- RBA
* New Mexico Bird Report
* August 24, 2005
* NMEX0508.24
- Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Common Loon (Colfax)
Eared Grebe (Curry)
American White Pelican (Colfax)
American Bittern (Socorro)
Least Bittern (Socorro)
Egret species (Valencia)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Curry)
WHITE IBIS (Socorro)
White-faced Ibis (Socorro, Otero)
ROSEATE SPOONBILL (Chaves)
Snow Goose (Socorro)
Wood Duck (Socorro)
Osprey (Catron)
WHITE-TAILED KITE (Hidalgo)
Gray Hawk (Hidalgo)
Northern Bobwhite (DeBaca)
Montezuma Quail (Catron)
Common Moorhen (Socorro, Chaves, Valencia)
Black-bellied Plover (Luna)
Willet (Otero, Curry)
Solitary Sandpiper (Socorro, Curry)
Upland Sandpiper (Eddy, DeBaca)
Long-billed Curlew (Otero)
Wilson's Phalarope (Otero)
LAUGHING and California Gulls (Sierra)
Least Tern (Chaves)
Caspian Tern (Colfax)
Black Tern (Luna, Doņa Ana. Otero, Curry)
Inca Dove (Curry)
Elf Owl (Eddy)
Northern Pygmy-Owl (Catron, Grant)
Violet-crowned Hummingbird (Hidalgo)
Magnificent Hummingbird (Grant, Catron)
Calliope Hummingbird (Torrance)
Willow Flycatcher (Roosevelt)
Vermilion Flycatcher (DeBaca)
GREATER KISKADEE (Lea)
Cassin's Vireo (Roosevelt)
Gray Vireo (Hidalgo)
American Dipper (Colfax, Catron)
Eastern Bluebird (Bernalillo)
Crissal Thrasher (Socorro)
Olive Warbler (Grant)
Townsend's Warbler (Colfax)
HERMIT WARBLER (Grant)
Grace's Warbler (Cibola)
Northern Waterthrush (DeBaca, Otero)
Red-faced Warbler (Hidalgo)
Hepatic Tanager (Cibola)
Botteri's Sparrow (Hidalgo)
Lark Bunting (Luna)
Northern Cardinal (Guadalupe)
Indigo Bunting (Socorro)
Painted Bunting (Roosevelt)
Dickcissel (DeBaca)
Bronzed Cowbird (Lea)
Orchard Oriole (Guadalupe, DeBaca, Roosevelt)
Red Crossbill (Cibola)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
Date: August 24, 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 24, 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, Laughing Gull, Hermit Warbler. RH found PINE SISKINS in the
migrant traps along US 60 on the eastern plains August 16 through 19.
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 Colfax County:
DC had a DIPPER on August 13 at the Tolby Campground east of Eagle Nest. He
had two TOWNSEND'S WARBLERS on the Tolby Trail beyond the horse corrals on
August 21.
DC on August 8 at Stubblefield Lake had two COMMON LOONS. PMc on August 20
saw the two loons, two CASPIAN TERNS, and WHITE PELICANS.
In Cibola County:
CJG at the El Malpais Monument on August 17 saw on the Continental Divide
Trail migrant warblers, RED CROSSBILLS, and a HEPATIC TANAGER.
Between El Morro Monument and Grants he reports a good warbler migration,
including two GRACE'S WARBLERS singing on August 22 and 23.
In Bernalillo County:
LN had several EASTERN BLUEBIRDS at the Rio Grande Nature Center in
Albuquerque on August 20 in the south section by a bench near the Rio Grande.
MH on August 4 found a dead (and a live} MOORHEN with other critters at
the Isleta Marsh, possibly road-kills.
In Valencia County:
When a field was being irrigated, JaH was surprised by three trees full
of a large flock of egrets on Hwy. 47 south of Tome Hill between Los Lunas and
Belen.
In Torrance County:
RH reported a CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD just east of mile marker 249 on US 60
on August 19.
