- RBA
* New Mexico Bird Report
* March 6, 2006
* NMEX0603.06
- Birds Mentioned and Counties:
American White Pelican (Cibola)
Turkey Vulture (Eddy)
Ross's Goose (Dona Ana)
Eurasian Wigeon (Bernalillo)
Barrow's Goldeneye (Colfax)
WHITE-TAILED KITE (Grant, Dona Ana)
Zone-tailed Hawk (Dona Ana)
Harlan’s Red-tailed Hawk (Dona Ana)
Rough-legged Hawk (Socorro)
Merlin (Socorro)
Snowy Plover (Otero)
Least and Western Sandpipers (Otero)
Wilson's Snipe (Luna)
GLAUCOUS GULL (Sierra)
Ruddy Ground-Dove (Dona Ana)
Long-eared Owl (Luna)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Luna)
Eastern Phoebe (Sandoval)
Ash-throated Flycatcher (Sierra)
Hutton's Vireo (Luna, Dona Ana))
Western Scrub-Jay and Juniper Titmouse (Dona Ana)
Pinyon Jay and Clark's Nutcracker (Cibola)
Winter Wren (Colfax)
Eastern Bluebird (Bernalillo)
Curve-billed Thrasher (Cibola)
Cedar Waxwing (Catron)
Olive Warbler (Grant)
Common Yellowthroat (Dona Ana)
Baird’s Sparrow (Lea)
Lincoln’s Sparrow (Catron)
Fox Sparrow (Bernalillo)
Swamp Sparrow (Bernalillo)
White-throated Sparrow (Socorro, Sierra, Bernalillo)
Harris's Sparrow (Socorro)
YELLOW GROSBEAK (Bernalillo)
Rosy Finches three species (Bernalillo)
Red Crossbill (Catron)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: March 6, 2006
RBA phone number 505-884-3269
compiler Patricia R. Snider
home phone number 505-884-1320
e-mail address _pinyonjay@aol.com_ (mailto:pinyonjay@aol.com)
This is Pinyon Jay with the New Mexico Bird Report for March 6, 2006,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are given
for private property, please call before going. Highlights are Eurasian
Wigeon, Harris's Sparrow, Glaucous Gull, Yellow Grosbeak.
There have been very few reports of Cassin's Finches, Red Crossbills,
Evening Grosbeaks, Clark's Nutcrackers, and Pine Grosbeaks.
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_ (http://www.nmosbirds.org) . For
photos of rarities and directions to birding sites check
hometown.aol.com/borealowl.
For the Bird Records Committee and both Field Notes send reports to Dr.
Sartor O. Williams, III, 1819 Meadowview NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 or to
_sunbittern@earthlink.net_ (mailto:sunbittern@earthlink.net) .
In Sandoval County:
DBr had an EASTERN PHOEBE in the Corrales bosque at barrel 6.4 along the
ditch on February 26.
In Colfax County:
DC on Stubblefield Lake found a pair of BARROW'S GOLDENEYE on February 24
and a male on March 2.
At the Cimarron Canyon State Park east of Eagle Nest DC found on US 64 on
March 1 a WINTER WREN at mile marker 289 above the beaver dams.
In Cibola County:
BF and PS found up to 30 PINYON JAYS in Bluewater Canyon on March 3. There
were about 20 or more WHITE PELICANS on Bluewater Lake.
CJG had a CURVE-BILLED THRASHER for the first time on the El Morro Monument
on February 24.
He has seen NUTCRACKERS going south on county road 42 off of NM 53 from the
Ice Caves.
In Bernalillo County:
The YELLOW GROSBEAK is at 1412 Las Lomas NE in Albuquerque near the UNM
campus. The street is off of University, one stoplight south of Lomas, and two
stoplights north of Central. (There are two Lomas Streets). Turn west on Las
Lomas, it is in the backyard feeders of a very gracious hosts. Many have
viewed it through March 5.
