Memories of Bitter Lake NWR, New Mexico

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Blue Grosbeak - Passerina caerulea — **Blue Grosbeak**
*(Passerina caerulea)*

**Description:**
Blue Grosbeak females are not as showy as the males that court them. A few miles east of Roswell, New Mexico, along the Pecos River, is Bitter Lake NWR.
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**Date Taken:** 2020:05:11 9:10

**Location:**

Bitter Lake NWR
Roswell, New Mexico
United States
3497.55 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/2000

**File Name:** BlueGrosbeak_D505923-BitterLake-NWR

© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Pin It — **Blue Grosbeak**
*(Passerina caerulea)*

**Description:**
Blue Grosbeak females are not as showy as the males that court them. A few miles east of Roswell, New Mexico, along the Pecos River, is Bitter Lake NWR.
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**Date Taken:** 2020:05:11 9:10

**Location:**

Bitter Lake NWR
Roswell, New Mexico
United States
3497.55 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/2000

**File Name:** BlueGrosbeak_D505923-BitterLake-NWR

© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Scaled Quail - Callipepla squamata — **Scaled Quail**
*(Callipepla squamata)*

**Description:**
One species I hoped to meet in Texas was the Scaled Quail, but I wasn’t successful until reaching a few miles east of Roswell, New Mexico, along the Pecos River, at Bitter Lake NWR.
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**Date Taken:** 2020:05:11 10:32

**Location:**

Bitter Lake NWR
Roswell, New Mexico
United States
3507.39 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/2000

**File Name:** ScaledQuail_D506067-BitterLake-NWR

© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Red-Winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus — **Red-Winged Blackbird**
*(Agelaius phoeniceus)*

**Description:**
Singing its heart out and hoping to secure a mate, I found this male Red-Winged Blackbird a few miles east of Roswell, New Mexico, along the Pecos River, at Bitter Lake NWR.
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**Date Taken:** 2020:05:11 9:00

**Location:**

Bitter Lake NWR
Roswell, New Mexico
United States
3494.26 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/2500

**File Name:** RedWingBlackbird_D505896-BitterLake-NWR

© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Spotted Sandpiper - Actitis macularius — **Spotted Sandpiper**
*(Actitis macularius)*

**Description:**
A few miles east of Roswell, New Mexico, along the Pecos River, is Bitter Lake NWR. These Spotted Sandpipers might not breed here, but they put on a display as if they were defending territory.
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**Date Taken:** 2020:05:11 8:54

**Location:**

Bitter Lake NWR
Roswell, New Mexico
United States
3494.26 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/2000

**File Name:** SpottedSandpiper_D505882-BitterLake-NWR

© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Cinnamon Teal - Spatula cyanoptera — **Cinnamon Teal**
*(Spatula cyanoptera)*

**Description:**
Most of the waterfowl I met here were rather shy, and stayed beyond ideal shooting range. A few miles east of Roswell, New Mexico, along the Pecos River, is Bitter Lake NWR.
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**Date Taken:** 2020:05:11 8:26

**Location:**

Bitter Lake NWR
Roswell, New Mexico
United States
3494.26 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1600

**File Name:** CinnamonTeal_D505767-BitterLake-NWR

© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Cassin's Sparrow - Peucaea cassinii — **Cassin's Sparrow**
*(Peucaea cassinii)*

**Description:**
I enjoyed my Monday morning visit to Bitter Lake NWR near Roswell, New Mexico so much, I decided to spend Tuesday morning there as well. I found these Cassin's Sparrows were even more cooperative than they were on Monday.
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**Date Taken:** 2020:05:12 8:28

**Location:**

Bitter Lake NWR
Roswell, New Mexico
United States
3536.92 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/2500

**File Name:** CassinsSparrow_D506544-BitterLake-NWR

© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Black-Necked Stilt - Himantopus mexicanus — **Black-Necked Stilt**
*(Himantopus mexicanus)*

**Description:**
A few miles east of Roswell New Mexico, along the Pecos River, is Bitter Lake NWR, where I found these avocets and stilts nesting near each other, just as they do in Southern California.
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**Date Taken:** 2020:05:11 8:21

**Location:**

Bitter Lake NWR
Roswell, New Mexico
United States
3494.26 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1600

**File Name:** BlackNeckedStilt_D505760-BitterLake-NWR

© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica — **Barn Swallow**
*(Hirundo rustica)*

**Description:**
A few miles east of Roswell New Mexico, along the Pecos River, is Bitter Lake NWR, where these Barn Swallows found suitable nesting ledges at the Visitor Center.
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**Date Taken:** 2020:05:11 13:10

