- RBA
* New Mexico Bird Report
* March 26, 2006
* NMEX0603.26
- Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Common Loon and Horned Grebe (Colfax, Quay)
Western Grebe (Socorro)
American White Pelican (Cibola, Socorro, Colfax)
Cattls and Snowy Egrets (Valencia)
White-faced Ibis (Valencia)
Tundra Swan (Socorro, Colfax)
Eurasian Wigeon (Bernalillo)
Barrow's Goldeneye (Colfax)
Osprey (Doña Ana. Socorro)
WHITE-TAILED KITE (Grant)
Peregrine Falcon (Dona Ana)
Swainson’s Hawk (Socorro)
Zone-tailed Hawk (Dona Ana)
Northern Bobwhite (Quqy)
Snowy Plover (Quay)
Black-necked Stilt (Valencia)
Lesser Yellowlegs (Socorro)
Long-billed Curlew (Sierra, Socorro)
Wilson’s Phalarope (Grant)
Ring-billed and Franklin’s Gulls (Socorro)
Barn and Long-eared Owls (Colfax)
Burrowing Owl (Valencia)
Northern Saw-whet Owl (Bernalillo)
Common Ground-Dove (Dona Ana)
Common Poorwill (Dona Ana)
Black-chinned Hummingbird (Grant, Dona Ana)
Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Otero, Luna, Grant))
Rufous Hummingbird (Dona Ana)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Eddy)
Eastern Phoebe (Socorro)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Luna)
Ash-throated Flycatcher (sierra)
Pinyon Jay (Cibola)
Cactus Wren (Bernalillo)
House Wren (Dona Ana)
Eastern Bluebird (Bernalillo)
Sage Thrasher (Grant)
Brown Thrasher (Eddy)
Sprague’s Pipit (Socorro)
Yellow Warbler (Sierra)
Common Yellowthroat (Dona Ana)
Lark Bunting (Socorro, Dona Ana)
Grasshopper Sparrow (Socorro)
Fox Sparrow (Bernalillo)
Swamp Sparrow (Dona Ana)
White-throated Sparrow (Socorro)
Harris's Sparrow (Socorro)
YELLOW GROSBEAK (Bernalillo)
RUSTY BLACKBIRD (Quay)
Bullock’s Oriole (Sierra)
Rosy Finches three species (Bernalillo)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: March 26, 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 26, 2006,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are given
for private property, please call before going. Highlights are Yellow
Grosbeak, Eurasian Wigeon, Rusty Blackbird.
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. It was still there
on March 18.. 15 WHITE PELICANS were on Lake 12 on the Maxwell Refuge March
24 with a HORNED GREBE on Lake 14 with the two TUNDRA SWANS.
At the Maxwell Refuge on A5 just north of the juncion with A1 on March 17
there were six LONG-EARED OWLS and a BARN OWL.
In Quay County:
DC on March 25 at Ute Lake saw six COMMON LOONS (four in breeding plumage),
threer HORNED GREBES, a SNOWY PLOVER, 12 BOBWHITES, and at least one
vovalizing RUSTY BLACKBIRD.
In Cibola County:
BN and CR on March 5 counted 49 WHITE PELICANS on Bluewater Lake. They saw
many PINYON 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 feederst. Many have viewed it through March 26
when JP heard it singing for the first time. A sign it is soon to leave?.
BV had two CACTUS WRENS in Embudo Canyon on the west side of the Sandias on
March 19 about a half mile west of the water tank in chollas.
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. It was heard by JW on March 20.
At the Rio Grande Nature Center in Albuquerque NC says they banded an
EASTERN BLUEBIRD and the red FOX SPARROW on March 18. BV on March 26 again saw the
red FOX SPARROW at the green feeder near the entrance
JW saw the male EURASIAN WIGEON at Mariposa Basin Park off Taylor Ranch Road
in Albuquerque on March 18.
At the Crest House feeders on Sandia Crest SNC say the ROSY FINCHES, mostly
BLACKS, were still present on March 25. The banding team by March 25 have
banded a total this winter of 298, including 221 Blacks, 44 BROWN-CAPPED and 33
GRAY-CROWNED. Five of the Hepburn's race have been banded. They may be
leaving soon.
JH had five PINYON JAYS on NM 14 about five miles north of the NM 536
turnoff to the crest near Sandia Park.
In Valencia county;
JP and WW on March 18 saw three BLACK-NECKED STILTS at the marsh behind the
Taco Bell in Belen. WW on March 20 had a CATTLE EGRET and 38 stilts there.
