- RBA
* New Mexico Bird Report
* August 18, 2005
* NMEX0508.18
- Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Common Loon (Colfax)
Eared, Western and Clark's Grebes (Colfax)
Western Grebe (Catron)
BROWN PELICAN (new Bernalillo sighting)
American Bittern (Socorro)
Least Bittern (Chaves, Socorro)
Great Egret (Colfax, San Miguel)
Snowy Egret (Valencia)
Cattle Egret (Colfax)
Green Heron (Sierra, Luna)
White-faced Ibis (Colfax)
ROSEATE SPOONBILL (Chaves)
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK (Luna)
Snow and Bar-headed Goose (Socorro)
Osprey (Catron, San Miguel)
WHITE-TAILED KITE (Hidalgo)
Gray Hawk (Hidalgo)
Zone-tailed Hawk (Sierra, Hidalgo)
Wild Turkey (Bernalillo)
Northern Bobwhite (Hidalgo)
Montezuma Quail (Catron)
Virginia Rail and Moorhen (Valencia)
Common Moorhen (Socorro, Chaves)
Black-bellied Plover (Chaves, Luna)
Spotted Sandpiper (Cibola)
Upland Sandpiper (Eddy. Chaves)
Marbled Godwit (Chaves)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Chaves)
Western Sandpiper (Luna)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Luna)
Stilt Sandpiper (Valencia)
Red-necked Phalarope (Grant)
LAUGHING and California Gull (Sierra)
Least Tern (Chaves)
Black Tern (Bernalillo, Luna)
Common Ground-Dove (Hidalgo)
Western Screech-Owl (Bernalillo)
Elf Owl (Eddy)
Northern Pygmy-Owl (Catron, Grant)
Violet-crowned Hummingbird (Hidalgo)
Magnificent Hummingbird (Grant, Catron)
White-eared Hummingbird (Grant)
Calliope Hummingbird (Doņa Ana, Catron, Grant)
Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Doņa Ana)
Rufous Hummingbird (Catron)
ALLEN'S HUMMINGBIRD (Eddy)
Three-toed Woodpecker (Bernalillo)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Bernalillo)
Willow Flycatcher (Bernalillo)
Black Phoebe (Cibola)
Eastern Phoebe (San Miguel)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Socorro)
GREATER KISKADEE (Lea)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Cochise, Arizona by Hidalgo)
Gray Vireo (Hidalgo)
American Dipper (Colfax, Catron)
Gray Catbird (Colfax)
Bendire's Thrasher (Hidalgo)
Olive and Townsend's Warblers (Grant)
Nashville Warbler (Hidalgo)
Prothonotary Warbler (Colfax)
Black-throated Green Warbler (Bernalillo)
HERMIT WARBLER (Grant)
Red-faced Warbler (Hidalgo)
Painted Redstart (Catron)
Botteri's Sparrow (Hidalgo)
Timberline Brewer's Sparrow (Bernalillo)
Lark Bunting (Sierra, Sandoval, Catron, Luna)
Indigo Bunting (Sierra)
Varied Bunting (Hidalgo)
Painted Bunting (Chaves, Sierra)
Bronzed Cowbird (Lea)
Orchard Oriole (Chaves)
Red Crossbill (Cibola)
American Goldfinch (Grant)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
Date: August 18, 2005
RBA phone number 505-884-3269.
compiler Patricia R. Snider
home phone number 505-884-1320.
e-mail address Pinyonjay@aol.com.
This is Pinyon Jay with the New Mexico Bird Report for August 18, 2005,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are given
for private property, please call before going. Highlights are Kiskadee,
Roseate Spoonbill, Prothonotary Warbler, Black-bellied Whistling-Duck.
Most places mentioned and a checklist of N.M. birds are in the N.M. Bird
Finding Guide. All N.M. phone numbers are area code 505. For past RBA's
check the NMOS web page at www.nmosbirds.org. For photos of rarities and
directions to NM birding sites check hometown.aol.com/borealowl.
For Bird Records Committee and both Field Notes send reports to Dr. Sartor O.
