Shipman's field notes, September 2006

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2006-09-01: NM: Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay
Notable: Great Crested Flycatcher
2006-09-02: NM: Socorro
2006-09-05: NM: Socorro Co.
2006-09-10: NM: Socorro: Hope Farms Road
2006-09-17: NM: Socorro County
Notable: Phalaropus sp.
2006-09-20: NM: Socorro: 507 Fitch
Notable: Plumbeous Vireo
2006-09-22: NM: Clovis-Melrose Woods-Boone's Draw-Carlsbad
Notable: Orange-crowned Warbler; Townsend's Warbler
2006-09-23: NM: Carlsbad-Rattlesnake Springs-Carlsbad
2006-09-24: NM: Rattlesnake-Brantley-Bitter Lake-Lincoln
Notable: Osprey; Peregrine Falcon; Semipalmated Plover; Common Tern

2006-09-01: NM: Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay

Notable: Great Crested Flycatcher

@TBay: Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay

Film 1030: F3 was empty; loaded with VC-400. [1] Curve-billed Thrasher. [2] Dragonfly.

Duck, Ring-necked ϕ? @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay

Heron, Green 1 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay

Kingfisher, Belted 1 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay

Flycatcher, Great Crested 1 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay

Description: Strong yellow color on underparts right up to the gray breast. Red in tail goes to tip of inner rectrices. A quite generous bill.

Lifer!

Vireo, Warbling 2+ @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay

Swallow, Barn # @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay

Thrasher, Curve-billed @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay

Tanager, Western 1f @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay

2006-09-02: NM: Socorro

@Diag: Socorro: Hope Farms Diagonal

From Otero St. in Socorro, go west over the railroad tracks, and take the next paved road to the right: Hope Farms Road. Follow this road south until the center stripe disappears, and shortly there will be a good dirt road angling off to the southeast along the left side of a channel. This road is "The Diagonal", and has been productive of good migrant sparrows in prior years.

@Soc: Socorro

@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch

Pigeon, Rock # @Socorro: Hope Farms Diagonal

Phoebe, Say's 1 @Socorro: Hope Farms Diagonal

Kingbird, Western # @Socorro: Hope Farms Diagonal

Swallow, Barn # @Socorro: Hope Farms Diagonal

Mockingbird, Northern 1 @Socorro: 507 Fitch

Thrasher, Curve-billed 1 @Socorro: 507 Fitch

Starling, European # @Socorro: Hope Farms Diagonal

Sparrow, Vesper 1 @Socorro: Hope Farms Diagonal

Blackbird, Yellow-headed 800+ @Socorro: Hope Farms Diagonal

In the stockyard just south of The Diagonal. No other small icterids in the area.

Grackle, Great-tailed # @Socorro: 507 Fitch

2006-09-05: NM: Socorro Co.

@Diag: Socorro: Hope Farms Diagonal

See 2006-09-02 notes for description.

@SocCo: Socorro Co.

@WC: Magdalenas: Water Canyon

@WCRd: Magdalenas: Water Canyon Road

@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch

Route 1140, leave town for the Magdalenas. Birthday bird time. Sat around Water Canyon most of the afternoon, proofreading old Christmas Bird Counts. Brief hikes up the Water Canyon trail, and up to the new campsite under construction near the Copper/North Fork turnoff, limited by knee problems. Left 1645, drove along Hope Farms Road and "The Diagonal".

Film Started with VC-400 partial roll. [,17] Eastern Meadowlark microdot. [24,] Pronghorn buck off Water Canyon Road, then buck, doe, and fawn off US-60. 1750, finished VC-400, loaded Kodak UC-100 ultra-color negative film, more Pronghorn family shots. Roll finished 1850, near sundown. F3 not reloaded.

Quail, Gambel's 2 @Socorro: Hope Farms Diagonal

Vulture, Turkey 5 @Socorro Co.

Kettle near the top of Sedillo Hill on US-60.

Hawk, Sharp-shinned 1 @Magdalenas: Water Canyon

Kestrel, American

1f @Magdalenas: Water Canyon Road

1f @Socorro: Hope Farms Diagonal

Killdeer 4 @Socorro: Hope Farms Diagonal

Dove, Mourning # @Socorro Co.

