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, with water just starting to extend beyond the dense stand of cattails on the west side of the cell.  

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 northern part of 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.