Recent Birds at Rio Bosque
The irrigation season ended 15 Aug. Now, our only water sources are treated water from the Roberto Bustamante Wastewater Treatment Plant and groundwater from one of our two onsite wells. Our other well is down for maintenance. We hope to see it back in action soon.
Soras are being heard calling from the dense cattail stands in the wetland cells. Large numbers of Yellow-headed and Red-winged blackbirds are also using these areas.
The park's pair of White-tailed Kites was seen most recently 7 October.
Burrowing Owls continue to be seen sporadically at 2 sites in the northern part of the park.
The first American Crows of the season began appearing 18 October.
You can download the current field checklist for the park here.
You can view recent Rio Bosque bird observations posted to eBird .
| Species | Date | Number |
| Sora | 4 Nov | 1 |
| American White Pelican | 4 Nov | 2 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 4 Nov | 1 |
| Yellow-headed Blackbird | 4 Nov | 20 |
| Cooper's Hawk | 3 Nov | 1 |
| Monk Parakeet | 1 Nov | 15 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 30 Oct | 1 |
| Crissal Thrasher | 30 Oct | 4 |
| Spotted Towhee | 30 Oct | 1 |
| Orange-crowned Warbler | 30 Oct | 1 |
| Sandhill Crane | 28 Oct | 9 |
| Burrowing Owl | 28 Oct | 1 |
| Loggerhead Shrike | 28 Oct | 1 |
| Western Screech-Owl | 26 Oct | 1 |
| Black Phoebe | 25 Oct | 1 |
| Neotropic Cormorant | 16 Oct | 1 |
| Belted Kingfisher | 15 Oct | 1 |
| Green Heron | 12 Oct | 1 |
| Great Horned Owl | 10 Oct | 1 |
| Osprey | 8 Oct | 1 |
| White-tailed Kite | 7 Oct | 2 |
| Barn Owl | 7 Oct | 2 |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | 6 Oct | 1 |
