Birds of New Mexico

-2025-

These pages include photographs of birds I've been taking since June 2004, in the backyard in the Sandia foothills, up in the Sandias, along the Rio Grande, other places in New Mexico, and a few from trips elsewhere in the country. There are lots more bird pictures on my travel page from trips to Central and South America, Asia, and one of these days, Africa. Earlier pictures were taken with an Olympus D-490 Zoom, then a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ10 (loved that camera!), a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18, and Canon Powershot SD450. Pictures since April 2009 were taken with a Nikon D90 usually with a 70-300 mm lens, and a few with an 18-105 mm lens, then in August, 2013, I kicked it up a notch with a Nikon D7100, and a couple of new lenses including an 80-400 mm. Next, in early 2021, a Sony RX10iv was added to the mix.

In March, 2011, I also started a blog since there's a lot more time these days to get out birding and taking some pictures. The address is http://joeschelling.wordpress.com if you're interested in taking a look.

This page shows photos from the current year, entered basically in reverse chronological order. Photos saved from previous years, organized taxonomically, are shown on a series of pages starting at the following link:

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Click on any of the thumbnails for a larger version.

Recent New Mexico Bird Photographs

Bufflehead
 

Common
Goldeneye

American
Pipit

Red-tailed
Hawk

American
Wigeon

Wood
Duck

Neotropic
Cormorant

Belted
Kingfisher

Belted
Kingfisher

Great Horned
Owl [Tingley]

Great Horned
Owl [Tingley]

Great Horned
Owl [Tingley]

Hairy
Woodpecker

Bald
Eagle

Ring-necked
Duck [f]

Pied-billed
Grebe

Common
Goldeneye

Common
Goldeneye

Savannah
Sparrow

Savannah
Sparrow

Great Blue
Heron

Hooded
Merganser

Hooded
Merganser

Hooded
Merganser

Hooded
Merganser

Belted
Kingfisher

Belted
Kingfisher

Belted
Kingfisher

Great Horned
Owl [Calabacillas]

Great Horned
Owl [Calabacillas]

Black-crowned
Night-Heron

Western
Bluebird

Western
Bluebird

Great Horned
Owl [Tingley]

Great Horned
Owl [Tingley]

Ruby-crowned
Kinglet

Ruby-crowned
Kinglet

Black-throated
Sparrow

Canyon
Towhee

Loggerhead
Shrike

Mexican
Jay

Ring-necked
Pheasant

Eurasian
Collared-Dove

Cactus
Wren

Western
Bluebird

Phainopelpla
 

Phainopelpla
 

Phainopelpla
 

Phainopelpla
 

Phainopelpla
 

Red-tailed
Hawk

Headless Red-tailed
Hawk

Northern
Harrier

Loggerhead
Shrike

American
Kestrel

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