- RBA
* New Mexico Bird Report
* April 20, 2006
NMEX0604.20
- Birds Mentioned and Counties:
American White Pelican (Grant)
American Bittern (Chaves)
Great and Cattle Egrets (Grant)
GLOSSY IBIS (Socorro)
White-faced Ibis (Dona Ana)
Wood Duck (Taos/Rio Arriba line)
Mallard hybrid (Santa Fe)
Osprey (sierra)
White-tailed Kite (Grant)
Broad-winged Hawk (sierra, Dona Ana)
Zone-tailed Hawk (Socorro, Hidalgo)
CRESTED CARACARA (Socorro)
Peregrine Falcon (Grant)
Blue Grouse (Santa Fe)
Lesser Prairie-chicken (Roosevelt, Chaves)
Common Noorhen (Socorro)
Sandhill Crane (Grant)
American Avocet (Grant)
Willet and Semipalmated Plover (Socorro)
Lesser Yellow-legs (Socorro, Grant)
Western and Least Sandpipers (Socorro)
Marbled Godwit (Sandoval)
Long-billed Curlew (Sierra, Eddy)
Stilt Sandpiper (Valencia)
Franklin’s Gull (Socorro)
Whiskered-Screech-Owls (Hidalgo)
Burrowing Owl (Eddy)
Long-eared Owl (Roosevelt)
Northern Pygmy-Owl (Socorro, Santa Fe)
Northern Saw-whet Owl (Bernalillo)
White-winged Dove (Cibola)
Common Ground-Dove (Dona Ana)
Magnificent Hummingbird (Grant)
Rufous and Calliope Hummingbirds (Grant)
Acorn Woodpecker (Cibola, Dona Ana)
Gray Flycatcher (Dona Ana)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Socorro)
Dusky-capped Flycatcher (Hidalgo)
Brown-crested Flycatcher (Sierra)
Gray Jay (Taos)
Brown Creeper (Socorro)
Winter Wren (Bernalillo)
Bell’s Vireo (Socorro)
Hutton’s Vireo (Dona Ana)
Cassin’s Vireo (Sierra, Dona Ana))
American Dipper (Taos)
Sprague’s Pipit (Eddy)
Gray Catbird (Grant)
Brown Thrasher (Sandoval)
Lucy’s Warbler (Eddy)
Northern Parula (Sierra, Roosevelt)
Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dona Ana, Lea, Valencia)
Hybrid Yellow-rumped Warbler (Socorro)
Twwnsend’s Warbler (Socorro, Sierra)
Yellow-throated Warbler (Luna)
Blackpoll Warbler (Eddy)
Painted Redstart (Luna, Dona Ana)
Field Sparrow (Roosevelt)
Black-chinned Sparrow (Hidalgo, Dona Ana)
Baird’s Sparrow (Eddy)
Swamp Sparrow (Dona Ana)
White-throated Sparrow (Socorro, Bernalillo, Valencia)
Harris’s Sparrow (Socorro))
Northern Cardinal (Dona Ana)
YELLOW GROSBEAK (Bernalillo)
Common Grackle (Catron)
Hooded Oriole (Luna, Hidalgo)
Scott’s Oriole (Hidalgo, Dona Ana)
Pine Grosbeak (Taos)
Evening Grosbeak (Sandoval)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: April 20, 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 April 20, 2006,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are given
for private property, please call before going. Highlights are Yellow
Grosbeak, Glossy Ibis.
Migrants are beginning to arrive, some of them early.
There have been very few reports of Cassin's Finches, Red Crossbills,
Evening Grosbeaks, Clark's Nutcrackers, and Pine Grosbeaks.
The Cibola Natl. Forest, nainly mt. Ranges in central N.M. has increased
fire restrictions.
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) .
n Taos County:
Near the Taos Ski Village on April 14 JP and WW on Twining Road above the
village had two DIPPERS, a GRAY JAY, and a PINE GROSBEAK. Just north of the
Taos/Rio Arriba County line south of Pilar on the Rio Grande there was a pair
of WOOD DUCKS.
In Sandoval County:
LL on April 16 saw eight EVENING GROSBEAKS in Jemez Springs.
JSt on April 14 at Cochiti Lake near the main boat ramp had a MARBLED GODWIT.
LN on April 13 saw a BROWN THRASHER in the Corrales Bosque at the Romero
Road entrance between the ditch and the river.
