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2006-05-02: NM: Socorro: 507 Fitch

@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch
Quail, Gambel's @Socorro: 507 Fitch
Warbler, Audubon's @Socorro: 507 Fitch
Sparrow, White-crowned @Socorro: 507 Fitch
Bunting, Lazuli 1♂ @Socorro: 507 Fitch

2006-05-04: NM: Socorro: 507 Fitch

Notable:  Indigo Bunting
@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch
Bunting, Indigo 1♂ @Socorro: 507 Fitch
Description: Bill weight too light for Blue Grosbeak. No rusty wingbars. Posterior half in immature brown, anterior half solid blue. Lower mandible a very light gray, upper mandible dark.

2006-05-07: NM: Socorro County

@Lem: Lemitar
@NMT: New Mexico Tech
@SocCo: Socorro County
Nighthawk, Lesser @Lemitar
First sighting of the year.
Warbler, Yellow 1♂ @New Mexico Tech
Description: Beautiful male in alternate plumage, complete with fine bright red streaking on the breast.
Species #40 on the Speare 119 office window list.
Warbler, Audubon's 1♂ @New Mexico Tech

2006-05-08: NM: New Mexico Tech

@NMT: New Mexico Tech
Sparrow, Chipping 1a @New Mexico Tech
Description: Rufous cap, dark eyeline, light superciliary.
Species #41 on the Speare 119 office window list.

2006-05-10: NM: Socorro

Notable:  Northern Waterthrush
@Soc: Socorro
@TBay: Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch
Teal, Blue-winged 1♂ @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Redhead 1♂ @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Duck, Ring-necked @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
1♂ @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
1♀ @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Sandpiper, Spotted 1 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Empidonax sp. @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Vireo, Warbling @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Thrush, Hermit @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Thrasher, Curve-billed @Socorro: 507 Fitch
Vocalizations: Singing.
Phainopepla @Socorro: 507 Fitch
Warbler, Audubon's @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Warbler, Myrtle ♂ @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Description: Alternate plumage.
Waterthrush, Northern 1 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Warbler, Wilson's @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Sparrow, Chipping @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Sparrow, White-crowned @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Tanager, Western @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Grosbeak, Black-headed @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Grosbeak, Blue @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Bunting, Lazuli @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Cowbird, Brown-headed @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Oriole, Bullock's @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay

