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2008-01-02: NM: Socorro: 507 Fitch

@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch
Dove, White-winged # @Socorro: 507 Fitch
Finch, House # @Socorro: 507 Fitch
Siskin, Pine 1 @Socorro: 507 Fitch
Sparrow, House # @Socorro: 507 Fitch

2008-01-05: NM: Socorro: 507 Fitch

@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch
Thrasher, Curve-billed 1 @Socorro: 507 Fitch

2008-01-06: NM: Bosque del Apache NWR

@BdA: Bosque del Apache NWR
Route Quick trip to their bookstore to replace my western Sibley guide, lost in the Ash Grove at Percha last month.
Harrier, Northern 
1a♂ @Bosque del Apache NWR
1a♀ @Bosque del Apache NWR
1i @Bosque del Apache NWR

2008-01-08: NM: Socorro: 507 Fitch

@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch
Hawk, Sharp-shinned @Socorro: 507 Fitch
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Frequenting my feeder these days.
Thrasher, Curve-billed 2 @Socorro: 507 Fitch
They tolerate my presence from a few feet away if I'm sitting in the car and they're sitting the nearest cholla thicket.

2008-01-10: NM: Socorro: 507 Fitch

@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch
Film ISO 400 roll, frames [11,18], the hawk.
Hawk, Sharp-shinned @Socorro: 507 Fitch
Sitting six inches above the tube feeder.
Chickadee, Mountain 1 @Socorro: 507 Fitch

2008-01-12: NM: Socorro Co.

Notable:  Common Merganser; White-throated Sparrow
@BdA: Bosque del Apache NWR
@LL: Luis Lopez
@LLO: Luis Lopez: Oldenettel Refuge
@SocCo: Socorro Co.
Route 11:45, leave Socorro via NM-1 and Farm-Market Road to Oldenettel's. 12:45, leave Oldenettel's for refuge. 13:35, enter Marsh Loop. 15:10, work center road both directions, then Farm Loop. 16:20, leave refuge.
Film
Fuji 400-24 loaded 2007-12-29T09:20, start frame 19. Last frames were Bushtit @LLO.
12:10, load Fuji 200-36. This roll had been loaded once before, then removed with no shots. [,10] Pyrrhuloxia. [11] cruddy record shot of mergansers. [,19] Cooper's Hawk.
14:40, load Fuji 100-36; set camera ISO to 125 for more color saturation. [23,30] Song Sparrow. Frames around [,30] bracket with 1/500 (exp-) and 1/250(exp=). 16:10, end roll, camera left empty.
Goose, Snow # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Goose, Ross' # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Did not scope in detail, but roughly a third of the white geese I checked on the north end were Ross's.
Goose, Canada # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Teal, Blue-winged / Teal, Cinnamon 1 @Bosque del Apache NWR
Gadwall # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Mallard # @Bosque del Apache NWR
At a location I called “Happy Mallard Corner” last year, where the old Marsh Loop route goes left and the new route meanders off to the right, there were a fair number of Mallards today, but not like last year's numbers.
Pintail, Northern # @Bosque del Apache NWR
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By far the most numerous duck today, probably two-thirds of the thousands of ducks I saw all day.
Teal, American Green-winged # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Redhead 1♀ @Bosque del Apache NWR
Scaup, Lesser 2♀ @Bosque del Apache NWR
Bufflehead 6 @Bosque del Apache NWR
Merganser, Common @Bosque del Apache NWR
1♂ @Bosque del Apache NWR
Pond near NM-1 south of the loop.
2008-01-12a0011
3♀ @Bosque del Apache NWR
Pond near NM-1.
1♀ @Bosque del Apache NWR
Hidden north half of Boardwalk Pond.
Duck, Ruddy # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Grebe, Pied-billed 1 @Bosque del Apache NWR
Cormorant, Neotropic 1 @Bosque del Apache NWR
South of the Boardwalk in the slough at its east end.
A surprisingly low count, and consistent with my not seeing any at all on the Caballo CBC last month.
Heron, Great Blue 1 @Bosque del Apache NWR
Eagle, Bald 1a @Bosque del Apache NWR
Harrier, Northern 1♀ @Bosque del Apache NWR
Hawk, Red-tailed 
2a @Luis Lopez
Description: Intermediate phase.
1 @Bosque del Apache NWR
Description: Intermediate phase.
1 @Bosque del Apache NWR
Behavior: Perched low near a pond full of teal, it seemed unusually attentive to them. Good luck, fella.
1i @Bosque del Apache NWR
Description: Intermediate phase.
Kestrel, American 1 @Luis Lopez
Coot, American # @Bosque del Apache NWR
2008-01-12a0032
Crane, Sandhill # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Roadrunner, Greater 1 @Bosque del Apache NWR
Woodpecker, Ladder-backed 1a @Bosque del Apache NWR
Flicker, Northern # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Phoebe, Black 1 @Bosque del Apache NWR
Phoebe, Say's 1 @Bosque del Apache NWR
Shrike, Loggerhead 1 @Bosque del Apache NWR
NM-1 just north of the refuge.
raven sp. # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Crow, American # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Bushtit @Luis Lopez: Oldenettel Refuge
2008-01-12-0025
Nuthatch, White-breasted 1 @Luis Lopez: Oldenettel Refuge
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Kinglet, Ruby-crowned # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Towhee, Spotted 1 @Luis Lopez: Oldenettel Refuge
Sparrow, White-throated 1 @Luis Lopez: Oldenettel Refuge
2008-01-12-0022
Sparrow, White-crowned # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Junco, Oregon # @Luis Lopez: Oldenettel Refuge
Junco, Pink-sided # @Luis Lopez: Oldenettel Refuge
Pyrrhuloxia 2 @Bosque del Apache NWR
Along NM-1 south of the loop entrance.
2008-01-12a0009
Blackbird, Red-winged # @Bosque del Apache NWR
meadowlark sp. 1 @Bosque del Apache NWR
Finch, House # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Sparrow, House # @Luis Lopez

