Our House “Life” List from our Pathways at The Oasis of WOW Arizona!

We welcome people birding the grounds.Small private tours can usually be hosted the same/next day.

Professional bird Tour Groups or photographers, please call prior to any visit or scheduling,. Call us for arrangements.

All “Nature” photos & videos taken on site!!!

Click the bird names, (highlighted linked or in slideshows)  for species page with accompanying photos and information.

NON-PASSERINE BIRDS:

Diurnal raptors:

Red-tailed Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
Swainson’s Hawk
Harris’ Hawk
Golden Eagle
Cooper’s Hawk
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Northern Harrier
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon

Nocturnal birds:

Poor-will
Lesser Nighthawk
Great Horned Owl
Western Screech Owl
Elf Owl

Huge primitive soaring birds :

Turkey Vulture
Great Blue Heron

Swifts:

White-throated Swift

Cuckoos:

Greater Roadrunner

PASSERINE BIRDS:

Flycatchers:

Vermilion Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Empidonax species (flycatchers)
Western Kingbird
Say’s Phoebe

Mimic Thrushes, true Thrushes, Wrens:

Bewick’s Wren
House Wren
Cactus Wren
Rock Wren
Curve-billed Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
American Robin
Hermit Thrush
Western Bluebird
Townsend’s Solitaire
Rufous-backed Robin

Corvids:

Common Raven
Scrub Jay
Gray-breasted (Mexican) Jay
Steller’s Jay

Shrikes:

Loggerhead Shrike

the Phainopepla:

Phainopepla

Icterids:

Great-tailed Grackle
(Desert Grassland) Eastern Meadowlark
Bronzed Cowbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Hooded Oriole
Bullock’s Oriole
Scotts Oriole

Swallows:

Purple Martin
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Violet-green Swallow

Tanagers:

Western Tanager


Game birds:

Gambel’s Quail
Scaled Quail
Northern Bob-white Quail
Mourning Dove
White-winged Dove
Inca Dove

Hummingbirds:

Anna’s Hummingbird
Costa’s Hummingbird
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Broad-billed Hummingbird
Magnificent Hummingbird
Allen’s Hummingbird
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Blue-throated Hummingbird
Violet-crowned Hummingbird

Woodpeckers:

Gila Woodpecker
Ladderback Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Yellow shafted Flicker
Red-shafted Flicker
Gilded Flicker
Williamson’s Sapsucker

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Tiny Twit-birds:

Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
White-breasted Nuthatch
Verdin
Bushtit
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Bell’s Vireo
Hutton’s Vireo
Lucy’s Warbler
Audubon’s (Yellow-rumped) Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend’s Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler

Sparrows and more Finches:

Black-throated Sparrow
Rufous-winged Sparrow
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Brewer’s Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco (multiple subspecies)
Oregon
Pink-sided
Gray-headed
Slate-colored
White-crowned Sparrow
House Sparrow
House Finch
Cassins Finch
Red Crossbill

various Finch-like Birds:

Black-headed Grosbeak
Abert’s Towhee
Canyon (Brown) Towhee
Spotted (Rufous-sided) Towhee
Green-tailed Towhee
Cardinal
Pyrrhuloxia
American Goldfinch
Lesser Goldfinch
Lawrence’s Goldfinch
Pine Siskin
Lazuli Bunting
Lark Bunting