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2015-11-07: NM: Socorro County

Notable:  Common Gallinule
@BdA: Bosque del Apache NWR
@SocCo: Socorro County
@road1: Luis Lopez to Bosque del Apache NWR
Goose, Blue # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Goose, white Snow # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Goose, Ross' # @Bosque del Apache NWR
2015-11-07-15832015-11-07-15852015-11-07-1581
Goose, Canada # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Wigeon, American # @Bosque del Apache NWR
2015-11-07-15712015-11-07-1568
Mallard # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Shoveler, Northern # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Pintail, Northern # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Canvasback 1 @Luis Lopez to Bosque del Apache NWR
Redhead 1 @Bosque del Apache NWR
2015-11-07-16992015-11-07-16972015-11-07-1694
Bufflehead # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Merganser, Common 3♀ @Bosque del Apache NWR
2015-11-07-1637
Duck, Ruddy 1 @Bosque del Apache NWR
Grebe, Western 1 @Bosque del Apache NWR
2015-11-07-1642
Heron, Great Blue 1 @Luis Lopez to Bosque del Apache NWR
2015-11-07-16652015-11-07-1669
Eagle, Bald 1a @Bosque del Apache NWR
2015-11-07-16882015-11-07-16822015-11-07-16862015-11-07-16872015-11-07-1679
Harrier, Northern 
1i @Bosque del Apache NWR
2015-11-07-1613
1ϕ @Bosque del Apache NWR
Hawk, Sharp-shinned # @Bosque del Apache NWR
2015-11-07-16302015-11-07-1631
Hawk, Red-tailed 1a @Luis Lopez to Bosque del Apache NWR
2015-11-07-16472015-11-07-1648
Kestrel, American 
4♀ @Luis Lopez to Bosque del Apache NWR
2015-11-07-15082015-11-07-15062015-11-07-15092015-11-07-1514
3♂ @Luis Lopez to Bosque del Apache NWR
3♀ @Bosque del Apache NWR
2015-11-07-15642015-11-07-1602
Gallinule, Common 1 @Bosque del Apache NWR
2015-11-07-16722015-11-07-16742015-11-07-1676
Coot, American # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Crane, Sandhill # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Killdeer 
# @Luis Lopez to Bosque del Apache NWR
1 @Bosque del Apache NWR
2015-11-07-1605
Avocet, American 10 @Bosque del Apache NWR
Yellowlegs, Greater 1 @Bosque del Apache NWR
2015-11-07-1605
Pigeon, Rock # @Luis Lopez to Bosque del Apache NWR
2015-11-07-15672015-11-07-1566
Note that the white bird has a yellow leg band. The other is fairly close to the wild type.
Collared-Dove, Eurasian # @Luis Lopez to Bosque del Apache NWR
Roadrunner, Greater 
# @Luis Lopez to Bosque del Apache NWR
# @Bosque del Apache NWR
2015-11-07-16282015-11-07-16292015-11-07-16232015-11-07-1626
Kingfisher, Belted 1 @Luis Lopez to Bosque del Apache NWR
Phoebe, Say's # @Luis Lopez to Bosque del Apache NWR
Raven, Chihuahuan 1 @Bosque del Apache NWR
Swallow, Barn # @Bosque del Apache NWR
2015-11-07-2761
Late.
Wren, Marsh 1 @Bosque del Apache NWR
In reeds near the Dabbler Deck; by call.
First of the season.
Bluebird, Western # @Luis Lopez to Bosque del Apache NWR
2015-11-07-1531
Starling, European # @Luis Lopez to Bosque del Apache NWR
Pipit, American 100 @Luis Lopez to Bosque del Apache NWR
On the wires around the middle of the southbound leg of Farm-Market Road.
2015-11-07-15242015-11-07-15232015-11-07-1519
The whole group were on one stretch of wire, intermittently flying to nearby fields. I can't remember seeing this kind of aggregation of this species, and I usually see them on the ground, not on wires, but the pictures are clear.
Warbler, Audubon's 1 @Luis Lopez to Bosque del Apache NWR
Towhee, Canyon # @Luis Lopez to Bosque del Apache NWR
Bunting, Lark 1 @Bosque del Apache NWR
2015-11-07-15372015-11-07-15402015-11-07-1542
Not common here. I missed the ID until I was looking at the photos. I had thought it was another Savannah, but the large bill and white wing edge were not as apparent through the binoculars.
Sparrow, Savannah # @Luis Lopez to Bosque del Apache NWR
Along Farm-Market Road.
2015-11-07-15542015-11-07-15532015-11-07-15462015-11-07-1551
I was expecting them here.
Sparrow, White-throated # @Luis Lopez to Bosque del Apache NWR
Junco, Oregon # @Luis Lopez to Bosque del Apache NWR
Blackbird, Red-winged # @Bosque del Apache NWR
meadowlark sp. # @Luis Lopez to Bosque del Apache NWR
Grackle, Great-tailed 1 @Luis Lopez to Bosque del Apache NWR
Finch, House 1♀ @Luis Lopez to Bosque del Apache NWR
2015-11-07-1530
Artsy.
Sparrow, House # @Luis Lopez to Bosque del Apache NWR

