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  1. Hamhed

    Planning NM trip

    We found the birds we were looking for, WGPu, and a bonus bird. Beginniing of trip report posted. More tomorrow. Steve
  2. Hamhed

    Planning NM trip

    Yes, we did, WGPu. Got back in time for the New Year, just about the time that all that warm weather disappeared. While we were ankle deep in snow or covering our faces from the bitter wind, the East was experiencing records warmth. Timing is everything in dancing and planning birding trips...
  3. Hamhed

    Planning NM trip

    Thanks, mayoayo. I think we have a good chance to see our second Golden Eagle at several sites. Our first was on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state and we looked down on the bird. Going to be hard to recreate that experience. The restaurant at Sandia Crest...
  4. Hamhed

    Planning NM trip

    Niels - I admit to gleaning important or pertinent information from eBird and other internet sources, copying them to a file and then printing them onto a handy sheet of paper. Sometimes, it's just easier to take a quick look at those one or two sheets stuck in my Sibleys than getting out the...
  5. Hamhed

    Planning NM trip

    Thanks, Mike. That's the one that shows up on Google Maps. I'm now in contact with a birder in Albuquerque who seems to have positive ideas about some of our target birds. We plan on visiting the Sevilleta grasslands on the east side of the interstate above the town of Socorro. The habitat...
  6. Hamhed

    Planning NM trip

    perseid 28 - Coincidentally, I just "discovered" Tingley Beach ponds yesterday on eBird. Thayer's Gull is supposed to be seen there regularly in winter, a species that wasn't even on my radar. Gallegos Park is on our list if time permits since desert species are much of what we hope to see...
  7. Hamhed

    Planning NM trip

    Niels - I happen to be friends with Mark Simpson, the author of "Birding the Blue Ridge Mountains". He is currently working on the second edition and we have talked about that a bit. He is using eBird to help compile species information for individual sites but, as a bookophile (word?), he is...
  8. Hamhed

    Planning NM trip

    Mike - Great, specific information. A bobcat is always a welcome sighting. We used to see them occasionally in the area around our house but nearby housing developments have encroached on their habitat and likely reduced their numbers. Mountain lion would be a first! The Screech-Owl is one...
  9. Hamhed

    Planning NM trip

    Hey, Niels- You mentioned those two guides in your August post here but I tend to agree with this post that showed up in the link in your last post: eBird will supply you with recent sightings, seasonal distribution, and the most recent records of birds you'd really like to see. As stated, the...
  10. Hamhed

    Planning NM trip

    Mike- At one time, we considered flying into ABQ and leaving via El Paso. In favor of staying in fewer places for longer periods, we are not going that far south and will be returning to ABQ to fly out. We have visited Portal, AZ, though not in winter. We intend on visiting the Rio Grande...
  11. Hamhed

    Planning NM trip

    Didn't take the research far enough to find out that fact about Sandia Crest. Sounds great; I see no reason to suffer for every life bird! We were on Mt. Evans, southwest of Denver. It has the highest or maybe one of the highest paved roads in the US, somewhere around of 14,000 ft. We were...
  12. Hamhed

    Planning NM trip

    We have a friend who worked there years ago and always meant to visit. I guess we're finally finished with our procrastinations. We hope to spend a couple of days there as one of the major points of interest. Steve
  13. Hamhed

    Planning NM trip

    Thanks, WPGu. That location stood out when I began searching for winter birding in NM. Two of the Rosy-Finches we've never seen before and the the third, only once, in Colorado at 12,500 feet on a below freezing, breezy and gray morning. Sandia Crest looks to be a repeat of that situation but...
  14. Hamhed

    Planning NM trip

    Thanks, Niels. Though eBird was my first choice to work on locations for target birds, I did think to search for bird-finding guides. The third edition book by Parmeter, Neville and Emkains was published in 2002, no updated version that I can find though there are a few additions online. It...
  15. Hamhed

    Planning NM trip

    Thanks, Gary. I saw Hueco Tanks while perusing through eBird reports. Long-eared Owl Has been reported there in December. That certainly would be a easterly drive. It we have to do some rock-climbing to blend in, well so be it. We're talking life bird here! No obstacle to great, right...
  16. Hamhed

    Planning NM trip

    Any birders out there with experience with Albuquerque south to El Paso in the winter months? Steve
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