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Little Big Year – Week 35: Route 66, Tucumcari and The Albuquerque area

10,000 Birds

Our next stop was another mutually agreed upon stop, Albuquerque New Mexico. Jeanne has long desired top photograph the Albuquerque Hot Air Balloon Fiestas ( You can see her photos here )and I wanted to visit the Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge. Here is one of those Black Phoebes. This one happened to pass right over my head.

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Little Big Year – Week 34: We visit Colorado and Texas

10,000 Birds

In the past, seeing some of these Ring-necked Ducks would have been rather scarce, so here is a shot of the small group that were on the larger pond. The largest group of ducks turned out to be the Ruddy Ducks, with well over 200 in three or four large rafts. The numbers are as follows: Little Big Year Species – 892.

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