Williams, III, 1819 Meadowview NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104.
In Sandoval County:
SO on August 13 had 15 LARK BUNTINGS at the Bernalillo Watershed a half
mile on Forest Road 445 from the west parking lot.
In San Miguel County:
EL had an EASTERN PHOEBE at Villanueva State Park August 4. LD had an
OSPREY at Middle Marsh on the Las Vegas Refuge on August 12. BW found a GREAT
EGRET on McAllister Lake August 10.
In Colfax County:
ElW on August 10 had a male PROTHONOTARY WARBLER (photos) at the Tolby
Campground east of Eagle Nest in the Cimarron Canyon State Park along the
stream. DC saw it there on August 10 and 13m but did not find it on August 17. He
also had several CATBIRDS and a DIPPER on August 13.
DC on Stubblefield Lake saw EARED, WESTERN and CLARK'S GREBES and
WHITE-FACED IBIS. On August 8 there was also two COMMON LOONS, single GREAT and
CATTLE EGRET.
Cibola County:
CJG at El Morro Monument on August 9 saw their first ever BLACK PHOEBE
with two SPOTTED SANDPIPERS on August 8, both at the sewage ponds.
JT found several phases of RED CROSSBILLS in the Zuni Mountains.
In Bernalillo County:
GP had an EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE calling at the Rio Grande Nature Center in
the afternoon of August 16 in the bosque between the center and the Rio Grande.
He also reported an immature female BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER in the
first quarter mile of the Tree Springs Trail in the Sandia Mts. on August 17.
JP on August 14 had a BLACK TERN at the parking lot ponds at the Rio
Grande Nature Center in Albuquerque. He found the pond area at Tramway and Fourth
was full.
NC says they began banding at the Rio Grande Nature Center in Albuquerque
on August 7 and banded a WILLOW FLYCATCHER and a TIMBERLINE BREWER'S SPARROW.
Added to the sighting of the BROWN PELICAN flying over Tijeras Canyon was
a report from DW and FL of one sighted on the pond on the road to Sandia
Crest at Sandia Park on August 10 sitting on the dock. Where did it go from
there?
MC on August 1 saw about ten TURKEYS on the Ellis Trail near its junction
with the Osha Loop Trail in the Sandia Mountains.
CR on Sandia Crest on the trail to the Kiwanis Meadows from the lower
parking lot found two THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS. On July 22 PK found them below the
Kiwanis Cabin.
MH on August 4 found a dead (and a live} MOORHEN and a dead VIRGINIA RAIL
with other critters at the Isleta Marsh, possibly road-kills.
RY reports the WESTERN SCREECH-OWLS haven't been seen at the Nature
Center this summer.
In Valencia County:
At the Taco Bell marsh in Belen EL on August 6 saw 54 SNOWY EGRETS and
two STILT SANDPIPERS.
In Socorro County:
On August 1 on Bosque del Apache Refuge near San Antonio CL saw a male
VERMILION FLYCATCHER near Audio Stop 7. GF on August 7 had an AMERICAN BITTERN in
the heronry at the east end of the middle road. BW and JNM on August 8 had a
juvenile MOORHEN at the southeast corner of the Marsh Loop. MS and JZ found
the escaped BAR-HEADED GOOSE still present on August 6 with the two lingering
SNOW GEESE. JO and LL saw two LEAST BITTERNS on August 11.
In Chaves County:
WW and GW had a ROSEATE SPOONBILL at Bitter Lake Refuge on Unit 15. GW
had a LEAST BITTERN on the south half of Unit 15. GW found a MOORHEN on Unit
15 on August 3. JO and LL on August 5 at headquarters JP reported a male
PAINTED BUNTING and a male ORCHARD ORIOLE. On August 13 JP and WW found the
spoonbill in the Oxbow in the morning and later on 15 with a MARBLED GODWIT, a
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, and heard a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and three UPLAND
SANDPIPERS. There were five LEAST TERNS.
