Guide to the Flora and Fauna of Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve

A Natural Cienega Highlighting New Mexico’s Biodiversity

The Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve is a 35-acre nature preserve located on the I-25 frontage road in La Cienega, adjacent to El Rancho de las Golondrinas. This rare natural cienega, or “marsh” in Spanish, hosts a bountiful ...more ↓

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Bushtit ¹
Psaltriparus minimus

Cedar Waxwing ²
Bombycilla cedrorum

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ³
Polioptila caerulea

House Wren ³
Troglodytes aedon

Bewick's Wren ⁴
Thryomanes bewickii

Lincoln's Sparrow ⁵
Melospiza lincolnii

Song Sparrow ⁶
Melospiza melodia

White-crowned Sparrow ⁷
Zonotrichia leucophrys

Spotted Towhee ⁸
Pipilo maculatus

Great-tailed Grackle ⁹
Quiscalus mexicanus

Common Yellowthroat ¹⁰
Geothlypis trichas

Red-winged Blackbird ¹¹
Agelaius phoeniceus

Summer Tanager ¹²
Piranga rubra

Western Tanager ³
Piranga ludoviciana

Dark-eyed Junco ¹³
Junco hyemalis

Yellow-breasted Chat ¹⁴
Icteria virens

Black-headed Grosbeak ⁴
Pheucticus melanocephalus

Brown-headed Cowbird ³
Molothrus ater

Yellow-headed Blackbird ¹⁵
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus

Lark Sparrow ¹⁶
Chondestes grammacus

Northern Rough-winged Swallow ³
Stelgidopteryx serripennis

American Robin ¹⁷
Turdus migratorius

Western Bluebird ⁶
Sialia mexicana

Juniper Titmouse ¹⁸
Baeolophus ridgwayi

White-breasted Nuthatch ¹⁹
Sitta carolinensis

Ash-throated Flycatcher ²⁰
Myiarchus cinerascens

Western Wood-Pewee ²¹
Contopus sordidulus

Olive-sided Flycatcher ²²
Contopus cooperi

Western Kingbird ¹⁴
Tyrannus verticalis

Blue Grosbeak ¹⁶
Passerina caerulea

Ruby-crowned Kinglet ²³
Regulus calendula

Audubon's Warbler ²⁴
Setophaga coronata auduboni

Myrtle Warbler ²⁵
Setophaga coronata coronata

Pink-sided Junco ²⁴
Junco hyemalis mearnsi

Black-billed Magpie ²⁶
Pica hudsonia

Yellow-rumped Warbler ²⁷
Setophaga coronata

Lesser Goldfinch ⁴
Spinus psaltria

American Goldfinch ²⁸
Spinus tristis

House Finch ²⁹
Haemorhous mexicanus

Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay ³⁰
Aphelocoma woodhouseii

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Guide to the Flora and Fauna of Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve

Bushtit 1 Psaltriparus minimus

Cedar Waxwing 2 Bombycilla cedrorum

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3 Polioptila caerulea

House Wren 3 Troglodytes aedon

Bewick's Wren 4 Thryomanes bewickii

Lincoln's Sparrow 5 Melospiza lincolnii

Song Sparrow 6 Melospiza melodia

White-crowned Sparrow 7 Zonotrichia leucophrys

Spotted Towhee 8 Pipilo maculatus

Great-tailed Grackle 9 Quiscalus mexicanus

Common Yellowthroat 10 Geothlypis trichas

Red-winged Blackbird 11 Agelaius phoeniceus

Summer Tanager 12 Piranga rubra

Western Tanager 3 Piranga ludoviciana

Dark-eyed Junco 13 Junco hyemalis

Yellow-breasted Chat 14 Icteria virens

Black-headed Grosbeak 4 Pheucticus melanocephalus

Brown-headed Cowbird 3 Molothrus ater

Yellow-headed Blackbird 15 Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus

Lark Sparrow 16 Chondestes grammacus

Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3 Stelgidopteryx serripennis

American Robin 17 Turdus migratorius

Western Bluebird 6 Sialia mexicana

Juniper Titmouse 18 Baeolophus ridgwayi

White-breasted Nuthatch 19 Sitta carolinensis

Ash-throated Flycatcher 20 Myiarchus cinerascens

Western Wood-Pewee 21 Contopus sordidulus

Olive-sided Flycatcher 22 Contopus cooperi

Western Kingbird 14 Tyrannus verticalis

Blue Grosbeak 16 Passerina caerulea

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 23 Regulus calendula

Audubon's Warbler 24 Setophaga coronata auduboni

Myrtle Warbler 25 Setophaga coronata coronata

Pink-sided Junco 24 Junco hyemalis mearnsi

Black-billed Magpie 26 Pica hudsonia

Yellow-rumped Warbler 27 Setophaga coronata

Lesser Goldfinch 4 Spinus psaltria

American Goldfinch 28 Spinus tristis

House Finch 29 Haemorhous mexicanus

Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay 30 Aphelocoma woodhouseii