June 24, 1991 Journal Travel Day Birds seen in transit (or heard): (Covid) Mallard N. Rough-winged Swallow Turkey Vulture Cliff Swallow Swainson's Hawk Barn Swallow Red-tailed Hawk Black-billed Magpie American Kestrel American Crow Killdeer Chihuahuan Raven American Quail Common Raven Rock Dove American Robin Mourning Dove N. Mockingbird Common Nighthawk European Starling Black Swift (Raton Pass) Cassin's Sparrow N. (Red-Sh.) Flicker Vesper Sparrow W. Kingbird Jack Sparrow Humed Jack Jack Bunting Virlet-green Swallow House Sparrow Las Vegas & Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge, San Miguel Co., New Mexico. June 25 Things I saw: Las Vegas runs the Salinas River, said by husband to support a riparian habitat home to a good-sized breeding population of Lesser Goldfinch. This is probably true information some years, but it was not my experience. I saw one bird and heard 1-2 others. The river above Las Vegas is frequently crowded by residences and the riparian vegetation is degraded. There are fairly numerous cottonwoods of 2 leaf types, mostly small, and nowhere forming a closed-canopy gallery woodland.