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New Mexico Trip, Monday, Day 1, 11/26/2018

Our first day, Monday, we drove from OKC to NM, stopping in western OK at the Sandy Sanders WMA before going on to Los Lunas, NM.
We drove into a north entrance of the WMA and saw birds around some of the buildings there, but once we got inside, we weren't seeing animals of any kind. We passed a pickup of bird hunters with a dog trailer; they told us they hadn't seen anything either, but we decided to continue. Finally, we came to some low trees with a small flock of bluebirds.
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We drove into a north entrance of the WMA and saw birds around some of the buildings there, but once we got inside, we weren't seeing animals of any kind. We passed a pickup of bird hunters with a dog trailer; they told us they hadn't seen anything either, but we decided to continue. Finally, we came to some low trees with a small flock of bluebirds.

Mountain Bluebird at Sandy Sanders WMA in western Oklahoma
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Mountain Bluebird at Sandy Sanders WMA in western Oklahoma

Male Red-shafted Flicker
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Male Red-shafted Flicker

Mountain Bluebird in flight
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Mountain Bluebird in flight

Mountain Bluebird
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Mountain Bluebird

Mountain Bluebird
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Mountain Bluebird

Mountain Bluebird at Sandy Sanders WMA, OK
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Mountain Bluebird at Sandy Sanders WMA, OK

Mountain Bluebird
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Mountain Bluebird

We found a second small group of bluebirds as we made our way farther west in the WMA.
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We found a second small group of bluebirds as we made our way farther west in the WMA.

Mountain Bluebird at berries on a cedar in Sandy Sanders WMA, OK
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Mountain Bluebird at berries on a cedar in Sandy Sanders WMA, OK

Mountain Bluebird with cedar berry
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Mountain Bluebird with cedar berry

As we were leaving the WMA at its NW border, we spied this Loggerhead Shrike.
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As we were leaving the WMA at its NW border, we spied this Loggerhead Shrike.

Loggerhead Shrike along the highway on the west edge of Sandy Sanders WMA, OK
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Loggerhead Shrike along the highway on the west edge of Sandy Sanders WMA, OK