United States Arizona Phoenix Phoenix Guide Nightlife Things To Do Essentials Restaurants Where to Stay Events Getaways All Phoenix Birds of Phoenix and Arizona - Gallery 2 Written by Judy Hedding Judy Hedding is a Phoenix resident and has written more than 1,000 articles about Greater Phoenix and Arizona since 2000. Tripsavvy's Editorial Guidelines Judy Hedding Updated 06/06/19 Share Pin Email The images in this Phoenix Bird Photo Gallery were taken mostly in the Greater Phoenix area and submitted by local residents, or people who were visiting the area. 01 of 55 Mockingbird © Kirk A. White, used with permission Small Mockingbird at Usery Park. Continue to 2 of 55 below. 02 of 55 Greylag Goose © Heather Butcher, used with permission. Greylag Goose at the Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch in Gilbert. Continue to 3 of 55 below. 03 of 55 Northern Mockingbird © Heather Butcher, used with permission. Northern mockingbird at the Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch in Gilbert. Continue to 4 of 55 below. 04 of 55 Orange-crowned Warbler © Heather Butcher, used with permission. Orange-crowned warbler at the Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch in Gilbert. Continue to 5 of 55 below. 05 of 55 Cinnamon Teal Tiffany Hawkins, used with permission Cinnamon Teal in the foreground with his mate not far behind him, taken at Saguaro Lake. Continue to 6 of 55 below. 06 of 55 Mallard Duck Tiffany Hawkins, used with permission A male Mallard preening himself at the Saguaro Lake Marina. Continue to 7 of 55 below. 07 of 55 Mallard Ducks Tiffany Hawkins, used with permission Two pair of Mallard Ducks cruising in the water at Gilbert Water Ranch. Continue to 8 of 55 below. 08 of 55 Adult Verdin Tiffany Hawkins, used with permission An Adult Verdin perched in the Nicotiana in Apache Junction. Continue to 9 of 55 below. 09 of 55 Verdin Juvenile Tiffany Hawkins, used with permission A Verdin juvenile perched in the sunflowers, taken in Apache Junction. Continue to 10 of 55 below. 10 of 55 Phainopepla Tiffany Hawkins, used with permission Female Phainopepla, taken at Lost Dutchman State Park. Continue to 11 of 55 below. 11 of 55 Male Phainopepla Tiffany Hawkins, used with permission Male Phainopepla in Gold Canyon. Continue to 12 of 55 below. 12 of 55 Pied-billed Grebe Tiffany Hawkins, used with permission Pied-billed Grebe at Saguaro Lake. Continue to 13 of 55 below. 13 of 55 Green-Winged Teal Tiffany Hawkins, used with permission A male Green-Winged Teal at Gilbert Water Ranch. Continue to 14 of 55 below. 14 of 55 American Coot Tiffany Hawkins, used with permission An American Coot at Saguaro Lake. Continue to 15 of 55 below. 15 of 55 Black-Throated Sparrow Tiffany Hawkins, used with permission Black-Throated Sparrow, photographed in Gold Canyon. Continue to 16 of 55 below. 16 of 55 Bendire's Thrasher Tiffany Hawkins, used with permission Bendire's Thrasher, photographed in Lost Dutchman State Park. Continue to 17 of 55 below. 17 of 55 White-Winged Dove Tiffany Hawkins, used with permission White-Winged Dove in Apache Junction. Continue to 18 of 55 below. 18 of 55 Abert's Towhee Tiffany Hawkins, used with permission A pair of Abert's Towhees, photographed at Gilbert Water Ranch. Continue to 19 of 55 below. 19 of 55 Costa's Hummingbird Tiffany Hawkins, used with permission A male Costa's after a springtime rain in Apache Junction. Continue to 20 of 55 below. 20 of 55 Black Phoebe Tiffany Hawkins, used with permission A Black Phoebe preening in a tree at Gilbert Water Ranch. Continue to 21 of 55 below. 21 of 55 Black Phoebe Tiffany Hawkins, used with permission Black Phoebe, at Saguaro Lake's Marina. Continue to 22 of 55 below. 22 of 55 Gila Woodpecker Kelly P. Orman, used with permission From the photographer: "Here's a picture my wife shot one morning of a Gila Woodpecker... with our new DSLR camara. This little guy was only about 2 feet off the ground hanging onto a piller on our back porch." Continue to 23 of 55 below. 23 of 55 Verdin © Pat James, used with permission Verdin, taken in New River, Arizona. Continue to 24 of 55 below. 24 of 55 Hummingbird at Work JitkaBryn, used with permission. Hummingbird at Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix. Continue to 25 of 55 below. 25 of 55 Great Blue Heron at Saguaro Lake © Ruth Jolly, used with permission. Great Blue Heron at Saguaro Lake. Continue to 26 of 55 below. 26 of 55 Crested Ducks in Mesa © Ruth Jolly, used with permission. Crested Ducks at Red Mountain Park in Mesa, AZ. Continue to 27 of 55 below. 27 of 55 Snowy Egret in Gilbert © Ruth Jolly, used with permission. A playful Snowy Egret in Gilbert, Arizona. Continue to 28 of 55 below. 28 of 55 Green Heron Keith Perry Photography, Phoenix, AZ, used with permission. This Green Heron was photographed in Granada Park in Phoenix. Continue to 29 of 55 below. 29 of 55 Say's Phoebe Frances Schuler, used with permission. Say's Phoebe, photographed at the Gilbert Riparian Preserve in Gilbert, Arizona. Continue to 30 of 55 below. 