Date: 8/30/24 11:41 am From: Janet Ruth <janetmruth...> Subject: [AZNMbirds] Corrales Bosque Preserve, NM, Sandoval County - Romero Road entrance
This morning (Aug. 30, 2024) Dave Krueper and I walked the Clear Ditch and the bosque south of the Harvey Jones Channel down to the Romero Road entrance in the Corrales Bosque Preserve. (7:45 - 10:00 a.m.). Below is my eBird list, with a few additions at the bottom for species Dave saw that I didn't when we split up for a while.
> 33 species (+6 other taxa)
>
> Canada Goose 56
> Wood Duck 8
> Mallard 4
> teal sp. 2
> White-winged Dove 3
> Mourning Dove 11
> Black-chinned Hummingbird 16
> Rufous Hummingbird 2
> Neotropic Cormorant 3
> white egret sp. 1
> Mississippi Kite 1
> Swainson's Hawk 1
> Downy Woodpecker 1
> Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 1
> Western Wood-Pewee 2
> Hammond's/Dusky Flycatcher 1 Empid; tail going up; wing bars quite buffy
> Empidonax sp. 1
> Black Phoebe 2
> Cassin's Kingbird 1
> Cassin's/Western Kingbird 1
> Common Raven 2
> Cliff Swallow 2
> Bushtit 2
> White-breasted Nuthatch (Interior West) 2
> House Wren (Northern) 1
> American Robin 4
> House Finch 12
> Lesser Goldfinch 6
> Spotted Towhee 3
> Yellow-breasted Chat 1
> Red-winged Blackbird 125
> blackbird sp. 275 I suspect that most/all of these were also Red-winged Blackbirds but flying high and fast with no clear view other than that there were darker and lighter individuals (male and female?); these were seen in two large and one medium sized flock flying over early in our time there (so around 8:00 a.m.); flying south; none seen later in the morning
> MacGillivray's Warbler 1
> Common Yellowthroat 6
> Yellow Warbler 1
> Wilson's Warbler 7
> Summer Tanager 2
> Blue Grosbeak 8
> Lazuli Bunting 3
In addition, Dave saw these:
Ladder-backed Woodpecker - 3
Bewick's Wren - 2
Black-capped Chickadee - 2
Willow Flycatcher - 1
Western Tanager - 2
Black-headed Grosbeak - 1