US-60 west of Socorro.

Roadrunner, Greater 1 @Socorro: Hope Farms Diagonal

Hummingbird, Broad-tailed 1m @Socorro Co.

Working the flowerbeds at Socorro Springs Brewery. Called by Jerry Oldenettel.

Woodpecker, Acorn 1? @Socorro Co.

Vocalizations: By call only, at the end of the paved road.

Flicker, Northern 1 @Socorro Co.

Canyon mouth area.

Kingbird, Western

2 @Magdalenas: Water Canyon Road

# @Socorro: Hope Farms Diagonal

Shrike, Loggerhead 1 @Magdalenas: Water Canyon Road

Jay, Steller's # @Magdalenas: Water Canyon

Scrub-Jay, Western 2+ @Magdalenas: Water Canyon

Raven, Common # @Magdalenas: Water Canyon

Swallow, Barn # @Socorro: Hope Farms Diagonal

Nuthatch, White-breasted 1 @Magdalenas: Water Canyon

Mockingbird, Northern 1 @Socorro: 507 Fitch

Sparrow, Brewer's 1? @Magdalenas: Water Canyon Road

Grosbeak, Blue

Chaparrel Road.

2m @Socorro Co.

Chaparrel Road.

1f @Socorro Co.

Chaparrel Road.

Meadowlark, Eastern # @Magdalenas: Water Canyon Road

Vocalizations: 'tear-der'

Blackbird, Yellow-headed 1200+ @Socorro: Hope Farms Diagonal

In the feedlot just south of The Diagonal.

2006-09-10: NM: Socorro: Hope Farms Road

@Hope: Socorro: Hope Farms Road

Quail, Gambel's 2 @Socorro: Hope Farms Road

Vulture, Turkey # @Socorro: Hope Farms Road

Hawk, Swainson's 1 @Socorro: Hope Farms Road

Swallow, Northern Rough-winged 1 @Socorro: Hope Farms Road

Swallow, Barn # @Socorro: Hope Farms Road

Quite numerous on wires.

Verdin 1 @Socorro: Hope Farms Road

A section of Hope Farms Road that lies over by the freeway. Habitat, mesquite scrub.

Grosbeak, Blue

1m @Socorro: Hope Farms Road

1f @Socorro: Hope Farms Road

2006-09-17: NM: Socorro County

Notable: Phalaropus sp.

@BdA: Bosque del Apache NWR

@Board: Bosque del Apache NWR: Boardwalk pond

@Diag: Socorro: Hope Farms Diagonal

See 2006-09-02 for this locality.

@JO: Luis Lopez: Oldenettel residence

@LL: Luis Lopez area

Just east of NM-1 on Farm-Market Road (A-101), there is a good-sized temporary pond north of the road.

@Midway: Midway (between San Antonio and Luis Lopez)

@SAnt: San Antonio

@Soc: Socorro

@SocCo: Socorro County

@TBay: Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay

@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch

Route 0930, work Turtle Bay. 1020, drive south. 1100-1145, lunch, then on to Bosque del Apache. Drove center road to seasonal road, hiking the entire eastbound leg of the seasonal road both ways, finishing the hike around 1300. Then worked the Marsh Loop. 1500, exit.

Film F3 was empty. 0930, loaded Fuji Pro 160. 1445, finished roll, load Fuji Reala 100. This roll was shot through frame 23 on this date. It was removed on 09-22 with no shots added, and processed as is.

Wigeon, American

3 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay

# @Luis Lopez area

Mallard # @Bosque del Apache NWR

Shoveler, Northern

# @Luis Lopez area

# @Bosque del Apache NWR

# @Midway (between San Antonio and Luis Lopez)

Pintail, Northern

# @Luis Lopez area

# @Bosque del Apache NWR

Teal, Green-Winged # @Luis Lopez area

Redhead

1m @Midway (between San Antonio and Luis Lopez)

@Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay

Description: Today I called this bird a Lesser Scaup, but see 2006-10-07 and 10-08 notes.

