Customer Monthly Bird Sightings in the Santa Fe Area 2024
As noted by Customers visiting our store...
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OCTOBER
Wilson’s Warbler - Randall Davy Audubon Center
Yellow Warbler - Audubon Center
Brown Creeper - Audubon Center
Lewis’s Woodpecker - Audubon Center
Hummingbird Casa Solana; Eldorado; Cañoncito; (all mid-October)
Northern Flicker - Santa Fe
Sandhill Cranes - flying over Galisteo
Western Bluebirds - Cañoncito
Chipping Sparrow - Cañoncito
Steller’s Jay - Cañoncito
Dark-Eyed Juncos - Tesuque; Cañoncito
Townsend’s Solitaire - Tesuque
Lesser Goldfinches - Taos; Cañoncito
Green-Tailed Towhee - Taos
Williamson’s Sapsucker - Hondo
Sage Thrasher - Hondo
Lots of quail - Eldorado
SEPTEMBER
Hummingbirds - all over Santa Fe City & County
Broad-tailed
Black-chinned
Rufous
Flock of American Pipits - Lamy
Orange-Crowned Warbler - Railyard
Wilson’s Warblers - Hwy 14; Canoncito; Audubon Center; Santa Ana Pueblo
Yellow-Rumped Warbler - Hwy 14
Bushtits - Frenchy’s Field
Bluebirds - Old Las Vegas Hwy
Belted Kingfisher - Embudo / Dixon
Blue Grosbeak - Embudo / Dixon
Cedar Waxwing - Embudo / Dixon
Western Tanager - Embudo / Dixon
Lesser Goldfinches - Canoncito
Roadrunner - Canoncito
Juvenile Cooper’s Hawk - Casa Solana
Sage Thrasher - Eldorado
Western Kingbird - La Cinegilla
Green-Tailed Towhee - Camino Real / Santa Fe River
AUGUST
Hummingbirds - all over
Black-chinned
Broad-tailed
Rufous
Caliope
Tons of Lesser Goldfinches - Canoncito; Embudo; Santa Fe
Yellow-Headed Blackbird - La Tierra
Black-Headed Grosbeak - Canyon Rd; Canoncito
Blue Grosbeak - Nambe
Cooper’s Hawks - Osage; Hyde Park
Bushtits - Santa Fe; Rabbit Rd
Yellow-Breasted Chat - Embudo
Black Phoebe - Embudo
Lark Sparrow - Embudo
Lazuli Bunting - Cedar Grove; Old Pecos Tr
Curved-Billed Thrasher - Galisteo
Turkey Vultures - Galisteo
Roadrunner - Galisteo; Old Las Vegas Hwy
Barn Owl - Eldorado
Wester Tanager - Canoncito; Embudo/Dixon
JULY
Hummingbirds all over
Black-chinned
Broad-tailed
Caliope
Rufous
*** RIVOLI’S HUMMINGBIRD (formerly know as Magnificent) - LAMY not rare but not a common sighting ***
Cowbird - Galisteo
Roadrunner - Galisteo
Sage Thrasher - Eldorado
ALBINO FINCH - White Rock
Black-Headed Grosbeak - Bishop’s Lodge; Canoncito
Rose-Breasted Grosbeak - Lamy; Pecos; Randall Davy Audubon
Western Tanagers - La Canada Village
Northern Flicker - Rose Park
Hairy Woodpecker - Canoncito
Red-Naped Sapsucker - Penasco
Cassin’s Kingbird - Santa Fe
Western Kingbird - San Jose
Ash-Throated Flycatcher - Canoncito
Western Bluebirds - Bishop’s Lodge
Juniper Titmouse - Bishop’s Lodge; Canoncito
Bushtits - Bishop’s Lodge
Plumbeous Vireo - Lamy
Warbling Vireo - Santa Fe National Forest Trails
Yellow-rumped Warbler - Santa Fe National Forest Trails
Mourning Doves - Santa Fe
White-Winged Doves - Santa Fe
Canyon Towhee - Santa Fe; Canoncito
Spotted Towhee - Santa Fe; Canoncito
Lesser Goldfinch - Santa Fe; Canoncito
Chipping Sparrow - Santa Fe National Forest Trails
Hermit Thrush - Santa Fe National Forest Trails
Mountain Chickadee - Santa Fe National Forest Trails
June
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO in early June - Leonora Curtain Wetlands - VERIFIED
Breeding pair of Kestrals - Eldorado
Dozens of Western Tanagers in early June - Glorieta
Summer Tanager - La Mesilla
Hepatic Tanager - Park Plazas
Say’s Phoebe - South Side & Eldorado
Green-Tailed Towhee - La Mesilla
Yellow-Breasted Chat - Upper Canyon Rd
Ash-Throated Flycatcher - Eldorado & Canoncito
