Category Archives: Albuquerque birding

The 11th Annual High Plains Lesser Prairie Chicken Festival!

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Matt

Better late than never! The small ranching town of Milnesand in eastern New Mexico passes as a blur of a few buildings as one drives past on NM route 206. All the residents live scattered around the crossroads on countless … Continue reading →

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New Mexico migration May 1st

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Matt

I’ve joined a few birders around the country in posting migration forecasts based on weather radar data. The plan is to try to predict migration conditions from overnight and then use observations from local birders to verify or modify these … Continue reading →

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New Mexico migration April 27th

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Matt

I’ve joined a few birders around the country in posting migration forecasts based on weather radar data. The plan is to try to predict migration conditions from overnight and then use observations from local birders to verify or modify these … Continue reading →

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High desert flowers at the Petroglyphs

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Matt

Some friends visited for a few days last week and, as they enjoy hiking and the outdoors, Melissa and I did our best to show them the best Albuquerque has to offer. We made it out to the Piedras Marcadas … Continue reading →

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Green butterflies: better than green beer

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Matt

My birding and butterfly-ing time has been limited recently, so I made it priority to get out into the foothills during yesterday’s pleasant weather before spring’s last (?) wind and snow hit the area. Joe and I met up to … Continue reading →

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Red-backed Dark-eyed Juncos at the Sandia Crest

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Matt

This post is not about my sightings, and may a bit dry for those not fascinated with Dark-eyed Junco population distributions and taxonomy. Be forewarned! (I also promised more science on the blog…and a discussion of Cackling Geese. That will … Continue reading →

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Alameda Bridge Mew Gull

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Matt

Trying to point out a bird to just one other person can be hard enough. Add a few dozen people and the difficulty increases. When that bird is a distant gull standing in a sea of other nearly identical gulls … Continue reading →

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Just another Rosy-Finch post

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Matt

It’s a New Mexico birding tradition: head up to the Sandia Crest House sometime during the winter to see the Rosy-Finches. Black Rosy-Finch. Usually my favorite, I grew to appreciate the subtle beauty of Brown-cappeds. Some of the males were … Continue reading →

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Rarities converge!

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Matt

Over my holiday travels, I kept up on the bird news from New Mexico. On December 20th, two to four Rusty Blackbirds were found in the bosque southwest of the Albuquerque Zoo. Over the next two weeks, up to two … Continue reading →

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Bosque del Apache Crane Festival birding

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Matt

I haven’t been birding much this fall. Between looking for a job, finishing up research, and the relative lack of interesting birds (at least locally), I didn’t have much energy for it. But I heard that volunteers were needed for … Continue reading →

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