DP had a red FOX SPARROW at the front green feeder at the Rio Grande Nature
Center in Albuquerque on February 25 and March 1. One or more WHITE-THROATED
SPARROWS have been seen at the center, by JJ on February 26, and DP on March
1. JJ saw a pair of EASTERN BLUEBIRDS north of the parking lot February
25.
DP saw a SWAMP SPARROW on February 25 south of the center along the ditch
south of Campbell St.
JMc and SO saw the male EURASIAN WIGEON at Mariposa Basin Park off Taylor
Ranch Road in Albuquerque on February 19.
At the Crest House feeders on Sandia Crest SNC say flocks of ROSY FINCHES,
mostly BLACKS, are present. The banding team by March 5 have banded a total
this winter of 290, including 215 Blacks, 43 BROWN-CAPPED and 32 GRAY-CROWNED.
Five of the Hepbun's race have been banded.
In Socorro County:
At Bosque del Apache Refuge near San Antonio an immature Harris's Sparrow
has been seen by many in the visitor center area mostly at the Quail Pond. JP,
NMC, and HS saw it on February 18, and CB on February 19. CL saw a dark
morph ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK on the Farm Loop on February 25. DB on March 4 saw this
hawk and a MERLIN.
JO at his home near Luis Lopez south of Socorro on March 1 had a HARRIS’S
and a WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS.
In Catron County:
JH at her ranch east of Datil on March 3 saw a CEDAR WAXWING and a LINCOLN’S
SPARROW. Two RED CROSSBILLS appeared also.
In Sierra County:
BW at the Rock Canyon Marina of Elephant Butte Lake found the first winter
GLAUCOUS GULL. . CL saw the Glaucous on February 26.
JN on February 23 again saw the ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER at Riverside Park
below Caballo Dam.
At Percha Dam State Park CL had two WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS on February 26.
At Paseo del Rio Park below Elephant Butte dam JP and HA again saw the
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW on February 28.
In Grant County:
LM had an OLIVE WARBLER at Cherry Creek Campground north of Pinos Altos on
February 22.
CL saw two WHITE-TAILED KITES two miles west of Hachita on February 18.
In Hidalgo County:
NMC reminds that County Hwy. 1 south of Animas crosses the Diamond A (Gray)
Ranch. Because of events with thoughtless birders, one must not go off the
road.
In Luna County:
LM and others photographed a female YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER at Pancho Villa
State Park near Columbus February 18. There was also a WILSON’S SNIPE in
the area.
CL saw at the Mountain View Cemetery in Deming on February 17 a HUTTON'S
VIREO and a LONG-EARED OWL.
LM advises that the waste treatment ponds there will be closed for up to a
year for construction.
In Dona Ana County:
ChB found two RUDDY GROUND-DOVES near Mesilla on March 1. It was seen by
several, but DB reports on March 5 that there is a very angry land owner there
who does not like birders.
JZ and MS on March 4 had an adult HARLAN’S HAWK at a pecan orchard just west
of the NM 28 intersection with Snow Road.
In Soledad Canyon in the Organ Mts. On March 3 JN saw two SCRUB JAYS and two
JUNIPER TITMICE with a HUTTON’S VIREO.
At the Old Refuge (Mesilla Valley Bosque Park) south of Mesilla DB had a
ZONE-TAILED HAWK on February 23. The YELLOWTHROAT male was seen by DB and CL on
February 25. DB had a WHITE-TAILED KITE present on February 25. It was
seen by JN on February 26. On the 26th JN also had a ROSS’S GOOSE present. JO
did not find either raptor on February 28.
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. BB on February 20
saw four SNOWY PLOVERS, four LEAST and a WESTERN SANDPIPER. DB saw the two
sandpiper species on February 25.
In Eddy County:
SW and LS on March 5 had 35 TURKEY VULTURES over Carlsbad.
In Lea County:
RC had two BAIRD’S SPARROWS at Maddox Lake west of Hobbs on February 20.
