Events
For event details, please visit the Calendar. Some events require advance sign-up.
August 2
Toddler Playtime
August 7
Park Flight Bird Banding
August 11
Green Hour Hike
August 11
Summer Sunset Flower Walk
August 13
Aldo Leopold's Mia Casita
August 14
Park Flight Bird Banding
August 16
Toddler Playtime
August 18
Green Hour Hike
August 20
VCNP Science Center
August 21
Park Flight Bird Banding
August 22
Meet the PEEC Critters
August 25
Green Hour Hike
August 25
Summer Sunset Hike: Big Trees
August 28
Park Flight Bird Banding
September 4
Park Flight Bird Banding
September 8
Summer Sunset Flower Walk
September 11
Park Flight Bird Banding
September 12
Hike to Cerro Grande
September 18
Park Flight Bird Banding
September 25
Nature Fiesta at Bandelier
Past Events
Birds Page 2
Grouse, Quail, Vultures, Hawks, Cranes
Text by Michele Altherr and Hari Viswanathan
Bird Pages: Introduction | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
- Mallard
- Dusky Grouse
- Gambel's Quail
- Scaled Quail
- Turkey Vulture
- Bald Eagle
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Cooper's Hawk
- Northern Goshawk
- Swainson's Hawk
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Ferruginous Hawk
- American Kestrel
- Sandhill Crane
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Mallard
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Dusky Grouse (formerly Blue Grouse)
Photographed in April 2009 along the Camp May road at about 9,200 feet in elevation.
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Scaled Quail
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Gambel's Quail
Can be see in White Rock often traveling in coveys for most of the year.
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Turkey Vulture
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Bald Eagle
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Sharp-shinned Hawk
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Cooper's Hawk
Rarely seen in the skies over Los Alamos. However, they are fairly common at Bandelier.
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Cooper's Hawk, immature
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Northern Goshawk
Photo taken in Colorado.
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Swainson's Hawk
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Red-tailed Hawk
Common hawk of the area. Commonly seen in the air and even comes to the deck occasionally. Often seen perched along the roadside near the Los Alamos airport.
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Ferruginous Hawk
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American Kestrel
Our smallest falcon is common in open parts of the county. Often seen perched on wires along the roadside.
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Sandhill Crane
Seen during regularly flying far over head during the fall migration. Bosque del Apache features a spectacular number of sandhill cranes and snow geese over the winter months.
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Bird Pages: Introduction | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
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