard
Merlin
Mexican Jay**
Mockingbird
Montezuma Quail**
Mourning Dove
Northern Cardinal
Northern Flicker
Northern Harrier
Northern Mockingbird
Northern Pygmy Owl*
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Oregon Junco
Osprey
Painted Redstart**
Peregrine
Phainopepla**
Pink-sided Junco
Pinyon Jay
Plumbeous Vireo
Prairie Falcon
Raven
Red-naped Sapsucker
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-winged Blackbird
Ring-necked Duck
Roadrunner
Rock Dove
Rock Wren
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Rough-winged Swallow
Ruddy Duck
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Rufous Hummingbird
Say’s Phoebe
Scaled Quail
Scott’s Oriole
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Short-eared Owl
Sora
Spotted Towhee
Stellar’s Jay
Summer Tanager
Tennessee Warbler*
Tree Swallow
Turkey Vulture
Vermillion Flycatcher**
Violet-green Swallow
Virginia Warbler*
Warbling Vireo
Western Bluebird
Western Kingbird
Western Meadowlark
Western Screech Owl*
Western Tanager
Western Wood Pewee
Western Wood Phoebe
White-breasted Nuthatch
White-crowned Sparrow
White-winged Dove**
Wild Turkey
Wilson’s Snipe
Yellow Warbler*
Yellow-billed Cuckoo*
Yellow-breasted Chat
Yellow-headed Blackbird
