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Trip Leader - Adrian
Binns
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Official
List of Species Seen
As compiled by Adrian Binns
ITINERARY:
Day 1 / Dec 4: Albuquerque / Rio Grande Nature Center; Petroglyphs
NM - Rinconoda Canyon
Day 2 / Dec 5: Sandia Crest; Rte 333-41-60-25 aka "Ferruginous Hawk Highway"
Day 3 / Dec 6: Bosque del Apache; San Antonio
Day 4 / Dec 7: Bosque del Apache; Water Canyon; New Mexico Tech; Bosque del
Apache
Day 5 / Dec 8: Bosque del Apache; Elephant Butte SP; Anamas Creek
Day 6 / Dec 9: Behind Best Western Motel T or C; Percha Dam SP; Caballo Lake
SP
Day 7 / Dec 10: Behind Best Western Motel T or C; Riverside Drive; Paseo del
Rio; Elephant Butte SP, Bosque del Apache, Sandia Crest
Day 8 / Dec 11: Corrales; Raymond Davey Audubon Nature Center; Sante Fe Ski
Basin; Cochite Lake and Town
Day 9 / Dec 12: Rio Grande Nature Center
The First
Number represents the Maximum number of that Species seen in 1 day
The Second Number represents the Maximum number of Days that that species
was seen
BIRDS:
1 Greater White-fronted Goose 13 at Bosque
2 Snow Goose About 40K at Bosque; 8 at Caballo Lake Sp; 3 at Rio Grande NC
- 40K/6
3 Ross's Goose About 300 at Bosque - 300+/3
4 Canada Goose About 50 at Rio Grande Nature Center and Bosque; a few at Caballo
Lake and Cochite Lake - 50+/7
5 Cackling Goose About 100 at Rio Grande Nature Center and 50+ at Bosque -
200+/5
6 Wood Duck 20 plus at Rio Grande Nature Center - 20/2
7 Gadwall 5 at Rio Grande Nature Center; up to 50+ at Bosque; Common atCaballo
Lake and 20+ at Cochite Lake - c/8
8 Eurasian Wigeon 1 stunning male at Rio Grande Nature Center
9 American Wigeon 10 at Rio Grande Nature Center; Up to 100 at Bosque; 30+
at NM Tech; Common at Caballo lake - c/7
10 Mallard Seen daily in good numbers
11 Northern Shoveler 15 at Rio Grande NC; Abundant at Bosque; Common at Caballo
Lake and a few at Cochite Lake - c/8
12 Northern Pintail Abundant at Bosque; Common at Caballo Lake; 20+ at ElephantButte
- c/5
13 Green-winged Teal Up to 15 at day at Bosque; Common at Caballo and Elephant
Butte - 50+/5
14 Canvasback About 15 at Bosque and Elephant Butte - 15+/3
15 Redhead 35+ at Bosque and 100+ and Elephant Butte - 100+/4
16 Ring-necked Duck 20+ at Rio Grande NC; Up to 35+ a day at Bosque - 35+/5
17 Greater Scaup 6 females at Elephant Butte
18 Lesser Scaup 3 at Rio Grande NC; Up to 12+ a day at Bosque; 3 at Elephant
Butte - 12+/4
19 Bufflehead 1 female at Rio Grande NC; Up to 5a day at Bosque; 3 at Elephant
Butte and 80+ at Cochite Lake - 80+/5
20 Common Goldeneye A total of 6 seen at Chochite Lake and the spillway
21 Hooded Meragnser 2 pairs at Bosque and 2 females flying over Elephant Butte
- 4/2
22 Common Merganser 5 seen at Bosque; 8 at Caballo Lake; 15 at Cochite Lake
- 15/3
23 Red-breasted Merganser 3 at Cochite Lake
24 Ruddy Duck 5 seen daily at Bosque; 30+ at Caballo Lake; 7 at Elephant Butte-
30+/5
25 Ringed-necked Pheasant "Chinese Green" seen daily at Bosque
26 Scaled Quail Great looks at 50+ in a field along "Ferruginous Hawk
Highway"
27 Gambel's Quail 15+ at Bosque; 20+ a Elephant Butte; 10+ at Caballo Lake
- 30+/3
28 Pied-billed Grebe 1 at Rio Grande NC; several seen daily at Bosque; 1 at
Elephant Butte, 3 at Cochite Lake - 3/6
29 Eared Grebe 1 at Elephant Butte; 8 at Caballo Lake; 12 at Cochite Lake
- 12/3
30 Western Grebe Common at Elephant Butte, Caballo Lake and Cochite Lake -
c/4
31 Clark's Grebe Common at Elephant Butte, Caballo Lake and Cochite Lake -
c/4
