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The New Mexico Breeding Bird Atlas ProjectAtlas Handbook |
Field Observation Card
Below is part of one panel from the field observation card. The complete card lists only species that occur regularly in either high or low numbers within the state according to the 1997 New Mexico Bird Record Committee checklist, and have some known possibility of breeding within the state. Thus, species that are believed to be casual or irregular breeders have been omitted. Any species not listed on the card and found to be breeding within an atlas block should be documented using the rare breeding bird report form.
For each species observed within a block, the habitat (see Cover Type Group Codes) should be recorded to the left and the date of observation to the right of the species name. The breeding code (see Breeding Codes and Interpretations) for the observed behavior should be marked in the appropriate column. When a species is up-graded, change the cover type group code if needed, the date, and record a new breeding code.
| Species Name | Habitat | Date | Obs | Pos | Pro | Con |
| Pied-billed Grebe | ||||||
| Double-cr. Cormorant | ||||||
| American Bittern | ||||||
| Great Blue Heron | ||||||
| Green Heron | ||||||
| Black-cr. Night-Heron | ||||||
| Turkey Vulture | ||||||
| Canada Goose | ||||||
| Wood Duck | ||||||
| Gadwall | ||||||
| Mallard | ||||||
| Blue-winged Teal | ||||||
| Cinnamon Teal | ||||||
| Northern Shoveler | ||||||
| Northern Pintail | ||||||
| Green-winged Teal | ||||||
| Redhead | ||||||
| Common Merganser | ||||||
| Ruddy Duck | ||||||
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | ||||||
| Cooper's Hawk | ||||||
| Northern Goshawk | ||||||
| Swainson's Hawk | ||||||
| Red-tailed Hawk | ||||||
| Ferruginous Hawk | ||||||
| Golden Eagle | ||||||
| American Kestrel | ||||||
| Prairie Falcon | ||||||
| Ring-necked Pheasant | ||||||
| Blue Grouse | ||||||
| Wild Turkey | ||||||
| Scaled Quail | ||||||
| Gambel's Quail | ||||||
| Virginia Rail | ||||||
| Go to the Atlas Forms page for a printable version of the Field Observation Card. |
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