In Santa Fe County:
JSt on April 19 on the pond Caja del Rio and Wildlife Way in Santa Fe just
north of the new Animal Shelter saw a possible male MALLARD hybrid with either
a MEXICAN or BLACK DUCK.
JP and WW on April 14 below the Santa Fe Ski Basin near mile marker 12 had a
BLUE GROUSE. They had a PYGMY OWL just below the ski area and another
calling at the Aspen Vista on the road.
In Cibola County:
CJG on April 8-9 reported a controlled burn in the Big Tubes area of El
Malpais NM. While there he saw an ACORN WOODPECKER. The area is temporarily
closed. The first WHITE-WINGED DOVE appeared at El Morro NM on april 16.
In Bernalillo County:
RV reported three SAW-WHET OWLS were found above the Doc Long Picnic Area in
the eastern Sandia Mts. April 14.
JJ had a WINTER WREN on April 9 in the upper reaches of Embudito Canyon on
the west side of the Sandias. It was about a half mile below the trail that
intersects the Embudo Canyon Trail.
The YELLOW GROSBEAK has been 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
onto Las Lomas, it is at backyard feeders. Many have viewed it.
KB reported it still present on April 18.
PS had a singing WHITE-THROATED SPARROW still at the front feeder of the Rio
Grande Nature Center in Albuquerque April 19.
In Valencia county:
WW had a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW and a MYRTLE WARBLER at the Madrone Ponds
south of Belen on April 17.
At the marsh behind the Taco Bell in Belen on April 14 RV reported two STILT
SANDPIPERS. He saw one there on April 17, MB saw it April 18.
In Roosevelt County:
CR on the lek visit at Milnesand on April 8-9 found the LESSER PRAIRIE
CHICKENS in good numbers this spring. Four FIELD SPARROWS were in the area. CW
reported 27 prairie chickens there on April 18 with a male NORTHERN PARULA on
private land 15 miles northeast of Milnesand.
CW saw a LONG-EARED OWL at the migrant trap west of Melrose on April 14.
In Socorro County:
JP found a CARACARA on April 15 in an alfalfa field just north of San Acacia
at mile marker 164 on I-25. It was seen on April 16 by several, but not on
April 17 or 18.
At Bosque del Apache Refuge near San Antonio a GLOSSY IBIS was seen by RV
and CR on April 15, and PS and KSo on April 16, RV on April 17, and MB on
April 18 at the south end of the Marsh Loop.
At the refuge CL had the WHITE-THROATED SPARROW at the visitor center on
April 15 with a WILLET and a VERMILION FLYCATCHER. CR and RV found the HARRIS’S
SPARROW still present on April 15. JP reported the willet, two SEMIPALMATED
PLOVERS, 50 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, and 250 WESTERN SANDPIPERS.
BMH on April 16 saw a SEMIPALMATED PLOVER with 150 Least Sandipers and a
ZONE-TAILED HAWK near the Chupadera Deck.
CL on April 16 saw 2 MOORHENS, the Willet, Vermilion Flycatcher, two BELL’S
VIREOS, and the WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. RV on the refuge April 17 found a
CASSIN’S VIREO and six FRANKLIN;S GULLS.
On the NMTU campus in Socorro on April 9 KR photographed a hybrid MYRTLE X
AUDUBON’S WARBLER. CL at Turtle Bay Park on the campus on April 16 found a
BROWN CRREPER and a TOWNSEND’S WARBLER.
JP, JO, LL, and WW had a calling PYGMY OWL a half mile above the campground
in Water Canyon, west of Socorro, on April 8. SM reports that the campground
is closed and will be moved to a new site. A trail is to be built for
birding.
In Catron County:
JH had a COMMON GRACKLE at her ranch east of Datil on April 13.
In Chaves County:
BW and JNM on April 12 saw three AMERICAN BITTERNS from the blind at Bitter
Lake Refuge.
In Sierra County:
CL saw 12 LONG-BILLED CURLEWS at the Caballo Dairy in Arrey on April 16.
On April 15 on Las Animas Canyon near Caballo Lake CL had a BROAD-WINGED
HAWK and found the BROWN-CRESTED FLYCATCHERS are still present.
At Percha Dam State Park on April 15 CL found a CASSIN’S VIREO while JP, WW,
LL, aand HS saw a singing male NORTHERN PARULA, a male TOWNSEND’S WARBLER,
and an OSPREY.
JP and crew found a male HOODED ORIOLE at Hillsboro on April 15.
