Cibola NWR

15 Jan 2000
42 species 

50-70 ° & sunny, 8:30-9:30AM, 6:00-7:00PM

1  Pied-billed Grebe
4 Eared Grebes
7 Western Grebes
14 Double-crested Cormorants
4 Cattle Egrets
2 Great Blue Herons
6 Great Egrets
74 Sandhill Cranes
300 Canada Geese
120 Snow Geese
8 Canvasbacks

14 American Wigeons 
60 Mallards
24 Ring-necked Ducks
14 Ruddy Ducks

230 American Coots
5 Northern Harriers (hunting)
2 Ospreys (flying)
4 Red-tailed Hawks
6 American Kestrels
1 White-tailed Kite (perched on wire)
1 Great-horned Owl
1 Burrowing Owl
2 Anna's Hummingbird
1 Belted Kingfisher
1 Northern Flicker
2 Black Phoebes
8 Say's Phoebes
46 American Pipits
2 Verdins
5 Loggerhead Shrikes
3 Northern Mockingbirds
6 European Starlings
2 Orange-crowned Warblers
18 Yellow-rumped Warblers 
14 Abert's Towhees
3 Song Sparrows
40 White-crowned Sparrows
16 Great-tailed Grackles
19 Western Meadowlarks



Ross Goose

Chilly in the morning but warmed up nicely.  Went birding before and after an archaeological field trip to the Clip Mill.