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2006-07-01: CO: Vail

@Vail: Vail
Seen during New Mexico Symphony Chorus's performance of the Mozart Requiem with the Rochester Philharmonic at the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival.
Hummingbird, Broad-tailed # @Vail
Magpie, Black-billed # @Vail
Swallow, Violet-green # @Vail

2006-07-04: WY: Meeteetse area

Notable:  Calliope Hummingbird; Bobolink
@Meet: Meeteetse area
Route Visiting friends at a country place a little ways southwest of Meeteetse.
Crane, Sandhill 2 @Meeteetse area
Not used to seeing these in summer.
Sandpiper, Spotted 2 @Meeteetse area
Snipe, Common 1 @Meeteetse area
Hummingbird, Calliope ♂ @Meeteetse area
Description: Smaller than Rufous. Gorget composed of separate "fingers."
Hummingbird, Rufous # @Meeteetse area
Sapsucker, Red-naped 1 @Meeteetse area
Woodpecker, Ladder-backed 1 @Meeteetse area
Flicker, Red-shafted 1i @Meeteetse area
Empidonax sp. # @Meeteetse area
Magpie, Black-billed # @Meeteetse area
Swallow, Tree # @Meeteetse area
Swallow, Cliff # @Meeteetse area
Starling, European # @Meeteetse area
Waxwing, Cedar # @Meeteetse area
Warbler, Orange-crowned 1 @Meeteetse area
Warbler, Yellow 1 @Meeteetse area
Warbler, Audubon's # @Meeteetse area
Bobolink @Meeteetse area
Floating over a large, ungrazed, grassy meadow.
Description: Mostly black. Large oval buffy patch on the back of the neck.
Lifer!
Grackle, Common # @Meeteetse area

2006-07-05: WY: Meeteetse area

Notable:  Greater Sage-Grouse
@Meet: Meeteetse area
Film At 1445, changed between two Kodak Power Flashes (no serious cameras this trip).
Sage-Grouse, Greater @Meeteetse area
Driving toward Meeteetse from the west on the paved road, I noticed a good-sized gamebird standing under a road sign a few years off the pavement. I got the car stopped and had to back about 15 car-lengths to get to the spot. When I got there, it was still standing there. It continued to stay nearly motionless as I glassed it, checked the field guide, and snapped one miserable picture on the disposable camera. After about ten minutes, when I'd checked it out thoroughly, I drove away and it was still there.
Description: Overall size maybe pheasant-sized or a bit more. General coloration light sandy brown, with some clean black features on the folded wings. Tail plain, pointed. Head rounded, brown with a thin white line through the eye, curving down posteriorly. Belly was in the grass and not visible.
Lifer!
Bluebird, Western # @Meeteetse area
Meadowlark, Western # @Meeteetse area
Vocalizations: Western-type song.

2006-07-11: NM: Socorro: 507 Fitch

@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch
Dove, Inca @Socorro: 507 Fitch

2006-07-13: NM: Socorro: 507 Fitch

@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch
Dove, Inca 2 @Socorro: 507 Fitch
Vocalizations: Calling: 'coo-cook'.
Thrasher, Curve-billed @Socorro: 507 Fitch
Vocalizations: Singing.

2006-07-27: NM: New Mexico Tech

@NMT: New Mexico Tech
Vireo, Warbling @New Mexico Tech
Out my office window, Speare 119.

2006-07-30: NM: New Mexico Tech

@NMT: New Mexico Tech
Hawk, Cooper's @New Mexico Tech
Seen from Speare 119.
Phoebe, Say's i @New Mexico Tech
Description: Juvenile with soft mouth corners.
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