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Posted by Felipe G. on 21:45:39 09/24/04
Hey birders! Sorry I coulden't post earlier this week but I had a lot of tests to make-up.
Well, my trip to New Mexico was a total success. The flight was awesome to Albuquerque, NM via Dallas Fort-Worth. After that we went to Glorieta about an hour away. Glorieta Conference center was great! It was surrounded by Pandarosa Pines, Quacking Aspens and many other species of trees. Some animals which were seen there were Black Bears(right off our dorm rooms!), Coyotes, Mountain Lion, some species of squirrels and skunks. We did many classes of the enviroment. We learned many ways to preserve our enviroment too. Best of all we had the opportunity to interact with many park rangers, and many other cool people.
Well I guess you guys want to hear about the birding! Well I didin't get as many birds as Alex thought but I'm definetely satisfied. Some noticible places I went to is the National Pecos Monument, Bandalier National Park and some other great places. I had a total of 23 lifers. These were the total birds I saw:
Great Blue Heron
Wood Duck
Mallard
Cinnamon Teal?
Turkey Vulture
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestral
Peregrine Falcon
Band-tailed Pigeon (lifer)
Black-chinned Hummingbird (lifer)
Broad-tailed Hummingbird (lifer)
Rufous Hummingbird
Williamson's Woodpecker (lifer)
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Gray Flycatcher (lifer)
Say's Phoebe (lifer)
Western Scrub-Jay (lifer)
Pinyon Jay (lifer)
Clark's Nutcracker (lifer)
Common Raven
American Crow
Purple Martin
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Mountain Chickadee (lifer)
Verdin (lifer)
Bushtit (lifer)
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Pygmy Nuthatch (lifer)
Brown Creeper
Rock Wren (lifer)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Townsend's Solitaire (lifer)
Western Bluebird (lifer)
American Robin
Sage Thrasher (lifer)
European Starling
American Pipit
Yellow Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler?
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Townsend's Warbler (lifer)
Rufous-crowned Sparrow (lifer)
Brewer's Sparrow (lifer)
Chipping Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow (lifer)
Brewer's Blackbird (lifer)
Great-tailed Grackle (lifer)
Cassin's Finch (lifer)
Lesser Goldfinch (lifer)
House Sparrow
Well some interesting birds I have seen this weekend have been 2 Male Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday, 1 female on wednesday and 1 female today in my backyard. I've had about 7 species of warblers. Also have had a White-crowned Pigeon hanging around my backyard. Finally I had 7 Eastern Kingbirds around my neighbors big berry tree. Great birding!!
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