In Guadalupe County:\
BW and JNM on August 21 saw at the Power Dam Park in Santa Rosa three
ORCHARD ORIOLES with two CARDINALS behind the sewage ponds.
In DeBaca County:
BW and JNM on August 21 found that Sumner Lake is again very full. The
Russian olives have all been trimmed at the Bosque Redondo Park near Fort
Sumner and they saw a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH. At the Fort Sumner sewage ponds there
was an immature VERMILION FLYCATCHER, four first year ORCHARD ORIOLES, and a
calling DICKCISSEL. They saw two families of 15 each of BOBWHITE in the area.
There were no freshly-cut hay fields, so UPLAND SANDPIPERS were not found.
In Roosevelt County:
BW and JNM on August 21 found at the migrant trap 11 miles west of
Melrose a CASSIN'S VIREO, three immature PAINTED BUNTINGS, and a WILLOW FLYCATCHER,
with another ORCHARD ORIOLE at the abandoned ranch just to the southwest.
In Curry County:
BW and JNM on August 21 at the Clovis sewage ponds had a WILLET, SOLITARY
SANDPIPER, 50 BLACK TERNS, 60 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS, and an EARED GREBE
on a nest! In Clovis there was an INCA DOVE behind the Albertson's store off
Stratford Street.
In Socorro County:
CL on August 17 found the WHITE IBIS was still present on Bosque del
Apache Refuge near San Antonio at the pond on Hwy. 1 south of the Canyon
Trailhead. He had two MOORHENS on August 16 with two INDIGO BUNTINGS on the 17th on
the two-way road. GF on August 7 had an AMERICAN BITTERN in the heronry at the
east end of the middle road. JO and LL saw two LEAST BITTERNS on August 11.
JS on August 21 did not find the White Ibis, but saw one lingering SNOW GOOSE,
a female WOOD DUCK, 90 WHITE-FACED IBIS, two SOLITARY SANDPIPERS, and a
CRISSAL THRASHER just west of the headquarters rest rooms.
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 and a MOORHEN on Unit 15 on
August 3. On August 13 JP and WW found the spoonbill in the Oxbow in the
morning and later on 15. 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. JP reported the Laughing Gull on August 19.
In Catron County:
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 on August 11. On
August 10 he had a PYGMY OWL at the Gilita Campground at the lake.
BWi sighted a DIPPER in Whitewater Canyon at Glenwood on August 7 at the top
of the canyon.
In Grant County:
At the home of JDM near Lake Roberts there have been over 1000 hummers at
her feeders, but there are also africanized bees.
On August 10 CL at Signal Peak in the mountains north of Pinos Altos saw
one or two male MAGNIFICENT HUMMINGBIRDS. On the road up to the peak there
were one or two HERMIT WARBLERS, two OLIVE WARBLERS, and (with CB) a PYGMY OWL.
JP found one HERMIT WARBLER on August 19.
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. 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.
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.
On August 7 in the New Mexico part of Guadalupe Canyon BW and JNM had six
to eight VIOLET-CROWNED HUMMINGBIRDS, two GRAY HAWKS near the ranch, and
three GRAY VIREOS north of the road before the orchard. JB, MB, and NP had the
Gray Hawks on August 9.
In Luna County:
JO at the Deming Sewage Ponds on August 15 found a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER
and BLACK TERN.
LM says LARK BUNTINGS returned to the Deming area August 10.
In Doņa Ana County:
MS reports that their feeders near Radium Springs have been busy with
about 150 hummingbirds.
JD on August 18 saw six BLACK TERNS in Las Cruces below the Hwy. 70
bridge. There was a good number of warblers at the Old Refuge (now the Mesilla
Bosque Park). Birds good, bugs bad.
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. On August 19
he found a WILLET and a thousand phala-ropes, all apparently WILSON'S. LS on
August 21 found at the lake
500 phalaropes, the willet, LONG-BILLED CURLEW, WHITE-FACED IBIS, two BLACK
TERNS, and a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH.
In Eddy County:
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 BRONZED
COWBIRD. PM reports the kiskadee was still there on August 21.