In Grant County:
JDM had a pair of MAGNIFICENT HUMMINGBIRDS at her feeders at Roberts Lake on
April 15 with a CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD on April 14. PT had a pair of RUFOUS
HUMMINGBIRDS in Silver City on April 12.
RS saw 17 AVOCETS on Bill Evans Lake on 15 with a GREAT EGRET.
PT had a CATBIRD at Mangas Springs on April 11. JD saw it there on April 16.
MCF at the Gila River Farm on April 13 had a late SANDHILL CRANE and 38
WHITE PELICANS. On Spril 14 there was a CATTLE EGRET and a LESSER YELLOWLEGS.
CF had a PEREGRINE FALCON at the Cherry Creek Campground near Pinos Altos on
April 14.
JP, LL, WW, and HS on April 1 had a single WHITE-TAILED KITE near mile
marker 33 south of Hachita where the road veers right (west) and then comes back
south (left).
In Hidalgo County:
CCBr on April 2 at Clanton Canyon had a DUSKY-CAPPED FLYCATCHER, and heard
the WHISKERED-SCREECH-OWLS. The JP team on April 1 had a ZONE-TAILED HAWK,
the flycatcher, two singing BLACK-CHINNED SPARROWS west of the summit, and
several singing SCOTT’S ORIOLES.
CCBr on April 1 at Dunagan’s Crossing on county Hwy. 1 south of Animas say
they heard from the owner that he is selling his 100 acres there.
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:
At Katfish Kove near the Grant Co. line on April 15 the bird trip found
several PAINTED REDSTARTS, a female HOODED ORIOLE, and a male YELLOW-THORATED
WARBLER.
LM advises that the waste treatment ponds there will be closed for up to a
year for construction. Has it opened yet?
In Dona Ana County:
DG has had a COMMON GROUND-DOVE show up at odd times at his Las Cruces yard,
seen again on April 11. He found a dead WHITE-FACED IBIS there on April 19
with a GRAY FLYCATCHER April 12.
In Mesilla Park JN still had several MYRTLE’S WARBLERS on April 10. CL and
CCBr had a CASSIN’S VIREO on April 14. JN saw a adult BROAD-WINGED HAWK
flying over on April 18.
CBr at the Mesilla Valley Bosque Park south of Mesilla on April 11 had a
SWAMP SPARROW and a CARDINAL.
On the Pine Tree Trail at Aguirre Springs on the east sidr of the Organ Mts.
DG on April 9 found many BLACK-CHINNED SPARROWS, an ACORN WOODPECKER, and
two HUTTON’S VIREOS. JN on April 15 saw the woodpecker, a PAINTED REDSTART,
three male SCOTT’S ORIOLES, and five of the vireos.
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:
SRW had a BLACKPOLL WARBLER female and a LUCY’S WARBLER at Rattlesnake
Springs on April 14.
JN had five LONG-BILLED CURLEWS south of Hope on April 7.
BW and JNM on April 12 had a SPRAGUE’S PIPIT north of co. 95 about ten miles
north of Hope. They had a BAIRD’S SPARROW in Bullis Canyon ten miles
southwest of Hope.
KH had BURROWING OWLS in the Super 8 parking lot in Carlsbad on April 9.
In Lea County:
RC on Apirl 8 had a MYRTLE WARBLER at the Tatum Sewage Ponds.
INITIALS USED:
MB, Matt Baumann; KB, Karen Boettcher; CCBr. Charles and Chandra Britt;
RC, Robert Cates; JDM, Joan Day-Martin; JD, John Douglas; MCF, Mike and
Carol Fugagli; DG, David Griffin; CJG, C.J. Grimes; JH, Joan Hardie; KH,
Karen Herzenberg; BMH, Bill and Mari Howe; JJ, Jim Joseph; Lla, Laurel
Ladwig; LL, Lane Leckman; CL, Carl Lundblad; LM, Larry Malone; SM. Sonja
Mendoza; NMC, Narca Moore-Craig; LN, Lannois Neely; JNM, Jim Nelson-Moore; JN,
Josh Nemeth; JO, Jerry Oldenettel; JP, John Parmeter; KR, Kurt Radamaker;
CR, Chris Rustay; RS, Roland Shook; HS, Heidi Simms; PS, Pat Snider;
Kso, Krista Sorra; JSt, James Stuart; PT, Patricia Taber; RV, Raymond
VanBuskirk; BW, Bill West; SRW, Steve and Renee West; WW, Bill Wittman, CW, Cole
Wolf.
