Hacienda del Desierto

Last week, eleven birds were added to our list of birds seen and identified on the property of Hacienda del Desierto Bed & Breakfast in Tucson, Arizona.  Guests who are expert bird watchers have identified sixty-two kinds of birds

Quail at Hacienda del Desierto

that visit the Hacienda at different times of the year.  There are two fountains on the property that attract birds as well as two wild animal ponds, six hummingbird feeders, and eight birdseed feeders, two garden areas, and many trees and flowers that attract birds.

Abert’s Towhee                                  Verdin

Canyon Towhee                                  Phainopepla

Green-tailed Towhee                         Say’s Phoebe

Ash-throated flycatcher                       Gambel’s Quail

Black-headed grosbeak                        Greater Roadrunner

Bewick’s Wren                                          House Wren

Cactus Wren                                              Inca Dove

Rock Dove                                                  Hooded Oriole

White-winged Dove                                Northern Mockingbird

Morning Dove                                           White-throated Swift

American Goldfinch                                House Finch

Northern Cardinal                                    Gilded  Flicker

Pyrrhuloxia                                                Bendire’s Thrasher

Yellow-headed Blackbird                      Curved-bill ed Thrasher

Great horned owl                                      Elf Owl

Little Brown Bat                                         Purple Martin

Western Kingbird                                      Red-naped sapsucker

Brown-headed Cowbird                          Black chinned Hummingbird

Bronzed  Cowbird                                      Costa’s Hummingbird

Cedar Waxwing                                           Common Raven

Turkey Vulture                                           Gila Woodpecker

Anna’s Hummingbird                               Magnificent Hummingbird

Broad-billed Hummingbird                    White crowned Sparrow

House Sparrow                                            Chipping Sparrow

Black-throated Sparrow                           MacGillivray’s Warbler

Lucy’s Warbler                                             Black-throated Gray Warbler

Wilson’s Warbler                                         Cooper’s Hawk

Common Nighthawk                                  Red -tailed Hawk

Lesser  Nighthawk                                      Cooper’s Hawk

Black-tailed gnatcatcher                          Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

American Kestrel                                        Lesser  Goldfinch