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Little Big Year – Week 36: Southern New Mexico hotspots.

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Most of the time, I know enough about an area, or have done some research into what is found there, that I am pleasantly surprised at best. Not so with our visit to Bosque de Apache NWR in southern New Mexico. The second half of the week was spent near the town of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico.

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Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in Pennsylvania: A Review by an Atlas Novice

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For birders, it’s the extremely large book, shelved in a place where it can’t crush the field guides, used to research the history of a bird in their area. Corey did just this in this 2011 posting about Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus in New York State. of New Mexico Press, 2005).

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The Traveling Birder

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But Northern Cardinal, Catbird, and White-throated Sparrow do not appear until the 270s, during a visit to Central Park while on business trip to New York City. Bosque del Apache NWR in New Mexico. According to eBird, the chronology of my life list includes White-Headed Woodpecker at No. 10, Mountain Quail at No.

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Collaborative list – December 2018

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Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark – Eremopterix nigriceps. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Elephant Butte Dam area, New Mexico. Hwy 469, near Tucumcari New Mexico.

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Collaborative List – November 2018

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Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark – Eremopterix nigriceps. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Elephant Butte Dam area, New Mexico. Hwy 469, near Tucumcari New Mexico.

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Collaborative List – October 2018

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Elephant Butte Dam area, New Mexico. Cassin’s Sparrow – Peucaea cassinii. Hwy 469, near Tucumcari New Mexico. Sagebrush Sparrow – Artemisiospiza nevadensis. LeConte’s Sparrow – Ammospiza leconteii. Baird’s Sparrow – Centronyx bairdii. 12 Oct 2018.

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