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 April 27 they go to Roger Hoppe’s home in Sandia Heights. On May 4
the trip is to the pond in Manzano and the Quarai Ruins
On the weekend of April 22-23 Central will tour to Bitter Lake Refuge amd
Rattlenake Springs led by Sei Tokuda. They will spend the night in Carlsbad.
Contact him at 266-2480.
And on April 22-23 Mesilla Valley Audubon will also be at Rattlesnake
Springs and the Carlsbad area, the Salt Lakes, or Sitting Bull Falls, and the
Guadalupe Mts. Contact Walt Whitman at 521-1358.
On Sunday, April 23 Sangre de Cristo will go to the migrant trap near
Melrose. Contact is Lonnie Howard at 995-9799 or Gail Szpatura at 471-4496.
On May 6, the Colfax County group will explore the Cimarron area and several
of the private ranches in the area meeting at the historic St. James Hotel
at 7:30 (6:30 for breakfast). Leader is Dave Cleary at 375-2971.
On Saturday, May 6, Central Audubon will go to the Tucumcari area. Leader
is Chris Rustay at 255-7786.
Paul Yoder advises that will nbe a MIGRATION SENSATION at Percha Dam State
Park on April 29-30. Contact him at 744-5998. A self-guided nature trail is
being built.
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.
- End transcript.
* New Mexico Bird Report
* April 20, 2006
NMEX0604.20
- Birds Mentioned and Counties:
American White Pelican (Grant)
American Bittern (Chaves)
Great and Cattle Egrets (Grant)
GLOSSY IBIS (Socorro)
White-faced Ibis (Dona Ana)
Wood Duck (Taos/Rio Arriba line)
Mallard hybrid (Santa Fe)
Osprey (sierra)
White-tailed Kite (Grant)
Broad-winged Hawk (sierra, Dona Ana)
Zone-tailed Hawk (Socorro, Hidalgo)
CRESTED CARACARA (Socorro)
Peregrine Falcon (Grant)
Blue Grouse (Santa Fe)
Lesser Prairie-chicken (Roosevelt, Chaves)
Common Noorhen (Socorro)
Sandhill Crane (Grant)
American Avocet (Grant)
Willet and Semipalmated Plover (Socorro)
Lesser Yellow-legs (Socorro, Grant)
Western and Least Sandpipers (Socorro)
Marbled Godwit (Sandoval)
Long-billed Curlew (Sierra, Eddy)
Stilt Sandpiper (Valencia)
Franklin’s Gull (Socorro)
Whiskered-Screech-Owls (Hidalgo)
Burrowing Owl (Eddy)
Long-eared Owl (Roosevelt)
Northern Pygmy-Owl (Socorro, Santa Fe)
Northern Saw-whet Owl (Bernalillo)
White-winged Dove (Cibola)
Common Ground-Dove (Dona Ana)
Magnificent Hummingbird (Grant)
Rufous and Calliope Hummingbirds (Grant)
Acorn Woodpecker (Cibola, Dona Ana)
Gray Flycatcher (Dona Ana)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Socorro)
Dusky-capped Flycatcher (Hidalgo)
Brown-crested Flycatcher (Sierra)
Gray Jay (Taos)
Brown Creeper (Socorro)
Winter Wren (Bernalillo)
Bell’s Vireo (Socorro)
Hutton’s Vireo (Dona Ana)
Cassin’s Vireo (Sierra, Dona Ana))
American Dipper (Taos)
Sprague’s Pipit (Eddy)
Gray Catbird (Grant)
Brown Thrasher (Sandoval)
Lucy’s Warbler (Eddy)
Northern Parula (Sierra, Roosevelt)
Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dona Ana, Lea, Valencia)
Hybrid Yellow-rumped Warbler (Socorro)
Twwnsend’s Warbler (Socorro, Sierra)
Yellow-throated Warbler (Luna)
Blackpoll Warbler (Eddy)
Painted Redstart (Luna, Dona Ana)
Field Sparrow (Roosevelt)
Black-chinned Sparrow (Hidalgo, Dona Ana)
Baird’s Sparrow (Eddy)
Swamp Sparrow (Dona Ana)
White-throated Sparrow (Socorro, Bernalillo, Valencia)
Harris’s Sparrow (Socorro))
Northern Cardinal (Dona Ana)
YELLOW GROSBEAK (Bernalillo)
Common Grackle (Catron)
Hooded Oriole (Luna, Hidalgo)
Scott’s Oriole (Hidalgo, Dona Ana)
Pine Grosbeak (Taos)
Evening Grosbeak (Sandoval)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: April 20, 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 April 20, 2006,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are given
for private property, please call before going. Highlights are Yellow
Grosbeak, Glossy Ibis.
