Shipman's field notes, Oct 2013

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2013-10-09: NM: Socorro County
2013-10-15: NM: Socorro to Clovis
2013-10-16: NM: Melrose Woods to Hobbs
Notable: Osprey; Eastern Phoebe; Blue Jay; Mountain Chickadee; American Redstart
2013-10-17: NM: Hobbs-Carlsbad-Roswell
Notable: Willet; Blue Jay
2013-10-24: NM: Luis Lopez
2013-10-26: NM: Socorro County
2013-10-27: NM: Socorro: 507 Fitch

2013-10-09: NM: Socorro County

@Bern: Bernardo WMA

@SocCo: Socorro County

@road01: I-25, Socorro to Bernardo WMA

Heron, Great Blue 1 @Bernardo WMA

Vulture, Turkey 1 @Bernardo WMA

Harrier, Northern 1ϕ @Bernardo WMA

Hawk, Red-tailed

1a @I-25, Socorro to Bernardo WMA

1a @Bernardo WMA

Dove, Mourning 1 @Bernardo WMA

Flicker, Red-shafted 1 @Bernardo WMA

Phoebe, Say's

1 @I-25, Socorro to Bernardo WMA

1 @Bernardo WMA

Crow, American 2 @Bernardo WMA

Swallow, Barn 1 @Bernardo WMA

Sparrow, Chipping 1 @Bernardo WMA

Sparrow, White-crowned # @Bernardo WMA

Goldfinch, Lesser # @Bernardo WMA

2013-10-15: NM: Socorro to Clovis

@NMT: Socorro: New Mexico Tech

@day: Socorro to Clovis

@road01: Mountainair to Willard

@road02: Willard to Encino

@road03: US-60^E, Vaughn to De Baca County line

@road04: US-60^E, De Baca County line to Yeso

@road05: US-60^E, Yeso to Fort Sumner

Hawk, Cooper's 1 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech

On the North Road between IRIS/PASSCAL and Escondida.

Buteo sp. 1 @US-60^E, Yeso to Fort Sumner

Hawk, Red-tailed 1 @US-60^E, De Baca County line to Yeso

Raven, Chihuahuan

# @Mountainair to Willard

# @Willard to Encino

1 @US-60^E, Vaughn to De Baca County line

2013-10-16: NM: Melrose Woods to Hobbs

Notable: Osprey; Eastern Phoebe; Blue Jay; Mountain Chickadee; American Redstart

@CV: Clovis

@CWWTP: Clovis Waste Water Treatment Plant

@Chap: Lovington: Chaparral Park

@EC: Elida area

@Hob: Hobbs

@Lov: Lovington

@Mel: Roosevelt Co.: Melrose Woods

Gate is 9.3 miles west of the town of Melrose.

@Oco: Hobbs: Ocotillo Park

@day: Melrose Woods to Hobbs

@road01: US-60^W, Clovis to Melrose Woods

@road02: Portales-Elida

@road03: Pep to Milnesand

@road04: Milnesand to Lea County line

@road05: Tatum to McDonald

@road06: McDonald to Lovington

@road07: Lovington to Ocotillo Park

Tried to bird the Tatum sewage ponds but their hours are 1300-1600 Tue/Thu and 0800-1600 Saturday. Also, the large low spot two miles north of Tatum has already dried out since the big rains last month. For future reference, the sewage ponds are at the corner of Second, which runs east-west, and Odell, which runs north-south. Also, Lovington has a new wind farm.

Wigeon, American # @Clovis Waste Water Treatment Plant

Mallard # @Clovis Waste Water Treatment Plant

Shoveler, Northern # @Clovis Waste Water Treatment Plant

Pintail, Northern # @Clovis Waste Water Treatment Plant

Duck, Ruddy

# @Clovis Waste Water Treatment Plant

1 @Lovington: Chaparral Park

Grebe, Pied-billed

1 @Clovis Waste Water Treatment Plant

3 @Lovington: Chaparral Park

Grebe, Eared 1 @Clovis Waste Water Treatment Plant

Cormorant, Double-crested 2 @Clovis Waste Water Treatment Plant

Night-Heron, Black-crowned 2 @Clovis Waste Water Treatment Plant

Initially miscalled them as American Bittern because the primaries looked blackish to me. However, the pictures show the characteristic thin white spots on the folded wing.

Vulture, Turkey 1 @Hobbs: Ocotillo Park

Osprey 1 @Lovington: Chaparral Park

In the fields southeast of the park.

