Shipman's field notes, Dec 2009

2009-12-05: NM: Socorro: 507 Fitch

@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch

Scrub-Jay, Western 2 @Socorro: 507 Fitch

Pyrrhuloxia 1 @Socorro: 507 Fitch

@Soc: Socorro

@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch

Kingfisher, Belted 1 @Socorro

Scrub-Jay, Western 1 @Socorro: 507 Fitch

Pipit, American 1 @Socorro

Behavior: Perched on a wire: not the microhabitat where I expect to find this species.

@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch

Pyrrhuloxia 1 @Socorro: 507 Fitch

@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch

Scrub-Jay, Western 2 @Socorro: 507 Fitch

Notable: Mountain Chickadee

@Soc: Socorro

Chickadee, Mountain @Socorro

Episcopal Church yard.

This is the first chickadee I've seen in town since April 2008.

@Dal: Dalies area

Short excursion down the high-tension power pole road that goes south from the rail junction.

Eagle, Golden 1 @Dalies area

Shrike, Loggerhead 1 @Dalies area

@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch

Scrub-Jay, Western 2 @Socorro: 507 Fitch

Pyrrhuloxia 1 @Socorro: 507 Fitch

@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch

Scrub-Jay, Western 1 @Socorro: 507 Fitch

Pyrrhuloxia 1 @Socorro: 507 Fitch

@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch

Hawk, Sharp-shinned 1 @Socorro: 507 Fitch