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2008-08-01: NM: Socorro: New Mexico Tech

@NMT: Socorro: New Mexico Tech
Phoebe, Say's @Socorro: New Mexico Tech
Calling near Speare Hall.

2008-08-02: NM: Socorro: 507 Fitch

@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch
Mockingbird, Northern @Socorro: 507 Fitch
Behavior: Wing-raising as it foraged in my backyard, mid-morning.
Vocalizations: 'chuck' calls

2008-08-12: NM: Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Terry Lake

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

2008-08-13: NM: Socorro: New Mexico Tech

@NMT: Socorro: New Mexico Tech
Quail, Gambel's # @Socorro: New Mexico Tech
Flowerbed south of MSEC-III building.

2008-08-14: NM: Socorro: 507 Fitch

@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch
Dove, Inca 2 @Socorro: 507 Fitch
Sparrow, House 40+ @Socorro: 507 Fitch
Behavior: In a tight group.

2008-08-17: NM: Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay

@TBay: Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Wigeon, American 6 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Swallow, Barn # @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Goldfinch, Lesser # @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay

2008-08-23: NM: Socorro County

Notable:  Western Kingbird
@BdA: Bosque del Apache NWR
@Diag: Socorro: Hope Farms Diagonal
Dirt road connecting Hope Farms Road to the Low Flow Conveyance Channel.
GPS: 340221.7n 1065249.9w West end of this road, at Hope Farms Road.
GPS: 340212.8n 1065213.3w East end of this road, at the Low Flow.
@SocCo: Socorro County
Lots of tiny yellow butterflies in the nearby alfalfa field led to a flycatcher feeding frenzy. According to local farmer Tom Hyden, the butterflies are Cabbage Loopers.
Grebe, Pied-billed 1 @Bosque del Apache NWR
Aechmophorus sp. 2 @Bosque del Apache NWR
Grebe, Western 2 @Bosque del Apache NWR
Grebe, Clark's 3 @Bosque del Apache NWR
Cormorant, Neotropic 7 @Bosque del Apache NWR
Egret, Cattle @Socorro County
Heron, Green @Bosque del Apache NWR
Ibis, White-faced 50+ @Socorro: Hope Farms Diagonal
Vulture, Turkey @Socorro County
Hawk, Swainson's @Socorro County
Kestrel, American @Socorro County
Dove, Mourning @Socorro: Hope Farms Diagonal
Roadrunner, Greater @Socorro County
Wood-Pewee, Western 
@Bosque del Apache NWR
@Socorro: Hope Farms Diagonal
Phoebe, Say's @Bosque del Apache NWR
Kingbird, Western 
@Socorro: Hope Farms Diagonal
2008-08-23-32852008-08-23-32862008-08-23-3284
This one really threw me. It looks too pale on the head, and too long-tailed, to be a Western Kingbird. I was trying to make it into a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher or perhaps a hybrid. However, an expert (who wishes to remain anonymous) says, “typical juvenile Western molting into its first adult or basic plumage, as indicated by the darker gray color of the new lesser coverts on the wing.”
@Socorro County
Raven, Chihuahuan @Bosque del Apache NWR
Vocalizations: 'rack'
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Swallow, Cliff @Bosque del Apache NWR
Huge roiling flock at Heron Corner, at the east end of the center road.
Swallow, Barn @Bosque del Apache NWR
Sparrow, Lark @Socorro: Hope Farms Diagonal
Tanager, Summer @Bosque del Apache NWR
Vocalizations: 'dibbuk' call; heard only
Grosbeak, Blue 
#♂ @Bosque del Apache NWR
#♀ @Bosque del Apache NWR
@Socorro: Hope Farms Diagonal
meadowlark sp. @Socorro County
Goldfinch, Lesser @Bosque del Apache NWR

2008-08-24: NM: Socorro: Hope Farms Diagonal

Notable:  Eastern Kingbird
@Diag: Socorro: Hope Farms Diagonal
See 2008-08-23 notes for GPS waypoints.
Wood-Pewee, Western # @Socorro: Hope Farms Diagonal
Phoebe, Say's # @Socorro: Hope Farms Diagonal
Kingbird, Western # @Socorro: Hope Farms Diagonal
2008-08-24-3329
Compare this photo to yesterday's; I think this may be the bird, or similar to the bird, that I miscalled as a possibly Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. Today's bird appeared to me to have olive-green shoulders, as if it had an algae growth there. The head was quite light in color. Today's bird seems quite clearly an immature Western Kingbird.
Kingbird, Eastern 1 @Socorro: Hope Farms Diagonal
Along the fence paralleling the Low Flow Channel on its west side, in the first quarter-mile or so north of the east end of the Diagonal.
2008-08-24-33132008-08-24-33122008-08-24-33242008-08-24-33092008-08-24-3325
Jerry Oldenettel found this bird and told me about it around 11am. I headed right out and found the bird right away.
Sparrow, Lark # @Socorro: Hope Farms Diagonal
2008-08-24-32992008-08-24-3300

2008-08-27: NM: Socorro: 507 Fitch

@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch
Kingbird, Western 20+ @Socorro: 507 Fitch
On wires at time 19:40; no obvious Cassin's this year. Many years in this situation it's close to half and half.

2008-08-31: NM: Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay

@TBay: Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Wigeon, American 6 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Duck, Ring-necked 1a♂ @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Swallow, Barn # @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
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