32 American White Pelican 40+ at Elephant Butte; 10+ at Caballo Lake - 40+/3
33 Brown Pelican 1 juvenile at Elephant Butte
34 Neotropic Cormorant 5 at Elephant Butte; 1 at Caballo Lake; 6 at Paseo
del Rio; 4 at Cochite Lake - 6/4
35 Double-crested Cormorant 1 seen in flight at Bosque; 4 at Caballo Lake;
10+ at Elephant Butte and Cochite Lake - 10+/5
36 Great Blue Heron 2 seen daily at Bosque; 3 at Caballo Lake; 1 at Percha
Dam and Paseo del Rio; 3 at Elephant Butte and 1 at Cochite Lake - 4/6
37 Black-crowned Night Heron 3 seen in flight at Bosque
38 White-faced Ibis 1 in flight at Bosque
39 Osprey 1 at Elephant Butte and 1 at Caballo Lake - 1/2
40 Bald Eagle Up to 10 seen daily at Bosque, most being immatures; 1 at Percha
Dam and 1 adult at Rio Grande NC - 10+/5
41 Northern Harrier 1 along "Ferruginous Hawk Highway", Up to 10
seen daily at Bosque; several around Percha Dam, Caballo Lake, Elephant Butte
Cochite - 10/7
42 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 seen on 3 days at Bosque; singles at Percha Dam, Riverside
Dr, and Corrales - 1/6
43 Cooper's Hawk 1 flew over the vans just after leaving the airport; 1 daily
at Bosque and 1 at Rio Grande NC - 1/4
45 Red-tailed Hawk 1 at Rinconoda Canyon; several around Bosque including
a Harlan'sl small numbers daily along I-25 - 10/9
46 Ferruginous Hawk 12 along "Ferruginous Hawk Highway"; 1 at Bosque;
1 at Percha Dam and 1 near Paseo del Rio - 12/4
47 American Kestrel 1 near the airport; Up to 7 daily at Bosque, Elephant
Butte, Percha Dam and Caballo Lake - 7/7
48 Merlin 1 at Bosque
49 Prairie Falcon 1 at Percha Dam SP seen with a Killdeer in its talons
50 Virginia Rail 1 seen well at Rio Grande NC
51 Sora 1 seen very well at Paseo del Rio and another heard there
52 American Coot Common seen on all but 1 day
53 Sandhill Crane 10+ at Rio Grande NC; 2K at Bosque daily; 10+ at Percha
Dam - 2K/8
54 Killdeer Up to 7 daily at Bosque; 50+ at Percha Dam; 30+ at Caballo Lake;
2 at Cochite Lake - 80+/5
55 Greater Yellowlegs Up to 5 at Bosque
56 Lesser Yellowlegs 1 at Bosque
57 Spotted Sandpiper 1 at Elephant Butte; 20+ between Percha Dam and Caballo
Lake- 20+/3
58 Least Sandpiper 20+ at Caballo Lake
59 Dunlin 1 at Bosque
60 Long-billed Dowitcher Up to 5 seen daily at Bosque; 30+ at Caballo Lake
- 30+/3
61 Wilson's Snipe Up to 3 seen daily at Bosque - 3/2
62 Bonaparte's Gull 2 at Caballo Lake
63 Ring-billed Gull Up to 6 seen daily at Bosque; Common at Elephant Butte,
Caballo Lake
and Cochite Lake - c/6
64 California Gull 1 adult at Elephant Butte
65 Herring Gull Several at Elephant Butte
66 Thayer's Gull 1 juvenile at the Cochite Dam spillway
67 Rock Pigeon Common seen daily
68 Eurasian Collared Dove 6 along "Ferruginous Hawk Highway"; 2
at San Antonio; 6 around Elephant Butte; 3 around T or C; 1 along Riverside
Dr; 15 + around Corrales; 6 near Rio Grande NC - 15/7
69 White-winged Dove Up to 25 seen daily at Bosque; 10+ at Percha Dam; 5 at
Paseo del Rio; 6 near Corrales - 25+/6
70 Mourning Dove Small numbers seen daily
71 Inca Dove 6 along Riverside Drive
72 Greater Roadrunner 2 seen at Bosque; 1 at Percha Dam and 1 at Rio Grande
NC - 2/3
73 Western Screech-Owl 1 heard at Water Canyon; 1 seen very well at Anamas
Creek
74 Great Horned Owl 1 along "Ferruginous Hawk Highway"; 1 near Bosque
- 1/2
75 Northern Pygmy Owl 1 heard calling twice at Sandia Crest Ski Area
76 Belted Kingfisher 1at Percha Dam, Paseo del Rio and Cochite Dam spillway
- 1/3
77 Acorn Woodpecker 5 at Water Canyon; 10+ at Anamas Creek - 10/2
