The Birds of Las Vegas, NM
and its Environs

The Birds of Las Vegas, NM
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21GaviidaeLOONS
31PodicipedidaeGREBES
Aechmophorus occidentalisWestern Grebe
elVatoEl Vato Lake
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53PelecanidaePELICANS, et al.
Pelecanus erythrorhynchusAmerican White PelicanY
LVNWRLas Vegas Nat'l Wildlife Refuge
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1PhalacrocoracidaeCORMORANTS
Double-crested CormorantsPhalacrocorax auritus
AbiqLAbiquiu Lake
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61ArdeidaeBITTERNS, HERONS & EGRETS
Ardea herodiasGreat Blue HeronY □ □ □
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Egretta thulaSnowy EgretY □ □ □
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Nycticorax nycticoraBlack-crowned Night-heronY □ □ □
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Nyctanassa violaceaYellow-crowned Night-heronY □ □ □
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62TreskiornithidaeIBISES & STORKS
Plegadis chihi White-faced IbisY □ □ □
64CathartidaeVULTURES
CathartesauraTurkey VultureY □ □ □
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81Anatidae . . . . .
81BAnserinaeGEESE
Grus canadensisCanada GooseY □ □ □
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81DAnatinaeTRUE DUCKS
Anas platyrhynchosMallardY □ □ □
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Anas creccaGreen-winged TealY □ □
Anas streperaGadwallY
Anas americanaAmerican WigeonY □ □ □
Aythya valisineriaCanvasbackY
Wood DuckY
Mergus MerganserCommon Merganser
tAmrilTierra Amarillo
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91Accipitridae
91BAccipitrinaeEAGLES & HAWKS
Buteo swainsoniSwainson's Hawk
Buteo jamaicensisRed-tailed HawkY □ □ □
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Buteo regalisFerruginous Hawk
Aquila chrysaetosBald Eagle
elVatoEl Vato Lake
92Falconidae
92CFalconinaeFALCONS
Falco sparveriusAmerican KestrelY
Falco columbariusMerlinY □ □ □
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Falco peregrinusPeregrine FalconY
115GruidaeCRANES
Grus canadensisSandhill CraneY □ □ □
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126Scolopacidae
6AScolopacinaeSANDPIPERS
Tringa solitariSolitary SandpiperY
Gallinago delicatoWilson's SnipeY □
8BLarinaeGULLS, TERNS & SKIMMERS
Larus delawarensisRing-billed GullY
131ColumbidaePIGEONS & DOVE
Columba liviaRock DoveY □
Streptopelia decaocto Eurasian Collared DoveY □ □ □
Zenaida macrouraMourning DoveY
LVNWRLas Vegas Nat'l Wildlife Refuge
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Vegas Nat'l Wildlife Refuge

This is a poor refuge for Mourning Doves as it has a regular hunting season for them. It tried to do the same for elk by importing a couple of bulls from I don't know where but some spoil sport shot them and left them for the coyotes before the HUNT could be finalized. Since then the manager at the time has been transferred but the Mourning Dove hunt goes on.

151Cuculidae
1CNeomophinaeROADRUNNERS et al.
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyxGeococcyx californianusY
161TytonidaeBARN OWLS
162StrigidaeTYPICAL OWLS
181ApodidaeSWIFTS
182TrochilidaeHUMMINGBIRDS
Archilochus alexandriBlack-chinned HummingbirdN
gilaCasitas deGila
Cynanthus latirostrisBroad-tailed Hummer
cnjinnr. Canjonin Lakes
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Lampornis clemenciae
or Eugenes fulgens		 Blue-throated Hummingbird
Rivoli's Hummingbird		N
gilaCasitas deGila
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Selasphorus rufusRufus HummingbirdY
yardsflowery yards and feeders about town
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Stellula calliopeCalliope hummingbirdY
yardsflowery yards and feeders including ours
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213AlcindinidaeKINGFISHERS
Megaceryle alcyonBelted KingfisherY □ □ □
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224CPicinaeWOODPECKERS
Melanerpes lewisLewis' Woodpecker
GhstR?in high country near Ghost Ranch
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Dryobates pubescens
formerly: Picoides pubescens		Downy WoodpeckerY □ □ □
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Dryobates scalaris
formerly: Picoides scalaris		Ladderback WoodpeckerY □ □ □
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Feb/17/2018

I was walking along when I heard drumming from the Box Elder right ahead, I carefully advanced with camera ready and was rewarded with nice shots of a Downy drumming just a few feet above. When the bird received no reply he flew on and so did I, but just as I past the tree I heard to me identical drumming from the other side of the tree. It was a Ladderback this time. I think he must have come to the drumming he heard. Last year about two hundred yards up-stream was the first time I saw a Ladderback here and it might be this one.

Dryobates villosus
formerly: Picoides villosus		Hairy WoodpeckerY □ □ □
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Colaptes auratusNorthern FlickerY □ □ □
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