Pheasant, Ring-necked 2f @Bosque del Apache NWR

Grebe, Western @Bosque del Apache NWR: Boardwalk pond

6a @Bosque del Apache NWR: Boardwalk pond

4i @Bosque del Apache NWR: Boardwalk pond

Grebe, Clark's @Bosque del Apache NWR: Boardwalk pond

4a @Bosque del Apache NWR: Boardwalk pond

2i @Bosque del Apache NWR: Boardwalk pond

Behavior: Riding piggyback on an adult.

Pelican, American White 25+ @Bosque del Apache NWR

Cormorant, Olivaceous 10+ @Bosque del Apache NWR

Cormorant, Double-crested 1 @Bosque del Apache NWR

Vulture, Turkey 2 @Bosque del Apache NWR

Accipiter sp. 1 @Bosque del Apache NWR

Kestrel, American 1m @Bosque del Apache NWR

Coot, American 20+ @Midway (between San Antonio and Luis Lopez)

Killdeer

1 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay

# @Luis Lopez area

Phalaropus sp. @Midway (between San Antonio and Luis Lopez)

Description: A bit larger than peep-sized, swimming. Too distant to see bill shape.

Pigeon, Rock # @San Antonio

Dove, White-winged # @Luis Lopez: Oldenettel residence

Dove, Mourning # @Luis Lopez: Oldenettel residence

Dove, Inca 1 @Socorro: 507 Fitch

Roadrunner, Greater

1 @Bosque del Apache NWR

@Socorro: Hope Farms Diagonal

I was rolling along this road hoping to get some Spizella photos. At one point I stopped, and when I next looked up, this bird was sitting directly beside the car on a fencepost. At this range, all I got were head shots. (First frame taken was through the passenger window.)

hummingbird sp. f @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay

Kingfisher, Belted

1f @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay

1m @Bosque del Apache NWR

1f @Bosque del Apache NWR

m @Socorro

This bird was perched on a wire over heavy traffic at the junction of Otero, Chaparrel [sic], and Hope Farms Road. Perhaps this traffic was why it was inured to my sneaking up on it in the car and getting some closeups.

Flicker, Red-shafted # @Bosque del Apache NWR

Wood-Pewee, Western # @Bosque del Apache NWR

Empidonax sp. 1 @Bosque del Apache NWR

Description: Greenish-yellow. Flicks tail up.

Phoebe, Black 1 @Bosque del Apache NWR

Near Midway (between San Antonio and Luis Lopez), temporary pond.

Phoebe, Say's 1 @San Antonio

Kingbird, Western 1 @Socorro

raven sp. 2 @Bosque del Apache NWR

Swallow, Barn # @Bosque del Apache NWR

Wren, Bewick's 1 @Bosque del Apache NWR

Where the seasonal road turns from eastbound to northbound.

Robin, American # @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay

Mockingbird, Northern 3i @Socorro: 507 Fitch

All three at once on my weeping mulberry above the bird bath.

Description: Late immatures, still some streakiness in the underparts.

Starling, European 1 @Bosque del Apache NWR

Luis Lopez

Warbler, Audubon's 1 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay

Warbler, Wilson's 1 @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay

Tanager, Summer

1m @Socorro: New Mexico Tech: Turtle Bay

1 @Bosque del Apache NWR

Vocalizations: 'dybbuk'; heard only

Towhee, Spotted @Bosque del Apache NWR

Vocalizations: 'ca-reer'; heard only

Grosbeak, Blue @Bosque del Apache NWR

1m @Bosque del Apache NWR

1ϕ @Bosque del Apache NWR

Grackle, Great-tailed # @San Antonio

Goldfinch, Lesser 1 @Bosque del Apache NWR

Description: Black-backed form.

Sparrow, House # @Luis Lopez: Oldenettel residence

2006-09-20: NM: Socorro: 507 Fitch

Notable: Plumbeous Vireo

@home: Socorro: 507 Fitch

Vireo, Plumbeous 1 @Socorro: 507 Fitch

Behavior: Bathing in my birdbath at home.

2006-09-22: NM: Clovis-Melrose Woods-Boone's Draw-Carlsbad

Notable: Orange-crowned Warbler; Townsend's Warbler

@Boone: Boone's Draw

@Clovis: Clovis area

@MW: Melrose Woods

Also known as the famous Melrose Trap.

