- RBA
* New Mexico Bird Report
* March 16, 2006
* NMEX0603.16
- Birds Mentioned and Counties:
American White Pelican (Cibola)
Turkey Vulture (Dona Ana)
Tundra Swan (Socorro)
Wood Duck (dona Ana)
Eurasian Wigeon (Bernalillo)
Barrow's Goldeneye (Colfax)
WHITE-TAILED KITE (Grant)
Osprey (Sierra)
Northern Goshawk and Peregrine Falcon (Dona Ana)
Harlan’s Red-tailed Hawk (Dona Ana)
Krider’s Red=tailed Hawk (Socorro)
Zone-tailed Hawk (Dona Ana_
Rough-legged Hawk (Socorro)
Merlin (Socorro, Dona Ana))
Gambel’s Quail (Grant)
Least Sandpiper (Grant)
American Avocet (Cibola)
Common Ground-Dove (Dona Ana)
Northern Saw-whet Owl (Bernalillo)
Rufous and Broad-tailed Hummingbirds (Grant)
Hutton's and Cassin’s Vireos (Dona Ana))
Bell’s Vireo (Otero)
Pinyon Jay (Cibola, Bernalillo)
Winter Wren (Colfax)
Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler (Grant)
Common Yellowthroat (Dona Ana)
Swamp Sparrow (Dona Ana)
White-throated Sparrow (Socorro, Bernalillo)
Harris's Sparrow (Socorro)
YELLOW GROSBEAK (Bernalillo)
Bullock’s Oriole (Sierra)
Rosy Finches three species (Bernalillo)
Red Crossbill (Catron)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: March 16, 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 16, 2006,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are given
for private property, please call before going. Highlights are Yellow
Grosbeak, White-tailed Kites, Eurasian Wigeon.
Some migrants seem to be returning early. 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 Colfax County:
DC on Stubblefield Lake found a male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE 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 scattered WHITE PELICANS on Bluewater Lake. BN and CR on March 5
counted 49 pelicans and eight AVOCETS. They saw many of the jays in the western
Zuni Mts. from the El Malpais NM to Bluewater Canyon.
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 12 by JO and Ply of Ireland.
DD on March 15 reported a SAW-WHET OWL has been around his home for several
weeks south of Tijeras on NM 337 two miles from the Ponderosa Bar. Call at
281-5797.
Ply saw the WJOTE=THROATED SPARROW at the Rio Grande Nature Center in
Albuquerque on March 12.
JO saw the male EURASIAN WIGEON at Mariposa Basin Park off Taylor Ranch Road
in Albuquerque on March 12.
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, an unbanded one was seen on
March 11.
JH had five PINYON JAYS on NM 14 about five miles north of the NM 536
turnoff to the crest near Sandia Park.
In Socorro County:
DH on March 15 had an adult TUNDRA SWAN on the La Joya State Refuge near
Bernardo.
At Bosque del Apache Refuge near San Antonio DB on March 4 saw the dark
morph ROUGH=LEGGED HAWK and a MERLIN. Both were reported by Ply on March 11 with
two KRIDER’S RED-TAILED HAWKS.
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 Two RED CROSSBILLS.
In Sierra County:
At Percha Dam State Park PY reported the BULLOCK’S ORIOLE was still present
on March 13 with an OSPREY.
In Grant County:
DB had a MYRTLE WARBLER in his Silver City yard March 12.
PT on March 5 had a female RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD in her Silver City yard and
reported that JDM had another at Roberts Lake. She also heard two male
BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRDS on March 2.
CL saw two WHITE-TAILED KITES two miles west of Hachita on February 18. On
March 3 he saw three south of Hachita between mile markers 35 and 36.
Not a bird, but EL saw a javelina at the Tyrone Sewage ponds on March 5 with
a LEAST SANDPIPER.
DB reported several flocks totaling 100 GAMBEL’S QUAILS in the Fort Bayard
area on March 6.
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 advises that the waste treatment ponds there will be closed for up to a
year for construction.
In Dona Ana County:
JN on March 13 had a COMMON GROUND-DOVE along the arroyo that crosses
Univerity Ave. about a quarter mile north of its intersection with Avenida de
Mesilla. CL saw it March 15.