2006-05-13: NM: Socorro County: North American Migration Count

Notable:  Scaled Quail; Orange-crowned Warbler; Hooded Warbler; Indigo Bunting
@NAMC: Socorro County: North American Migration Count
@Riv: Socorro: Riverine Park Site #4
@SS: Socorro: Sedillo Spring area
@TBay: Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
@Terry: Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Terry Lake
Route 0539: Start, driving, trip odometer at 2.6. 0550: Arrive @SS, trip odo at 3.5mi, walk 0.7mi. 0702: Leave @SS. 0741: Arrive @TBay, trip odo at 8.0mi, walk 0.5mi. 0958: Leave @TBay; work @Terry from the car. 1050: Arrive @Riv, trip odo at 16.3mi, walk 0.4mi. 1145: Leave @Riv. 1220: Stop, trip odo at 21.0mi.
Film Start with VC-400 loaded at frame 24. 0900, finish that roll, load another VC-400. [1,] Plumbeous Vireo. [8,11] Orange-crowned Warbler. Last frame shot [,12].
Effort: 4.40 hours and 1.6 miles by foot, 2.28 hours and 18.4 miles by car, 6.68 hours and 20.0 miles total.
With Eric Greisen.
Wigeon, American 4 @Socorro County: North American Migration Count
Mallard 4 @Socorro County: North American Migration Count
Teal, Blue-winged 1 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Redhead 2 @Socorro County: North American Migration Count
Duck, Ring-necked 2 @Socorro County: North American Migration Count
Quail, Scaled 4 @Socorro County: North American Migration Count
Near the end of the pavement on Evergreen Drive, several houses have busy feeders. One of these had both Gambel's and Scaled Quail.
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Quail, Gambel's 13 @Socorro County: North American Migration Count
Grebe, Pied-billed 1 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Egret, Snowy 2 @Socorro: Riverine Park Site #4
Heron, Green 2 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Vocalizations: When we arrived at Turtle Bay, there was an ugly, repeated noise emanating from deep inside one of the taller trees on the east side of the main clearing. It was an extremely dry, hoarse, coughing noise, which I transliterated as 'kyo' or 'kyow'. Fortunately, Gary Froehlich showed up and told us it was a Green Heron, one of a pair nesting in this tree.
Eventually we saw at least one of the two birds here.
Night-Heron, Black-crowned 1 @Socorro: Riverine Park Site #4
Vulture, Turkey 2 @Socorro County: North American Migration Count
Hawk, Cooper's 2 @Socorro County: North American Migration Count
Kestrel, American 1 @Socorro County: North American Migration Count
Coot, American 8 @Socorro County: North American Migration Count
Sandpiper, Spotted 2 @Socorro County: North American Migration Count
Pigeon, Rock 8 @Socorro County: North American Migration Count
Collared-Dove, Eurasian 4 @Socorro County: North American Migration Count
Dove, White-winged 7 @Socorro County: North American Migration Count
Dove, Mourning 11 @Socorro County: North American Migration Count
Roadrunner, Greater 2 @Socorro County: North American Migration Count
Hummingbird, Black-chinned 7 @Socorro County: North American Migration Count
Hummingbird, Broad-tailed 1 @Socorro: Riverine Park Site #4
ID by wing-whir.
Woodpecker, Ladder-backed 1 @Socorro County: North American Migration Count
Wood-Pewee, Western 1 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Phoebe, Black 1 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Phoebe, Say's 3 @Socorro County: North American Migration Count
Flycatcher, Ash-throated 2 @Socorro: Sedillo Spring area
Kingbird, Western 18 @Socorro County: North American Migration Count
Vireo, Plumbeous 2 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
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raven sp. 1 @Socorro County: North American Migration Count
Raven, Common 2 @Socorro County: North American Migration Count
Swallow, Violet-green 1 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Swallow, Northern Rough-winged 4 @Socorro: Riverine Park Site #4
Around the irrigational channel at the extreme east end of Otero Street.
Swallow, Cliff 4 @Socorro: Riverine Park Site #4
Same location as Northern Rough-winged.
Swallow, Barn 33 @Socorro County: North American Migration Count
Robin, American 4 @Socorro County: North American Migration Count
Mockingbird, Northern 9 @Socorro County: North American Migration Count
Thrasher, Curve-billed 3 @Socorro County: North American Migration Count
Starling, European 9 @Socorro County: North American Migration Count
Phainopepla 2 @Socorro County: North American Migration Count
Warbler, Orange-crowned 1 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Description: Greenish above, yellow below with broad, faint gray streaking on the breast. Broken eye-ring.
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Warbler, Yellow 1 @Socorro County: North American Migration Count
Warbler, Yellow-rumped 6 @Socorro County: North American Migration Count
Includes at least one Myrtle.
Warbler, MacGillivray's 1 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
2006-05-13-0023
Warbler, Hooded 1♀ @Socorro County: North American Migration Count
Description: Yellow face with the "hood" curving around behind the eye. In this bird, only a short arc of the hood was blackish, and the face behind that arc was the dorsal green color.
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Warbler, Wilson's 6 @Socorro County: North American Migration Count
Towhee, Green-tailed 3 @Socorro: Sedillo Spring area
Vocalizations: The trilled "whee" note reminded me of a Spotted Towhee, but it was thinner, higher, and a bit more bell-like.
Towhee, Spotted 4 @Socorro: Riverine Park Site #4
Sparrow, Chipping 10 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
I don't recall any past year when this species was so abundant in Socorro. The lawn southeast of Macey Center was alive with them. They've been abundant all over campus this spring.
Sparrow, Brewer's 3 @Socorro: Sedillo Spring area
Sparrow, Black-throated 5 @Socorro: Sedillo Spring area
Sparrow, White-crowned 6 @Socorro County: North American Migration Count
Tanager, Summer 3 @Socorro: Riverine Park Site #4
Tanager, Western 2 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Grosbeak, Black-headed 2 @Socorro: Riverine Park Site #4
Bunting, Indigo 1 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
blackbird sp. 1 @Socorro: Sedillo Spring area
Description: Tiny, glossy black, too far to call. Could have been any of: Brewer's Blackbird; Brown-headed or Bronzed Cowbird.
Blackbird, Red-winged 2 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Terry Lake
Grackle, Great-tailed 7 @Socorro County: North American Migration Count
Cowbird, Brown-headed 2 @Socorro County: North American Migration Count
Oriole, Bullock's 6 @Socorro County: North American Migration Count
Finch, House 10 @Socorro County: North American Migration Count
Siskin, Pine 6 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Goldfinch, Lesser 10 @Socorro County: North American Migration Count
Sparrow, House 11 @Socorro County: North American Migration Count

2006-05-13: NM: Socorro: 507 Fitch

Notable:  Lazuli Bunting
@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch
Bunting, Lazuli @Socorro: 507 Fitch

