What does the future hold for rare birds at the Water Ranch? The following two lists of an additional 82 species that could be added to the Water Ranch list show the potential for reaching over 300 species.
Unconfirmed: the following 12 species have been plausibly reported at the Water Ranch but require further confirmation:
- Greater Scaup
- Golden Eagle
- Crested Caracara
- Black-bellied Plover
- Common Nighthawk
- White-throated Swift
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Western Scrub-Jay
- Crissal Thrasher
- Louisiana Waterthrush
- Common Grackle
- Pine Siskin
Wish List: The following is a list of 68 additional species not currently on the list that seem at least plausible to occur at the Water Ranch. For some of these species (Hooded Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler) it is surprising that they have not already occurred and seem very likely in the future. I have divided the list into those birds that I think are likely to be added soon to the Water Ranch list and those that are plausible but less likely.
More likely:
- Cackling Goose
- Tricolored Heron
- Glossy Ibis
- Ferruginous Hawk
- Whimbrel
- Red Knot
- Red Phalarope
- Forster's Tern
- Barn Owl
- Calliope Hummingbird
- Eastern Kingbird
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
- White-eyed Vireo
- Red-eyed Vireo
- Varied Thrush
- Gray Catbird
- Bendire's Thrasher
- Chestnut-sided Warbler
- Black-throated Blue Warbler
- Grace's Warbler
- Ovenbird
- Hooded Warbler
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Painted Bunting
Less likely:
- Garganey
- Tufted Duck
- Long-tailed Duck
- Red-breasted Merganser
- Least Grebe
- Horned Grebe
- Red-necked Grebe
- Clark's Grebe
- Magnificent Frigatebird
- Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
- White Ibis
- Common Black-Hawk
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Ruddy Turnstone
- White-rumped Sandpiper
- Heermann's Gull
- Caspian Tern
- Common Tern
- Royal Tern
- Saw-whet Owl
- Lewis's Woodpecker
- Williamson's Sapsucker
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Greater Pewee
- Least Flycatcher
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Yellow-throated Vireo
- Canyon Wren
- Winter Wren
- Western Bluebird
- Mountain Bluebird
- Cape May Warbler
- Blackburnian Warbler
- Yellow-throated Warbler
- Pine Warbler
- Bay-breasted Warbler
- Worm-eating Warbler
- Canada Warbler
- Scarlet Tanager
- Black-chinned Sparrow
- Grasshopper Sparrow
- Chestnut-collared Longspur
- Rusty Blackbird
- Baltimore Oriole
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