RedRock RV Park is part of the greater Yellowstone Eco-system. Birds are everywhere. Rarer birds visit here on the way to and from their breeding locations. Raptors are the most exciting for most people, including the bald Eagle, the golden Eagle, the Osprey and the many hawks. You'll find songbirds like the Grosbeak, the Western Tanager and hummingbirds in the park. Put out a feeder!
Here are some of our birds:
Common Birds
Bald Eagle
Golden Eagle
Osprey
short-eared owl
red-tailed hawk
Swainson’s hawk
American kestrel
prairie falcon
northern harrier
long-billed curlew
willet
sandhill crane
western meadowlark
horned lark
Savannah sparrow
vesper sparrow
spotted sandpiper
Wilson's snipe
willow flycatcher
house wren
yellow warbler
common yellowthroat
Wilson’s warbler
Lincoln's sparrow
song sparrow
Northern Flicker
western wood-pewee
olive-sided flycatcher
chickadees
nuthatches
Townsend’s solitaire
kinglets
warbling vireo
yellow-rumped warbler
western tanager
red crossbill
Cassin’s finch
dark-eyed junco
chipping sparrow
white-crowned sparrow
mountain bluebird
European starlings
tree swallows
barn swallow
belted kingfisher
American dipper
northern goshawk
dusky and ruffed grouse
great gray owl
great horned owls
hairy woodpecker
downy woodpeckers
Stellar’s jay
black-billed magpie
Clark’s nutcracker
common raven
black-capped chickadee
mountain chickadees
white-breasted nuthatche
red-breasted nuthatch
pine grosbeak
red crossbill
pine siskin
American avocet
killdeer
marbled godwit
willet
spotted sandpiper
Wilson’s phalarope
marsh wren
yellow-headed blackbird
red-winged blackbird
trumpeter swan
lesser scaup
redhead
canvasback
ruddy duck
mallard
blue-winged teal
cinnamon teal
green-winged teal
northern shoveler
gadwall
northern pintail
American wigeon
great blue heron
night heron
white pelican
ruby-throated hummingbird
annas hummingbird
Rare but seen
great egret
whooping crane
wood duck
turkey vulture
dunlin
northern mockingbird
northern parula
black-and-white warbler
northern oriole
rose-breasted grosbeak
grasshopper sparrow
sage grouse
sage thrasher
vesper sparrow
Brewer’s sparrow
Bring your binoculars, telephoto lenses and your patience to observe many beautiful and interesting birds between Yellowstone National Park and our RV Park. The weather is often great for spending a day or more in the forest or next to the lakes looking for birds.
We are on the Idaho Birding Trail.
Shore birds are found at Henry's lake nearby and at the Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, including the rare Trumpeter Swan and the majestic White Pelican.