In Sierra County:
JO on August 15 at North Monticello Point of Elephant Butte Lake had a
LAUGHING and a CALIFORNIA GULL. On August 6 EW reported a GREEN HERON and a
PAINTED BUNTING at Paseo del Rio Park below the dam.
JNM and BW on August 6 at the Ladder Ranch at the end of Animas Canyon
near Caballo Lake had a ZONE-TAILED HAWK, an INDIGO BUNTING, and many LARK
BUNTINGS.
In Catron County:
JH at Quemado Lake on August 9 had a WESTERN GREBE.
On August 4 at their ranch east of Datil there was two LARK BUNTINGS. At
her feeders there are about 60 RUFOUS and 12 CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRDS.
CL saw a MAGNIFICENT HUMMINGBIRD at the antique shop feeder in Mogollon
on August 11 with two MONTEZUMA QUAIL with young on August 10 a half mile east
of Mogollon. At Snow Lake to the east there was an OSPREY and two CALLIOPE
HUMMINGBIRDS not at a feeder on August 11. On August 10 he had a PYGMY OWL at
the Gilita Campground at the lake.
CL had one or two PAINTED REDSTARTS along the river at Pleasanton August 12.
BWi sighted a DIPPER in Whitewater Canyon at Glenwood on August 7 at the top
of the canyon.
In Grant County:
JO found a MAGNIFICENT HUMMINGBIRD on August 12 at a private home north
of Pinos Altos.
At the home of JDM near Lake Roberts CL saw three MAGNIFICENT
HUMMINGBIRDS and 15 to 20 CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRDS on August 9. She reports over 1000
hummers at her feeders, but there are also africanized bees. An AMERICAN GOLDFINCH
was at the Grey Feathers Lodge on August 10.
On August 10 CL at Signal Peak in the mountains north of Pinos Altos saw
one or two more male MAGNIFICENT HUMMINGBIRDS. On the road up to the peak
there were one or two HERMIT WARBLERS, over 50 TOWNSEND'S WARBLERS, two OLIVE
WARBLERS, and (with CB) a PYGMY OWL.
DMZ saw a male WHITE-EARED HUMMINGBIRD at a friend's feeder in Silver
City on August 3. It was photographed by JDM.
PT reported a RED-NECKED PHALAROPE at the Tyrone Sewage Ponds on August 2.
In Hidalgo County:
On the Gray Ranch (now the Diamond A Ranch) a quarter mile south of the
intersection of the road to Clanton Canyon and County 1 DK and JR saw two
WHITE-TAILED KITES. STAY ON THE ROAD ON THE RANCH. WW saw one kite perched in a line
of trees on the west side of 1 about 150 yards from the road. JO found one at
the Clanton Canyon turnoff on August 12 near mile post 29 and two a mile
south of the Gray Ranch Cienega near mile post 31.
JSt found two more kites at a second location off hwy. 1 about 14 miles south
of Animas on the east side of the road towards the XT Ranch on August 4.
This area is still off limits from the road. On August 6 JNM and BW had one kite
west of the road at mile marker 28 another hunting between markers 30 and 31.
BW and JNM also had two BOTTERI'S SPARROWS south of marker 13, a BENDIRE'S
THRASHER about three miles south of Animas, and two COMMON GROUND-DOVES at
marker 29 on the road's edge.
In Clanton Canyon CL while hiking the canyon trail just east of the Turkey
Seep and a half mile north to Wittmore Canyon found a RED-FACED WARBLER. JO at
the CCC dam sign had a ZONE-TAILED HAWK and a NASHVILLE WARBLER.
On August 7 in the New Mexico part of Guadalupe Canyon BW and JNM had
many VARIED BUNTINGS, six to eight VIOLET-CROWNED HUMMINGBIRDS, two GRAY HAWKS
near the ranch, three GRAY VIREOS north of the road before the orchard, and a
calling BOBWHITE. JB and CL found it is a pet at the ranch. JB, MB, and NP had
the Gray Hawks on August 9.
At Rodeo on August 12 JO saw an EASTERN KINGBIRD on Stateline Road south
of Gin Road.