2008-01-13: NM: Socorro: 507 Fitch

Notable:  White-throated Sparrow
@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch
Sparrow, White-throated @Socorro: 507 Fitch
Attracted by my water feature.

2008-01-15: NM: New Mexico Tech

@NMT: New Mexico Tech
Screech-Owl, Western  [uncountable] @New Mexico Tech
Road-killed on Leroy Place immediately southwest of the Speare Library. Too flat for a specimen.

2008-01-17: NM: Socorro: 507 Fitch

@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch
Hawk, Sharp-shinned 1i @Socorro: 507 Fitch
Behavior: Watching me refill the feeders from about 8m range.

2008-01-18: NM: Socorro: New Mexico Tech

Notable:  Common Goldeneye; Common Merganser
@NMT: Socorro: New Mexico Tech
@TBay: Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
@Terry: Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Terry Lake
Route Midday walk around Terry Lake, then at 12:30 around Turtle Bay.
Weather Lows under 15F the last three nights. Terry Lake frozen except for a hole only about 10m across. Turtle Bay mostly open, just a bit of ice on the south side.
Wigeon, American 200+ @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
The usual winter concentration. I did check every single bird; no Europeans today.
Shoveler, Northern 1 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Terry Lake
Teal, American Green-winged 1♂ @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Canvasback @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
2♂ @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
1♀ @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Duck, Ring-necked 27 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Goldeneye, Common @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
1a♂ @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
1a♀ @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
2i♂ @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Description: Both with white facial spots on otherwise brown heads. On one bird, its left-side facial spot was not quite filled out and crisp on the rear margin, but its other side, and the other bird, were round with crisp margins.
Merganser, Common @Socorro: New Mexico Tech
Duck, Ruddy 1 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Grebe, Pied-billed 2 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Terry Lake
Coot, American 
45 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Terry Lake
# @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Killdeer 1 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Terry Lake
Kingfisher, Belted 1 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Flicker, Red-shafted 2 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Nuthatch, Red-breasted 1 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Kinglet, Ruby-crowned 1 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Robin, American # @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
At least a dozen birds diving around and squawking.
Sparrow, White-crowned # @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Terry Lake
Blackbird, Red-winged 9 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Behavior: Strangely, not near cattails. This compact group was foraging in the grass on the south side of the Turtle Bay clearing.

2008-01-19: NM: Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay

Notable:  Common Goldeneye; Common Merganser
@TBay: Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Film 15:00, load Fuji 100-36 into empty camera. 15:20, load VC 400-36. 15:35, load Fuji 400-24. This roll started off with a rare frame-filling close pass at the merganser, and the aperture was f/8 and possibly f/11 for depth of field. Later in the series went to f/5.6.
Goldeneye, Common 4 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Description: Same family group as yesterday: adult male, adult female, two first-year males.
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Merganser, Common 1♀ @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
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2008-01-20: NM: Socorro: 507 Fitch

@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch
Junco, Slate-colored 1 @Socorro: 507 Fitch

2008-01-24: NM: Socorro: 507 Fitch

@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch
Dove, Inca 3 @Socorro: 507 Fitch
Kinglet, Ruby-crowned 1 @Socorro: 507 Fitch

2008-01-25: NM: New Mexico Tech

@NMT: New Mexico Tech
Towhee, Spotted 2 @New Mexico Tech
Shrubs south and southwest of Speare Hall, near dusk (1740).

2008-01-30: NM: Socorro

@Soc: Socorro
@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch
Film Start frame 15 of Fuji 400-24 loaded 01-19T15:35. Questar 700/11 mirror (main rig is in the shop). Fr. 15-17, 1/500, 1/250, 1/250: metering palm says 1/250. 1340, roll finished, camera left empty.
Dove, Inca 3 @Socorro: 507 Fitch
Owl, Great Horned 2 @Socorro
West end of Calle del Lago.
Vocalizations: Duetting, one bird lower in pitch.
Raven, Common @Socorro: 507 Fitch
Vocalizations: low, flat 'ahnnk^{3-4}'
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