**Location:**

Bitter Lake NWR
Roswell, New Mexico
United States
3527.07 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/1000

**File Name:** BarnSwallow_D506207-BitterLake-NWR

© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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American Avocet - Recurvirostra americana — **American Avocet**
*(Recurvirostra americana)*

**Description:**
A few miles east of Roswell New Mexico, along the Pecos River, is Bitter Lake NWR, where I found these avocets and stilts nesting near each other, just as they do in Southern California.
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**Date Taken:** 2020:05:11 9:17

**Location:**

Bitter Lake NWR
Roswell, New Mexico
United States
3494.26 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2500

**File Name:** AmericanAvocet_D505755-BitterLake-NWR

© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Blue Grosbeak

Passerina caerulea

Blue Grosbeak females are not as showy as the males that court them. A few miles east of Roswell, New Mexico, along the Pecos River, is Bitter Lake NWR.

Scaled Quail

Callipepla squamata

One species I hoped to meet in Texas was the Scaled Quail, but I wasn’t successful until reaching a few miles east of Roswell, New Mexico, along the Pecos River, at Bitter Lake NWR.

Scaled Quail

Callipepla squamata

One species I hoped to meet in Texas was the Scaled Quail, but I wasn’t successful until reaching a few miles east of Roswell, New Mexico, along the Pecos River, at Bitter Lake NWR.

Scaled Quail

Callipepla squamata

One species I hoped to meet in Texas was the Scaled Quail, but I wasn’t successful until reaching a few miles east of Roswell, New Mexico, along the Pecos River, at Bitter Lake NWR.

Scaled Quail

Callipepla squamata

One species I hoped to meet in Texas was the Scaled Quail, but I wasn’t successful until reaching a few miles east of Roswell, New Mexico, along the Pecos River, at Bitter Lake NWR.

I enjoyed my Monday morning visit to Bitter Lake NWR near Roswell, New Mexico so much, I decided to spend Tuesday morning there as well. I found these Scaled Quail were even more cooperative than they were on Monday.

Scaled Quail

Callipepla squamata

Scaled Quail

Callipepla squamata

Scaled Quail

Callipepla squamata

Scaled Quail

Callipepla squamata

Red-Winged Blackbird

Agelaius phoeniceus

Singing its heart out and hoping to secure a mate, I found this male Red-Winged Blackbird a few miles east of Roswell, New Mexico, along the Pecos River, at Bitter Lake NWR.

Red-Winged Blackbird

Agelaius phoeniceus

Advertising and hoping to secure a mate, I found this male Red-Winged Blackbird a few miles east of Roswell, New Mexico, along the Pecos River, at Bitter Lake NWR.

Spotted Sandpiper

Actitis macularius

A few miles east of Roswell, New Mexico, along the Pecos River, is Bitter Lake NWR. These Spotted Sandpipers might not breed here, but they put on a display as if they were defending territory.

Cinnamon Teal

Spatula cyanoptera

Most of the waterfowl I met here were rather shy, and stayed beyond ideal shooting range. A few miles east of Roswell, New Mexico, along the Pecos River, is Bitter Lake NWR.

Cassin's Sparrow

Peucaea cassinii

I enjoyed my Monday morning visit to Bitter Lake NWR near Roswell, New Mexico so much, I decided to spend Tuesday morning there as well. I found these Cassin's Sparrows were even more cooperative than they were on Monday.

Blue Grosbeak

Passerina caerulea

Blue Grosbeak females are not as showy as the males that court them. A few miles east of Roswell, New Mexico, along the Pecos River, is Bitter Lake NWR.

Black-Necked Stilt

Himantopus mexicanus

A few miles east of Roswell New Mexico, along the Pecos River, is Bitter Lake NWR, where I found these avocets and stilts nesting near each other, just as they do in Southern California.

Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica

A few miles east of Roswell New Mexico, along the Pecos River, is Bitter Lake NWR, where these Barn Swallows found suitable nesting ledges at the Visitor Center.

American Avocet

Recurvirostra americana

A few miles east of Roswell New Mexico, along the Pecos River, is Bitter Lake NWR, where I found these avocets and stilts nesting near each other, just as they do in Southern California.

Spotted Sandpiper

Actitis macularius

A few miles east of Roswell, New Mexico, along the Pecos River, is Bitter Lake NWR. These Spotted Sandpipers might not breed here, but they put on a display as if they were defending territory.

Scaled Quail

Callipepla squamata

Cassin's Sparrow

Peucaea cassinii

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