Cave Creek Spring 2018 Trip: Species List for the Trip

To and From Cave Creek

• Northern Harrier
• Roadrunner (NM side of border)
• House Sparrow (Silver City area)

At Cave Creek and in the Chiricahuas

• Gambel's Quail
• Turkey Vulture
• Mourning Dove
• White-winged Dove
• Eurasian Collared-Dove
• Blue-throated Hummingbird
• Magnificent Hummingbird
• Broad-tailed Hummingbird
• Acorn Woodpecker
• Ladder-backed Woodpecker
• Arizona Woodpecker
• Mexican Jay
• Common Raven
• Bridled Titmouse
• White-breasted Nuthatch
• Canyon Wren
• Bewick's Wren
• Cactus Wren
• Yellow-rumped Warbler
• Spotted Towhee
• Canyon Towhee
• Lincoln's Sparrow
• Dark-eyed Junco (Pink-sided, Gray-headed)
• White-crowned Sparrow
• Golden-crowned Sparrow
• Northern Cardinal
• Pyrrhuloxia
• Cassin's Finch
• House Finch
• Pine Siskin
• Lesser Goldfinch
• Green-tailed Towhee
• Turkey Vulture
• Red-tailed hawk
• Sharp-shinned hawk

Mammals

• Coatimundi
• White-tailed Deer
• Harris' Antelope Squirrel
• Fox Squirrel
• Rock Squirrel
• Javalina (Collared Peccary)

Reptiles

• fence lizard
• horned lizard There are several types of fence lizard and horned lizard around Cave Creek (AMNH Western Research Station reptile species list (PDF)) and I haven't identified these yet, sorry.

(The Southwest Research Station Species List is helpful.)

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