In Cochise County, Arizona:
Along Stateline Road near the junction with Portal Road on August 9 KK
and SK reported a SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER, apparently on the Arizona side.
In Luna County:
LM at 10:40 on August 15 had a BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK in Deming at
the lake on the Pecan Trailer Park just east of town on NM 377. JO found it
later in the day. LM had a GREEN HERON on August 15 at the Pecan Park pond.
JO at the Deming Sewage Ponds on August 15 found a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER,
BLACK TERN, and WESTERN SANDPIPERS. LM had a PECTORAL SANDPIPER there on
August 11.
LM says LARK BUNTINGS returned to the Deming area August 10.
In Doņa Ana County:
DG at his Las Cruces home had a BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD male on August
3.
MS reports that their feeders near Radium Springs have been busy with
about 150 hummingbirds. By August 14 there were still five to six CALLIOPE
HUMMINGBIRD present.
In Otero County:
At the Holloman Lakes near Alamogordo CL reports that the 'no access'
signs are for hunters only. The entire shore is open to birding.
In Eddy County:
SW at the home of TJH on August 14 had a male ALLEN'S HUMMINGBIRD at the
feeder. He is trying to photograph it.
JO on August 2 had six UPLAND SANDPIPERS in mowed hayfields north of
Loving.
SW reports there are ELF OWLS in the Guadalupe Mts. at Dark Canyon, Rocky
Arroyo, and Last Chance Canyon.
In Lea County:
A report came from PM that on July 1 there was a KISKADEE in his yard in
Eunice. Call him at 394-2600. JO had it on August 1 with an immature eastern
type BRONZED COWBIRD. PM reports it still there on August 14.
In Jal on August 1 JO had another immature eastern BRONZED COWBIRD in the
eastern sector.
Initials Used:
JB, Jonathan Batkin; MB, Matt Baumann; TB, Terry Brownell; CB, Celestyn
Brozek; DC, David Cleary; MC, Mike Coltrin; NC, Nancy Cox; JDM, Joan
Day-Martin; LD, Lyn Dominguez; GF, Gary Froehlich; DG, David Griffin; CJG, C.J.
Grimes; JH, Joan Hardie; MH, Michael Hilchey; TJH, Tom Hines; KK, Keith
Kamper; SK, Scott Kennedy; PK, Paul Kinslow; DK, David Krueper; LL, Lane
Leckman; EL, Gene Lewis; FL, Fran Lucero; CL, Carl Lundblad; LM, Larry Malone;
PM, Pat McCasland; JNM, Jim Nelson-Moore; JO, Jerry Oldenettel; SO, Steve
O'Neill; GP, Gary Parker; JP, John Parmeter; NP, Nick Pederson; CR, Chris
Rustay; JR, Janet Ruth; MS, Marcy Scott; GS, Greg Smith; JSt, James
Stuart; PT, Patricia Taber; JT, John Trochet; RV, Raymond VanBuskirk; GW, Gordon
Warrick; DW, David Weaver; EW. Eric Weisman; BW, Bill West; SW, Steve
West; BWi, Bob Wilcox; ElW, Elton Williams, WW, Bill Wittman RY, Rob Yaksich;
JZ, Jimmy Zabriskie; DMZ, Dale and Marian Zimmerman.
Field Trips:
Central Audubon in Albuquerque has Thursday field trips. For details call
Margaret Wallen at 341-0928. Check, as there may be a last minute change in
plans. August 18 they bird Embudo Canyon in the Sandias with Mary Lou Arthur,
and on August 25 Sulphur and La Cienega Canyons in the Sandias with Sally Burke.
September 1 is the Corrales Bosque with Beverly Silfer.
Due to africanized bees at the site, Joan Day-Martin's banding and
hummingbird events near Lake Roberts have been cancelled. Call Joan at 1-888-536-3866
for information.
On Saturday, August 20 Southwestern Audubon birds for high country near
Silver City. This trip has also been cancelled.
On Saturday, August 27 Sangre de Cristo goes to the Elk Mountain region north
of Pecos for fall migrants and highlands residents led by Gary and Karen
Schiltz at 757-2212.
