Reply #145: 10 birds to the list, plus an ABA addition, from Albuquerque area

[semillama]

I spent the last week at a conference in Albuquerque. Got to do a limited amount of birding, and added the following species:

Chihuahuan Raven (A big surprise, I wasn't expecting to ID this species while out there at all - but I saw a slightly smaller raven being chased by 3 Commons, after the food the smaller bird was carrying. While dodging the other ravens, the wind blew up the neck feathers, revealing the white bases. Score!)
Juniper Titmouse
Mountain Chickadee
Red-naped Sapsucker
Stellar's Jay
Cassin's Finch
Gray-crowned Rosy-finch
Black Rosy-finch
Brown-capped Rosy-finch
Pygmy Nuthatch

The ABA bird was Canyon Towhee (my lifer was from Mexico).

There were huge flocks of White-Crowned Sparrows and Dark-eyed Juncos about too, and I saw the black-lored race of White-Crowned Sparrow and the pink-sided, oregon, and gray-headed races of juncos.