BN and CR had a SNOWY EGRET and a WHITE-FACED IBIS on March 19. JP amd JO
found snowy egret, many stilts, and a BURROWING OWL on March 25.
In Socorro County:
At Bosque del Apache Refuge near San Antonio JP and WW on March 18 again saw
the HARRIS’S SPARROW at the headquarters. SM on March 20 on the Boardwalk
had a WESTERN GREBE and a WHITE PELICAN. JP and JO had ten pelicans at the
Norton Blind and the WHITE-THROATED SPARROW at the visitor center. CCBr had 70
pelicans flying over on March 26 with a SWAINSON’S HAWK.
JO at his home near Luis Lopez south of Socorro on March 1 had a HARRIS’S
and a WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS. He still had the Harris’s and two or three of
the White-throats by March 19.
JP and JO on March 25 took Otero Road east from the main street (California)
in Socorro east to where the pavement ends at the Low Flow Channel. Turning
south on a dirt road they found two TUNDRA SWANS, 50 RING-BILLED and five
FRANKLIN’S GULLS, and a SWAINSON’S HAWK. JO saw five of the hawks on March
26.
In the area of A127 north of US 380 16 miles east of San Antonio on March 25
JO and JP found a SPRAGUE’S PIPIT still present near the cattle guard at the
left fork. Also seen were a GRASSHOPPER SPARROW and 30 LARK BUNTINGS.
On the Farm-to-Market road just off 380 east of San Antonio in a flooded
field JO and JP saw twO LONG-BILLED CURLEWS and two LESSER YELLOWLEGS.
Jhi on March 26 at the golf course on the NMTU campus in Socorro north of
the Turtle Bay ponds. SM had an OSPREY flying over the area on March 23.
In Sierra County:
CL on March 19 saw 43 LONG-BILLED CURLEWS just south of the Arrey Dairy.
At Percha Dam State Park PY reported the BULLOCK’S ORIOLE was still present
on March 13. JP and WW had a singing YELLOW WARBLER on March 18.
At Riverside Park below Caballo Dam on March 18 they found the ASH-THROATED
FLYCATCHER was still present.
In Grant County:
PT on March 20 at her Silver City home had a BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD with
a BROAD-TAILED on March 20-21 ‘dancing’.
JM on March 23 had two WILSON’S PHALAROPES at the Tyrone Sewage Ponds.
RS had about 20 SAGE THRASHERS in Carlisle Canyon (about aight miles east of
Duncan, AZ on March 23.
CL saw three WHITE-TAILED KITES south of Hachita on on March 3 between mile
markers 35 and 36.
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:
On March 18 CL had a BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD and a VERMILION FLYCATCHER in
Pecan Park in Deming.
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. JDo saw it on March 16. On March 15 CL
had a SWAMP SPARROW. CCBr reported a PERRGRIND FALLCON on March 15. KS on
March 22 reported an OSPREY flying over and another (or the same?) over Burn
Lake later in the day. He saw LARK BUNTINGS and a HOUSE WREN.
At ‘Varied Thrush Lane’ about .6 mile north of the Mesilla Dam JN on March
13 had a male YELLOWTHROAT, and a SWAMP SPARROW.
JZ ans MS had a female RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD at their home near Radium Springs
on March 16. On March 25 there was a Rufous male and a BLACK-CHINNED present
and calling POORWILLS were heard.
In Otero County:
BN and CR on March 18 found two BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRDS at Oliver Lee
State Park 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.
In Eddy County:
RC at Rattlesnake Springs on March 14 found a BROWN THRASHER and a
YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER.
INITIALS USED:
CCBr. Charles and Chandra Britt; RC, Robert Cates; DC, David Cleary; SNC,
Steve and Nancy Cox; DD, David Dain; JDo, John Douglas; Jhi, John Hirth;
CL, Carl Lundblad; LM, Larry Malone; SM, Sonja Mendoza; NMC, Narca
Moore-Craig; JM, Jeannette Mott; JN, Josh Nemeth; BN, Bruce Neville; JO, Jerry
Oldenettel; JP, John Parmeter; CR, Chris Rustay; MS, Marcy Scott; RS,
Robert Shantz; KS, Ken Stinnett; PT. Patricia Taber; BV, Brad Vaughn; WW,
Bill Wittman; JW, Jimmy Woodard; 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 30 is to Hondo Canyon at the south end of the Sandias.
The banding team plans one more trip up to Sandia Crest for Rosy Finches on
Sunday, April 2. They hope to reach a total of 300 banded for the winter.