- End transcript
* New Mexico Bird Report
* August 18, 2005
* NMEX0508.18
- Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Common Loon (Colfax)
Eared, Western and Clark's Grebes (Colfax)
Western Grebe (Catron)
BROWN PELICAN (new Bernalillo sighting)
American Bittern (Socorro)
Least Bittern (Chaves, Socorro)
Great Egret (Colfax, San Miguel)
Snowy Egret (Valencia)
Cattle Egret (Colfax)
Green Heron (Sierra, Luna)
White-faced Ibis (Colfax)
ROSEATE SPOONBILL (Chaves)
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK (Luna)
Snow and Bar-headed Goose (Socorro)
Osprey (Catron, San Miguel)
WHITE-TAILED KITE (Hidalgo)
Gray Hawk (Hidalgo)
Zone-tailed Hawk (Sierra, Hidalgo)
Wild Turkey (Bernalillo)
Northern Bobwhite (Hidalgo)
Montezuma Quail (Catron)
Virginia Rail and Moorhen (Valencia)
Common Moorhen (Socorro, Chaves)
Black-bellied Plover (Chaves, Luna)
Spotted Sandpiper (Cibola)
Upland Sandpiper (Eddy. Chaves)
Marbled Godwit (Chaves)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Chaves)
Western Sandpiper (Luna)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Luna)
Stilt Sandpiper (Valencia)
Red-necked Phalarope (Grant)
LAUGHING and California Gull (Sierra)
Least Tern (Chaves)
Black Tern (Bernalillo, Luna)
Common Ground-Dove (Hidalgo)
Western Screech-Owl (Bernalillo)
Elf Owl (Eddy)
Northern Pygmy-Owl (Catron, Grant)
Violet-crowned Hummingbird (Hidalgo)
Magnificent Hummingbird (Grant, Catron)
White-eared Hummingbird (Grant)
Calliope Hummingbird (Doņa Ana, Catron, Grant)
Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Doņa Ana)
Rufous Hummingbird (Catron)
ALLEN'S HUMMINGBIRD (Eddy)
Three-toed Woodpecker (Bernalillo)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Bernalillo)
Willow Flycatcher (Bernalillo)
Black Phoebe (Cibola)
Eastern Phoebe (San Miguel)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Socorro)
GREATER KISKADEE (Lea)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Cochise, Arizona by Hidalgo)
Gray Vireo (Hidalgo)
American Dipper (Colfax, Catron)
Gray Catbird (Colfax)
Bendire's Thrasher (Hidalgo)
Olive and Townsend's Warblers (Grant)
Nashville Warbler (Hidalgo)
Prothonotary Warbler (Colfax)
Black-throated Green Warbler (Bernalillo)
HERMIT WARBLER (Grant)
Red-faced Warbler (Hidalgo)
Painted Redstart (Catron)
Botteri's Sparrow (Hidalgo)
Timberline Brewer's Sparrow (Bernalillo)
Lark Bunting (Sierra, Sandoval, Catron, Luna)
Indigo Bunting (Sierra)
Varied Bunting (Hidalgo)
Painted Bunting (Chaves, Sierra)
Bronzed Cowbird (Lea)
Orchard Oriole (Chaves)
Red Crossbill (Cibola)
American Goldfinch (Grant)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
Date: August 18, 2005
RBA phone number 505-884-3269.
compiler Patricia R. Snider
home phone number 505-884-1320.
e-mail address Pinyonjay@aol.com.
This is Pinyon Jay with the New Mexico Bird Report for August 18, 2005,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are given
for private property, please call before going. Highlights are Kiskadee,
Roseate Spoonbill, Prothonotary Warbler, Black-bellied Whistling-Duck.
Most places mentioned and a checklist of N.M. birds are in the N.M. Bird
Finding Guide. All N.M. phone numbers are area code 505. For past RBA's
check the NMOS web page at www.nmosbirds.org. For photos of rarities and
directions to NM birding sites check hometown.aol.com/borealowl.
For Bird Records Committee and both Field Notes send reports to Dr. Sartor O.