Harrier, Northern 1 @Milnesand to Lea County line

Hawk, Sharp-shinned 1 @Roosevelt Co.: Melrose Woods

Hawk, Red-tailed

1 @Roosevelt Co.: Melrose Woods

1 @Elida area

1 @Tatum to McDonald

1 @McDonald to Lovington

Kestrel, American

1♂ @Roosevelt Co.: Melrose Woods

1 @Lovington

Coot, American

# @Clovis Waste Water Treatment Plant

# @Lovington: Chaparral Park

Yellowlegs, Greater 1 @Clovis Waste Water Treatment Plant

Sandpiper, Least # @Clovis Waste Water Treatment Plant

Dove, Rock # @Hobbs

Pigeon, Rock

# @Clovis Waste Water Treatment Plant

# @Lovington

Collared-Dove, Eurasian

# @Clovis Waste Water Treatment Plant

# @Hobbs: Ocotillo Park

Dove, White-winged

1 @Hobbs: Ocotillo Park

1 @Hobbs

Dove, Mourning

# @Roosevelt Co.: Melrose Woods

# @Portales-Elida

# @Elida area

# @Pep to Milnesand

# @Tatum to McDonald

# @Lovington to Ocotillo Park

# @Hobbs: Ocotillo Park

# @Hobbs

Flicker, Red-shafted # @Hobbs: Ocotillo Park

Phoebe, Eastern 1 @Roosevelt Co.: Melrose Woods

Kingbird, Cassin's 1 @Roosevelt Co.: Melrose Woods

Flycatcher, Scissor-tailed 1 @McDonald to Lovington

Shrike, Loggerhead 1 @Elida area

Jay, Blue 1 @Clovis

In a large oak tree, with copious acorns, immediately northwest of the Red Lobster in Clovis.

Raven, Chihuahuan

# @US-60^W, Clovis to Melrose Woods

1 @Roosevelt Co.: Melrose Woods

1 @Elida area

1 @Lovington to Ocotillo Park

Chickadee, Mountain 1 @Roosevelt Co.: Melrose Woods

Kinglet, Ruby-crowned @Roosevelt Co.: Melrose Woods

Solitaire, Townsend's # @Hobbs: Ocotillo Park

Thrush, Hermit 1 @Roosevelt Co.: Melrose Woods

Starling, European # @Roosevelt Co.: Melrose Woods

Redstart, American 1♀ @Roosevelt Co.: Melrose Woods

Warbler, Audubon's # @Roosevelt Co.: Melrose Woods

Warbler, Myrtle 1 @Hobbs: Ocotillo Park

Towhee, Spotted 1 @Roosevelt Co.: Melrose Woods

Sparrow, Brewer's 1 @Roosevelt Co.: Melrose Woods

Bunting, Lark 1 @McDonald to Lovington

Sparrow, White-crowned # @Roosevelt Co.: Melrose Woods

Grackle, Great-tailed

# @Clovis Waste Water Treatment Plant

# @Lovington

# @Lovington to Ocotillo Park

# @Hobbs

Goldfinch, Lesser

# @Roosevelt Co.: Melrose Woods

1 @Hobbs: Ocotillo Park

Sparrow, House # @Clovis Waste Water Treatment Plant

2013-10-17: NM: Hobbs-Carlsbad-Roswell

Notable: Willet; Blue Jay

@AT: Lea County: Allred Tank

The upper (southern) tank is full to the brim, which I haven't seen in many years. I was hoping to get into Bell Lake afterwards, but Brininstool Road is a morass of mud from recent rains, and passage at one point was blocked by a parked convoy of oilfield production trucks.

@Cheap: Brantley Lake: Champion Cove Road

@DBR: Delaware Basin Road (Lea-21)

@EDCO: Eddy County

@HCP: Hobbs City Park

@Oco: Hobbs: Ocotillo Park

@RS: Rattlesnake Springs

@day: Hobbs-Carlsbad-Roswell

@road01: Hobbs-Eunice

@road02: NM-128^W, from Lea-21 to Eddy County

Teal, Blue-winged # @Lea County: Allred Tank

Turkey, Wild # @Rattlesnake Springs

Heron, Great Blue 1 @Rattlesnake Springs

Harrier, Northern 1ϕ @Rattlesnake Springs

Hawk, Sharp-shinned 1 @Hobbs-Eunice

Hawk, Red-tailed

1 @Hobbs-Eunice

1a @NM-128^W, from Lea-21 to Eddy County

Kestrel, American

1 @Lea County: Allred Tank

1♂ @Rattlesnake Springs

Coot, American # @Lea County: Allred Tank

Killdeer

# @Lea County: Allred Tank

1 @Brantley Lake: Champion Cove Road

Yellowlegs, Greater 2 @Brantley Lake: Champion Cove Road

Willet 1 @Brantley Lake: Champion Cove Road

Description: Transitional plumage. Missing left foot.