2006-05-15: NM: Socorro

@Soc: Socorro
@TBay: Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Route Worked only in and around Turtle Bay in mid-morning.
Film Started on frame [12] of VC-400. 0925: finished the roll, no film loaded into the F3.
Duck, Wood 1♀ @Socorro
2006-05-15-0013
Teal, Blue-winged 1♂ @Socorro
2006-05-15-0033
Heron, Green 2 @Socorro
Saw both birds.
Sandpiper, Spotted 1 @Socorro
Phoebe, Black 1 @Socorro
Description: Completely tailless. Possibly a local bird; the plumage looked a little light.
2006-05-15-0032
Phainopepla 2+ @Socorro
Warbler, Orange-crowned @Socorro
Description: Indistinct gray longitudinal streaking on yellow breast. Underside of tail gray, contrasting with yellow undertail coverts. Broken whitish eye-ring.
2006-05-15-0017
Warbler, Yellow # @Socorro
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Warbler, Audubon's # @Socorro
Warbler, Myrtle @Socorro
2006-05-15-0023
Waterthrush, Northern 2 @Socorro
2006-05-15-0024
Two seen at once about ten yards apart.
Sparrow, White-crowned # @Socorro
Tanager, Summer 1 @Socorro
Vocalizations: 'Dybbuk' call; heard only.
Tanager, Western # @Socorro
Bunting, Lazuli 1 @Socorro

2006-05-18: NM: Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay

Notable:  Indigo Bunting
@TBay: Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
One Wilson's Warbler? One Audubon's? Clearly, the migration is over.
Wigeon, American 3 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Redhead 1♂ @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Duck, Ring-necked 
1♂ @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
1♀ @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Grebe, Pied-billed 1 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Heron, Green 2 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Coot, American 2 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Warbler, Yellow 1♂ @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Warbler, Audubon's 1 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Warbler, Wilson's 1♂ @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Tanager, Western # @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Grosbeak, Black-headed # @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Bunting, Indigo 1i @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Description: Anterior 3/8 or so blue, posterior half plain mud-brown, some blue splotching between those areas. Bill much too thin for Blue Grosbeak. No wingbars.
Siskin, Pine 1 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Feeding in a heavily-fruited mulberry.

2006-05-22: NM: Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay

@TBay: Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Larry Gorbet saw a male Baltimore Oriole, but I missed it.
Kingbird, Western 2 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Behavior: Two flying in sequence, a fine aerial ballet that reminded me of a Formula I race car trying to prevent the trailing driver from passing.
Vireo, Warbling @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Warbler, MacGillivray's @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Tanager, Western @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay

2006-05-23: NM: Socorro

@Fac: Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Faculty Hill
@NMT: Socorro: New Mexico Tech
@Soc: Socorro
@TBay: Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
@Terry: Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Terry Lake
@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch
Route 1045, walk from home, around Tech Campus and Faculty Hill.
Duck, Ring-necked 1♀ @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Coot, American 5 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Terry Lake
Dove, Mourning # @Socorro: New Mexico Tech
Dove, Inca @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Faculty Hill
Near the northwest corner of Faculty Hill.
Hummingbird, Black-chinned 1♂ @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Faculty Hill
Wood-Pewee, Western @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Faculty Hill
Phoebe, Black @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Description: Regrowing tail, but not much so far.
Flycatcher, Ash-throated 1 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Terry Lake
Vireo, Warbling 
1 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Faculty Hill
1 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Verdin 3 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Faculty Hill
Mockingbird, Northern 2 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech
Goad Road.
Thrasher, Curve-billed 
@Socorro: 507 Fitch
Vocalizations: Singing.
@Socorro: New Mexico Tech
1016 Goad Road, near two singing Northern Mockingbird territories.
Phainopepla 
1♂ @Socorro: New Mexico Tech
1♀ @Socorro: New Mexico Tech
Warbler, Audubon's 3♂ @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Warbler, Myrtle 1♂ @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Warbler, MacGillivray's 
@Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Faculty Hill
@Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Warbler, Wilson's 
2 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Faculty Hill
# @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Sparrow, Chipping 1 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Tanager, Western 
1♂ @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Faculty Hill
1♂ @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
f♂ @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Grosbeak, Black-headed @Socorro: New Mexico Tech
Near South Hall.
Blackbird, Red-winged # @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Terry Lake
Siskin, Pine 3 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech
Near Tech Day Care.

2006-05-24: NM: Socorro: 507 Fitch

@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch
Mockingbird, Northern @Socorro: 507 Fitch
Behavior: Skulking in the cholla below the thrasher.
Thrasher, Curve-billed @Socorro: 507 Fitch
Vocalizations: Singing in the orchard.
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