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DeBaca, Yoakum, and Pecos Counties, 14 Sep 2003
15 September 2003
Quick trip to find Piratic Flycatcher at Ft. Sumner, New Mexico. Best view was of Billy the Kid's grave, just down the road from Bosque Redondo Park where the bird was found. Stopped at a couple of places on the way home looking for odes and leps but the weather was conducive to neither. Brief spates of sunshine allowed me the chance to look in Yoakum and Pecos Counties.
Texas 214, just south of Cochran County Line,
Yoakum County, Texas
14 September 2003
33 22' 39.1" 102 49' 06.5"
Purple-flowered legume
sandhills on Texas 214 south of Cochran County line, Yoakum County, 14 September 2003
photos © by tony gallucci
Purple-flowered composite
sandhills on Texas 214 south of Cochran County line, Yoakum County, 14 September 2003
photos © by tony gallucci
Yoakum County Park, Denver City, Yoakum County, Texas
14 September 2003
Yoakum County Park, Denver City
Yoakum County, 14 September 2003
photos © by tony gallucci
Monarch, Danaus plexippus
on St. Augustine Grass
Yoakum County Park, Denver City, Yoakum County, 14 September 2003
Not previously documented for the county (according to USGS records)
photos © by tony gallucci
Familiar Bluet, Enallagma civile
on St. Augustine Grass
Yoakum County Park, Denver City, Yoakum County, 14 September 2003
Not previously documented for the county (according to USGS records)
photos © by tony gallucci
Familiar Bluet, Enallagma civile
Yoakum County Park, Denver City, Yoakum County, 14 September 2003
Not previously documented for the county (according to USGS records)
photos © by tony gallucci
Common Green Darner, Anax junius
ho, ho, ho, lousy picture, but . . .
Yoakum County Park, Denver City, Yoakum County, 14 September 2003
Not previously documented for the county (according to USGS records)
photos © by tony gallucci
Blue-eyed Darner, Aeshna multicolor
Yoakum County Park, Denver City, Yoakum County, 14 September 2003
Not previously documented for the county (according to USGS records)
photos © by tony gallucci
Variegated Meadowhawk, Sympetrum corruptum
Yoakum County Park, Denver City, Yoakum County, 14 September 2003
Not previously documented for the county (according to USGS records)
photos © by tony gallucci
Texas 11 at the Pecos River, Pecos-Crane County Line,
Pecos County, Texas
14 September 2003
Familiar Bluet, Enallagma civile
Texas 11 at the Pecos River, Crane-Pecos County line, Pecos County, 14 September 2003
photos © by tony gallucci
Marl Pennant, Macrodiplax balteata
male on Salt-cedar. Tamarix sp. (above), and Saltbush, Atriplex sp. (below)
Texas 11 at the Pecos River, Crane-Pecos County line, Pecos County, 14 September 2003
Not previously documented for the county (according to USGS records)
photos © by tony gallucci
Marl Pennant, Macrodiplax balteata
female
Texas 11 at the Pecos River, Crane-Pecos County line, Pecos County, 14 September 2003
Not previously documented for the county (according to USGS records)
photos © by tony gallucci
Saltbush Sootywing, Hesperopsis alpheus
Texas 11 at the Pecos River, Crane-Pecos County line, Pecos County, 14 September 2003
photos © by tony gallucci
Bosque Redondo Park and old Fort Sumner,
DeBaca County, New Mexico
14 September 2003
Bosque Redondo Park
DeBaca County, New Mexico
White-flowered plant sp.
Bosque Redondo Park, DeBaca County, New Mexico, 14 September 2003
photos © by tony gallucci
Wilson's Snipe, Gallinago delicata
Bosque Redondo Park, DeBaca County, New Mexico, 14 September 2003
photos © by tony gallucci
The Gravesite of Billy the Kid
Fort Sumner, New Mexico
17 September 2003 (v.4)
Quick trip to find Piratic Flycatcher at Ft. Sumner, New Mexico. Best view was of Billy the Kid's grave, just down the road from Bosque Redondo Park where the bird was found. Stopped at a couple of places on the way home looking for odes and leps but the weather was conducive to neither. Brief spates of sunshine allowed me the chance to look in Yoakum and Pecos Counties.
As always i crave corrections and discussion on identifications i have made of any of these critters.
USGS = previously undocumented records according to the USGS website and John Abbott's Odonata Central. I am aware that the USGS site is behind and that Dr. Abbott is redesigning his site, but both remain the most accurate publicly available references i know, and thus their usage as a guide to places needing work and rough working documents for what needs confirming.
* = Photographed (sometimes poorly); pictures visible on my website at:
http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/margaret/203/id72.htm
Included below is the usual list of the additional critters seen on the trip.
Many thanks to for identifications and confirmations.
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14 September 2003
NM: DeBaca County, Bosque Redondo Park, Fort Sumner
Lepidoptera
none
Odonata
1 dragonfly sp.
Vertebrates of Interest
1 American Wigeon
100 Green-winged Teal
100 Blue-winged Teal
40 Northern Shoveler
1 Osprey
1 Cooper's Hawk
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
3 Green Pheasant
10 Sora
*2 Wilson's Snipe
6 Belted Kingfisher
1 Red-headed Woodpecker
1 Olive-sided Flycatcher
2 Western Wood-Pewee
2 Empidonax sp.
1 PIRATIC FLYCATCHER (present, glimpsed unsatisfactorily)
20 Northern Rough-winged Swallow
4 Bank Swallow
3 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
12 Blue Jay
31 American Robin
3 Brown Thrasher
4 Yellow Warbler
30 Wilson's Warbler
5 Townsend's Warbler
2 Audubon's Warbler
10 Common Yellowthroat
20 Western Tanager
2 Lincoln's Sparrow
4 Chipping Sparrow
1 Lazuli Bunting
2 Bullock's Oriole
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14 September 2003
TX: Yoakum County, Texas 214, just south of Cochran County line
Lepidoptera
none
Odonata
none
Vertebrates of Interest
1 Loggerhead Shrike
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14 September 2003
TX: Yoakum County, Yoakum County Park, Denver City
Lepidoptera
*2 Monarch [USGS]
3 duskywing sp.
