Total Number of Backyard Species identified in December is 16.
Scroll down for Bosque Sightings.
| Species | Seen on |
ave. # at a time |
Date 1st Seen |
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| American Robin | A Few Days | 2 | 4th | ||
| Bewick's Wren | Once or Twice | 1 | 8th | ||
| Black-capped Chickadee | Once or Twice | 1 | 4th | ||
| Dark-eyed Junco | Most Days | 2 | 1st | ||
| Downy Woodpecker | Once or Twice | 1 | 2nd | ||
| Greater Roadrunner | Once or Twice | 1 | 16th | ||
| House Finch | Every Day | 4 | 1st | ||
| House Sparrow | Most Days | 4 | 1st | ||
| Ladder-backed Woodpecker | Once or Twice | 1 | 14th | ||
| Lesser Goldfinch | Every Day | 4 | 1st | ||
| Northern Flicker | A Few Days | 1 | 8th | ||
| Pine Siskin | A Few Days | 2 | 4th | ||
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Once or Twice | 1 | 8th | ||
| Spotted Towhee | Most Days | 1 | 2nd | ||
| White-crowned Sparrow | Every Day | 6 | 1st | ||
| White-winged Dove | Once or Twice | 2 | 1st | ||
Total Number of Bosque Species identified in December is 25.
Note: Observations are from the Corrales Bosque Preserve and Rio Grande Valley State Park.
| Species | Seen on |
ave. # at a time |
Date 1st Seen |
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| American Coot | Every Time | 10 | 3rd | ||
| American Crow | Every Time | 100 | 3rd | ||
| American Goldfinch | A Few Times | 1 | 10th | ||
| American Kestrel | Once or Twice | 1 | 3rd | ||
| Notes: being chased by a crow | |||||
| American Robin | A Few Times | 2 | 3rd | ||
| American Wigeon | Most Times | 8 | 3rd | ||
| Bald Eagle | Once or Twice | 2 | 13th | ||
| Notes: have our winter resident eagles returned? | |||||
| Bewick's Wren | Most Times | 1 | 3rd | ||
| Black Phoebe | Once or Twice | 1 | 5th | ||
| Black-capped Chickadee | Once or Twice | 1 | 3rd | ||
| Brown Creeper | Once or Twice | 1 | 5th | ||
| Canada Goose | Every Time | 50 | 3rd | ||
| Dark-eyed Junco | Every Time | 10 | 3rd | ||
| Eastern Bluebird | Once or Twice | 2 | 3rd | ||
| Greater Roadrunner | Once or Twice | 1 | 7th | ||
| Killdeer | Once or Twice | 1 | 3rd | ||
| Mallard | Every Time | 10 | 3rd | ||
| Northern Flicker | Half the Time | 2 | 3rd | ||
| Pied-billed Grebe | Most Times | 2 | 3rd | ||
| Ring-billed Gull | Every Time | 50 | 3rd | ||
| Notes: on a sandbar north of Alameda Bridge | |||||
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Once or Twice | 1 | 3rd | ||
| Sandhill Crane | Every Time | 50 | 3rd | ||
| Spotted Towhee | Most Times | 2 | 3rd | ||
| White-crowned Sparrow | Every Time | 10 | 3rd | ||
| Wood Duck | Most Times | 1 | 3rd | ||
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