Initials Used:
JB, Jonathan Batkin; MB, Matt Baumann; CB, Celestyn Brozek; DC, David
Cleary; JDM, Joan Day-Martin; JD, John Douglas; GF, Gary Froehlich; CJG, C.J.
Grimes; MH, Michael Hilchey; JH, Jan Hodges; RH, Rich Hoyer; DK, David
Krueper; LL, Lane Leckman; CL, Carl Lundblad; LM, Larry Malone; PM, Pat
McCasland; PMc, Paul McConnell; LN, Lannois Neely; JNM, Jim Nelson-Moore; JO,
Jerry Oldenettel; JP, John Parmeter; NP, Nick Pederson; JR, Janet Ruth; LS,
Lorraine Schulte; MS, Marcy Scott; JS, John Shipman; JSt, James Stuart;
GW, Gordon Warrick; BW, Bill West; SW, Steve West; BWi, Bob Wilcox; WW,
Bill Wittman.
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. On August 25 they check Sulphur and La Cienega Canyons in the Sandias
with Sally Burke. September 1 is the Corrales Bosque with Beverly Silfer;
September 8 to the Belen and Isleta marshes with Marge Williams; September 15 at the
Shady Lakes fishing ponds with Sally Burke; September 22 to Quarai Ruins and
the Manzanitas with the Boettchers; and on September 29 to Ponderosa with
Rebecca Gracey..
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 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.
On August 27 Mesilla Valley Audubon will go to the Holloman Lakes. Contact
is Nancy Stotz at 521-8087.
The weekend of August 27-28 Bitter Lake Refuge will have a Dragonfly Festival
with guided tours. Reservations are required for the tours at 625-4011.
On Saturday, September 24, Sangre de Cristo will bird the Las Vegas Refuge.
Contact is David White at 466-3444.
On the weekend of September 24-25 Mesilla Valley explores the area of Bitter
Lake Refuge with Bottomless Lakes and the Dexter Fish Hatchery near Roswell.
Contact is Walt Whitford at 521-1358.
- End transcript
* New Mexico Bird Report
* August 24, 2005
* NMEX0508.24
- Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Common Loon (Colfax)
Eared Grebe (Curry)
American White Pelican (Colfax)
American Bittern (Socorro)
Least Bittern (Socorro)
Egret species (Valencia)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Curry)
WHITE IBIS (Socorro)
White-faced Ibis (Socorro, Otero)
ROSEATE SPOONBILL (Chaves)
Snow Goose (Socorro)
Wood Duck (Socorro)
Osprey (Catron)
WHITE-TAILED KITE (Hidalgo)
Gray Hawk (Hidalgo)
Northern Bobwhite (DeBaca)
Montezuma Quail (Catron)
Common Moorhen (Socorro, Chaves, Valencia)
Black-bellied Plover (Luna)
Willet (Otero, Curry)
Solitary Sandpiper (Socorro, Curry)
Upland Sandpiper (Eddy, DeBaca)
Long-billed Curlew (Otero)
Wilson's Phalarope (Otero)
LAUGHING and California Gulls (Sierra)
Least Tern (Chaves)
Caspian Tern (Colfax)
Black Tern (Luna, Doņa Ana. Otero, Curry)
Inca Dove (Curry)
Elf Owl (Eddy)
Northern Pygmy-Owl (Catron, Grant)
Violet-crowned Hummingbird (Hidalgo)
Magnificent Hummingbird (Grant, Catron)
Calliope Hummingbird (Torrance)
Willow Flycatcher (Roosevelt)
Vermilion Flycatcher (DeBaca)
GREATER KISKADEE (Lea)
Cassin's Vireo (Roosevelt)
Gray Vireo (Hidalgo)
American Dipper (Colfax, Catron)
Eastern Bluebird (Bernalillo)
Crissal Thrasher (Socorro)
Olive Warbler (Grant)
Townsend's Warbler (Colfax)
HERMIT WARBLER (Grant)
Grace's Warbler (Cibola)
Northern Waterthrush (DeBaca, Otero)
Red-faced Warbler (Hidalgo)
Hepatic Tanager (Cibola)
Botteri's Sparrow (Hidalgo)
Lark Bunting (Luna)
Northern Cardinal (Guadalupe)
Indigo Bunting (Socorro)
Painted Bunting (Roosevelt)
Dickcissel (DeBaca)
Bronzed Cowbird (Lea)
Orchard Oriole (Guadalupe, DeBaca, Roosevelt)
Red Crossbill (Cibola)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
Date: August 24, 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 24, 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, Laughing Gull, Hermit Warbler. RH found PINE SISKINS in the
migrant traps along US 60 on the eastern plains August 16 through 19.