INITIALS USED:
BB, Bob Barber; DB, Dan Battaglia; DBr, David Brinkley; ChB, Chandra
Britt; CB, Celestyn Brozek; RC, Robert Cates; DC, David Cleary; SNC, Steve
and Nancy Cox; BF, Ben Feltner; CJG, CJ Grimes; JH, Joan Hardie; JJ, Jim
Joseph; CL, Carl Lundblad; LM, Larry Malone; JMc, Jim McPhee; NMC, Narca
Moore-Craig; JN, Josh Nemeth; JO, Jerry Oldenettel; SO, Steve O’Neill; DP,
Danny Paez; JP, John Parmeter; LS, Lorraine Schulte; MS, Marcy Scott;
HS, Heidi Simms; PS, Pat Snider; BW, Bill West; SW, Steve West: JZ, Jimmy
Zabriskie.
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. March 9 is to Otero Canyon, March 16 to the Corrales Bosque, and March 23
to the Rio Grande Nature Center.
The Cox banding team will be banding rosy finches at Sandia Crest if they
are still present. The next dates are Sunday, March 12, and on Saturday March
25. By then the finches may be leaving.
Sangre de Cristo will go to to the Rio Grande Nature Center on Sunday, March
12. Contact is Jim Pausel at 501-4085.
Southwestern Audubon will bird the Gila River Bird Area near Bill Evans Lake
on Saturday, March 18. Contact is David Beatty at 534-1450.
On Sunday, March 26 Central will go to Percha Dam State Park for one of Paul
Yoder’s field trips. Contact is Celestyn Brozek at _cbrozek@unm.edu_
(mailto:cbrozek@unm.edu) .
The Randall Davey Audubon Center in Santa Fe has nature walks on the grounds
every Saturday at 8:30 a.m. For details call them at 983-4609.
Prcha Dam State Park will have nature walks through March at 2 p.m. on
Saturdays and 10 a.m. on Sundays by Paul Yoder. Contact him at 743-3942. There
will also be walks by appointment and a posted board with notes on birds seen in
the area to Elephant Butte Lake.
- End transcript.
* New Mexico Bird Report
* March 6, 2006
* NMEX0603.06
- Birds Mentioned and Counties:
American White Pelican (Cibola)
Turkey Vulture (Eddy)
Ross's Goose (Dona Ana)
Eurasian Wigeon (Bernalillo)
Barrow's Goldeneye (Colfax)
WHITE-TAILED KITE (Grant, Dona Ana)
Zone-tailed Hawk (Dona Ana)
Harlan’s Red-tailed Hawk (Dona Ana)
Rough-legged Hawk (Socorro)
Merlin (Socorro)
Snowy Plover (Otero)
Least and Western Sandpipers (Otero)
Wilson's Snipe (Luna)
GLAUCOUS GULL (Sierra)
Ruddy Ground-Dove (Dona Ana)
Long-eared Owl (Luna)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Luna)
Eastern Phoebe (Sandoval)
Ash-throated Flycatcher (Sierra)
Hutton's Vireo (Luna, Dona Ana))
Western Scrub-Jay and Juniper Titmouse (Dona Ana)
Pinyon Jay and Clark's Nutcracker (Cibola)
Winter Wren (Colfax)
Eastern Bluebird (Bernalillo)
Curve-billed Thrasher (Cibola)
Cedar Waxwing (Catron)
Olive Warbler (Grant)
Common Yellowthroat (Dona Ana)
Baird’s Sparrow (Lea)
Lincoln’s Sparrow (Catron)
Fox Sparrow (Bernalillo)
Swamp Sparrow (Bernalillo)
White-throated Sparrow (Socorro, Sierra, Bernalillo)
Harris's Sparrow (Socorro)
YELLOW GROSBEAK (Bernalillo)
Rosy Finches three species (Bernalillo)
Red Crossbill (Catron)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: March 6, 2006
RBA phone number 505-884-3269
compiler Patricia R. Snider
home phone number 505-884-1320
e-mail address _pinyonjay@aol.com_ (mailto:pinyonjay@aol.com)
This is Pinyon Jay with the New Mexico Bird Report for March 6, 2006,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are given
for private property, please call before going. Highlights are Eurasian
Wigeon, Harris's Sparrow, Glaucous Gull, Yellow Grosbeak.
