City Of Rocks National Reserve - Birds

The reserve provides excellent breeding and prey habitat for many raptor species including golden eagle, prairie falcon, red-tailed hawk, northern harrier, sharp-shinned hawk, Cooper's hawk, American kestrel, turkey vulture, and great-horned owl. Swainson's hawk and ferruginous hawk are less abundant in the reserve. Other common bird species includes blue grouse, sage grouse, pinon jay, Clark's nutcracker, common nighthawk, rock and mourning doves, cliff swallow, mountain bluebird, hermit thrush, mountain chickadee, rock and house wrens, solitary and warbling vireos, green-tailed towhee, Virginia's warbler, Brewer's blackbird, and various sparrows.