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2004-01-02: NM: Albuquerque

@day: Albuquerque
Grackle, Great-tailed @Albuquerque

2004-01-02: NM: Belen

@day: Belen
Crane, Sandhill @Belen

2004-01-02: NM: Bernardo

@day: Bernardo
goose, white @Bernardo

2004-01-04: NM: Socorro

@day: Socorro
Dove, Inca @Socorro
Thrasher, Curve-billed @Socorro
Junco, Oregon @Socorro
Junco, Pink-sided @Socorro
Finch, House @Socorro
Sparrow, House @Socorro

2004-01-04: NM: Socorro-Bosque del Apache

Notable:  Merlin; Least Sandpiper; Vermilion Flycatcher
@BdA: Bosque del Apache NWR
@LL: Luis Lopez area
@SA: San Antonio area
@day: Socorro-Bosque del Apache
Route Left Socorro around 1230; took SR1 through Luis Lopez, then County A101 to US380, then SR1 to the refuge, finishing the loop around 1630.
Missed No cormorants; no Ross's Goose.
Film Cleaned front element (was very grungy), finished a roll of KL, shot a whole roll of KR, started another roll of KL. (KL=Kodachrome 200, KR=Kodachrome 64)
Goose, Snow # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Scoped several flocks for Ross's; no luck.
Goose, Canada # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Gadwall # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Mallard # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Shoveler, Northern # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Pintail, Northern # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Most numerous duck, over half of all individuals seen.
Teal, American Green-winged # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Scaup, Greater ? @Bosque del Apache NWR
2004-01-04-00292004-01-04-0030
See photos. Is this a Greater?
Scaup, Lesser 2♂ @Bosque del Apache NWR
Bufflehead # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Merganser, Common 
1♂ @Bosque del Apache NWR
N end of pond visible from the Boardwalk.
1♂ @Bosque del Apache NWR
Across SR1 from refuge HQ, later.
Possibly the same individual.
Duck, Ruddy 6+ @Bosque del Apache NWR
Pheasant, Ring-necked # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Grebe, Pied-billed # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Heron, Great Blue # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Eagle, Bald 1i @Bosque del Apache NWR
Hawk, Sharp-shinned 1 @Bosque del Apache NWR
Hawk, Red-tailed 4a @Bosque del Apache NWR
Description: All intermediate phase.
Kestrel, American # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Merlin @Bosque del Apache NWR
Description: Its flight was strong and fast. Upperparts were an even steel-blue. The tail was black with about 8-10 narrow white bars, getting further apart distally, with a narrow whitish terminal band.
Behavior: Driving south from the loop entrance, I saw this bird flying north down a ditch, well below the tops of the banks.
Coot, American # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Crane, Sandhill # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Killdeer 2 @Bosque del Apache NWR
E side of loop road just S of Boardwalk parking lot.
Sandpiper, Least 1 @Bosque del Apache NWR
Same location as Killdeer.
Description: Scoped at high power from 30-yard range; legs greenish yellow.
Pigeon, Rock # @San Antonio area
Roadrunner, Greater 4 @Bosque del Apache NWR
Flicker, Red-shafted 1♂ @Bosque del Apache NWR
Phoebe, Black 3 @Bosque del Apache NWR
Phoebe, Say's # @Bosque del Apache NWR
2004-01-04-00162004-01-04-00172004-01-04-00182004-01-04-0017
Flycatcher, Vermilion 1♂ @Bosque del Apache NWR
N of center road about halfway between seasonal road and E end.
2004-01-04a0026
Crow, American 200+ @Bosque del Apache NWR
Bluebird, Western @Luis Lopez area
Starling, European @San Antonio area
Farms.
Towhee, Spotted @Bosque del Apache NWR
Near Boardwalk.
Sparrow, Savannah 1 @Luis Lopez area
Description: Smallish, pale sparrow with pink bill, much yellow in lores, white underparts with much streaking but no `stickpin'; short notched tail.
2004-01-04-00242004-01-04-0026
Sparrow, Song 4 @Bosque del Apache NWR
Vocalizations: Their little `squeerk' call-note.
Sparrow, White-crowned # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Blackbird, Red-winged # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Meadowlark, Western 
@Luis Lopez area
@Bosque del Apache NWR
Description: Face patterns all pretty much resembled the ones shown in the new Sibley guide.
2004-01-04-00212004-01-04-0023
Grackle, Great-tailed ~10 @Bosque del Apache NWR
There is a cluster of outbuildings hard by the railroad track not far N of where the track crosses SR1. I think they may be railroad signal equipment. A group of about ten of these grackles was on the wire overhead.
Goldfinch, Lesser @Bosque del Apache NWR
Description: Both green-backed and black-backed forms.

2004-01-06: NM: Socorro

@day: Socorro
Phoebe, Black @Socorro

2004-01-08: NM: Socorro

@day: Socorro
Dove, Inca @Socorro
Finch, House @Socorro

2004-01-14: NM: Socorro

@day: Socorro
Scrub-Jay, Western @Socorro

2004-01-15: NM: Socorro

@day: Socorro
Thrasher, Curve-billed @Socorro

2004-01-16: NM: Socorro

@day: Socorro
Hawk, Cooper's @Socorro

2004-01-17: NM: San Antonio

@day: San Antonio
Collared-Dove, Eurasian @San Antonio

2004-01-18: NM: Socorro

@day: Socorro
Kinglet, Ruby-crowned @Socorro

2004-01-25: NM: Socorro

@day: Socorro
Phoebe, Say's @Socorro

2004-01-27: NM: Bernardo

@day: Bernardo
Crane, Sandhill @Bernardo

2004-01-27: NM: Socorro

@day: Socorro
Phoebe, Black @Socorro

2004-01-28: NM: Socorro

@day: Socorro
Phoebe, Black @Socorro
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