Location: Gas Station - Clayton, New Mexico
Map: http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Clayton+NM&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=34.122306,56.337891&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Clayton,+Union,+New+Mexico&ll=36.455342,-103.180182&spn=0.008457,0.021887&t=h&z=16
Observation date: 6/6/10
Number of species: 5
Rock Pigeon - Columba livia 2
Western Kingbird - Tyrannus verticalis 2
American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos 1
Barn Swallow - Hirundo Rustica 2
Common Grackle - Quiscalus quiscula 6
We stopped to get gas before pressing on into Colorado. While I was pumping gas I could hear a terrific amount of bird noise. I could hear the coos of the Rock Pigeons, who had built a nest in the aluminium roof over the pumps.
A pair of Western Kingbirds battled each other in the air above the nearby street. The harsh metallic calls of the Grackle quickly caught my attention and I spotted the group in a pine tree across the street.
Quite a lively gas station stop.
-SPQ 6/16/2010
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