The Birds From My Window

I am pausing every few minutes as I work at my computer to watch the birds out of my window. Actually, I doing more than watching – I’m counting. The tallies, which I will enter into the BirdCount database will contribute towards the real-time snapshot of birds across the country.
This is the [...]

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Twitching for the Rufous-backed Robin

“We watched the pond for a couple of hours and didn’t see it,” the trip leader of a group from Kansas City told us in the parking lot of the McDonald’s in Truth or Consequences. “Then we flushed it from the bushes along the road as we walked back to the car.”
Rebecca, [...]

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Rosy-finches at New Mexico’s Sandia Crest

We didn’t have to wait for the show. The Rosy Finches were already scarfing up seed from the snow-covered deck outside the Crest House when the 20 Thursday Birders arrived. Within the first few minutes, we all got good lucks at all three species of Rosy Finches.

We were struck by their coloration. [...]

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Bosque del Apache at Midwinter

We spotted our first Sandhill Cranes for the day in a field near Isleta. We were heading to the Bosque del Apache. It seemed as if there was a Red-tail Hawk sitting on a power pole about every mile along Interstate 25.
The Thursday Birders gathered in Socorro and then took the [...]

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