Shipman's field notes, Jan 2000

How to read Shipman's field notes

2000-01-01: NM: Socorro
2000-01-02: NM: Socorro
2000-01-05: NM: Socorro
2000-01-08: NM: Socorro
2000-01-13: NM: Socorro
2000-01-14: NM: Socorro
2000-01-20: NM: Socorro
2000-01-21: NM: Socorro
2000-01-27: NM: Socorro

2000-01-01: NM: Socorro

@day: Socorro

Dove, White-winged @Socorro

Finch, House @Socorro

2000-01-02: NM: Socorro

@day: Socorro

Goldeneye, Common @Socorro

Snipe, Common @Socorro

2000-01-05: NM: Socorro

@day: Socorro

Phoebe, Say's @Socorro

2000-01-08: NM: Socorro

@day: Socorro

Flicker, Red-shafted @Socorro

Bluebird, Western @Socorro

2000-01-13: NM: Socorro

@day: Socorro

Kingfisher, Belted @Socorro

Phoebe, Black @Socorro

Thrush, Varied @Socorro

I first saw the bird on the south side of Turtle Bay between the south end of the bridge and the inlet where a small arm of the lake extends to the southwest. It was sitting in a tree that extends out over the water just east of the inlet. It flushed to another tree just a few feet to the east and preened while I studied for about five minutes at a range of about 15m.

Description: Robin-sized bird, broad rusty line through the eye. Dark gray head, wings, and back. Rusty buff chin and throat separated from rusty buff chest by a dark horizontal bar. Buffy spots on folded wing. Belly mottled with buffy on white.

2000-01-14: NM: Socorro

@day: Socorro

Jay, Blue @Socorro

2000-01-20: NM: Socorro

@day: Socorro

@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch

Jay, Blue @Socorro: 507 Fitch

Bluebird, Mountain @Socorro

Chaparral Drive, near the Harold Drive railroad crossing.

2000-01-21: NM: Socorro

@day: Socorro

Merlin @Socorro

Near the south end of Hope Farms Road, perching in tall cottonwoods.

Description: Length about 2/3 of the American Crows that were making passes at it. Crown with fine brown streaking, faint light superciliary, dark line through eye. Face and all underparts white. Breast with a little buffy tinge, especially on the sides; wings dark. Refound later and got the side view: barring on flanks, wings dark gray with some light barring, bill yellow with black tip, feet yellow.

Pyrrhuloxia @Socorro

Southeast corner of Hope Farms Road.

2000-01-27: NM: Socorro

@day: Socorro

Wigeon, American @Socorro

Duck, Ring-necked @Socorro

Phoebe, Black @Socorro