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Subject: Christmas Counts
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Date: Fri, 3-Jan-86 08:37:53 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan  3 08:37:53 1986
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Christmas Counts for New Mexico:
  Christmas Count season is past; hope everyone had a good 'un.
Santa Fe, NM got 56 with another 5 (!) curve-billed thrashers.
Espanola had its on the 29th and got a low species count of 56,
probably because of the warm weather. The rarest were 4 merlins
and 2 northern shrikes.  Exciting was an adult bald eagle that
soared over the Rio Grande. Also 59 CAnada Geese heading north
and a high of 150 or more mallards. Many species usually present
were in low numbers or absent.


				Patricia R. Snider
				90 Royal Crest
				Los Alamos, NM  87544

Also the Jacana is still present near Nogales, AZ.