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 26, 2006
* NMEX0603.26
- Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Common Loon and Horned Grebe (Colfax, Quay)
Western Grebe (Socorro)
American White Pelican (Cibola, Socorro, Colfax)
Cattls and Snowy Egrets (Valencia)
White-faced Ibis (Valencia)
Tundra Swan (Socorro, Colfax)
Eurasian Wigeon (Bernalillo)
Barrow's Goldeneye (Colfax)
Osprey (Doña Ana. Socorro)
WHITE-TAILED KITE (Grant)
Peregrine Falcon (Dona Ana)
Swainson’s Hawk (Socorro)
Zone-tailed Hawk (Dona Ana)
Northern Bobwhite (Quqy)
Snowy Plover (Quay)
Black-necked Stilt (Valencia)
Lesser Yellowlegs (Socorro)
Long-billed Curlew (Sierra, Socorro)
Wilson’s Phalarope (Grant)
Ring-billed and Franklin’s Gulls (Socorro)
Barn and Long-eared Owls (Colfax)
Burrowing Owl (Valencia)
Northern Saw-whet Owl (Bernalillo)
Common Ground-Dove (Dona Ana)
Common Poorwill (Dona Ana)
Black-chinned Hummingbird (Grant, Dona Ana)
Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Otero, Luna, Grant))
Rufous Hummingbird (Dona Ana)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Eddy)
Eastern Phoebe (Socorro)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Luna)
Ash-throated Flycatcher (sierra)
Pinyon Jay (Cibola)
Cactus Wren (Bernalillo)
House Wren (Dona Ana)
Eastern Bluebird (Bernalillo)
Sage Thrasher (Grant)
Brown Thrasher (Eddy)
Sprague’s Pipit (Socorro)
Yellow Warbler (Sierra)
Common Yellowthroat (Dona Ana)
Lark Bunting (Socorro, Dona Ana)
Grasshopper Sparrow (Socorro)
Fox Sparrow (Bernalillo)
Swamp Sparrow (Dona Ana)
White-throated Sparrow (Socorro)
Harris's Sparrow (Socorro)
YELLOW GROSBEAK (Bernalillo)
RUSTY BLACKBIRD (Quay)
Bullock’s Oriole (Sierra)
Rosy Finches three species (Bernalillo)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: March 26, 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 26, 2006,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are given
for private property, please call before going. Highlights are Yellow
Grosbeak, Eurasian Wigeon, Rusty Blackbird.
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. It was still there
on March 18.. 15 WHITE PELICANS were on Lake 12 on the Maxwell Refuge March
24 with a HORNED GREBE on Lake 14 with the two TUNDRA SWANS.
At the Maxwell Refuge on A5 just north of the juncion with A1 on March 17
there were six LONG-EARED OWLS and a BARN OWL.
In Quay County:
DC on March 25 at Ute Lake saw six COMMON LOONS (four in breeding plumage),
threer HORNED GREBES, a SNOWY PLOVER, 12 BOBWHITES, and at least one
vovalizing RUSTY BLACKBIRD.
In Cibola County:
BN and CR on March 5 counted 49 WHITE PELICANS on Bluewater Lake. They saw
many PINYON 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 feederst. Many have viewed it through March 26
when JP heard it singing for the first time. A sign it is soon to leave?.
BV had two CACTUS WRENS in Embudo Canyon on the west side of the Sandias on
March 19 about a half mile west of the water tank in chollas.
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. It was heard by JW on March 20.
At the Rio Grande Nature Center in Albuquerque NC says they banded an
EASTERN BLUEBIRD and the red FOX SPARROW on March 18. BV on March 26 again saw the
red FOX SPARROW at the green feeder near the entrance
JW saw the male EURASIAN WIGEON at Mariposa Basin Park off Taylor Ranch Road
in Albuquerque on March 18.
At the Crest House feeders on Sandia Crest SNC say the ROSY FINCHES, mostly
BLACKS, were still present on March 25. The banding team by March 25 have
banded a total this winter of 298, including 221 Blacks, 44 BROWN-CAPPED and 33
GRAY-CROWNED. Five of the Hepburn's race have been banded. They may be
leaving soon.
JH had five PINYON JAYS on NM 14 about five miles north of the NM 536
turnoff to the crest near Sandia Park.
In Valencia county;
JP and WW on March 18 saw three BLACK-NECKED STILTS at the marsh behind the
Taco Bell in Belen. WW on March 20 had a CATTLE EGRET and 38 stilts there.
