Holloman AFB Naturalist Guide

Research-grade observations from Holloman AFB, NM.

Mediterranean House Gecko 1
Hemidactylus turcicus
fourwing saltbush 2
Atriplex canescens
Burrowing Owl 3
Athene cunicularia
Dark-eyed Junco 4
Junco hyemalis
Gray Bird Grasshopper 5
Schistocerca nitens
Wilson's Warbler 6
Cardellina pusilla
Black Witch 7
Ascalapha odorata
European Starling 8
Sturnus vulgaris
Indian rushpea 9
Hoffmannseggia glauca
White-winged Dove 10
Zenaida asiatica
House Finch 11
Haemorhous mexicanus
King Ranch bluestem 12
Bothriochloa ischaemum
American Avocet 13
Recurvirostra americana
Northern Shoveler 14
Spatula clypeata
Lilac chaste tree 15
Vitex agnus-castus
Sora 16
Porzana carolina
Great Egret 17
Ardea alba
Green-winged Teal 18
Anas crecca
Christmas cholla 19
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis
American Coot 20
Fulica americana
Cinnamon Teal 21
Spatula cyanoptera
Ruddy Duck 22
Oxyura jamaicensis
Gadwall 23
Mareca strepera
Black-necked Stilt 24
Himantopus mexicanus
Red-tailed Hawk 25
Buteo jamaicensis
Blue-winged Teal 26
Spatula discors
Eared Grebe 27
Podiceps nigricollis
Least Sandpiper 23
Calidris minutilla
Ring-billed Gull 28
Larus delawarensis
prostrate sandmat 29
Euphorbia prostrata
Loggerhead Shrike 23
Lanius ludovicianus
Iodinebush 30
Allenrolfea occidentalis
Say's Phoebe 31
Sayornis saya
Bufflehead 26
Bucephala albeola
parralena 32
Thymophylla pentachaeta
Greater Yellowlegs 33
Tringa melanoleuca
Redhead 34
Aythya americana
Mallard 35
Anas platyrhynchos
Northern Harrier 36
Circus hudsonius
thyme-leafed spurge 38
Euphorbia serpillifolia
Killdeer 39
Charadrius vociferus
Common Goldeneye 40
Bucephala clangula
honey mesquite 41
Prosopis glandulosa
Gemsbok 42
Oryx gazella
Variegated Meadowhawk 43
Sympetrum corruptum
spotted spurge 44
Euphorbia maculata
trailing windmills 45
Allionia incarnata
Lesser Scaup 46
Aythya affinis
harmel 47
Peganum harmala
Sagebrush Sparrow 48
Artemisiospiza nevadensis
White Sands fanmustard
Nerisyrenia linearifolia
Western Grebe 16
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Ring-necked Duck 26
Aythya collaris
White-crowned Sparrow 49
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Western Kingbird 50
Tyrannus verticalis
Northern Flicker 51
Colaptes auratus
Western Meadowlark 23
Sturnella neglecta
Western Honey Bee 53
Apis mellifera
alkali heliotrope 54
Heliotropium curassavicum
alkali sacaton 55
Sporobolus airoides
Mexican palo verde 56
Parkinsonia aculeata
silverleaf nightshade 57
Solanum elaeagnifolium
cane bluestem 58
Bothriochloa barbinodis
Fluffgrass 38
Dasyochloa pulchella
gypsum phacelia 59
Phacelia integrifolia
Roundleaf Buckwheat 60
Eriogonum rotundifolium
Charcoal Seed Bug 7
Melacoryphus lateralis
Snow Goose 61
Anser caerulescens
Hairy Crinklemat 62
Tiquilia hispidissima
Gray-checkered Whiptail 63
Aspidoscelis tesselatus
Belted Kingfisher 64
Megaceryle alcyon
tree cholla 65
Cylindropuntia imbricata
Western Sandpiper 66
Calidris mauri
White-faced Ibis 23
Plegadis chihi
Horned Grebe 67
Podiceps auritus
Prairie Falcon 31
Falco mexicanus
Great Blue Heron 68
Ardea herodias
American Kestrel 69
Falco sparverius
Cooper's Hawk 70
Accipiter cooperii
Common Merganser 71
Mergus merganser
American Robin 72
Turdus migratorius
Yellow-headed Blackbird 73
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Rock Wren 9
Salpinctes obsoletus
Black-throated Sparrow 74
Amphispiza bilineata
Brewer's Blackbird 75
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Vesper Sparrow 23
Pooecetes gramineus
Gopher Snake 76
Pituophis catenifer
Black Phoebe 77
Sayornis nigricans
Lesser Nighthawk 78
Chordeiles acutipennis
crown of thorns 80
Koeberlinia spinosa
American Pipit 9
Anthus rubescens
purple prickly pear
Opuntia macrocentra
Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth 81
Spoladea recurvalis
White-lined Sphinx 82
Hyles lineata
Salt Grass 83
Distichlis spicata
henbit deadnettle 84
Lamium amplexicaule
London rocket 85
Sisymbrium irio

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