10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Not so with our visit to Bosque de Apache NWR in southern New Mexico. This 57,331 acre refuge was set aside as a critical wintering location for tens of thousands of Geese, Ducks and Sandhill Cranes. What a stop it turned out to be, as I got two new Lifers in a matter of minutes. Here is one of the Western Grebes.

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New Mexico Mexico Tucson Costa Rica 113

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Birding trips to Florida , New Mexico , and Texas are obvious too. For me, there was the Limpkin in Loxahatchee NWR in Florida, the Atlantic Puffin at Petit Manan NWR in Maine, the Falcated Duck at Colusa NWR in California. It continues to roll out new functionality. A checklist from Rock Creek Park in Washington D.C.

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Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Michigan Washington 153

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2021

Each of the dark marks in this photo from August, 2018 was a duck. But such a shallow water depth doesn’t work for our many duck species, and these, along with most gulls, terns, grebes, and larger shorebirds, were nowhere to be seen after the first two weeks of January. But mostly, there was just lots and lots of water.

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San Francisco 2018 Mexico Ducks 264

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 125

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.

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Colorado Texas Trinidad Albuquerque 113

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. Plumed Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna eytoni. White-faced Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna viduata.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113