Site Report: Emigrant Wilderness

Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana) Female

Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis)

Prairie Falcon (Falco mexicanus)

Long-eared Chipmunk (Tamias quadrimaculatus)

Mountain Chickadee (Parus gambeli)

Mountain Chickadee (Parus gambeli)

Townsend's Solitaire (Myadestes townsendi)

Townsend's Solitaire (Myadestes townsendi)

White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) Flight

Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana) Male

Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana)

Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana)












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Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana) Female

Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis)

Prairie Falcon (Falco mexicanus)

Long-eared Chipmunk (Tamias quadrimaculatus)

Mountain Chickadee (Parus gambeli)

Mountain Chickadee (Parus gambeli)

Townsend's Solitaire (Myadestes townsendi)

Townsend's Solitaire (Myadestes townsendi)

White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) Flight

Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana) Male

Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana)

Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana)
The emigrant wilderness is fairly easy access to higher altitudes with the trailhead starting out at almost 9000 feet. There are some forested areas, and also there is access to very sparsely forested rock fields.
Visits
No visit reports available.Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (21 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(21 records)
Class: Birds
(18 records)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
- Order: Pelicans
(1 record)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Prairie Falcon (Falco mexicanus)
- Order: Perching Birds
(13 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Cassin's Finch (Haemorhous cassinii)
- Family: Chickadees and Titmice
- Mountain Chickadee (Poecile gambeli)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana)
- Common Raven (Corvus corax)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)
- Family: Nuthatches
- Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)
- White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
- Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
- Green-tailed Towhee (Pipilo chlorurus)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana)
- Townsend's Solitaire (Myadestes townsendi)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(1 record)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- Sooty Grouse (Dendragapus fuliginosus)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(2 records)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- White-headed Woodpecker (Dryobates albolarvatus)
- Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
Class: Mammals
(3 records)
- Order: Rodents (3 records)