Bluebirds and Hummingbirds in the Manzanos

Four species of hummingbird buzzed in and out from the feeders hanging from the porch over-hang while Bill Simms brought 32 Central New Mexico Audubon Thursday Birders up-to-date on his 47 bluebird boxes.
While he talked to us, a variety of birds came into the seed feeders behind him. Western Scrub Jays [...]

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Quest for the Three-toed Woodpecker

The woods on either side of the trail seemed to hum with the songs and chirps of Yellow-rumped Warblers, Gray-headed Juncos, Mountain Chickadees, and White-breasted Nuthatches. Periodically, the melodic song of a Hermit Thrush soared above the chatter. It seemed idyllic as I strolled down the path from the exit road out of the [...]

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Banquet of Birds at Capulin Springs

The air was cool and there was a slight breeze when 20 Thursday Birders set up their lawn chairs or positioned themselves on a rock to observe the birds coming into “the log” at Capulin Springs. The box elders and maples, growing back from the roots after the area had to be cleared two [...]

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Glorious Summer Birding at Bosque del Apache

“Donna saw a Phainopepla buzz a Kestrel,” trip leader, Rebecca told us as three cars of Thursday Birders pulled up behind her just south of San Antonio, NM. “However, the Phainopepla just flew off.”
And then it was back and we saw it silhouetted in the top of a nearby tree before we [...]

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