Birding Checklist, SaddleBrooke Community (alphabetic)
Community and trust land immediately adjacent along Catalina Hills Road (north and northwest), trust land adjacent to Preserve and Unit 21 (east and southeast, including eastern slope above the Canada del Oro wash). Species observed and documented by Bob and Prudy Bowers together with other confirmed sightings by other SaddleBrooke Birders and credible eBird reports by members of Tucson Audubon and Arizona Field Ornithologists.
- Avocet, American
- Blackbird, Red-winged
- Bluebird, Mountain
- Bluebird, Western
- Bufflehead
- Bunting, Lark
- Bunting, Lazuli
- Canvasback
- Cardinal, Northern
- Chat, Yellow-breasted (October, 2017)
- Coot, American
- Cormorant, Neotropic
- Cowbird, Bronzed
- Cowbird, Brown-headed
- Dove, Inca (2 pair December 2, 2007)
- Dove, Mourning
- Dove, White-winged
- Duck, Ring-necked
- Duck, Ruddy
- Egret, Great (January 11, 2013)
- Falcon, Peregrine
- Finch, House
- Flicker, Gilded
- Flicker, Northern (red-shafted)
- Flycatcher, Ash-throated
- Flycatcher, Brown-crested
- Flycatcher, Gray
- Flycatcher, Olive-sided
- Flycatcher, Pacific-slope
- Flycatcher, Vermillion
- Gadwall
- Goldfinch, Lawrence’s (February, 2007)
- Goldfinch, Lesser
- Gnatcatcher, Black-tailed
- Gnatcatcher, Blue-gray (January, 2018)
- Grackle, Great-tailed
- Grosbeak, Black-headed
- Grosbeak, Blue
- Harrier, Northern
- Hawk, Common Black
- Hawk, Cooper’s
- Hawk, Ferruginous
- Hawk, Harris’s
- Hawk, Red-tailed
- Hawk, Sharp-shinned
- Hawk, Swainson’s
- Hawk, Zone-tailed
- Heron, Black-crowned Night-
- Heron, Great Blue
- Heron, Green
- Hummingbird, Anna’s (all 12 months)
- Hummingbird, Black-chinned
- Hummingbird, Broad-billed (all 12 months)
- Hummingbird, Broad-tailed (August 2012, 2013)
- Hummingbird, Costa’s (all 12 months)
- Hummingbird, Rufous
- Jay, Woodhouse’s Scrub-
- Junco, Dark-eyed
- Kestrel, American
- Killdeer
- Kingbird, Cassin’s
- Kingbird, Tropical
- Kingbird, Western
- Kingfisher, Belted
- Kinglet, Ruby-crowned
- Mallard
- Martin, Purple
- Meadowlark, Western
- Merlin
- Mockingbird, Northern
- Nighthawk, Lesser
- Oriole, Bullock’s
- Oriole, Hooded
- Oriole, Scott’s
- Osprey
- Owl, Barn
- Owl, Great Horned
- Pelican, Brown
- Phainopepla (June, 2003)
- Phoebe, Black
- Phoebe, Say’s
- Pigeon, Rock
- Pintail, Northern
- Poorwill, Common
- Pyrrhuloxia
- Quail, Gambel’s
- Raven, Chihuahuan (10/19/13, Bowers’ flyover with 3 sets of distinct 3 calls)
- Raven, Common
- Redstart, Painted
- Roadrunner, Greater
- Robin, American
- Sandpiper, Spotted
- Sapsucker, Red-naped
- Scaup, Lesser
- Shoveler, Northern
- Shrike, Loggerhead
- Siskin, Pine
- Sparrow, Black-chinned
- Sparrow, Black-throated
- Sparrow, Brewer’s
- Sparrow, Chipping
- Sparrow, Grasshopper
- Sparrow, House
- Sparrow, Lark
- Sparrow, Lincoln’s (April, 2006)
- Sparrow, Rufous-winged
- Sparrow, Song
- Sparrow, Vesper
- Starling, European
- Swallow, Violet-green
- Sparrow, White-crowned
- Swallow, Barn (June 20, 2013)
- Swallow, Northern Rough-winged (2, August 14, 2013)
- Swift, White-throated
- Tanager, Summer
- Tanager, Western
- Teal, Green-winged
- Thrasher, Curved-billed
- Thrasher, Sage (trust land north of Catalina Hills Drive)
- Towhee, Abert’s (August, 2009)
- Towhee, Canyon (August, 2009)
- Towhee, Green-tailed (April, 2006, January, 2007))
- Towhee, Spotted (March, 2006)
- Turkey, Wild
- Tyrannulet, Northern Beardless-
- Verdin (November, 2006, nested in Fig tree, July, 2009, year-round)
- Vireo, Bell’s
- Vireo, Plumbeous
- Vireo, Warbling
- Vulture, Turkey
- Warbler, Black-throated Gray (October, 2014)
- Warbler, Lucy’s
- Warbler, MacGillvray’s (2012)
- Warbler, Nashville
- Warbler, Orange-crowned (March 12, 2013)
- Warbler, Wilson’s (April, 2006)
- Warbler, Yellow
- Warbler, Yellow-rumped (February, 2007, April 9, 2013)
- Waxwing, Cedar
- Wigeon, American
- Woodpecker, Acorn (pair at Betty Hughes’ 2013)
- Woodpecker, Gila
- Woodpecker, Ladder-backed (May, 2006, 2007)
- Woodpecker, Lewis’s
- Wood-Pewee, Western
- Wren, Bewick’s (January, 2010?)
- Wren, Cactus
- Wren, Canyon
- Wren, House
- Wren, Rock
Total: 150 (Last added Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, January, 2018)
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