Shipman's field notes, Apr 2007

2007-04-05: NM: Socorro: 507 Fitch
2007-04-14: NM: Socorro
2007-04-17: NM: Socorro
2007-04-19: NM: Socorro: 507 Fitch
2007-04-26: NM: New Mexico Tech
2007-04-27: NM: Socorro
2007-04-30: NM: Socorro: 507 Fitch

2007-04-05: NM: Socorro: 507 Fitch

@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch

First Texas Horned Lizard (_Phrynosoma cornutum_) sighting of the year, in my driveway. This is the main reason I tolerate the ants there.

2007-04-14: NM: Socorro

@Soc: Socorro

Warbler, Yellow-rumped @Socorro

Clark Field.

2007-04-17: NM: Socorro

@Soc: Socorro

@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch

Quail, Gambel's 1 @Socorro

Crossing Leroy Place westbound from the Masonic Lodge toward the plantings on the corner by Skeen Library, in broad daylight.

Kingbird, Western 1 @Socorro

Near Macey Center.

First of the year.

Thrasher, Curve-billed 2 @Socorro: 507 Fitch

Behavior: Silent.

2007-04-19: NM: Socorro: 507 Fitch

@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch

Sparrow, Chipping @Socorro: 507 Fitch

Sparrow, White-crowned @Socorro: 507 Fitch

2007-04-26: NM: New Mexico Tech

@NMT: New Mexico Tech

Hawk, Cooper's @New Mexico Tech

Near the MSEC building.

2007-04-27: NM: Socorro

@Soc: Socorro

@TBay: Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay

@Terry: Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Terry Lake

@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch

Film Frame 25 on previously loaded VC-400: Western Kingbird. Finished the roll off mainly on Yellow-rumped Warblers, mostly at 1/500. At 1220, change to another roll of VC-400; old roll was loaded 2007-02-10t14:15.

Heron, Green @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay

Vocalizations: Rude squawk from high in a tree, in dense foliage; heard only.

Coot, American 4 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Terry Lake

hummingbird sp. # @Socorro

Breeding: One bird was sitting on what looked like the beginnings of a nest. It was a knot on a low-hanging branch, and there was an accumulation of down just above the knot. The bird was perching right in that crease; it would fly away and return to the exact spot and sit again.

Kingfisher, Belted 1 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay

Woodpecker, Ladder-backed 1 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay

Swallow, Barn # @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Terry Lake

Warbler, Audubon's # @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay

Warbler, Myrtle 1♂ @Socorro

Grosbeak, Black-headed ♂ @Socorro: 507 Fitch

First of the year.

2007-04-30: NM: Socorro: 507 Fitch

@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch

Thrasher, Curve-billed i @Socorro: 507 Fitch

Description: Clearly a local bird: short bill, soft mouth corners, weak flight. I suspect the pair that wintered here bred in my cholla thicket; this bird was standing in the street right by there. I almost ran over it.