Our corner of the state is home to over 300 species of birds! Below you’ll find an alphabetized collection of some of the regulars who live here year-round or stay seasonally. We hope you enjoy this gallery of local photography!
Birds in Southwestern New Mexico
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Acorn Woodpecker. Photo: Les Beebe
American Coot. Photo: Paul Granone
American Kestrels. Photo: Franky DeAngelis
American Robin. Photo: Franky DeAngelis
American Wigeon. Photo: Jeff Johnson
Ash-throated Flycatcher. Photo: Jeff Johnson
Bald Eagle. Photo: Franky DeAngelis
Bewick's Wren. Photo: Jeff Johnson
Black Phoebe. Photo: Heidi Erstad
Black-crowned Night Heron. Photo: Heidi Erstad
Black-headed Grosbeak. Photo: Elroy Limmer
Black-throated Sparrow. Photo: Les Beebe
Blue Grosbeak. Photo: Heidi Erstad
Bridled Titmouse. Photo: David McDonald
Bushtit. Photo: Heidi Erstad
Cactus Wren. Photo: Heidi Erstad
Canyon Towhee. Photo: Paul Granone
Cassin's Kingbird. Photo: Jeff Johnson
Chihuahuan Raven. Photo: David McDonald
Chipping Sparrow. Photo: Elroy Limmer
Common Black Hawk. Photo: Franky DeAngelis
Cooper's Hawk. Photo: Heidi Erstad
Curve-billed Thrasher. Photo: Paul Granone
Dark-eyed Junco. Photo: Elroy Limmer
European Starling. Photo: Jeff Johnson
Gambel's Quail. Photo: Elroy Limmer
Great Blue Heron. Photo: Heidi Erstad
Greater Roadrunner. Photo: Susan Mittelstadt
Green-tailed Towhee. Photo: Heidi Erstad
Hairy Woodpecker. Photo: Heidi Erstad
Hermit Thrush. Photo: Jeff Johnson
Hooded Oriole. Photo: Franky DeAngelis
Juniper Titmouse. Photo: Jeff Johnson
Lark Bunting. Photo: Heidi Erstad
Lark Sparrow. Photo: Heidi Erstad
Lazuli Bunting. Photo: Paul Granone
Lesser Goldfinch. Photo: Elroy Limmer
Loggerhead Shrike. Photo: Heidi Erstad
Mallards. Photo: Jeff Johnson
Mexican Duck. Photo: Heidi Erstad
Mexican Jay. Photo: Paul Granone
Montezuma Quail. Photo: David McDonald
Neotropic Cormorant. Photo: David McDonald
Northern Flicker. Photo: Elroy Limmer
Northern Mockingbird. Photo: Jeff Johnson
Northern Pygmy Owl. Photo: David McDonald
Northern Shoveler. Photo: Jeff Johnson
Painted Redstart. Photo: Franky DeAngelis
Phainopepla. Photo: Les Beebe
Pie-billed Grebe
Pine Siskin. Photo: Elroy Limmer
Pyrrhuloxia. Photo: Jeff Johnson
Red-Tailed Hawk. Photo: Les Beebe
Rock Wren. Photo: Paul Granone
Ring-necked Duck. Photo: Jeff Johnson
Rufuous Hummingbird. Photo: Jeff Johnson
Sandhill Cranes. Photo: Jeff Johnson
Say's Phoebe. Photo: Jeff Johnson
Scott's Oriole. Photo: David McDonald
Sora. Photo: Jeff Johnson
Spotted Sandpiper. Photo: Paul Granone
Spotted Towhee. Photo: Jeff Johnson
Townsend's Warbler. Photo: Jeff Johnson
Turkey Vulture. Photo: Franky DeAngelis
Verdin. Photo: Jeff Johnson
Vermillion Flycatcher. Photo: Jeff Johnson
Western Bluebirds. Photo: Susan Mittelstadt
Western Tanager. Photo: Elroy Limmer
Western Wood-Pewee. Photo: Heidi Erstad
White-crowned Sparrow. Photo: Paul Granone
White-breasted Nuthatch. Photo: Jeff Johnson
White-winged Dove. Photo: Jeff Johnson
Wild Turkey. Photo: Franky DeAngelis
Wilson's Warbler. Photo: Heidi Erstad
Woodhouse's Scrub Jay. Photo: Paul Granone
Yellow-breasted Chat. Photo: David McDonald
Yelllow-Rumped Warbler. Photo: Elroy Limmer
Zone-tailed Hawk. Photo: Franky DeAngelis