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Big Bend National ParkA lone tower from the ore tramway stands in the Deadhorse Mountains
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Big Bend National Park
Big Bend's Bird Specialties
Bird collage (clockwise starting in left hand corner: white winged dove, Gray Hawk, Mexican Jay, Ruby Throated Hummimgbird, Scaled Quail, and Turkey Vulture)
Bird collage (clockwise starting in left hand corner: white winged dove, Gray Hawk, Mexican Jay, Ruby Throated Hummimgbird, Scaled Quail, and Turkey Vulture)
 

Each of these species is evocative of Big Bend National Park. Each is a Southwestern U.S. species that spends much, if not all of the year in the park (doesn’t just migrate through). With some effort, each is observable within the park and is part of a classic group of Big Bend birds.

  • Gray Hawk
  • Zone-tailed Hawk
  • Common Black Hawk
  • Scaled Quail
  • White-winged Dove
  • Inca Dove
  • Greater Roadrunner
  • Elf Owl
  • Lesser Nighthawk
  • Lucifer Hummingbird
  • Blue-throated Hummingbird
  • Magnificent Hummingbird
  • Golden-fronted Woodpecker
  • Ladder-backed Woodpecker
  • Ash-throated Flycatcher
  • Black Phoebe
  • Vermillion Flycatcher
  • Mexican Jay
  • Verdin
  • Cactus Wren
  • Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
  • Black-capped Vireo
  • Curve-billed Thrasher
  • Crissal Thrasher
  • Phainopepla
  • Gray Vireo
  • Colima Warbler
  • Pyrrhuloxia
  • Varied Bunting
  • Canyon Towhee
  • Black-throated Sparrow
  • Cassin’s Sparrow
  • Black-chinned Sparrow
  • Rufous-crowned Sparrow
  • Scott’s Oriole
  • Hepatic Tanager


Biplanes over the Big Bend  

Did You Know?
From 1929 to 1943, Elmo Johnson's Ranch served as a U.S. Army Air Corps landing field. The field was a popular weekend destination for pilots—a place to combine flying exercises with recreation such as hunting, fishing, exploring Indian caves, and taking burro rides into Mexico.
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Last Updated: July 30, 2006 at 10:03 EST