78 Red-naped Sapsucker 7 at Water Canyon; 2 at Anamas Creek; 1 at Percha Dam
- 7/3
79 Ladder-backed Woodpecker 1 seen daily at Bosque; 3 at Percha Dam SP; singles
at Paseo del Rio and near Cochite - 3/5
80 Downy Woodpecker up to 3 at Rio Grande NC; 2 at Davey NC - 3/4
81 Hairy Woodpecker 1 seen and 1 heard at Sandia Crest - 1/2
82 Northern Flicker Seen daily in small numbers, all "Red-shafted"
- 9/9
83 Black Phoebe 1 at Rio Grande NC; 1 at Bosque seen on 2 days; 3 at Percha
Dam; 2 at Paseo del Rio and Cochite Dam spillway - 3/6
84 Eastern Phoebe 1 heard at Bosque (DJ)
85 Say's Phoebe 2 at Rinconoda Canyon; Up to 4 seen daily at Bosque; 7 around
Percha Dam and Caballo Lake; 2 at Paseo del Rio; 3 at Elephant Butte and 2
at Cochite Lake - 5/7
86 Loggerhead Shrike 3 along "Ferruginous Hawk Highway"; Up to 4
near Bosque; 4 south of T or C - 4/4
87 Gray Jay 6 at Sante Fe Ski Basin
88 Steller's Jay 2 seen at Sandia Crest; 3 at sante Fe Ski Basin - 3/2
89 Western Scrub-Jay 1 along "Ferruginous Hawk Highway"; 3 at Water
Canyon and along the road to Sante Fe Ski Basin - 3/3
90 Pinyon Jay 1 flying over the vans near Cochite - (AB & BF)
91 Clark's Nutcracker 10+ at Sante Fe Ski Basin
92 Black-billed Magpie About a dozen around the Sante Fe foothills
93 American Crow Common seen daily
94 Chihuahuan Raven Up to 15 seen daily
95 Common Raven About 20 on the road up to Sandia Crest; 15 at Sante Fe Ski
Basin - 20+/15
96 Horned Lark 200+ in a field along "Ferruginous Hawk Highway"
97 Tree Swallow 1 at Bosque; 1 at Caballo Lake - 1/2
98 Black-capped Chickadee 1 at Davey NC; 2 at Sante Fe Ski Basin; 1 at Rio
Grande NC - 3/3
99 Mountain Chickadee 3 at Rio Grande NC; Common at Sandia Cr. and Sante Fe
Ski - c/5
100 Bridled Titmouse 2 at Anamas Creek
101 Juniper Titmouse 6 at Water Canyon and 5 near Cochite - 6/2
102 Verdin 1 behind the Best Western; 10 + at Percha Dam; 5 at Paseo del Rio
- 10+/2
103 Bushtit Several large flocks of 30-50 at Water Canyon; 6 at Rio Grande
NC - 60+/2
104 Red-breasted Nuthatch 2 at Sandia Crest, Water Canyon and Sante Fe Ski
Basin - 2/3
105 White-breasted Nuthatch 4 at Rio Grande NC; 7 on the road to Sandia Crest;
2 at Water Canyon; 1 at Sante Fe Ski Basin - 7/5
106 Brown Creeper 2 at Doc Long's Picnic Area, NM Tech and at Rio Grande NC
- 2/3
107 Cactus Wren 1 at Elephant Butte; 3 behind the Best Western - 3/3
108 Rock Wren 4 at Rinconoda Canyon; 1 at Elephant Butte - 4/3
109 Bewick's Wren 2 at Rinconoda Canyon; 1 at Bosque and 1 at Rio Grande NC
- 2/3
110 House Wren 1 at Bosque (CC)
111 Marsh Wren 1 heard at Bosque
112 Golden-crowned Kinglet Several heard at Sante Fe Ski Basin
113 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Up to 3 seen at Rio Grande NC; Small numbers at Water
Canyon and Bosque; common at Percha Dam and Paseo del Rio - 20+/7
114 Black-tailed Gnatcatcher 1 at Bosque; 2 behind the Best Western - 2/2
115 Eastern Bluebird 2 at Rio Grande NC
116 Western Bluebird Up to 20+ seen on 4 days and 40+ around Cochite Lake
- 40+/5
117 Mountain Bluebird 8 along "Ferruginous Hawk Highway"; 2 at Cochite
Lake - 8/2
118 Townsend Solitaire 3 on the road to Sandia Crest; 2 at Water Canyon; 15+
near Cochite - 15+/3
119 Hermit Thrush 1 at Rio Grande NC
120 American Robin Several near the airport; 20+ at Elephant Butte; 2 at Percha
Dam; 1 at Paseo del Rio; common around Cochite - c/7
121 Northern Mockingbird 2 at Rio del Paseo
122 Sage Thrasher 1 along "Ferruginous Hawk Highway"; 5 at Elephant
Butte - 5/2
123 Curve-billed Thrasher 1 behind the Best Western; 2 at Paseo del Rio -
2/2
