prs@lanl.ARPA (01/05/86)
Birds of Espanola, NM Christmas Count 12/29/85 Located in Rio Arriba County north of Santa Fe 2 great blue heron 14 black-capped chickadee 59 Canada geese 15 mountain chickadee l0 green winged teal 2 plain titmouse 150 mallard 3 white-breasted nuthatch 3 pintail 1 brown creeper l gadwall 3 bewick's wren 4 am. wigeon 31 western bluebird 6 com. merganser 133 mountain bluebird 2 bald eagles l9 townsend's solitaire 1 no. harrier (marsh hawk) 160 am. robin 2 sharp-shinned hawk 1 water pipit 2 cooper's hawk 2 northern shrike 5 red-tailed hawk 3 loggerhead shrike 4 am. kestrel 75 european starling 4 merlin 1 yellow-rumped (Audubon's) warbler 2 killdeer 7 rufous-sided (spotted) towhee 88 rock dove 2 brown towhee 3 belted kingfisher 5 chipping sparrow 25 lewis' woodpecker 19 song sparrow 4 downy woodpecker 44 white-crowned sparrow 47 no. flicker (red-shafted) 290 dark-eyed junco (Oregon) 5 scrub jay 99 dark-eyed junco (pink-sided) 8 pinyon jay 44 dark-eyed junco (gray-headed) 94 black-billed magpie l6 red-winged blackbird 8 am, crow 21 house finch 20 com. raven 51 pine siskin 17 house sparrow 11 am. goldfinch Patricia R. Snider Los Alamos, NM 87544