At the Old Refuge (Mesilla Valley Bosque Park) south of Mesilla CL again
found the ZONE-TAILED HAWK on March 11. On March 15 CL had a GOSHAWK and a
SWAMP SPARROW. CBr reported a PERRGRIND FALLCON, but no goshawk, on March 15.
CBr had a ZONE-TAILED HAWK with 20 TURKEY VULTURES over the Rio Grande in
Mesilla on March 14.
At ‘Varied Thrush Lane’ about .6 mile north of the Mesilla Dam JN on March
13 had a MERLIN, a male YELLOWTHROAT, a SWAMP SPARROW, and up to 12 WOOD
DUCKS. (Two of the psrrows were there on March 2).
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. CL saw it on March 7 along the
Rio two miles south of the Mesilla Dam.
CL had a CASSIN’S VIREO in Mesilla Park on March 8.
In Soledad Canyon in the Organ Mts. on March 3 JN a HUTTON’S VIREO.
DG had the COMMON GROUND-DOVE at his Las Cruces home on March 8.
In Otero County:
BB on March 6 had a BELL’S VIREO near Dog Canyon south of Alamogordo.
At the Holloman Lakes near Alamogordo CL reports that the "no access" signs
are for hunters only. The entire shore is open to birding.
INITIALS USED:
BB, Bob Barber; DB, Dan Battaglia; DB, David Beatty; CBr. Chandra Britt;
DC, David Cleary; SNC, Steve and Nancy Cox; DD, David Dain; JDM, Joan
Day-Martin; BF, Ben Feltner; DG, David Griffin; JH, Joan Hardie; DH, David
Hawksworth; JH, James Hengeveld; EL, Gene Lewis; CL, Carl Lundblad; PLy,
Paul Lynch; LM, Larry Malone; NMC, Narca Moore-Craig; JN, Josh Nemeth;
BN, Bruce Neville; JO, Jerry Oldenettel; JP, John Parmeter; CR, Chris
Rustay; MS, Marcy Scott; PS, Pat Snider; PT. Patricia Taber; PY, Paul Yoder;
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 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 19 and on Saturday March
25. By then the finches may be leaving or gone.
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) or 266-9225. They will also go to Caballo and Elephant
Butte Lakes.
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 16, 2006
* NMEX0603.16
- Birds Mentioned and Counties:
American White Pelican (Cibola)
Turkey Vulture (Dona Ana)
Tundra Swan (Socorro)
Wood Duck (dona Ana)
Eurasian Wigeon (Bernalillo)
Barrow's Goldeneye (Colfax)
WHITE-TAILED KITE (Grant)
Osprey (Sierra)
Northern Goshawk and Peregrine Falcon (Dona Ana)
Harlan’s Red-tailed Hawk (Dona Ana)
Krider’s Red=tailed Hawk (Socorro)
Zone-tailed Hawk (Dona Ana_
Rough-legged Hawk (Socorro)
Merlin (Socorro, Dona Ana))
Gambel’s Quail (Grant)
Least Sandpiper (Grant)
American Avocet (Cibola)
Common Ground-Dove (Dona Ana)
Northern Saw-whet Owl (Bernalillo)
Rufous and Broad-tailed Hummingbirds (Grant)
Hutton's and Cassin’s Vireos (Dona Ana))
Bell’s Vireo (Otero)
Pinyon Jay (Cibola, Bernalillo)
Winter Wren (Colfax)
Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler (Grant)
Common Yellowthroat (Dona Ana)
Swamp Sparrow (Dona Ana)
White-throated Sparrow (Socorro, Bernalillo)
Harris's Sparrow (Socorro)
YELLOW GROSBEAK (Bernalillo)
Bullock’s Oriole (Sierra)
Rosy Finches three species (Bernalillo)
Red Crossbill (Catron)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: March 16, 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 16, 2006,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are given
for private property, please call before going. Highlights are Yellow
Grosbeak, White-tailed Kites, Eurasian Wigeon.
Some migrants seem to be returning early. 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 Colfax County:
DC on Stubblefield Lake found a male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE 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 scattered WHITE PELICANS on Bluewater Lake. BN and CR on March 5
counted 49 pelicans and eight AVOCETS. They saw many of the jays in the western
Zuni Mts. from the El Malpais NM to Bluewater Canyon.
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 12 by JO and Ply of Ireland.