@day: Clovis-Melrose Woods-Boone's Draw-Carlsbad

Route Stayed in Clovis the previous night. Arrived at Melrose Woods around 0945. 1230, leave Melrose, lunch in Clovis. 1500, arrive Boone's Draw: drove halfway in, chickened out; could have driven the rest of the way, but don't take the left fork at the drop-off. Walked in and around the first road loop. 1630, head for Carlsbad.

Film Removed roll of Fuji Reala 100 that was on frame 23. Eventually I put this roll (2006-09-17t1445->09-22t1000) in for processing without any more shots; all shots on that roll were on 2006-09-17. At 1000 today, loaded Kodak VC-400. [1,2] Kinglet. [5] Empidonax. [8] mystery warbler (gray back). [12] Orange-crowned Warbler, also [,19]: most at 1/250, one at 1/500. [21,23] scruffy Chipping Sparrow. [,25] Townsend's Warbler.

Vulture, Turkey

1 @Melrose Woods

2 @Boone's Draw

Harrier, Northern 1 @Clovis area

Hawk, Sharp-shinned 1 @Melrose Woods

Kestrel, American 1 @Melrose Woods

Dove, Mourning # @Boone's Draw

Flicker, Northern 1 @Melrose Woods

Wood-Pewee, Western @Melrose Woods

Empidonax sp. @Melrose Woods

Description: Irregular eyering, not large enough for Western type.

Behavior: Flicks tail sharply up, then back down.

Flycatcher, Scissor-tailed 4i @Clovis-Melrose Woods-Boone's Draw-Carlsbad

Shrike, Loggerhead 2 @Boone's Draw

One on NM-480 near US-70; another on NM-330 just south of its junction with NM-480.

Raven, Chihuahuan

1 @Melrose Woods

Vocalizations: Characteristic 'rawk' croaks.

2 @Boone's Draw

Kinglet, Ruby-crowned # @Melrose Woods

Thrush, Hermit 1 @Melrose Woods

Description: Thick eyering, rufous tail contrasts with brown back.

warbler sp. 1 @Melrose Woods

Description: Green over yellow generally. Gray back. Yellow superciliary. No eyering. Wings plain yellow, no wingbars. Fits Wilson's except for gray back.

Warbler, Orange-crowned 1 @Melrose Woods

Warbler, Townsend's 1-2 @Melrose Woods

Warbler, Wilson's 1f @Melrose Woods

Tanager, Western f @Melrose Woods

Sparrow, Chipping

# @Melrose Woods

1 @Boone's Draw

Sparrow, Clay-colored @Clovis-Melrose Woods-Boone's Draw-Carlsbad

Description: Streaky rufous crown. Head white except dark eyeline. Underparts plain pale grayish white. Warm buff tones on upper chest, more laterally.

Sparrow, Brewer's @Melrose Woods

Description: Complete eyering, streaked brown nape.

Bunting, Lark 1ϕ @Boone's Draw

NM-480 not far from US 70.

Meadowlark, Eastern ? @Boone's Draw

NM-330 just south of jct. with NM-480.

Description: Flat tan face.

Grackle, Great-tailed # @Clovis area

Sparrow, House # @Clovis area

2006-09-23: NM: Carlsbad-Rattlesnake Springs-Carlsbad

@RS: Rattlesnake Springs

@day: Carlsbad-Rattlesnake Springs-Carlsbad

Route 0640, first light at White's City. 0650, gate to Rattlesnake Springs, parked in the loop past the ranger's residence. 1220, leave Rattlesnake. Caught up on sleep in Carlsbad.

Turkey, Wild 15+ @Rattlesnake Springs

While I was sitting next to the pond, several flew over my head, and I felt a pretty fierce downwash. Not only can they fly quite strongly, but I observed several of them perched well up in the taller trees around the pond.

Vulture, Turkey # @Carlsbad-Rattlesnake Springs-Carlsbad

Hawk, Red-tailed

1i @Rattlesnake Springs

Description: Dark phase. Tail mainly white with a medium-width black subterminal bar and about 10-12 narrow black bars evenly spaced up the rest of the tail.

1a @Rattlesnake Springs

Kestrel, American @Carlsbad-Rattlesnake Springs-Carlsbad

White's City.