Williams, III, 1819 Meadowview NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104.
In Sandoval County:
SO on August 13 had 15 LARK BUNTINGS at the Bernalillo Watershed a half
mile on Forest Road 445 from the west parking lot.
In San Miguel County:
EL had an EASTERN PHOEBE at Villanueva State Park August 4. LD had an
OSPREY at Middle Marsh on the Las Vegas Refuge on August 12. BW found a GREAT
EGRET on McAllister Lake August 10.
In Colfax County:
ElW on August 10 had a male PROTHONOTARY WARBLER (photos) at the Tolby
Campground east of Eagle Nest in the Cimarron Canyon State Park along the
stream. DC saw it there on August 10 and 13m but did not find it on August 17. He
also had several CATBIRDS and a DIPPER on August 13.
DC on Stubblefield Lake saw EARED, WESTERN and CLARK'S GREBES and
WHITE-FACED IBIS. On August 8 there was also two COMMON LOONS, single GREAT and
CATTLE EGRET.
Cibola County:
CJG at El Morro Monument on August 9 saw their first ever BLACK PHOEBE
with two SPOTTED SANDPIPERS on August 8, both at the sewage ponds.
JT found several phases of RED CROSSBILLS in the Zuni Mountains.
In Bernalillo County:
GP had an EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE calling at the Rio Grande Nature Center in
the afternoon of August 16 in the bosque between the center and the Rio Grande.
He also reported an immature female BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER in the
first quarter mile of the Tree Springs Trail in the Sandia Mts. on August 17.
JP on August 14 had a BLACK TERN at the parking lot ponds at the Rio
Grande Nature Center in Albuquerque. He found the pond area at Tramway and Fourth
was full.
NC says they began banding at the Rio Grande Nature Center in Albuquerque
on August 7 and banded a WILLOW FLYCATCHER and a TIMBERLINE BREWER'S SPARROW.
Added to the sighting of the BROWN PELICAN flying over Tijeras Canyon was
a report from DW and FL of one sighted on the pond on the road to Sandia
Crest at Sandia Park on August 10 sitting on the dock. Where did it go from
there?
MC on August 1 saw about ten TURKEYS on the Ellis Trail near its junction
with the Osha Loop Trail in the Sandia Mountains.
CR on Sandia Crest on the trail to the Kiwanis Meadows from the lower
parking lot found two THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS. On July 22 PK found them below the
Kiwanis Cabin.
MH on August 4 found a dead (and a live} MOORHEN and a dead VIRGINIA RAIL
with other critters at the Isleta Marsh, possibly road-kills.
RY reports the WESTERN SCREECH-OWLS haven't been seen at the Nature
Center this summer.
In Valencia County:
At the Taco Bell marsh in Belen EL on August 6 saw 54 SNOWY EGRETS and
two STILT SANDPIPERS.
In Socorro County:
On August 1 on Bosque del Apache Refuge near San Antonio CL saw a male
VERMILION FLYCATCHER near Audio Stop 7. GF on August 7 had an AMERICAN BITTERN in
the heronry at the east end of the middle road. BW and JNM on August 8 had a
juvenile MOORHEN at the southeast corner of the Marsh Loop. MS and JZ found
the escaped BAR-HEADED GOOSE still present on August 6 with the two lingering
SNOW GEESE. JO and LL saw two LEAST BITTERNS on August 11.
In Chaves County:
WW and GW had a ROSEATE SPOONBILL at Bitter Lake Refuge on Unit 15. GW
had a LEAST BITTERN on the south half of Unit 15. GW found a MOORHEN on Unit
15 on August 3. JO and LL on August 5 at headquarters JP reported a male
PAINTED BUNTING and a male ORCHARD ORIOLE. On August 13 JP and WW found the
spoonbill in the Oxbow in the morning and later on 15 with a MARBLED GODWIT, a
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, and heard a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and three UPLAND
SANDPIPERS. There were five LEAST TERNS.