Odonata
*100 Familiar Bluet [USGS]
*1 dancer sp.
*2 Common Green Darner [USGS]
*3 Blue-eyed Darner [USGS]
1 Eastern Amberwing [USGS]
*4 Variegated Meadowhawk [USGS]
Vertebrates of Interest
2 Blue Jay
1f American Redstart
4 Wilson's Warbler
1 Green-tailed Towhee
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14 September 2003
TX: Pecos County, Pecos River at Pecos-Crane County line
Lepidoptera
*1 Saltbush Sootywing
Odonata
*40 Familiar Bluet
1 Common Green Darner [USGS]
*3 Marl Pennant [USGS]
4 Black Saddlebags [USGS]
In/Vertebrates of Interest
1 lemon-yellow velvet ant
+ red-and-black harvester ant
1 Green Heron
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Other Vertbrates/Invertebrates (Texas, 13-14 September 2003))
1 swallowtail sp. (Andrews Co.)
1 Giant Swallowtail (Ward Co.) [USGS]
3 sulphur sp. (Cochran, Gaines, Ward Cos.)
4 Monarch (2 Gaines [USGS], 1 Ward, 1 Pecos [USGS] Cos.)
4 dragonfly sp. (Andrews Co.)
1000s grasshopper sp. (Yoakum Co.)
1 slider sp. (Yoakum Co.)
4 Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (1 Sterling, 1 Borden, 1 Glasscock, 1 Andrews Co.)
10 duck sp.
Turkey Vulture
16 Swainson's Hawk (Parmer, Bailey, Cochran, Yoakum, Andrews, Winkler, Ward, Pecos Cos.)
3 Red-tailed Hawk (Bailey, Pecos Cos.)
1 Harris's Hawk (Ward Co.)
1 Cooper's Hawk (Kerr Co.)
2 Merlin (Gaines Co.)
14 American Kestrel (Bailey, Cochran, Yoakum, Gaines Cos.)
2 Northern Bobwhite
14 Scaled Quail (Andrews, Pecos Cos.)
8 Killdeer (Yoakum Co.)
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
White-winged Dove
12 Eurasian Collared-Dove (2 Morton, Cochran Co./1 Kermit, Winkler Co./8 Monahans, Ward Co./1 Grandfalls, Ward Co.)
3 Common Barn-Owl (1 Hockley, 1 Terry, 1 Gaines Co.)
1 Great Horned Owl (Pecos Co.)
2 Burrowing Owl (Pecos Co.)
2 Belted Kingfisher (Yoakum Co.)
22 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (10 feeding in the lights late, at a Rest Area in Coke Co.; 1 Yoakum, 1 Gaines, 5 Andrews, 5 Pecos Cos.)
1 Western Wood-Pewee (Parmer Co.)
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
9 Chihuahuan Raven (Gaines, Winkler Cos.)
Northern Mockingbird
8 Loggerhead Shrike (Bailey, Yoakum, Andrews, Winkler, Pecos Cos.)
1 Cactus Wren (Pecos Co.)
6 Eastern Bluebird
Lark Sparrow
Great-tailed Grackle
meadowlark sp.
House Sparrow
large bat sp.
Black-tailed Jackrabbit
cottontail sp.
cf. Desert Cottontail
8 Black-tailed Prairie Dog (Pecos Co.)
2 Badger (DOR only, Dawson, Parmer Cos.)
3 Striped Skunk
1 Gray Fox (Hockley Co.)
Dog (feral)
Axis Deer
White-tailed Deer
1 Mule Deer (Pecos Co.)
Blackbuck
Goat (Boer, Spanish)
Sheep (Whiteface)
Cattle (Black Angus, Hereford)
Horse (Quarter)
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Other Vertebrates/Invertebrates (New Mexico, 14 September 2003)
3 tarantula sp. (DeBaca Co.)
1 Western Collared Lizard (DOR only, Roosevelt Co.)
1 Desert Ornate Box Turtle (DOR only, Curry Co.)
1 Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (DOR only, Roosevelt Co.)
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
6 White-faced Ibis
Turkey Vulture
4 Swainson's Hawk (DeBaca, Roosevelt Cos.)
1 Red-tailed Hawk (DeBaca Co.)
1 Prairie/Peregrine Falcon (DeBaca Co.)
4 American Kestrel
Chicken
Killdeer
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
1 Great Horned Owl (DOR only, Curry Co.)
2 Greater Roadrunner (DeBaca, Roosevelt Cos.)
1 Common Nighthawk (Curry Co.)
1 hummingbird sp.
Belted Kingfisher
Red-shafted Flicker
1 Say's Phoebe
Western Kingbird
Barn Swallow
1 Blue Jay (Ft. Sumner)
5 Common Raven (DeBaca, Curry Cos.)
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
2 Audubon's Warbler (Ft. Sumner)
European Starling
House Finch
4 Clay-colored Sparrow (Ft. Sumner)
Red-winged Blackbird
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Western Meadowlark
House Sparrow
bat sp.
cottontail sp.
Dog (Collie)
Cattle (Black Baldy, Texas Longhorn, Holstein)
Llama
Horse (Appaloosa, Quarter)
