Bird Watching
Overview
The Snake River Canyons Park has over 140 species of birds that use the park during different times of the year. Walking the Nellis-Irwin Trail at Yingst Grade Road or exploring the overlooks around the Hansen Bridge to the east, you can see the many different habits the Park offers for the birds. Raptors love the canyon walls that edge the Snake River. Ducks like the water in the river and in Vineyard Lake. Meadowlarks and goldfinches can be found on the grassy areas on the top, while robins like the waterfalls on the Nellis-Irwin Trail.
Birds in the Area:
| Snow Goose |
| Canada Goose |
| Wood Duck |
| Blue-Winged Teal |
| Cinnamon Teal |
| Northern Shoveler |
| Gadwall |
| Am. Wigeon |
| Mallard |
| Redhead |
| Common Merganser |
| Calif. Quail |
| Ring-necked Pheasant |
| Pied-billed Grebe |
| Rock Pigeon |
| E. Collored Dove |
| Mourning Dove |
| White-throated Swift |
| Black-chinned Hummingbird |
| Calliope Hummingbird |
| Virginia Rail |
| American Coot |
| Killdeer |
| Spotted Sandpiper |
| Ring-billed Gull |
| California Gull |
| Herring Gull |
| Caspian Tern |
| Forster’s Tern |
| Double-Crested Cormorant |
| A. Whte Pelican |
| Great Blue Heron |
| Great Egret |
| Black-crowned Night Heron |
| White-faced Ibis |
| Turkey Vulture |
| Osprey |
| Golden Eagle |
| Northern Harrier |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk |
| Cooper’s Hawk |
| Swainson’s Hawk |
| Red-Tailed Hawk |
| Rough-legged Hawk |
| Ferruginous Hawk |
| Barn Owl |
| Great Horned Owl |
| Burrowing Owl |
| Belted Kingfisher |
| Red-naped Sapsucker |
| Downy Woodpecker |
| Hairy Woodpecker |
| Northern Flicker |
| A. Kestrel |
| Prairie Falcon |
| Western Kingbird |
| Western Wood-Pewee |
| Dusky Flycatcher |
| Say’s Phoebe |
| Warbling Vireo |
| Black-billed Magpie |
| American Crow |
| Common Raven |
| Horned Lark |
| Bank Swallow |
| Tree Swallow |
| Violet-green Swallow |
| Cliff Swallow |
| Barn Swallow |
| N. Rough-winged Swallow |
| Mountain Chickadee |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch |
| Brown Creeper |
| Rock Wren |
| Canyon Wren |
| Marsh Wren |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
| American Dipper |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
| Townsend’s Solitaire |
| Hemit Thrush |
| A.Robin |
| E. Starling |
| Cedar Waxwing |
| House Sparrow |
| Americn Pipet |
| House Finch |
| Pine Siskin |
| Lesser Goldfinch |
| A. Goldfinch |
| Lark Sparrow |
| Chipping Sparrow |
| Dark-eyed Junco |
| White-crowned Sparrow |
| Song Sparrow |
| Spotted Towhee |
| Yellow-breasted Chat |
| Yellow-headed Blackbird |
| Western Meadowlark |
| Bullock’s Oriole |
| Red-winged Blackbird |
| Brown-headed Cowbird |
| Brewer’s Blackbird |
| MacGillvray’s Warbler |
| Common Yellowthroat |
| Yellow Warbler |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler |
| Wilson’s Warbler |
| Western Tanager |
| Lazuli Bunting |