Collared-Dove, Eurasian

# @Hobbs City Park

# @Hobbs: Ocotillo Park

Dove, White-winged

# @Hobbs City Park

# @Hobbs: Ocotillo Park

# @Hobbs-Eunice

Dove, Mourning

1 @Delaware Basin Road (Lea-21)

# @Eddy County

# @Rattlesnake Springs

Flicker, Red-shafted

# @Hobbs: Ocotillo Park

1 @Rattlesnake Springs

Flycatcher, Vermilion 1♀ @Rattlesnake Springs

Kingbird, Cassin's 2 @Rattlesnake Springs

Kingbird, Western 1 @Rattlesnake Springs

Flycatcher, Scissor-tailed 2 @Lea County: Allred Tank

Jay, Blue 3 @Hobbs City Park

Seen together in one tree.

Scrub-Jay, Western 5 @Rattlesnake Springs

Raven, Chihuahuan # @Hobbs-Eunice

Swallow, Barn 2 @Delaware Basin Road (Lea-21)

Kinglet, Ruby-crowned 1 @Hobbs-Eunice

Thrush, Hermit 1 @Lea County: Allred Tank

Robin, American # @Hobbs: Ocotillo Park

Warbler, Audubon's

1 @Lea County: Allred Tank

# @Rattlesnake Springs

Warbler, Myrtle # @Rattlesnake Springs

Bunting, Lark # @Delaware Basin Road (Lea-21)

On the first westbound leg of this road after leaving the Eunice area.

Sparrow, Lincoln's 1 @Lea County: Allred Tank

Sparrow, White-crowned # @Lea County: Allred Tank

Grackle, Great-tailed # @Hobbs City Park

Finch, House

# @Hobbs: Ocotillo Park

# @Delaware Basin Road (Lea-21)

2013-10-24: NM: Luis Lopez

@LL: Luis Lopez

Eagle, Golden 1a @Luis Lopez

2013-10-26: NM: Socorro County

@BdA: Bosque del Apache NWR

@RVT: Bosque del Apache NWR: Rio Viejo Trail

@SocCo: Socorro County

@road1: Luis Lopez to San Antonio

@road2: San Antonio to Bosque del Apache

Route

1120, leave Luis Lopez.

1135, San Antonio.

1150, Bosque del Apache.

1235–1250, Boardwalk.

1320–1455, Rio Viejo Trail.

1515, leave the refuge.

TC-300 2x teleconverter disassembled itself; back to the TC-14 1.4x after today.

Goose, Blue # @Bosque del Apache NWR

Goose, white Snow # @Bosque del Apache NWR

Goose, Canada # @Bosque del Apache NWR

Gadwall # @Bosque del Apache NWR

Wigeon, American # @Bosque del Apache NWR

Mallard # @Bosque del Apache NWR

Shoveler, Northern # @Bosque del Apache NWR

Pintail, Northern # @Bosque del Apache NWR

Canvasback # @Bosque del Apache NWR

Redhead # @Bosque del Apache NWR

Duck, Ring-necked # @Bosque del Apache NWR

Duck, Ruddy # @Bosque del Apache NWR

Grebe, Eared # @Bosque del Apache NWR

Grebe, Western 3 @Bosque del Apache NWR

Harrier, Northern 1ϕ @Bosque del Apache NWR

Hawk, Red-tailed

1a @San Antonio to Bosque del Apache

1a @Bosque del Apache NWR

1i @Bosque del Apache NWR

Hawk, Harlan's 1 @Luis Lopez to San Antonio

Coot, American # @Bosque del Apache NWR

Crane, Sandhill # @Bosque del Apache NWR

Collared-Dove, Eurasian # @San Antonio to Bosque del Apache

Dove, Mourning

1 @Bosque del Apache NWR

# @Bosque del Apache NWR: Rio Viejo Trail

Flicker, Red-shafted 2 @Bosque del Apache NWR: Rio Viejo Trail

Phoebe, Black 1 @Bosque del Apache NWR

Phoebe, Say's

1 @Luis Lopez to San Antonio

# @Bosque del Apache NWR

1 @Bosque del Apache NWR: Rio Viejo Trail

Crow, American

400 @Luis Lopez to San Antonio

# @Bosque del Apache NWR: Rio Viejo Trail

Sparrow, White-crowned

# @San Antonio to Bosque del Apache

# @Bosque del Apache NWR: Rio Viejo Trail

Junco, Pink-sided # @Bosque del Apache NWR: Rio Viejo Trail

Blackbird, Red-winged # @San Antonio to Bosque del Apache

Meadowlark, Western # @San Antonio to Bosque del Apache

2013-10-27: NM: Socorro: 507 Fitch

@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch

Scrub-Jay, Western 4 @Socorro: 507 Fitch

Sailed over my house in a group, headed toward campus.