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 Colfax County:
DC had a DIPPER on August 13 at the Tolby Campground east of Eagle Nest. He
had two TOWNSEND'S WARBLERS on the Tolby Trail beyond the horse corrals on
August 21.
DC on August 8 at Stubblefield Lake had two COMMON LOONS. PMc on August 20
saw the two loons, two CASPIAN TERNS, and WHITE PELICANS.
In Cibola County:
CJG at the El Malpais Monument on August 17 saw on the Continental Divide
Trail migrant warblers, RED CROSSBILLS, and a HEPATIC TANAGER.
Between El Morro Monument and Grants he reports a good warbler migration,
including two GRACE'S WARBLERS singing on August 22 and 23.
In Bernalillo County:
LN had several EASTERN BLUEBIRDS at the Rio Grande Nature Center in
Albuquerque on August 20 in the south section by a bench near the Rio Grande.
MH on August 4 found a dead (and a live} MOORHEN with other critters at
the Isleta Marsh, possibly road-kills.
In Valencia County:
When a field was being irrigated, JaH was surprised by three trees full
of a large flock of egrets on Hwy. 47 south of Tome Hill between Los Lunas and
Belen.
In Torrance County:
RH reported a CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD just east of mile marker 249 on US 60
on August 19.
In Guadalupe County:\
BW and JNM on August 21 saw at the Power Dam Park in Santa Rosa three
ORCHARD ORIOLES with two CARDINALS behind the sewage ponds.
In DeBaca County:
BW and JNM on August 21 found that Sumner Lake is again very full. The
Russian olives have all been trimmed at the Bosque Redondo Park near Fort
Sumner and they saw a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH. At the Fort Sumner sewage ponds there
was an immature VERMILION FLYCATCHER, four first year ORCHARD ORIOLES, and a
calling DICKCISSEL. They saw two families of 15 each of BOBWHITE in the area.
There were no freshly-cut hay fields, so UPLAND SANDPIPERS were not found.
In Roosevelt County:
BW and JNM on August 21 found at the migrant trap 11 miles west of
Melrose a CASSIN'S VIREO, three immature PAINTED BUNTINGS, and a WILLOW FLYCATCHER,
with another ORCHARD ORIOLE at the abandoned ranch just to the southwest.
In Curry County:
BW and JNM on August 21 at the Clovis sewage ponds had a WILLET, SOLITARY
SANDPIPER, 50 BLACK TERNS, 60 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS, and an EARED GREBE
on a nest! In Clovis there was an INCA DOVE behind the Albertson's store off
Stratford Street.
In Socorro County:
CL on August 17 found the WHITE IBIS was still present on Bosque del
Apache Refuge near San Antonio at the pond on Hwy. 1 south of the Canyon
Trailhead. He had two MOORHENS on August 16 with two INDIGO BUNTINGS on the 17th on
the two-way road. GF on August 7 had an AMERICAN BITTERN in the heronry at the
east end of the middle road. JO and LL saw two LEAST BITTERNS on August 11.
JS on August 21 did not find the White Ibis, but saw one lingering SNOW GOOSE,
a female WOOD DUCK, 90 WHITE-FACED IBIS, two SOLITARY SANDPIPERS, and a
CRISSAL THRASHER just west of the headquarters rest rooms.
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 and a MOORHEN on Unit 15 on
August 3. On August 13 JP and WW found the spoonbill in the Oxbow in the
morning and later on 15. 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. JP reported the Laughing Gull on August 19.
