Bird list

Here's the trip bird list--67 species as of 12/26. Species are listed phylogenetically, with brackets indicating where they were seen (only either TX or NM, since it's too hard to list each separate location). The list will be updated as we go on, with species in bold are those added since the list was first posted on 12/26.

Snow Goose (TX)
Canada Goose (TX, NM)
Cackling Goose (NM)
Mallard (TX, NM)
Green-winged Teal (TX)
American Wigeon (TX)
Lesser Scaup (TX)
Ring-necked Pheasant (TX)
Northern Bobwhite (NM)
Scaled Quail (NM)
Eared Grebe (TX)
Turkey Vulture (TX, NM)
Northern Harrier (TX, NM)
Golden Eagle (NM)
Bald Eagle (NM)
Red-tailed Hawk (TX, NM)
Harris' Hawk (NM)
Swainson's Hawk (TX)
Ferruginous Hawk (NM)
American Kestrel (TX, NM)
Ring-billed Gull (TX)
Rock Pigeon (TX, NM)
Mourning Dove (TX, NM)
Great Horned Owl (NM)
Burrowing Owl (TX)
Greater Roadrunner (NM)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (TX, NM)
Northern Flicker (TX, NM)
Lewis's Woodpecker (NM)
Acorn Woodpecker (NM)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (NM)
Downy Woodpecker (TX)
Hairy Woodpecker (NM)
Loggerhead Shrike (TX, NM)
Blue Jay (TX)
Steller's Jay (NM)
Western Scrub-Jay (NM)
Pinyon Jay (NM)
Black-billed Magpie (NM)
American Crow (TX, NM)
Chihuahuan Raven (NM)
Common Raven (NM)
Horned Lark (TX, NM)
Bridled Titmouse (NM)
Mountain Chickadee (NM)
Carolina Chickadee (TX)
Brown Creeper (NM)
White-breasted Nuthatch (NM)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (NM)
Pygmy Nuthatch (NM)
Rock Wren (NM)
Canyon Wren (NM)
American Dipper (NM)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (TX, NM)
Eastern Bluebird (TX)
Mountain Bluebird (NM)
Townsend's Solitaire (NM)
American Robin (TX, NM)
Northern Mockingbird (TX)
Curve-billed Thrasher (NM)
Crissal Thrasher (NM) A great bird!
European Starling (TX, NM)
Cedar Waxwing (TX, NM)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (TX)
Spotted Towhee (NM)
Canyon Towhee (NM)
Rufous-crowned Sparrow (NM)
Brewer's Sparrow (NM)
Black-throated Sparrow (NM)
Savannah Sparrow (TX)
Song Sparrow (TX)
Dark-eyed Junco (TX, NM)
Dark-eyed Junco "Gray headed" race (NM)
Meadowlark (TX, NM; unidentifiable as to Eastern or Western)
Red-winged Blackbird (TX, NM)
Common Grackle (TX)
Great-tailed Grackle (TX)
Brewer's Blackbird (NM)
Brown-headed Cowbird (TX, NM)
House Finch (NM)
Red Crossbill (NM) Amazing bird! Seen at Pinos Altos.
Pine Siskin (NM)
American Goldfinch (TX)
Evening Grosbeak (NM)
House Sparrow (TX, NM)

The "bird of the trip" so far was the Bald Eagle, seen 12/26 flying from right to left almost right in front of the car on the highway from Tres Piedras to Dulce. It just popped out from nowhere and we were able to see it really well.

OK--the Red Crossbill isn't as big as the Bald Eagle, but was definitely quite astonishing to see!