10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Not so with our visit to Bosque de Apache NWR in southern New Mexico. What a stop it turned out to be, as I got two new Lifers in a matter of minutes. My first ever Gamble’s Quail were feeding right next to the picnic area, and alongside the visitors center building, I spotted a thrasher. Here is the Bewick’s Wren.

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New Mexico Mexico Tucson Costa Rica 113

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2018

After our brief trip thru the great state of Texas, we were headed back into New Mexico, a state I was quite excited to explore. I have been all around the western states, here and there, but never spent any time in New Mexico. This one flew right over my head. The first one nearly took my hat off.

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Albuquerque New Mexico Mexico Sparrows 123

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Trinidad Colorado is located just a few miles north of the Colorado – New Mexico border, and home to the Trinidad Reservoir. One morning, I woke up to see a White-breasted Nuthatch in the tree right behind our 5th wheel, but before I could get out there with my camera, it was gone, never to see seen in the next three days.

Colorado 113

Colorado Texas Trinidad Albuquerque 113

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2014

My very first rescue was a House Sparrow caught in a glue trap,” says Donna Osburn, a wildlife rehabilitator in Kentucky. The Barn Swallow at right was rescued by Rebecca Dmytryk of Wildlife Emergency Services in Moss Landing, California, and transferred to Native Songbird Care and Conservation in Sebastopol. See Safe Rodent Control.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Mice Rodents Rescue 279

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2012

We left Boonville on Route 12D heading north and finally reached our destination, a mauve house on the right side of the road in Locust Grove,** at 9:40 AM. It chased off House Sparrows but seemed shy of the Hairy Woodpecker that was also feeding. Finally, we reached Utica and headed north to Lewis County and the town of Boonville.

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New York New York City New Mexico Mexico 182

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

This year the big prize must go to Tom who has pushed himself, right to the wire to acheive a magnificent score for a self-funded, wife-organised, wife-sponsored Little Big Year , accounting for 57% of the total. Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark – Eremopterix nigriceps. Elephant Butte Dam area, New Mexico. 23 Jan 2018.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113