In Catron County:
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 on August 11. On
August 10 he had a PYGMY OWL at the Gilita Campground at the lake.
BWi sighted a DIPPER in Whitewater Canyon at Glenwood on August 7 at the top
of the canyon.
In Grant County:
At the home of JDM near Lake Roberts there have been over 1000 hummers at
her feeders, but there are also africanized bees.
On August 10 CL at Signal Peak in the mountains north of Pinos Altos saw
one or two male MAGNIFICENT HUMMINGBIRDS. On the road up to the peak there
were one or two HERMIT WARBLERS, two OLIVE WARBLERS, and (with CB) a PYGMY OWL.
JP found one HERMIT WARBLER on August 19.
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. 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.
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.
On August 7 in the New Mexico part of Guadalupe Canyon BW and JNM had six
to eight VIOLET-CROWNED HUMMINGBIRDS, two GRAY HAWKS near the ranch, and
three GRAY VIREOS north of the road before the orchard. JB, MB, and NP had the
Gray Hawks on August 9.
In Luna County:
JO at the Deming Sewage Ponds on August 15 found a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER
and BLACK TERN.
LM says LARK BUNTINGS returned to the Deming area August 10.
In Doņa Ana County:
MS reports that their feeders near Radium Springs have been busy with
about 150 hummingbirds.
JD on August 18 saw six BLACK TERNS in Las Cruces below the Hwy. 70
bridge. There was a good number of warblers at the Old Refuge (now the Mesilla
Bosque Park). Birds good, bugs bad.
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. On August 19
he found a WILLET and a thousand phala-ropes, all apparently WILSON'S. LS on
August 21 found at the lake
500 phalaropes, the willet, LONG-BILLED CURLEW, WHITE-FACED IBIS, two BLACK
TERNS, and a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH.
In Eddy County:
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 BRONZED
COWBIRD. PM reports the kiskadee was still there on August 21.
Initials Used:
JB, Jonathan Batkin; MB, Matt Baumann; CB, Celestyn Brozek; DC, David
Cleary; JDM, Joan Day-Martin; JD, John Douglas; GF, Gary Froehlich; CJG, C.J.
Grimes; MH, Michael Hilchey; JH, Jan Hodges; RH, Rich Hoyer; DK, David
Krueper; LL, Lane Leckman; CL, Carl Lundblad; LM, Larry Malone; PM, Pat
McCasland; PMc, Paul McConnell; LN, Lannois Neely; JNM, Jim Nelson-Moore; JO,
Jerry Oldenettel; JP, John Parmeter; NP, Nick Pederson; JR, Janet Ruth; LS,
Lorraine Schulte; MS, Marcy Scott; JS, John Shipman; JSt, James Stuart;
GW, Gordon Warrick; BW, Bill West; SW, Steve West; BWi, Bob Wilcox; WW,
Bill Wittman.
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. On August 25 they check Sulphur and La Cienega Canyons in the Sandias
with Sally Burke. September 1 is the Corrales Bosque with Beverly Silfer;
September 8 to the Belen and Isleta marshes with Marge Williams; September 15 at the
Shady Lakes fishing ponds with Sally Burke; September 22 to Quarai Ruins and
the Manzanitas with the Boettchers; and on September 29 to Ponderosa with
Rebecca Gracey..
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 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.
On August 27 Mesilla Valley Audubon will go to the Holloman Lakes. Contact
is Nancy Stotz at 521-8087.
The weekend of August 27-28 Bitter Lake Refuge will have a Dragonfly Festival
with guided tours. Reservations are required for the tours at 625-4011.
On Saturday, September 24, Sangre de Cristo will bird the Las Vegas Refuge.
Contact is David White at 466-3444.
On the weekend of September 24-25 Mesilla Valley explores the area of Bitter
Lake Refuge with Bottomless Lakes and the Dexter Fish Hatchery near Roswell.
Contact is Walt Whitford at 521-1358.
- End transcript