Migrating Warblers in the Sandia Mountains

“I hear a Plumbeous Vireo,” someone exclaimed as 24 Central New Mexico Audubon Thursday Birders piled out of our cars. “There it is.”
The vireo was busy gleaning insects as moved quickly and stealthily in the Gambel oak, sometimes obscured behind a leaf. It continued calling as it moved.
“Its call sounds like [...]

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Blue-footed Booby visits New Mexico

It tipped its 62 inch wing-span as it made a loop over the water at the foot of the dam, and then plunged straight down into the water like a torpedo. I was watching a first or second year Blue-footed Booby hunt for its breakfast – an exciting treat at any time, but more [...]

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Late Summer Birding – Isleta and Los Lunas

“Just as I arrived, an adult and juvenile Black-necked Stilt flew into the northern pond.,” trip leader Donna told the 19 Central New Mexico Audubon Thursday Birders as we assembled shortly after 7 a.m. along side the road next to the Isleta Marsh.
Behind us cars zipped by on their way between Los Lunas [...]

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Summer Birding in Jemez Mountains

Violet-green Swallows were gliding over the pond just west of La Cueva in the Jemez Mountains. Sixteen Central New Mexico Audubon Thursday Birders were gathered on a dirt road just off the highway.
“And I see a Barn Swallow,” John said.
In the fields beyond the pond we spotted an American Robin and [...]

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Summer Birds at 10,000 Feet

House Wrens were chattering at the edge of the aspen grove – and those who were towards the head of the line as the troupe of 17 Central New Mexico Audubon Thursday Birders headed across the meadow – had a chance to see it. It was the first of three for the morning, so [...]

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