30 of 55 Lesser Yellowlegs Frances Schuler, used with permission. Lesser Yellowlegs, at the Gilbert Riparian Preserve in Gilbert, Arizona. Continue to 31 of 55 below. 31 of 55 White Heron and Blue Heron White Heron and Blue Heron Picture © Frances Schuler, used with permission. Photographed at the Gilbert Riparian Preserve in Gilbert, Arizona. Continue to 32 of 55 below. 32 of 55 Great Blue Heron Frances Schuler, used with permission. Great Blue Heron in flight, at the Gilbert Riparian Preserve in Gilbert, Arizona. Continue to 33 of 55 below. 33 of 55 White Heron Frances Schuler, used with permission. White Heron with fish, at the Gilbert Riparian Preserve in Gilbert, Arizona. Continue to 34 of 55 below. 34 of 55 Black-necked Stilt Frances Schuler, used with permission. Black-necked Stilt, at the Gilbert Riparian Preserve in Gilbert, Arizona. Continue to 35 of 55 below. 35 of 55 Cormorant Frances Schuler, used with permission. Cormorant, at the Gilbert Riparian Preserve in Gilbert, Arizona. Continue to 36 of 55 below. 36 of 55 Verdin Frances Schuler, used with permission. Verdin at the Gilbert Riparian Preserve in Gilbert, Arizona. Continue to 37 of 55 below. 37 of 55 Abert's Towhee © Joni M. Smith, used with permission Abert's Towhee seen in Chandler, Arizona. Continue to 38 of 55 below. 38 of 55 Cactus Wren Cactus Wren Picture © stellakathryn, used with permission. Arizona's State Bird, the cactus wren, near Wikieup, AZ. Continue to 39 of 55 below. 39 of 55 Fuertes Red Tailed Hawk Fuertes Red Tailed Hawk Picture © Marianne Cook, used with permission. From the photographer: "Fuertes Red Tailed Hawk on my neighbor's two story house. He was over 2 feet tall." Photo taken at Cinnabar Canyon in Phoenix. Continue to 40 of 55 below. 40 of 55 Northern Cardinal © Linda Hardie, used with permission This Northern Cardinal was seen in St. David, Arizona. That's in Cochise County, not far from Benson. Continue to 41 of 55 below. 41 of 55 Greater Roadrunner © Linda Hardie, used with permission The Greater Roadrunner was photographed in St. David, Arizona with a Cannon PowerShot S3 camera. Continue to 42 of 55 below. 42 of 55 Muscovy Duck in Tempe © Robert DuQuesnay, used with permission. Muscovy Duck at the ASU Research Park in Tempe, Arizona. Continue to 43 of 55 below. 43 of 55 Chinese Goose © Robert DuQuesnay, used with permission. Chinese Goose at the ASU Research Park in Tempe, Arizona. Continue to 44 of 55 below. 44 of 55 Chinese Geese © Robert DuQuesnay, used with permission. Chinese Geese at the ASU Research Park in Tempe, Arizona. Continue to 45 of 55 below. 45 of 55 Gambel's Quail Gambel's Quail Picture © Peter Sterling, used with permission. From the photographer: "Thought you'd like to see this quail on top of my trash can in Mesa. There seem to be a lot of quail couples out and about this spring." Continue to 46 of 55 below. 46 of 55 Swan © Cynthia Bilsing, used with permission. This swan picture was taken in downtown Scottsdale at the Scottsdale Civic Center Mall. Continue to 47 of 55 below. 47 of 55 Red-winged Blackbird © Heather Faye Botello, used with permission. Red-winged Blackbird in a wheat field outside Maricopa, Arizona. Continue to 48 of 55 below. 48 of 55 Great Blue Heron © Heather Faye Botello, used with permission. Close-up of a Great Blue Heron in Maricopa, Arizona. Continue to 49 of 55 below. 49 of 55 Phainopepla © Kathryn Carver, used with permission This male phainopepla was seen along the Verde River near Bartlett Lake, north of Phoenix. Continue to 50 of 55 below. 50 of 55 Ring-necked Duck © Kathryn Carver, used with permission This photo of a male ring-necked duck was taken at the Water Ranch Riparian Preserve in Gilbert. Continue to 51 of 55 below. 51 of 55 Black Mallard © Kathryn Carver, used with permission From the photographer: "I'd never heard of, nor seen, a black mallard before. This female black mallard at Riverview Park in Mesa had three ducklings - two of which were light-colored, and one which was black like herself!" Continue to 52 of 55 below. 52 of 55 Black-necked Stilts © Kathryn Carver, used with permission Black-necked stilts at the Water Ranch Riparian Preserve in Gilbert. Continue to 53 of 55 below. 53 of 55 Roadrunner © Laura Root, used with permission From the photographer: "We found our resident Roadrunner dealing with a giant centipede in the back yard of our home." Continue to 54 of 55 below. 54 of 55 Neotropic Cormorant Graham Cross, used with permission. Neotropic Cormorant at Western Skies Golf Club in Gilbert, Arizona. Continue to 55 of 55 below. 55 of 55 American Kestrel © Lynn Kanefield, used with permission From the photographer: This awesome bird, an American Kestrel, came to our Phoenix backyard for a short visit September 22, 2010. She posed patiently while I took her picture. We live in the North Central Phoenix area near Northern Avenue and 7th Avenue. Was this page helpful? Thanks for letting us know! Share Pin Email Tell us why! Submit