Birds
As of January 2022, over 124 bird species have been seen at the park and recorded at our E-Bird hotspot. Every Tuesday, we will feature one of our birds on our social media pages. We love to include pictures taken at the park so please share by sending yours to [email protected] (or post on our E-Bird site).
Click HERE to see the list documented on E-Bird. Please add to the list; include pictures when you can. Here's some commonly seen birds:
Butterflies
One can expect to see these butterfly species at the Park almost any time of the year. There are other more seasonal species. Click HERE for a great site for identification. We would love to have your butterfly pictures taken at the park.
1. Pipevine Swallowtail
2. Checkered White
3. Cloudless Sulphur
4. Sleepy Orange
5. Orange Sulphur
6. Snout Butterfly
7. Queen
8. Painted Lady
9. Empress Leilia
10. Western Pygmy Blue
11. Marine Blue
12. Checkered Skipper
Resources
Check out these sites for more related information:
- Arizona Audubon Birds - https://az.audubon.org/birds
- Cornell Lab Birds - https://www.allaboutbirds.org/
- Bird Blogger -http://www.thebirdblogger.com/arizona.html
- BC Heritage Park's Ebird list - https://ebird.org/ebird/hotspot/L3604678
- BC Heritage Park's Ebutterfly lists - https://www.e-butterfly.org/ebapp/en/projects/view/29
- Wildlife rescue and rehabilitation (including birds)
- Wild at Heart - https://wildatheartraptors.org/
- Fallen Feathers - https://fallenfeathers.org/
- Liberty Wildlife - https://libertywildlife.org/
- Arizona Interfaith Power and Light and the Arizona Wildlife Federation recording on how you can help support Monarch Butterflies https://azwildlife.org/Blog/10277254
