Birds of New Mexico Field Guide
By Stan Tekiela
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Identify Birds with New Mexico’s Best-Selling Bird Guide!
Make bird-watching in New Mexico even more enjoyable. With Stan Tekiela’s famous bird guide, field identification is simple and informative. There’s no need to look through dozens of photos of birds that don’t live in your area. This handy book features 149 species of New Mexico birds organized by color for ease of use. Full-page photographs present the species as you’ll see them in nature, and a “compare” feature helps you to decide between look-alikes.
Inside you’ll find:
- 149 species: Only New Mexico birds!
- Simple color guide: See a yellow bird? Go to the yellow section
- Stan’s Notes: Naturalist tidbits and facts
- Professional photos: Crisp, stunning images
This second edition includes six new species, updated photographs and range maps, expanded information, and even more of Stan’s expert insights. So grab Birds of New Mexico Field Guide for your next birding adventure—to help ensure that you positively identify the birds that you see.
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Birds of New Mexico Field Guide - Stan Tekiela
Birds that are mostly black
male
female
Brown-headed Cowbird
Molothrus ater
YEAR-ROUND
SUMMER
Size: 7½" (19 cm)
Male: Glossy black with a chocolate-brown head. Dark eyes. Pointed, sharp gray bill.
Female: dull brown with a pointed, sharp, gray bill
Juvenile: similar to female but with dull-gray plumage and a streaked chest
Nest: no nest; lays eggs in nests of other birds
Eggs: 5–7; white with brown markings
Incubation: 10–13 days; host birds incubate eggs
Fledging: 10–11 days; host birds feed the young
Migration: partial to complete migrator in New Mexico; some are non-migratory in parts of New Mexico
Food: insects, seeds; will come to seed feeders
Compare: The male Red-winged Blackbird ( p. 33 ) is slightly larger with red-and-yellow patches on upper wings. Common Grackle ( p. 39 ) has a long tail and lacks the brown head. European Starling ( p. 27 ) has a shorter tail.
Stan’s Notes: Cowbirds are members of the blackbird family. Of approximately 750 species of parasitic birds worldwide, this is the only parasitic bird in the state. Brood parasites lay their eggs in the nests of other birds, leaving the host birds to raise their young. Cowbirds are known to have laid their eggs in the nests of over 200 species of birds. While some birds reject cowbird eggs, most incubate them and raise the young, even to the exclusion of their own. Look for warblers and other birds feeding young birds twice their own size. Named Cowbird
for its habit of following bison and cattle herds to feed on insects flushed up by the animals.
breeding
winter
European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
YEAR-ROUND
Size: 7½" (19 cm)
Male: Glittering, iridescent purplish black in spring and summer; duller and speckled with white in fall and winter. Long, pointed, yellow bill in spring; gray in fall. Pointed wings. Short tail.
Female: same as male
Juvenile: similar to adults, with grayish-brown plumage and a streaked chest
Nest: cavity; male and female line cavity; 2 broods per year
Eggs: 4–6; bluish with brown markings
Incubation: 12–14 days; female and male incubate
Fledging: 18–20 days; female and male feed the young
Migration: non-migrator
Food: insects, seeds, fruit; visits seed or suet feeders
Compare: The Common Grackle ( p. 39 ) has a long tail. The male Brown-headed Cowbird ( p. 25 ) has a brown head. Look for the shiny, dark feathers to help identify the European Starling.
Stan’s Notes: One of our most numerous songbirds. Mimics the songs of up to 20 bird species and imitates sounds, including the human voice. Jaws are more powerful when opening than when closing, enabling the bird to pry open crevices to find insects. Often displaces woodpeckers, chickadees and other cavity-nesting birds. Large families gather with blackbirds in the fall. Not a native bird; 100 starlings were introduced to New York City in 1890–91 from Europe. Bill changes color in spring and fall.
male
female
Phainopepla
Phainopepla nitens
YEAR-ROUND
SUMMER
Size: 8" (20 cm)
Male: Slim, long, glossy black bird with a ragged crest and deep red eyes. Wing patches near tips of wings are white, obvious in