124 Crissal Thrasher 3 at Bosque; 1 behind the Best Western, Paseo del Rio
and Cochite Lake - 3/4
125 European Starling Seen on all but 2 day in moderate numbers
126 American Pipit 10+ at Bosque; 3 at Percha Dam; 2 flying over Elephant
Butte - 10+/4
127 Cedar Waxwing 24 at Percha Dam
128 Phainopepla 1 at Anamas Creek; 4 at Percha Dam; 3 at Paseo del Rio - 4/3
129 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 at Bosque (CC & BM)
130 Yellow-rumped Warbler A few at Bosque; 6 at NM Tech; 15+ at Percha; 3
at Paseo del Rio and 3 at Davey NC, - all of the "Audubon's" race
- 15+/6
131 Green-tailed Towhee 1 at the feeder at Bosque and also 1 seen at Water
Canyon - 1/3
132 Spotted Towhee 4 at Rio Grande NC; 7 on the road to Sandia Crest; 2 at
Water Canyon; 1 behind the Best Western - 5/6
133 Canyon Towhee 2 at Rinconoda Canyon; 1 at Cochite Lake - 2/2
134 Rufous-crowned Sparrow 1 seen at Percha Dam SP (BM)
135 Chipping Sparrow 10+ at Percha Dam SP
136 Brewer's Sparrow 1 behind the Best Western and 1 at Paseo del Rio - 2/1
137 Black-throated Sparrow 1 at Elephant Butte; up to 20+ behind the Best
Western - 20+/3
138 Sage Sparrow 1 at Rinconoda Canyon; 2 at Elephant Butte - 2/2
139 Savannah Sparrow 1 at Bosque (AB)
140 Song Sparrow 1 at Rinconoda Canyon; several around Bosque; 3 at Percha
Dam; 6 at Paseo del Rio - 10+/6
141 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 at Bosque; 1 at Percha Dam - 1/2
142 Swamp Sparrow 1 at Percha Dam SP
143 White-throated Sparrow 1 around the Bosque NC (CC); 2 along Riverside
Drive - 2/2
144 White-crowned Sparrow Common to abundant, seen daily
145 Dark-eyed Junco Seen daily, in some place very common - Oregon and Gray-headed
being the most common, with a few Pink-sided seen
146 Pyrrhuloxia 1 behind the Best Western; 7 at Percha Dam; 3 at Paseo del
Rio - 8/2
147 Red-winged Blackbird Common at Bosque and near wetlands - c/7
148 Western Meadowlark Common at Bosque and along "Ferruginous Hawk Highway"
- 50+/6
149 Yellow-headed Blackbird 100+ seen on 1 day at Bosque
150 Brewer's Blackbird 20+ at Rio Grande NC; 200+ at Bosque; common near Elephant
Butte - c/4
151 Great-tailed Grackle 50-100 seen on 7 days
152 Brown-headed Cowbird 1 male at Bosque (CC)
153 Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch 2 at Sandia Crest
154 Black Rosy-Finch 30+ at Sandia Crest
155 Brown-capped Rosy-Finch 20+ at Sandia Creek
156 House Finch Seen in small numbers almost daily
157 Pine Siskin 7 at Rio Grande NC; 12 at Sandia Crest; 2 seen on 2 days at
Bosque; 15+ at Davey NC - 15+/5
158 American Goldfinch 2 at Rio Grande NC; 60+ at Bosque; 1 at Percha Dam;
20+ near Cochite - 60+/6
159 House Sparrow No more than 20 each day!
MAMMALS
1 Coyote Up to 4 seen each time at Bosque; 2 at Elephant Butte and Percha
Dam; 1 at Rio Grande NC
2 Abert's Squirrel 2 at Doc Long's Picnic area at Sandia Crest; 2 at Water
Canyon
3 Red Squirrel 3 at Santa Fe Ski Basin
4 Rock Squirrel 2 at the Bosque feeder; 1 at Cochite Lake
5 Botta's Pocket Gopher 1 feverishly digging a hole at Rio Grande NC
6 Desert Cottontail 1 at Rinconoda Canyon; 2 at Bosque
7 Eastern Cottontail 1 at Elephant Butte and Percha Dam
8 Black-tailed Jackrabbit 1 at Rinconoda Canyon; 1 at Elephant Butte
9 Pronghorn 2 groups of nearly 30 each along "Ferruginous Hawk Highway"
BUTTERFLIES
1 Checkered White 2 at Percha Dam
2 Orange Sulphur 4 at Percha Dam
3 Clouded Sulphur 3 at Percha Dam
4 Red Admiral 1 at Percha Dam
DRAGONFLIES
1 Meadowhawk sp Several unidentifed at Percha Dam
AMPHIBIANS
1 Bullfrog 1 at Paseo del Rio