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Durand Open Space Plant and Animal Guide

Bernalillo County manages 13 Open Space properties (1000 acres) from the mountains to the valley that surround the Albuquerque metropolitan area. This dynamic network of properties encompass important natural and cultural resources managed to benefit people, plants and wildlife. Bernalillo ...more ↓

knapweed 1
Centaurea
False Indigos 2
Amorpha
pale wolfberry 3
Lycium pallidum
Hemp dogbane 4
Apocynum cannabinum
tree of heaven 5
Ailanthus altissima
Cicada 6
Carpenter Bees 7
Xylocopa
alkali mallow 8
Malvella leprosa
Timothy 9
Phleum pratense
choke cherry 10
Prunus virginiana
Green June Beetles 11
Cotinis
Tower Mustard 12
Turritis glabra
Yellows and Sulphurs 13
Coliadinae
Umbrella Sedge 14
Cyperus serotinus
purslanes 15
Portulaca
puncture vine 16
Tribulus terrestris
Inland Sea Oats 17
Chasmanthium latifolium
vine mesquite 18
Hopia obtusa
bur reed sedge 19
Carex sparganioides
Redtop 20
Agrostis gigantea
mesquites 21
Prosopis
Brewer's Sparrow 4
Spizella breweri
Phainopepla 22
Phainopepla nitens
Pygmy Nuthatch 23
Sitta pygmaea
Cedar Waxwing 24
Bombycilla cedrorum
Townsend's Warbler 25
Setophaga townsendi
Greater Roadrunner 26
Geococcyx californianus
Downy Woodpecker 27
Picoides pubescens
Ladder-backed Woodpecker 28
Picoides scalaris
Hairy Woodpecker 29
Picoides villosus
Northern Flicker 30
Colaptes auratus
Great Horned Owl 31
Bubo virginianus
Belted Kingfisher 32
Megaceryle alcyon
Eurasian Collared-Dove 33
Streptopelia decaocto
Rock Pigeon 34
Columba livia
White-winged Dove 35
Zenaida asiatica
Mourning Dove 36
Zenaida macroura
American Coot 37
Fulica americana
Sandhill Crane
Grus canadensis
Ring-necked Pheasant 38
Phasianus colchicus
Wilson's Snipe 39
Gallinago delicata
Spotted Sandpiper 40
Actitis macularius
Ring-billed Gull 41
Larus delawarensis
Franklin's Gull 42
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Killdeer 43
Charadrius vociferus
American Avocet 44
Recurvirostra americana
White-faced Ibis 45
Plegadis chihi
American White Pelican 46
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Snowy Egret 47
Egretta thula
Great Blue Heron 48
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night-Heron 49
Nycticorax nycticorax
Cattle Egret 50
Bubulcus ibis
Prairie Falcon 51
Falco mexicanus
American Kestrel 52
Falco sparverius
Common Nighthawk 51
Chordeiles minor
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 53
Selasphorus platycercus
Rufous Hummingbird 54
Selasphorus rufus
Black-chinned Hummingbird 51
Archilochus alexandri
American Wigeon 25
Anas americana
Northern Shoveler 55
Anas clypeata
Green-winged Teal 56
Anas crecca
Cinnamon Teal 57
Anas cyanoptera
Blue-winged Teal 55
Anas discors
Mallard 58
Anas platyrhynchos
Gadwall 59
Anas strepera
Common Merganser 59
Mergus merganser
Greater White-fronted Goose 32
Anser albifrons
Ring-necked Duck 55
Aythya collaris
Canada Goose 60
Branta canadensis
Cackling Goose 61
Branta hutchinsii
Wood Duck 62
Aix sponsa
Osprey 48
Pandion haliaetus
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter cooperii
Sharp-shinned Hawk 63
Accipiter striatus
Northern Harrier 64
Circus cyaneus
Red-tailed Hawk 65
Buteo jamaicensis
Swainson's Hawk 66
Buteo swainsoni
Common Black Hawk 67
Buteogallus anthracinus
Bald Eagle 68
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Turkey Vulture 69
Cathartes aura
Double-crested Cormorant 52
Phalacrocorax auritus
Neotropic Cormorant 70
Phalacrocorax brasilianus
Cliff Swallow 71
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Barn Swallow 72
Hirundo rustica
Tree Swallow 55
Tachycineta bicolor
Violet-green Swallow 73
Tachycineta thalassina
Bank Swallow 74
Riparia riparia
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 51
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Brewer's Blackbird 61
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown-headed Cowbird 51
Molothrus ater
Yellow-headed Blackbird 57
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Bullock's Oriole 51
Icterus bullockii
Western Meadowlark
Sturnella neglecta
Great-tailed Grackle 48
Quiscalus mexicanus
Red-winged Blackbird 75
Agelaius phoeniceus
Black-capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus
Mountain Chickadee 51
Poecile gambeli
House Sparrow 76
Passer domesticus
Red-breasted Nuthatch 77
Sitta canadensis
White-breasted Nuthatch 78
Sitta carolinensis

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