10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 24, 2018
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. The post Little Big Year – Week 36: Southern New Mexico hotspots. Did I mention that they were a couple of hundred yards out there?
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 1, 2015
Walking along a dirt track next to a prairie, my friend and I were on the look-out for different sparrow species when a large bird suddenly darted into the clearing. In fact, they are central to many Mexican and Native American spiritual beliefs, and have been named the state bird of New Mexico.
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 23, 2016
Instead, they are summer visitors, moving up to Colorado in the warm months to breed before returning to wintering grounds in Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and Mexico. ” Females have more typical brown and white sparrow markings, with dark streaking above and more streaking against a white stomach and chest.
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. What a coincidence,” says Mikal Deese of On A WIng and A Prayer in New Mexico. “I Like leg hold traps, glue traps are indiscriminate, with non-targeted species making up a large proportion of their catch.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2013
Corey did just this in this 2011 posting about Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus in New York State. You can see the Species Account for Henslow’s Sparrow above, in the banner photo. The most common bird in the state is the Song Sparrow, followed by Chipping Sparrow and Red-eyed Vireo, with American Robin coming in fourth.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 13, 2018
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.
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. Our next stop was another mutually agreed upon stop, Albuquerque New Mexico.
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