8/25/2021 Bird walks
Bird walks are back! Currently there are not enough designated bird walk leaders for a full schedule and we are still under some COVID restrictions. We are posting what we have on our website Upcoming Events Calendar, which is in this section of the website. We held a ZOOM meeting discussing our need for more leaders and have had encouraging responses. We will have more announcements soon. In the meantime, check out what is on the calendar. We'll keep you posted. Sid Webb, website manager
8/25/2021 Bird walks
Bird walks are back! Currently there are not enough designated bird walk leaders for a full schedule and we are still under some COVID restrictions. We are posting what we have on our website Upcoming Events Calendar, which is in this section of the website. We held a ZOOM meeting discussing our need for more leaders and have had encouraging responses. We will have more announcements soon. In the meantime, check out what is on the calendar. We'll keep you posted. Sid Webb, website manager

2021 MVAS Community Photography
The following photographs were all taken by MVAS photographers in 2021.
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Species: Yellow Breasted Chat
Comments: Leasburg Dam State Park
Photographer: Judy Lazarus Yellon
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Species: Cassin's Kingbird
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Photographer: CJ Goin
Species: Curve-billed Thrasher
Comment: Home
Photographer: Sara Walker

Species: White-faced Ibis
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Photographer: Marcia Corl

Species: Northern Harrier
Comment: At the Bosque
Photographer: Ann-Marie Holmes

Species: Peacock
Comment: Escaped from pen. In Pecan tree in Mesilla
Photographer: Patricia Russell

Species: Pileated woodpecker
Comment: Alberta Canada
Photographer: Norm and Martine Dumont

Species: Northern Harrier
Comment: At the Bosque
Photographer: Ann Marie Holmes

Species: Burrowing Owl
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Phtographer: Khandan

Species: Commen Ravens
Comment: Bosque del Apache
PhotographerJudy Lazarus Yellen

Species: Black-capped Chickadee
Comment: At home, on redbud tree
Photographer: Gary Lechliter

Species: Say's Phoebe
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Photographer: Gary Lechliter

Species: Western Kingbird
Comment: Mesilla Valley State Park
Photographer: Sara Walker

Species: Gray Flycatcher
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Photographer: CJ Goin
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Species: Mountain Bluebird
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Photographer: Sara Walker

Species: Black-headed Grossbeak
Comment: at feeder at home
Photographer: Beth Waters

Species White-breasted Nuthatch
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Photographer: CJ Goin

Species: Western Bluebird
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Photographer: Sara Walker



Species: Loggerhead Shrike
Comment: Dripping Springs, by the roadside
Photographer: Sara Walker

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Phtographer: Nena and Jim Singleton

Species: Blue Jay
Comment: Seen on Gardner Road
Photographer: Patricia Russell

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Photographer: Norm and Martine Dumont
Species: Red-tailed Hawk
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Photographer: Marcia Corl
Species: Greater Roadrunner
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Photographer: Marcia Corl

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Photographer: Nena and Jim Singleton

Species: Lawrence's Goldfinch
Comment: found in small pecan orchard on Crawford road
Photographer: Patricia Russell

Species: Ruddy Ground Dove(female)
Comment: backyard
Photographer: Patricia Russell

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Photographer:Norm and Martine Dumont

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Photographer: Norm and Martine Dumont

Species: Common Blackhawk
Comment: juvenile
Photographer: Khandan

Species: Great Horned Owl
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Photographer: Khandan

Species: Vermillian Flycatcher
Comment: Caballo Dam
Photographer: Khandan

Species: Indigo Bunting
Comment: Dripping Springs
Photographer: Khandan

Species: Painted Bunting
Comment: Leasburg Dam StatePark
Photographer: Khandan


Species: Greater Kiskadee
Comment: Leasburg State Park
Photographer: Khandan
Species: Green Heron
Comment: Rio Bossque Park, El Paso
Photographer: Judy Lazarus Yellon

Species: Yellow Warbler
Comment: Caballo Lake Park
Photographer: Judy Lazarus Yellon

Species: Western Tanager
Comment: Caballo Lake Park
Photographer: Judy Lazarus Yellon

Species: Blue Grossbeak
Comment: Male joins female grossbeak with...
Photographer: Judy Lazarus Yellon

Species: Bullock's Oriole
Comment: Mesilla Dam
Photographer: Judy Lazarus Yellon

Species: European Robin
Comment: Germany, in a park
Phtographer: Judy Lazarus Yellon

Species: Cactus Wren
Comment: Our Backyard
Photographer: Gary Lechliter

Species: Little Blue Heron
Comment: Lizard in mouth (lunch). Guanabo, Havana, Cuba
Photographer: Elena Espinosa

Species: Western Meadowlark
Comment: Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park
Photographer: Judy Lazarus Yellon

Species: Gambel's Quail
Comment: Las Cruces
Photographer:Gary Lechliter

Species: Bullock's Oriole
Comment: Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park
Photographer: Gary Lechliter

Species: Little blue heron
Comment: Immature. Guanabo, Havana, Cuba
Photographer: Elena Espinosa

Species: Rufous Hummingbird, adult
Comment: backyard
Photographer: Judy Lazarus Yellon

Species: Common Raven
Comment: Our House
Photographer: Gary Lechliter

Species: Great Blue Heron and Osprey, overlooking Rio Grande
Comment: Leasburg Dam State Park
Photographer: Joel Gilb
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Species: Killdeer
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Phtographer: Elena Espinoza

Species: Green Heron
Comment: banks of Rio Almendares Havana, Cuba
Photographer: Elena Epinosa

Species: Little Blue Heron, immature
Comment: Guanabo, Havana, Cuba
Photographer: Elena Espinosa

Species: Killdeer Eggs
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Photographer: Elena Espinosa

Species: White-- crowned Pigeon
Comment: Guanabo, Havana, Cuba
Photographer: Elena Espinoza

Species: Neotropic Cormorant
Comment: Bosque del Apache NWR
Photographer: Joel Gilb

Species: Semipalmated Sandpiper
Comment: Leasburg Dam SP
Photographer: Joel Gilb

Species: Glossy Ibis, immature
Comment: Guanabo, Havana, Cuba
Photographer: Elena Espinosa

Species: Snow Goose
Comment: Carrizozo Lake
Photographer: Joel Gilb

Species: Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Comment: Cuba
Photographer: Elena Espinosa

Species: Red-necked Phalarope
Comment: Elephant Butte Lake
Photographer: Joel Gilb

Species: Mountain Bluebird
Comment: Continental Divide trail near Reserve
Photographer: Joel Gilb

Species: Wood Duck, pairs
Comment: Ascarate Park, El Paso
Photographer: Elena Espinosa

Species: West Indian Woodpecker
Comment: Cuba
Photographer: Elena Espinosa

Species: White-breasted Nuthatch
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Photographer: Sheryl Fallstead

Species: Pintail
Comment: On ice
Photographer: Elena Espinosa

Species: Hairy Woodpecker
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Photographer: Sheryl Fallstead



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Species: Loggehead Shrike
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Photographer: Judy Lazarus Yellen
Species: Broad-billed hummingbird,juvenile
Comments: At hummingbird feeder 1/10/21. 2 pics of same bird
Photographer: Patricia Russel