I counted Red-Winged Blackbird twice as it turns out.
The following are the last identifications from Estero Llano Grande State Park, Texas, as well as some from Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico, White Sands National Monument, New Mexico, Paton Center for Hummingbirds, Arizona, Las Lagunas de Anza Wetlands, Arizona, and Patagonia Lake State Park, Arizona:
Mammals
25)
Arizona Grey Squirrel Sciurus arizonensis
Birds
116) Red-Shouldered Hawk
Buteo lineatus
117)
Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
118)
Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
119)
North American Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
120)
Black-Throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
121)
Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
122)
White-Crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
123)
Sagebrush Sparrow Artemisiospiza nevadensis
124)
Red-Naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
125)
Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
126) Ring-Necked Duck
Aythya collaris
127)
Pied-Billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
128)
American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
129)
Zone-Tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
130)
Rufous-Winged Sparrow Peucaea carpalis
131) Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerina
132) Double-Crested Cormorant
Phalacrocorax auritus
133)
Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula*
*The ducks I saw are Mexican Ducks,
diazi. I had never heard of these before today when I was going through my 'to be identified' pics and came upon a photo of a pair of very dark ducks which I assumed where American Black Ducks until I realized Arizona is far outside of that species' range. Apparently Mexican Ducks are a taxa which have most often been lumped as a population of Mallard but appear to be more closely related to American Black Duck. HBW lists them as a subspecies of Mottled Duck but there seems to be growing support for them to be split into their own species. Since I don't think I'm allowed to count them as a separate species just yet I'll simply include them as Mottled so I still get a tick and still get a lifer
(and because I generally follow HBW's rulings anyway). Animals pictured below:
~Thylo