In Sierra County:
JO on August 15 at North Monticello Point of Elephant Butte Lake had a
LAUGHING and a CALIFORNIA GULL. On August 6 EW reported a GREEN HERON and a
PAINTED BUNTING at Paseo del Rio Park below the dam.
JNM and BW on August 6 at the Ladder Ranch at the end of Animas Canyon
near Caballo Lake had a ZONE-TAILED HAWK, an INDIGO BUNTING, and many LARK
BUNTINGS.
In Catron County:
JH at Quemado Lake on August 9 had a WESTERN GREBE.
On August 4 at their ranch east of Datil there was two LARK BUNTINGS. At
her feeders there are about 60 RUFOUS and 12 CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRDS.
CL saw a MAGNIFICENT HUMMINGBIRD at the antique shop feeder in Mogollon
on August 11 with two MONTEZUMA QUAIL with young on August 10 a half mile east
of Mogollon. At Snow Lake to the east there was an OSPREY and two CALLIOPE
HUMMINGBIRDS not at a feeder on August 11. On August 10 he had a PYGMY OWL at
the Gilita Campground at the lake.
CL had one or two PAINTED REDSTARTS along the river at Pleasanton August 12.
BWi sighted a DIPPER in Whitewater Canyon at Glenwood on August 7 at the top
of the canyon.
In Grant County:
JO found a MAGNIFICENT HUMMINGBIRD on August 12 at a private home north
of Pinos Altos.
At the home of JDM near Lake Roberts CL saw three MAGNIFICENT
HUMMINGBIRDS and 15 to 20 CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRDS on August 9. She reports over 1000
hummers at her feeders, but there are also africanized bees. An AMERICAN GOLDFINCH
was at the Grey Feathers Lodge on August 10.
On August 10 CL at Signal Peak in the mountains north of Pinos Altos saw
one or two more male MAGNIFICENT HUMMINGBIRDS. On the road up to the peak
there were one or two HERMIT WARBLERS, over 50 TOWNSEND'S WARBLERS, two OLIVE
WARBLERS, and (with CB) a PYGMY OWL.
DMZ saw a male WHITE-EARED HUMMINGBIRD at a friend's feeder in Silver
City on August 3. It was photographed by JDM.
PT reported a RED-NECKED PHALAROPE at the Tyrone Sewage Ponds on August 2.
In Hidalgo County:
On the Gray Ranch (now the Diamond A Ranch) a quarter mile south of the
intersection of the road to Clanton Canyon and County 1 DK and JR saw two
WHITE-TAILED KITES. STAY ON THE ROAD ON THE RANCH. WW saw one kite perched in a line
of trees on the west side of 1 about 150 yards from the road. JO found one at
the Clanton Canyon turnoff on August 12 near mile post 29 and two a mile
south of the Gray Ranch Cienega near mile post 31.
JSt found two more kites at a second location off hwy. 1 about 14 miles south
of Animas on the east side of the road towards the XT Ranch on August 4.
This area is still off limits from the road. On August 6 JNM and BW had one kite
west of the road at mile marker 28 another hunting between markers 30 and 31.
BW and JNM also had two BOTTERI'S SPARROWS south of marker 13, a BENDIRE'S
THRASHER about three miles south of Animas, and two COMMON GROUND-DOVES at
marker 29 on the road's edge.
In Clanton Canyon CL while hiking the canyon trail just east of the Turkey
Seep and a half mile north to Wittmore Canyon found a RED-FACED WARBLER. JO at
the CCC dam sign had a ZONE-TAILED HAWK and a NASHVILLE WARBLER.
On August 7 in the New Mexico part of Guadalupe Canyon BW and JNM had
many VARIED BUNTINGS, six to eight VIOLET-CROWNED HUMMINGBIRDS, two GRAY HAWKS
near the ranch, three GRAY VIREOS north of the road before the orchard, and a
calling BOBWHITE. JB and CL found it is a pet at the ranch. JB, MB, and NP had
the Gray Hawks on August 9.
At Rodeo on August 12 JO saw an EASTERN KINGBIRD on Stateline Road south
of Gin Road.