Dove, White-winged # @Rattlesnake Springs

Dove, Mourning # @Rattlesnake Springs

Owl, Great Horned 1 @Rattlesnake Springs

Seen also by Jonathan Batkin.

Kingfisher, Belted 1f @Rattlesnake Springs

Working the pond.

Woodpecker, Ladder-backed 1f @Rattlesnake Springs

Flicker, Northern # @Rattlesnake Springs

Wood-Pewee, Western # @Rattlesnake Springs

Flycatcher, Gray 1 @Rattlesnake Springs

Behavior: Pumps tail down, then up.

Phoebe, Black 1 @Rattlesnake Springs

Phoebe, Say's 1 @Rattlesnake Springs

Flycatcher, Vermilion

1am @Rattlesnake Springs

1im @Rattlesnake Springs

Description: Almost completely in adult plumage, but showed two dime-sized whitish patches on the sides of the breast.

1f @Rattlesnake Springs

Kingbird, Cassin's # @Rattlesnake Springs

Kingbird, Western 1 @Rattlesnake Springs

Vireo, Bell's # @Rattlesnake Springs

Vocalizations: A few around, heard only.

Verdin 1 @Rattlesnake Springs

Wren, Bewick's @Rattlesnake Springs

Vocalizations: Wren fussing noises.

Mockingbird, Northern 1 @Rattlesnake Springs

warbler sp. @Rattlesnake Springs

Description: All-yellow including undertail coverts; undertail gray. Two awful photos.

Chat, Yellow-breasted @Rattlesnake Springs

Description: Saw it only in silhouette. Chunky bird with a hooked bill.

Vocalizations: 'chay-ak'

Tanager, Summer # @Rattlesnake Springs

Tanager, Western 1f @Rattlesnake Springs

Cardinal, Northern # @Rattlesnake Springs

Finch, House # @Rattlesnake Springs

Goldfinch, Lesser # @Rattlesnake Springs

2006-09-24: NM: Rattlesnake-Brantley-Bitter Lake-Lincoln

Notable: Osprey; Peregrine Falcon; Semipalmated Plover; Common Tern

@Bit: Bitter Lake NWR

@BrL: Brantley Lake: Cheapskate Point

@Cbd: Carlsbad

@RS: Rattlesnake Springs

@Sal: Lincoln Co.: Salazar Canyon

@day: Rattlesnake-Brantley-Bitter Lake-Lincoln

Route 0645, enter Rattlesnake Springs. 0900, left, nothing much going on, drove to Brantley Lake. Took the turnoff to what the birders call "Cheapskate Point", which has a street sign: Champion Cove Road. 1040, head for lunch in Roswell. 1325, arrive at Bitter Lake; looked around the old office building (the huge new Skeen interpretive center wasn't open yet), then drove around the loop. 1410, walked a short distance down the Oxbow Trail at the southeast corner of the loop. 1515, head west on US-70/380. 1635, arrive at Salazar Canyon just west of Lincoln; drove the canyon up to the private property posting. 1715, leave Salazar westbound.

Film 1030, finish Fuji 160; start Kodak VC-400.

duck sp. # @Bitter Lake NWR

There were lots of assorted waterfowl on a flooded unit inside the southwest corner of the loop, but there was no place on the road close enough to see them decently.

Turkey, Wild # @Rattlesnake Springs

Grebe, Pied-billed 1 @Bitter Lake NWR

Grebe, Eared 1 @Bitter Lake NWR

Description: All-black neck, too much neck and bill for a Pied-billed.

Pelican, American White 4 @Bitter Lake NWR

Heron, Great Blue 2 @Bitter Lake NWR

Egret, Great 1 @Brantley Lake: Cheapskate Point

Egret, Snowy # @Bitter Lake NWR

Vocalizations: Based on the horrible noise they made as I flushed a large mixed group of herons near the Oxbow Trail, I propose a new collective name for them: "a retching of herons."

Heron, Green 1 @Rattlesnake Springs

Night-Heron, Black-crowned 1i @Bitter Lake NWR

Ibis, White-faced # @Bitter Lake NWR

Vulture, Turkey # @Rattlesnake-Brantley-Bitter Lake-Lincoln

Includes a tight kettle of 50+ birds over Capitan.

