For the Patagonia Christmas Bird Count held on December 15, 2022, 42 observers counted a total of 127 species of birds, the most noteworthy of which were: bald eagle, white-tailed kite, numerous gray hawks (normally not here in the winter), ferruginous hawk, Williamson’s sapsucker, Steller’s jay, red-breasted nuthatch, evening grosbeak, Cassin’s finch, mountain bluebird, Townsend’s solitaire, northern parula, and Louisiana waterthrush.
Mallard 6
Mexican Duck 1
Duck sp. 1
Gambel’s Quail 32
Montezuma Quail 48
Wild Turkey 12
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Eurasian Collared Dove 79
Inca Dove 142
Common Ground-Dove 9
White-winged Dove 333
Mourning Dove 657
Greater Roadrunner 1
White-throated Swift 3
Anna’s Hummingbird 8
Broad-billed Hummingbird 4
Violet-crowned Hummingbird 5
Killdeer 1
Wilson’s Snipe 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Sora 2
American Coot 4
Black Vulture 16
Bald Eagle 1
Golden Eagle 1
White-tailed Kite 1
Northern Harrier 26
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3
Cooper’s Hawk 7
accipiter sp. 1
Gray Hawk 5
Ferruginous Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 55
Barn Owl 2
Western Screech-Owl 1
Spotted Owl 1
Northern Pygmy-Owl 1
Belted Kingfisher 2
Williamson’s Sapsucker 3
Red-naped Sapsucker 27
Acorn Woodpecker 19
Gila Woodpecker 112
Ladder-backed Woodpecker 50
Arizona Woodpecker 8
Northern Flicker 84
Gilded Flicker 1
American Kestrel 27
Merlin 2
Peregrine Falcon 1
Prairie Falcon 2
Hammond’s Flycatcher 12
Gray Flycatcher 6
Dusky Flycatcher 17
Black Phoebe 16
Say’s Phoebe 28
Vermilion Flycatcher 11
Loggerhead Shrike 6
Hutton’s Vireo 22
Cassin’s Vireo 2
Plumbeous Vireo 3
Steller’s Jay 1
Mexican Jay 142
Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay 3
Chihuahuan Raven 2
Common Raven 381
raven sp. 14
Horned Lark 95
Bridled Titmouse 132
Verdin 7
Bushtit 132
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 81
Brown Creeper 2
Rock Wren 9
Canyon Wren 2
House Wren 8
Marsh Wren 4
Bewick’s Wren 64
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 343
Eastern Bluebird 5
Western Bluebird 118
Mountain Bluebird 11
Townsend’s Solitaire 20
Hermit Thrush 49
American Robin 226
Curve-billed Thrasher 20
Northern Mockingbird 8
European Starling 5
Cedar Waxwing 85
Phainopepla 8
Evening Grosbeak 1
House Finch 145
Cassin’s Finch 38
Pine Siskin 9
Lesser Goldfinch 33
Chestnut-collared Longspur 103
Rufous-winged Sparrow 7
Chipping Sparrow 431
Black-throated Sparrow 2
Lark Sparrow 89
Dark-eyed Junco 86
White-crowned Sparrow 105
White-throated Sparrow 2
Vesper Sparrow 4
Savannah Sparrow 116
Song Sparrow 25
Lincoln’s Sparrow 11
Canyon Towhee 18
Abert’s Towhee 43
Rufous-crowned Sparrow 1
Green-tailed Towhee 18
Spotted Towhee 18
Yellow-headed Blackbird 1
Chihuahuan Meadowlark 14
Meadowlark sp. 23
Red-winged Blackbird 34
Brown-headed Cowbird 86
Brewer’s Blackbird 535
Great-tailed Grackle 34
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Orange-crowned Warbler 12
Common Yellowthroat 2
Northern Parula 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 118
Black-throated Gray Warbler 7
Townsend’s Warbler 17
Wilson’s Warbler 4
Hepatic Tanager 2
Northern Cardinal 30
Pyrrhuloxia 8
Lazuli Bunting 4
House Sparrow 46
Two additional species (Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and American Goldfinch) were seen during the week of the count (the three days before and after)
Total Species 127