2015-11-14: NM: Socorro County

@BdA: Bosque del Apache NWR
@JPT: Bosque del Apache NWR: John P. Taylor Trail
@SocCo: Socorro County
@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch
@road1: Socorro to Luis Lopez
@road2: Luis Lopez to Bosque del Apache NWR
Goose, Blue # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Goose, white Snow # @Bosque del Apache NWR
2015-11-14-1776
Goose, Ross' # @Bosque del Apache NWR
2015-11-14-17862015-11-14-17812015-11-14-17872015-11-14-17722015-11-14-1799
Goose, Canada # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Gadwall 
# @Luis Lopez to Bosque del Apache NWR
# @Bosque del Apache NWR
Wigeon, American # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Mallard # @Bosque del Apache NWR
2015-11-14-1816
Shoveler, Northern # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Pintail, Northern # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Canvasback # @Luis Lopez to Bosque del Apache NWR
2015-11-14-17422015-11-14-1747
Bufflehead # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Duck, Ruddy # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Grebe, Pied-billed 1 @Bosque del Apache NWR
Grebe, Western 3 @Bosque del Apache NWR
2015-11-14-1891
Heron, Great Blue # @Bosque del Apache NWR
2015-11-14-1899
Harrier, Northern 1i @Bosque del Apache NWR: John P. Taylor Trail
2015-11-14-1904
Hawk, Cooper's 1 @Luis Lopez to Bosque del Apache NWR
2015-11-14-1731
Hawk, Red-tailed 
1i @Luis Lopez to Bosque del Apache NWR
2015-11-14-17142015-11-14-1899
3u @Bosque del Apache NWR
Kestrel, American 
4♂ @Luis Lopez to Bosque del Apache NWR
2015-11-14-1709
2♀ @Luis Lopez to Bosque del Apache NWR
2015-11-14-17072015-11-14-1704
3u @Luis Lopez to Bosque del Apache NWR
1♀ @Bosque del Apache NWR
2015-11-14-1834
Coot, American 
# @Luis Lopez to Bosque del Apache NWR
# @Bosque del Apache NWR
2015-11-14-18642015-11-14-1768
Crane, Sandhill 
# @Luis Lopez to Bosque del Apache NWR
# @Bosque del Apache NWR
2015-11-14-1906
# @Bosque del Apache NWR: John P. Taylor Trail
Killdeer # @Bosque del Apache NWR
2015-11-14-18392015-11-14-1853
Yellowlegs, Greater 2 @Bosque del Apache NWR
Flooded unit just southeast of Dabbler Deck.
2015-11-14-1845
Roadrunner, Greater 
# @Luis Lopez to Bosque del Apache NWR
1 @Bosque del Apache NWR
2015-11-14-17412015-11-14-1723
Flicker, Red-shafted 1 @Bosque del Apache NWR: John P. Taylor Trail
Phoebe, Say's 
# @Luis Lopez to Bosque del Apache NWR
1 @Bosque del Apache NWR
raven sp. # @Socorro to Luis Lopez
Crow, American 
# @Bosque del Apache NWR
# @Bosque del Apache NWR: John P. Taylor Trail
Raven, Chihuahuan # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Vocalizations: ID by voice.
2015-11-14-19132015-11-14-1916
Sparrow, Song 1 @Bosque del Apache NWR
Sparrow, White-crowned # @Bosque del Apache NWR
meadowlark sp. # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Grackle, Great-tailed # @Bosque del Apache NWR

2015-11-16: NM: Socorro: 507 Fitch

@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch
Pyrrhuloxia 1 @Socorro: 507 Fitch
2015-11-16-19252015-11-16-1926
During a sudden cold blast.

2015-11-21: NM: Socorro County

Notable:  Bonaparte's Gull
@BdA: Bosque del Apache NWR
@SAnt: San Antonio area
@SocCo: Socorro County
Goose, Blue # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Goose, white Snow # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Goose, Ross' # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Goose, Canada # @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
Redhead # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Bufflehead # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Duck, Ruddy # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Grebe, Pied-billed # @Bosque del Apache NWR
2015-11-21-1932
Grebe, Western 1 @Bosque del Apache NWR
2015-11-21-20192015-11-21-20212015-11-21-19652015-11-21-1971
Grebe, Clark's 1 @Bosque del Apache NWR
2015-11-21-19962015-11-21-19952015-11-21-2004
Heron, Great Blue # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Hawk, Red-tailed 1 @Bosque del Apache NWR
Southeast corner of the South Loop, just past the parking lot for the John P. Taylor Trail.
2015-11-21-20332015-11-21-2036
Kestrel, American 1 @Bosque del Apache NWR
Coot, American # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Crane, Sandhill # @San Antonio area
Gull, Bonaparte's 10 @Bosque del Apache NWR
Boardwalk pond.
2015-11-21-19802015-11-21-19752015-11-21-19762015-11-21-19822015-11-21-2008
The first photo illustrates the immature plumage (on the right) rather nicely. The fourth photo shows all ten birds.
Gull, Ring-billed 1i @Bosque del Apache NWR
Boardwalk pond.
2015-11-21-2008
Roadrunner, Greater 
1 @San Antonio area
1 @Bosque del Apache NWR
Phoebe, Say's # @Bosque del Apache NWR
Shrike, Loggerhead 1 @Bosque del Apache NWR
2015-11-21-19462015-11-21-19552015-11-21-1958
raven sp. 1 @Bosque del Apache NWR
Sparrow, White-crowned # @San Antonio area
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