Shipman's field notes, Feb 2014

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2014-02-01: NM: Socorro to Albuquerque
Notable: Pyrrhuloxia
2014-02-08: NM: Albuquerque to Socorro
2014-02-13: NM: Socorro: 507 Fitch
2014-02-15: NM: Socorro County
2014-02-25: NM: Socorro: 507 Fitch

2014-02-01: NM: Socorro to Albuquerque

Notable: Pyrrhuloxia

@ABQ: Costco (Renaissance Dr.)

@TBM: Belen: Taco Bell Marsh

@day: Socorro to Albuquerque

@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch

Gadwall # @Belen: Taco Bell Marsh

Mallard # @Belen: Taco Bell Marsh

Teal, American Green-winged # @Belen: Taco Bell Marsh

Egret, Great 1 @Belen: Taco Bell Marsh

Roadrunner, Greater 1 @Costco (Renaissance Dr.)

In the busy parking lot of Costco on Renaissance Drive, right next to the building on the west side. Urban Runner!

Warbler, Audubon's # @Socorro: 507 Fitch

Pyrrhuloxia 1 @Socorro: 507 Fitch

2014-02-08: NM: Albuquerque to Socorro

@ABQ: I-25 Rio Grande bridge

@day: Albuquerque to Socorro

@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch

Eagle, Bald 2a @I-25 Rio Grande bridge

Just north of the I-25 bridge over the Rio Grande.

Dove, White-winged # @Socorro: 507 Fitch

Thrasher, Curve-billed 1 @Socorro: 507 Fitch

Silent.

2014-02-13: NM: Socorro: 507 Fitch

@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch

Thrasher, Curve-billed 1 @Socorro: 507 Fitch

Breeding: Sitting on an old nest in my cholla patch.

2014-02-15: NM: Socorro County

@NF: Magdalenas: North Fork up from Group Camp

@SocCo: Socorro County

@WC: Magdalenas: Water Canyon

@WCRd: Magdalenas: Water Canyon Road

@road1: Socorro to Water Canyon Road

Route

1110, leave Socorro.

1130, Water Canyon Road.

1145, Water Canyon.

1215, walk up North Fork road from the Group Camp.

1440, turn back at “First Cabin”, just past the El Tigre fork.

1635, rolling.

1710, Water Canyon Road.

1730, US-60^E.

1750, home.

Mourning Cloak butterfly, first of the year.

Woodpecker, Acorn 3 @Magdalenas: Water Canyon

Sapsucker, Red-naped 2♂ @Magdalenas: North Fork up from Group Camp

Flicker, Red-shafted 1 @Magdalenas: Water Canyon Road

Scrub-Jay, Western 1 @Magdalenas: North Fork up from Group Camp

raven sp.

2 @Socorro to Water Canyon Road

3 @Magdalenas: Water Canyon Road

Raven, Common 1 @Magdalenas: North Fork up from Group Camp

Chickadee, Mountain 1 @Magdalenas: North Fork up from Group Camp

Nuthatch, White-breasted 1 @Magdalenas: North Fork up from Group Camp

Kinglet, Ruby-crowned 1 @Magdalenas: North Fork up from Group Camp

Junco, Gray-headed # @Magdalenas: North Fork up from Group Camp

Junco, Oregon # @Magdalenas: North Fork up from Group Camp

Junco, Pink-sided # @Magdalenas: North Fork up from Group Camp

Finch, House # @Magdalenas: Water Canyon

2014-02-25: NM: Socorro: 507 Fitch

@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch

First detection of Pogonomyrmex ants.

Thrasher, Curve-billed 1 @Socorro: 507 Fitch

Vocalizations: In full song, loud and long.