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

10,000 Birds

Lesser Goldfinches, Yellow-rumped Warblers, Vesper Sparrows, Lincoln Sparrows, White-crowned Sparrow, Clay-colored Sparrows , and lots and lots of Mourning Doves have taken up residence in what used to be open water. Our next stop was another mutually agreed upon stop, Albuquerque New Mexico.

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

10,000 Birds

The west end of the lake has been designated as a Watchable Wildlife Reserve, with some nice walking trails and a couple of very nice hides built overlooking some varied waterways. We also are taking a couple of days to photograph the Albuquerque Balloon Festival. Guess I was just not holding my mouth right? species – 224.

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