Western Kingbird - Museum Hill & Airport Rd
Scott’s Oriole - La Tierra
Bullock’s Oriole - Santa Fe & Canoncito
Downy Woodpecker & baby - Santa Fe
Red Crossbill - Old Santa Fe Trail
May
Black-Chinned & Broad-Tailed Hummingbirds - all over
Western Tanagers - HUGE numbers all over
Black-headed Grosbeaks - all over
Bullock’s Orioles - all over
Rose-Breasted Grosbeak - Canoncito & Santa Fe
Red Crossbill - Eldorado; Rosario Hill; White Rock
Yellow-Rumped Warbler - San Mateo
Wilson’s Warbler - San Mateo
Cassin’s Kingbird - Midtown
Yellow-headed Blackbird - Eldorado
Cedar Waxwings - near the river
Curved-Bill Thrasher - Galisteo
Blue Grosbeak - La Cienega & Las Vegas
Scott’s Oriole - Lamy
Black-Billed Magpie - Tesuque & Canoncito
Green-Tailed Towhee - St. Francis
Common Poorwill - Canoncito
Mountain Bluebirds - Abiquiu
Cowbirds - Camp Stoney
Lesser Goldfinches - Canoncito
Pine Siskins - Canoncito
Ash-Throated Flycatcher - Canoncito & Galisteo
April
Osprey - Dixon
Lesser Goldfinch - Santa Fe & Dixon
Say’s Phoebe - Dixon
Black-chinned Hummingbirds - all over
Broad-tailed Hummingbirds - all over
Red Crossbill - Glorieta
Painted Redstart - Bosque del Apache NWR outside Socorro
Western Tanager - Santa Fe, Canoncito, Dixon
Evening Grosbeak - Glorieta & La Tierra
Black-headed Grosbeak - Canoncito
Bullock’s Oriole - Santa Fe & Eldorado
White-Crowned Sparrow - Canoncito & Dixon
Chipping Sparrow - Dixon & Canoncito
Spotted Towhee - Eldorado & Santa Fe
Green-Tailed Towhee - Eldorado
Canyon Towhee - Santa Fe
Black-Crowned Night Heron - Tesuque
Pine Siskin - Santa Fe
Hairy Woodpecker - Santa Fe
Downy Woodpecker - Santa Fe
March
Red-naped Sapsucker and Williamson’s Sapsucker - Randall Davey Audubon Center
Red-Winged Blackbird - Chimayo
Red Crossbilss - White Rock & Botanical Garden
Yellow-rumped Warbler - St Mikes
Northern Flicker and Canyon Towhee - Frenchy’s Park
Savannah Sparrow - Glorieta
Western Bluebird - Tesuque
Red-Breasted Nuthatch - St John’s
Lewis’s Woodpecker and Mountain Bluebirds- Eldorado
Evening Grosbeak - Canyon Rd
Casein’s Finch - Santa Fe
Ladder-backed Woodpecker - Eldorado
Cedar Waxwings - Cañoncito
Lesser Goldfinches - Tano Rd
Bendire’s Thrasher - Rodeo / Yucca
February
Flock of crossbills - Taos
Lewis’s Woodpecker - Los Alamos
Flock of Kinglets - La Tierra & Railyard
Williamson’s Sapsucker - La Tierra
Northern Harrier - S.F. Animal Shelter
Pinyon Jays - St. Mike’s
Yellow-Rumped Warblers - Rodeo Rd
Pine Siskins - Canoncito
Canyon Towhee - Rodeo Rd
Say’s Phoebe - Pecos
Lesser Goldfinch - Canyon Rd
Phainopeplia - Glorieta
Mountain Bluebird - Santa Fe
Kestrel - Agua Fria
Prairie Falcon - Coyote Ridge
Curved-Billed Thrasher - Eldorado
Dark-eyed Juncos - everywhere
Bushtits - Canoncito
Flock of Pinyon Jays - near St. Michael’s
Yellow-rumped Warbler - Rodeo Rd
Canyon Towhee - Rodeo Rd
Say’s Phoebe - Pecos
Northern Flicker - Downtown
Brown Capped Rosy Finch - Randall Davy Audubon Center
Lesser Goldfinches - Canyon Rd
Phainopepla - Glorieta
Ladder-backed Woodpecker - Casa Allegre
Mountain Bluebirds
Red & White-breasted Nuthatches - Plaza
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet - Railyard
American Robins - Cochiti Lake
Kestrel - Aguq Fria
Prairie Falcon - Coyote Ridge
Curved-billed Thrasher - Eldorado
Evening Grosbeaks - Hyde Park & Los Alamos
Juniper Titmouse - Rodeo Rd
White-Crowned Sparrow - Rodeo Rd
Brown Creeper - Canyon Rd
Bewick’s Wren - Santa Fe
Dark-eyed Juncos - Canoncito & Los Alamos
Mountain Chickadee - Canoncito