There have been very few reports of Cassin's Finches, Red Crossbills,
Evening Grosbeaks, Clark's Nutcrackers, and Pine Grosbeaks.
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_ (http://www.nmosbirds.org) . For
photos of rarities and directions to birding sites check
hometown.aol.com/borealowl.
For the Bird Records Committee and both Field Notes send reports to Dr.
Sartor O. Williams, III, 1819 Meadowview NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 or to
_sunbittern@earthlink.net_ (mailto:sunbittern@earthlink.net) .
In Sandoval County:
DBr had an EASTERN PHOEBE in the Corrales bosque at barrel 6.4 along the
ditch on February 26.
In Colfax County:
DC on Stubblefield Lake found a pair of BARROW'S GOLDENEYE on February 24
and a male on March 2.
At the Cimarron Canyon State Park east of Eagle Nest DC found on US 64 on
March 1 a WINTER WREN at mile marker 289 above the beaver dams.
In Cibola County:
BF and PS found up to 30 PINYON JAYS in Bluewater Canyon on March 3. There
were about 20 or more WHITE PELICANS on Bluewater Lake.
CJG had a CURVE-BILLED THRASHER for the first time on the El Morro Monument
on February 24.
He has seen NUTCRACKERS going south on county road 42 off of NM 53 from the
Ice Caves.
In Bernalillo County:
The YELLOW GROSBEAK is at 1412 Las Lomas NE in Albuquerque near the UNM
campus. The street is off of University, one stoplight south of Lomas, and two
stoplights north of Central. (There are two Lomas Streets). Turn west on Las
Lomas, it is in the backyard feeders of a very gracious hosts. Many have
viewed it through March 5.
DP had a red FOX SPARROW at the front green feeder at the Rio Grande Nature
Center in Albuquerque on February 25 and March 1. One or more WHITE-THROATED
SPARROWS have been seen at the center, by JJ on February 26, and DP on March
1. JJ saw a pair of EASTERN BLUEBIRDS north of the parking lot February
25.
DP saw a SWAMP SPARROW on February 25 south of the center along the ditch
south of Campbell St.
JMc and SO saw the male EURASIAN WIGEON at Mariposa Basin Park off Taylor
Ranch Road in Albuquerque on February 19.
At the Crest House feeders on Sandia Crest SNC say flocks of ROSY FINCHES,
mostly BLACKS, are present. The banding team by March 5 have banded a total
this winter of 290, including 215 Blacks, 43 BROWN-CAPPED and 32 GRAY-CROWNED.
Five of the Hepbun's race have been banded.
In Socorro County:
At Bosque del Apache Refuge near San Antonio an immature Harris's Sparrow
has been seen by many in the visitor center area mostly at the Quail Pond. JP,
NMC, and HS saw it on February 18, and CB on February 19. CL saw a dark
morph ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK on the Farm Loop on February 25. DB on March 4 saw this
hawk and a MERLIN.
JO at his home near Luis Lopez south of Socorro on March 1 had a HARRIS’S
and a WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS.
In Catron County:
JH at her ranch east of Datil on March 3 saw a CEDAR WAXWING and a LINCOLN’S
SPARROW. Two RED CROSSBILLS appeared also.
In Sierra County:
BW at the Rock Canyon Marina of Elephant Butte Lake found the first winter
GLAUCOUS GULL. . CL saw the Glaucous on February 26.
JN on February 23 again saw the ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER at Riverside Park
below Caballo Dam.
At Percha Dam State Park CL had two WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS on February 26.
At Paseo del Rio Park below Elephant Butte dam JP and HA again saw the
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW on February 28.
In Grant County:
LM had an OLIVE WARBLER at Cherry Creek Campground north of Pinos Altos on
February 22.
