How to read Shipman's field notes
2004-04-02: NM: Socorro: 507 Fitch
@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch
2004-04-04: NM: Alamillo
@Alam: Alamillo
From the San Acacia exit on I-25, the road going west and
then south is Alamillo.
2004-04-05: NM: Socorro
@TBay: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
@Terry: New Mexico Tech: Terry Lake
@day: Socorro
@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch
2004-04-06: NM: Socorro: 507 Fitch
@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch
2004-04-08: NM: Socorro: 507 Fitch
@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch
2004-04-09: NM: Socorro; Water Canyon
@RR: Socorro: Railroad station
@WC: Magdalenas: Water Canyon Campground
@day: Socorro; Water Canyon
@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch
2004-04-10: NM: Socorro-Bosque del Apache
Notable: Clark's Grebe; Franklin's Gull
@BdA: Bosque del Apache NWR
@SAnt: San Antonio
@day: Socorro-Bosque del Apache
Route
1300 leave Socorro via NM-1 and County A-101; 1320 arrive
Bosque del Apache; main loop including seasonal road,
leave 1630.
Weather
Weather started sunny and warm, soon clouding over with
sporadic rain, and a fair amount of hail up to about 5mm
diameter. Winds low to moderate.
Missed
Most of the expected shorebirds; the only shorebirds were
Killdeer, Greater Yellowlegs, and both recurvirostrids.
Film
A few more frames on the roll of KR-64, taken out in
mid-roll, to restart at frame 14. Start new EL-400.
2004-04-18: NM: New Mexico Tech
@GC: New Mexico Tech Golf Course
@Goad: Socorro: Goad Rd.
@NMT: New Mexico Tech
@Pond4: New Mexico Tech Golf Course: 4th hole pond
@TL: New Mexico Tech: Terry Lake
Route
Walked up Goad Road, north along the flood control dike
that borders Faculty Hill on the west side, all the
way around the northwest corner of the gold course, and
back home by the NRAO building and campus.
Missed No waterfowl at Terry Lake.
2004-04-22: NM: Socorro: 507 Fitch
@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch
2004-04-24: NM: New Mexico Tech: MSEC building
@MSEC: New Mexico Tech: MSEC building
2004-04-25: NM: Veguita
2004-04-30: NM: New Mexico Tech