In Cochise County, Arizona:
Along Stateline Road near the junction with Portal Road on August 9 KK
and SK reported a SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER, apparently on the Arizona side.
In Luna County:
LM at 10:40 on August 15 had a BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK in Deming at
the lake on the Pecan Trailer Park just east of town on NM 377. JO found it
later in the day. LM had a GREEN HERON on August 15 at the Pecan Park pond.
JO at the Deming Sewage Ponds on August 15 found a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER,
BLACK TERN, and WESTERN SANDPIPERS. LM had a PECTORAL SANDPIPER there on
August 11.
LM says LARK BUNTINGS returned to the Deming area August 10.
In Doņa Ana County:
DG at his Las Cruces home had a BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD male on August
3.
MS reports that their feeders near Radium Springs have been busy with
about 150 hummingbirds. By August 14 there were still five to six CALLIOPE
HUMMINGBIRD present.
In Otero County:
At the Holloman Lakes near Alamogordo CL reports that the 'no access'
signs are for hunters only. The entire shore is open to birding.
In Eddy County:
SW at the home of TJH on August 14 had a male ALLEN'S HUMMINGBIRD at the
feeder. He is trying to photograph it.
JO on August 2 had six UPLAND SANDPIPERS in mowed hayfields north of
Loving.
SW reports there are ELF OWLS in the Guadalupe Mts. at Dark Canyon, Rocky
Arroyo, and Last Chance Canyon.
In Lea County:
A report came from PM that on July 1 there was a KISKADEE in his yard in
Eunice. Call him at 394-2600. JO had it on August 1 with an immature eastern
type BRONZED COWBIRD. PM reports it still there on August 14.
In Jal on August 1 JO had another immature eastern BRONZED COWBIRD in the
eastern sector.
Initials Used:
JB, Jonathan Batkin; MB, Matt Baumann; TB, Terry Brownell; CB, Celestyn
Brozek; DC, David Cleary; MC, Mike Coltrin; NC, Nancy Cox; JDM, Joan
Day-Martin; LD, Lyn Dominguez; GF, Gary Froehlich; DG, David Griffin; CJG, C.J.
Grimes; JH, Joan Hardie; MH, Michael Hilchey; TJH, Tom Hines; KK, Keith
Kamper; SK, Scott Kennedy; PK, Paul Kinslow; DK, David Krueper; LL, Lane
Leckman; EL, Gene Lewis; FL, Fran Lucero; CL, Carl Lundblad; LM, Larry Malone;
PM, Pat McCasland; JNM, Jim Nelson-Moore; JO, Jerry Oldenettel; SO, Steve
O'Neill; GP, Gary Parker; JP, John Parmeter; NP, Nick Pederson; CR, Chris
Rustay; JR, Janet Ruth; MS, Marcy Scott; GS, Greg Smith; JSt, James
Stuart; PT, Patricia Taber; JT, John Trochet; RV, Raymond VanBuskirk; GW, Gordon
Warrick; DW, David Weaver; EW. Eric Weisman; BW, Bill West; SW, Steve
West; BWi, Bob Wilcox; ElW, Elton Williams, WW, Bill Wittman RY, Rob Yaksich;
JZ, Jimmy Zabriskie; DMZ, Dale and Marian Zimmerman.
Field Trips:
Central Audubon in Albuquerque has Thursday field trips. For details call
Margaret Wallen at 341-0928. Check, as there may be a last minute change in
plans. August 18 they bird Embudo Canyon in the Sandias with Mary Lou Arthur,
and on August 25 Sulphur and La Cienega Canyons in the Sandias with Sally Burke.
September 1 is the Corrales Bosque with Beverly Silfer.
Due to africanized bees at the site, Joan Day-Martin's banding and
hummingbird events near Lake Roberts have been cancelled. Call Joan at 1-888-536-3866
for information.
On Saturday, August 20 Southwestern Audubon birds for high country near
Silver City. This trip has also been cancelled.
On Saturday, August 27 Sangre de Cristo goes to the Elk Mountain region north
of Pecos for fall migrants and highlands residents led by Gary and Karen
Schiltz at 757-2212.
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