CL saw two WHITE-TAILED KITES two miles west of Hachita on February 18.
In Hidalgo County:
NMC reminds that County Hwy. 1 south of Animas crosses the Diamond A (Gray)
Ranch. Because of events with thoughtless birders, one must not go off the
road.
In Luna County:
LM and others photographed a female YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER at Pancho Villa
State Park near Columbus February 18. There was also a WILSON’S SNIPE in
the area.
CL saw at the Mountain View Cemetery in Deming on February 17 a HUTTON'S
VIREO and a LONG-EARED OWL.
LM advises that the waste treatment ponds there will be closed for up to a
year for construction.
In Dona Ana County:
ChB found two RUDDY GROUND-DOVES near Mesilla on March 1. It was seen by
several, but DB reports on March 5 that there is a very angry land owner there
who does not like birders.
JZ and MS on March 4 had an adult HARLAN’S HAWK at a pecan orchard just west
of the NM 28 intersection with Snow Road.
In Soledad Canyon in the Organ Mts. On March 3 JN saw two SCRUB JAYS and two
JUNIPER TITMICE with a HUTTON’S VIREO.
At the Old Refuge (Mesilla Valley Bosque Park) south of Mesilla DB had a
ZONE-TAILED HAWK on February 23. The YELLOWTHROAT male was seen by DB and CL on
February 25. DB had a WHITE-TAILED KITE present on February 25. It was
seen by JN on February 26. On the 26th JN also had a ROSS’S GOOSE present. JO
did not find either raptor on February 28.
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. BB on February 20
saw four SNOWY PLOVERS, four LEAST and a WESTERN SANDPIPER. DB saw the two
sandpiper species on February 25.
In Eddy County:
SW and LS on March 5 had 35 TURKEY VULTURES over Carlsbad.
In Lea County:
RC had two BAIRD’S SPARROWS at Maddox Lake west of Hobbs on February 20.
INITIALS USED:
BB, Bob Barber; DB, Dan Battaglia; DBr, David Brinkley; ChB, Chandra
Britt; CB, Celestyn Brozek; RC, Robert Cates; DC, David Cleary; SNC, Steve
and Nancy Cox; BF, Ben Feltner; CJG, CJ Grimes; JH, Joan Hardie; JJ, Jim
Joseph; CL, Carl Lundblad; LM, Larry Malone; JMc, Jim McPhee; NMC, Narca
Moore-Craig; JN, Josh Nemeth; JO, Jerry Oldenettel; SO, Steve O’Neill; DP,
Danny Paez; JP, John Parmeter; LS, Lorraine Schulte; MS, Marcy Scott;
HS, Heidi Simms; PS, Pat Snider; BW, Bill West; SW, Steve West: JZ, Jimmy
Zabriskie.
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. March 9 is to Otero Canyon, March 16 to the Corrales Bosque, and March 23
to the Rio Grande Nature Center.
The Cox banding team will be banding rosy finches at Sandia Crest if they
are still present. The next dates are Sunday, March 12, and on Saturday March
25. By then the finches may be leaving.
Sangre de Cristo will go to to the Rio Grande Nature Center on Sunday, March
12. Contact is Jim Pausel at 501-4085.
Southwestern Audubon will bird the Gila River Bird Area near Bill Evans Lake
on Saturday, March 18. Contact is David Beatty at 534-1450.
On Sunday, March 26 Central will go to Percha Dam State Park for one of Paul
Yoder’s field trips. Contact is Celestyn Brozek at _cbrozek@unm.edu_
(mailto:cbrozek@unm.edu) .
The Randall Davey Audubon Center in Santa Fe has nature walks on the grounds
every Saturday at 8:30 a.m. For details call them at 983-4609.
Prcha Dam State Park will have nature walks through March at 2 p.m. on
Saturdays and 10 a.m. on Sundays by Paul Yoder. Contact him at 743-3942. There
will also be walks by appointment and a posted board with notes on birds seen in
the area to Elephant Butte Lake.
- End transcript.