DD on March 15 reported a SAW-WHET OWL has been around his home for several
weeks south of Tijeras on NM 337 two miles from the Ponderosa Bar. Call at
281-5797.
Ply saw the WJOTE=THROATED SPARROW at the Rio Grande Nature Center in
Albuquerque on March 12.
JO saw the male EURASIAN WIGEON at Mariposa Basin Park off Taylor Ranch Road
in Albuquerque on March 12.
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, an unbanded one was seen on
March 11.
JH had five PINYON JAYS on NM 14 about five miles north of the NM 536
turnoff to the crest near Sandia Park.
In Socorro County:
DH on March 15 had an adult TUNDRA SWAN on the La Joya State Refuge near
Bernardo.
At Bosque del Apache Refuge near San Antonio DB on March 4 saw the dark
morph ROUGH=LEGGED HAWK and a MERLIN. Both were reported by Ply on March 11 with
two KRIDER’S RED-TAILED HAWKS.
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 Two RED CROSSBILLS.
In Sierra County:
At Percha Dam State Park PY reported the BULLOCK’S ORIOLE was still present
on March 13 with an OSPREY.
In Grant County:
DB had a MYRTLE WARBLER in his Silver City yard March 12.
PT on March 5 had a female RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD in her Silver City yard and
reported that JDM had another at Roberts Lake. She also heard two male
BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRDS on March 2.
CL saw two WHITE-TAILED KITES two miles west of Hachita on February 18. On
March 3 he saw three south of Hachita between mile markers 35 and 36.
Not a bird, but EL saw a javelina at the Tyrone Sewage ponds on March 5 with
a LEAST SANDPIPER.
DB reported several flocks totaling 100 GAMBEL’S QUAILS in the Fort Bayard
area on March 6.
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 advises that the waste treatment ponds there will be closed for up to a
year for construction.
In Dona Ana County:
JN on March 13 had a COMMON GROUND-DOVE along the arroyo that crosses
Univerity Ave. about a quarter mile north of its intersection with Avenida de
Mesilla. CL saw it March 15.
At the Old Refuge (Mesilla Valley Bosque Park) south of Mesilla CL again
found the ZONE-TAILED HAWK on March 11. On March 15 CL had a GOSHAWK and a
SWAMP SPARROW. CBr reported a PERRGRIND FALLCON, but no goshawk, on March 15.
CBr had a ZONE-TAILED HAWK with 20 TURKEY VULTURES over the Rio Grande in
Mesilla on March 14.
At ‘Varied Thrush Lane’ about .6 mile north of the Mesilla Dam JN on March
13 had a MERLIN, a male YELLOWTHROAT, a SWAMP SPARROW, and up to 12 WOOD
DUCKS. (Two of the psrrows were there on March 2).
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. CL saw it on March 7 along the
Rio two miles south of the Mesilla Dam.
CL had a CASSIN’S VIREO in Mesilla Park on March 8.
In Soledad Canyon in the Organ Mts. on March 3 JN a HUTTON’S VIREO.
DG had the COMMON GROUND-DOVE at his Las Cruces home on March 8.
In Otero County:
BB on March 6 had a BELL’S VIREO near Dog Canyon south of Alamogordo.
At the Holloman Lakes near Alamogordo CL reports that the "no access" signs
are for hunters only. The entire shore is open to birding.
INITIALS USED:
BB, Bob Barber; DB, Dan Battaglia; DB, David Beatty; CBr. Chandra Britt;
DC, David Cleary; SNC, Steve and Nancy Cox; DD, David Dain; JDM, Joan
Day-Martin; BF, Ben Feltner; DG, David Griffin; JH, Joan Hardie; DH, David
Hawksworth; JH, James Hengeveld; EL, Gene Lewis; CL, Carl Lundblad; PLy,
Paul Lynch; LM, Larry Malone; NMC, Narca Moore-Craig; JN, Josh Nemeth;
BN, Bruce Neville; JO, Jerry Oldenettel; JP, John Parmeter; CR, Chris
Rustay; MS, Marcy Scott; PS, Pat Snider; PT. Patricia Taber; PY, Paul Yoder;
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 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 19 and on Saturday March
25. By then the finches may be leaving or gone.
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) or 266-9225. They will also go to Caballo and Elephant
Butte Lakes.
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.