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Little Big Year – Week 36: Southern New Mexico hotspots.

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Most of the time, I know enough about an area, or have done some research into what is found there, that I am pleasantly surprised at best. Not so with our visit to Bosque de Apache NWR in southern New Mexico. The second half of the week was spent near the town of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico.

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The Best Birding Locations in the United States (according to ChatGPT)

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Of all the hotspots in Arizona, I would have thought that numerous places other than the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum would have been more likely. Analysis : I have never seen a Kirtland’s Warbler, but this is consistent with the research I have done to fix that problem.

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Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in Pennsylvania: A Review by an Atlas Novice

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For birders, it’s the extremely large book, shelved in a place where it can’t crush the field guides, used to research the history of a bird in their area. Corey did just this in this 2011 posting about Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus in New York State. of New Mexico Press, 2005).

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The Traveling Birder

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Bosque del Apache NWR in New Mexico. ” Southern Arizona , including visits to Ramsey Canyon Preserve and Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve. Lifers included Painted Redstart, Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher, Arizona Woodpecker, and Rivoli’s, Violet-crowned, Lucifer, and Broad-billed hummingbird.

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AOU to leave Mexican Duck in limbo

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A hypothesis by some genetic researchers states that the green-headed Mallard arrived in North America after a prior colonization that had given rise to the other three species. And while we’re at it, what’s your experience with Mexican Ducks and Mallards in Mexico, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas?

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Collaborative list – December 2018

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Mexican Whip-poor-will – Antrostomus arizonae. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Arizona Woodpecker – Dryobates arizonae. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). 07 May 2018. 23 May 2018.

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Collaborative List – November 2018

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Mexican Whip-poor-will – Antrostomus arizonae. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Arizona Woodpecker – Dryobates arizonae. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). 07 May 2018. 23 May 2018.

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