BN and CR had a SNOWY EGRET and a WHITE-FACED IBIS on March 19. JP amd JO
found snowy egret, many stilts, and a BURROWING OWL on March 25.
In Socorro County:
At Bosque del Apache Refuge near San Antonio JP and WW on March 18 again saw
the HARRIS’S SPARROW at the headquarters. SM on March 20 on the Boardwalk
had a WESTERN GREBE and a WHITE PELICAN. JP and JO had ten pelicans at the
Norton Blind and the WHITE-THROATED SPARROW at the visitor center. CCBr had 70
pelicans flying over on March 26 with a SWAINSON’S HAWK.
JO at his home near Luis Lopez south of Socorro on March 1 had a HARRIS’S
and a WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS. He still had the Harris’s and two or three of
the White-throats by March 19.
JP and JO on March 25 took Otero Road east from the main street (California)
in Socorro east to where the pavement ends at the Low Flow Channel. Turning
south on a dirt road they found two TUNDRA SWANS, 50 RING-BILLED and five
FRANKLIN’S GULLS, and a SWAINSON’S HAWK. JO saw five of the hawks on March
26.
In the area of A127 north of US 380 16 miles east of San Antonio on March 25
JO and JP found a SPRAGUE’S PIPIT still present near the cattle guard at the
left fork. Also seen were a GRASSHOPPER SPARROW and 30 LARK BUNTINGS.
On the Farm-to-Market road just off 380 east of San Antonio in a flooded
field JO and JP saw twO LONG-BILLED CURLEWS and two LESSER YELLOWLEGS.
Jhi on March 26 at the golf course on the NMTU campus in Socorro north of
the Turtle Bay ponds. SM had an OSPREY flying over the area on March 23.
In Sierra County:
CL on March 19 saw 43 LONG-BILLED CURLEWS just south of the Arrey Dairy.
At Percha Dam State Park PY reported the BULLOCK’S ORIOLE was still present
on March 13. JP and WW had a singing YELLOW WARBLER on March 18.
At Riverside Park below Caballo Dam on March 18 they found the ASH-THROATED
FLYCATCHER was still present.
In Grant County:
PT on March 20 at her Silver City home had a BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD with
a BROAD-TAILED on March 20-21 ‘dancing’.
JM on March 23 had two WILSON’S PHALAROPES at the Tyrone Sewage Ponds.
RS had about 20 SAGE THRASHERS in Carlisle Canyon (about aight miles east of
Duncan, AZ on March 23.
CL saw three WHITE-TAILED KITES south of Hachita on on March 3 between mile
markers 35 and 36.
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:
On March 18 CL had a BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD and a VERMILION FLYCATCHER in
Pecan Park in Deming.
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. JDo saw it on March 16. On March 15 CL
had a SWAMP SPARROW. CCBr reported a PERRGRIND FALLCON on March 15. KS on
March 22 reported an OSPREY flying over and another (or the same?) over Burn
Lake later in the day. He saw LARK BUNTINGS and a HOUSE WREN.
At ‘Varied Thrush Lane’ about .6 mile north of the Mesilla Dam JN on March
13 had a male YELLOWTHROAT, and a SWAMP SPARROW.
JZ ans MS had a female RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD at their home near Radium Springs
on March 16. On March 25 there was a Rufous male and a BLACK-CHINNED present
and calling POORWILLS were heard.
In Otero County:
BN and CR on March 18 found two BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRDS at Oliver Lee
State Park 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.
In Eddy County:
RC at Rattlesnake Springs on March 14 found a BROWN THRASHER and a
YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER.
INITIALS USED:
CCBr. Charles and Chandra Britt; RC, Robert Cates; DC, David Cleary; SNC,
Steve and Nancy Cox; DD, David Dain; JDo, John Douglas; Jhi, John Hirth;
CL, Carl Lundblad; LM, Larry Malone; SM, Sonja Mendoza; NMC, Narca
Moore-Craig; JM, Jeannette Mott; JN, Josh Nemeth; BN, Bruce Neville; JO, Jerry
Oldenettel; JP, John Parmeter; CR, Chris Rustay; MS, Marcy Scott; RS,
Robert Shantz; KS, Ken Stinnett; PT. Patricia Taber; BV, Brad Vaughn; WW,
Bill Wittman; JW, Jimmy Woodard; 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 30 is to Hondo Canyon at the south end of the Sandias.
The banding team plans one more trip up to Sandia Crest for Rosy Finches on
Sunday, April 2. They hope to reach a total of 300 banded for the winter.
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.