Osprey 1 @Brantley Lake: Cheapskate Point

Description: Large size, bent-wing profile, white head with black stripe.

Behavior: Hovering.

Harrier, Northern

1 @Rattlesnake-Brantley-Bitter Lake-Lincoln

Brantley-Artesia leg, coursing over flat terrain.

2 @Bitter Lake NWR

Hawk, Swainson's

1 @Rattlesnake Springs

2 @Rattlesnake-Brantley-Bitter Lake-Lincoln

Westbound from Roswell.

Hawk, Red-tailed 1i @Rattlesnake Springs

Kestrel, American 1 @Rattlesnake Springs

Washington Ranch road.

Falcon, Peregrine 1 @Bitter Lake NWR

Description: Medium-sized falcon, too fast and powerful for a Kestrel. Axillars not black.

Coot, American # @Bitter Lake NWR

Plover, Semipalmated 1 @Brantley Lake: Cheapskate Point

Killdeer 2 @Brantley Lake: Cheapskate Point

Avocet, American

36 @Brantley Lake: Cheapskate Point

# @Bitter Lake NWR

Yellowlegs, Greater 5 @Bitter Lake NWR

Yellowlegs, Lesser 3 @Bitter Lake NWR

Description: With the Greaters in one tight flock flying, it was plain to see that three of the eight birds were distinctly smaller.

Sandpiper, Western 10+ @Brantley Lake: Cheapskate Point

Description: Black legs, slightly drooping longish bill.

Sandpiper, Least # @Brantley Lake: Cheapskate Point

Description: Greenish-yellow legs.

gull sp. # @Brantley Lake: Cheapskate Point

Tiny specks all the way across the lake.

Tern, Common 4+ @Brantley Lake: Cheapskate Point

I didn't actually notice when I was there, but the photo clearly shows four birds with the black carpal bar on the shoulder.

Tern, Forster's

1+ @Brantley Lake: Cheapskate Point

There may have been several of these around, but my photo shows only for-sure bird, the leftmost one sitting down, with the characteristic black blob around the eye. See photo under Common Tern.

1 @Bitter Lake NWR

Considering that I didn't notice all the Common Terns earlier in the day at Brantley until I looked at the photos, there is some possibility this bird was a Common as well.

Tern, Black 1 @Bitter Lake NWR

Collared-Dove, Eurasian # @Bitter Lake NWR

Dove, White-winged # @Rattlesnake Springs

10+ perched over the ranger's residence's back yard.

Dove, Mourning # @Rattlesnake-Brantley-Bitter Lake-Lincoln

goatsucker sp. @Rattlesnake Springs

Behavior: Flushed several off US 62-180 before dawn. Poorwills?

Kingfisher, Belted

1 @Rattlesnake Springs

1 @Bitter Lake NWR

Flicker, Red-shafted

# @Rattlesnake Springs

# @Lincoln Co.: Salazar Canyon

Phoebe, Say's 1 @Rattlesnake Springs

Kingbird, Cassin's 1 @Rattlesnake Springs

Shrike, Loggerhead 2 @Bitter Lake NWR

Scrub-Jay, Western 1 @Lincoln Co.: Salazar Canyon

Swallow, Barn # @Carlsbad

Bluebird, Western # @Rattlesnake-Brantley-Bitter Lake-Lincoln

Town of Lincoln.

Solitaire, Townsend's # @Lincoln Co.: Salazar Canyon

Robin, American # @Lincoln Co.: Salazar Canyon

Warbler, Wilson's # @Bitter Lake NWR

Several in trees around and to the southwest of the old office building.

Tanager, Summer # @Rattlesnake Springs

Sparrow, Chipping

# @Bitter Lake NWR

# @Lincoln Co.: Salazar Canyon

Sparrow, Vesper # @Bitter Lake NWR

Meadowlark, Western 1 @Bitter Lake NWR

Vocalizations: Western-type song.

Grackle, Common # @Carlsbad

Grackle, Great-tailed # @Rattlesnake-Brantley-Bitter Lake-Lincoln

Artesia.

Finch, House # @Rattlesnake Springs

Goldfinch, Lesser # @Rattlesnake Springs