Recent Birds at Rio Bosque

After a 1-week period with no water deliveries to the park from the Roberto Bustamante Wastewater Treatment Plant, deliveries resumed 14 November.   Water is again flowing the full length of the old river channel, and Wetland Cell 2 is flooded.   Cell 1 is still mostly dry, though the flooded area is growing slowly every day.  

At times, large numbers of ducks have been using Wetland Cell 2, but they will fly off at the slightest disturbance.  Be quiet and cautious if you approach this area.

Soras have been calling from the cattail stands in the wetland cells.  Large numbers of Yellow-headed and Red-winged blackbirds were using these areas earlier in the fall, but their numbers are now much more limited.  

The park's pair of White-tailed Kites has not been seen since 7 October.  

Burrowing Owls continue to be seen sporadically at 2 sites in the park.  

The first American Crows of the season began appearing 18 October.  Thousands of crows and Chihuahuan Ravens are now roosting at the park each night. 

You can download the current field checklist for the park here.

You can view recent Rio Bosque bird observations posted to eBird here.