Migrants are beginning to arrive, some of them early.
There have been very few reports of Cassin's Finches, Red Crossbills,
Evening Grosbeaks, Clark's Nutcrackers, and Pine Grosbeaks.
The Cibola Natl. Forest, nainly mt. Ranges in central N.M. has increased
fire restrictions.
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) .
n Taos County:
Near the Taos Ski Village on April 14 JP and WW on Twining Road above the
village had two DIPPERS, a GRAY JAY, and a PINE GROSBEAK. Just north of the
Taos/Rio Arriba County line south of Pilar on the Rio Grande there was a pair
of WOOD DUCKS.
In Sandoval County:
LL on April 16 saw eight EVENING GROSBEAKS in Jemez Springs.
JSt on April 14 at Cochiti Lake near the main boat ramp had a MARBLED GODWIT.
LN on April 13 saw a BROWN THRASHER in the Corrales Bosque at the Romero
Road entrance between the ditch and the river.
In Santa Fe County:
JSt on April 19 on the pond Caja del Rio and Wildlife Way in Santa Fe just
north of the new Animal Shelter saw a possible male MALLARD hybrid with either
a MEXICAN or BLACK DUCK.
JP and WW on April 14 below the Santa Fe Ski Basin near mile marker 12 had a
BLUE GROUSE. They had a PYGMY OWL just below the ski area and another
calling at the Aspen Vista on the road.
In Cibola County:
CJG on April 8-9 reported a controlled burn in the Big Tubes area of El
Malpais NM. While there he saw an ACORN WOODPECKER. The area is temporarily
closed. The first WHITE-WINGED DOVE appeared at El Morro NM on april 16.
In Bernalillo County:
RV reported three SAW-WHET OWLS were found above the Doc Long Picnic Area in
the eastern Sandia Mts. April 14.
JJ had a WINTER WREN on April 9 in the upper reaches of Embudito Canyon on
the west side of the Sandias. It was about a half mile below the trail that
intersects the Embudo Canyon Trail.
The YELLOW GROSBEAK has been 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
onto Las Lomas, it is at backyard feeders. Many have viewed it.
KB reported it still present on April 18.
PS had a singing WHITE-THROATED SPARROW still at the front feeder of the Rio
Grande Nature Center in Albuquerque April 19.
In Valencia county:
WW had a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW and a MYRTLE WARBLER at the Madrone Ponds
south of Belen on April 17.
At the marsh behind the Taco Bell in Belen on April 14 RV reported two STILT
SANDPIPERS. He saw one there on April 17, MB saw it April 18.
In Roosevelt County:
CR on the lek visit at Milnesand on April 8-9 found the LESSER PRAIRIE
CHICKENS in good numbers this spring. Four FIELD SPARROWS were in the area. CW
reported 27 prairie chickens there on April 18 with a male NORTHERN PARULA on
private land 15 miles northeast of Milnesand.
CW saw a LONG-EARED OWL at the migrant trap west of Melrose on April 14.
In Socorro County:
JP found a CARACARA on April 15 in an alfalfa field just north of San Acacia
at mile marker 164 on I-25. It was seen on April 16 by several, but not on
April 17 or 18.
At Bosque del Apache Refuge near San Antonio a GLOSSY IBIS was seen by RV
and CR on April 15, and PS and KSo on April 16, RV on April 17, and MB on
April 18 at the south end of the Marsh Loop.
At the refuge CL had the WHITE-THROATED SPARROW at the visitor center on
April 15 with a WILLET and a VERMILION FLYCATCHER. CR and RV found the HARRIS’S
SPARROW still present on April 15. JP reported the willet, two SEMIPALMATED
PLOVERS, 50 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, and 250 WESTERN SANDPIPERS.
BMH on April 16 saw a SEMIPALMATED PLOVER with 150 Least Sandipers and a
ZONE-TAILED HAWK near the Chupadera Deck.
CL on April 16 saw 2 MOORHENS, the Willet, Vermilion Flycatcher, two BELL’S
VIREOS, and the WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. RV on the refuge April 17 found a
CASSIN’S VIREO and six FRANKLIN;S GULLS.
On the NMTU campus in Socorro on April 9 KR photographed a hybrid MYRTLE X
AUDUBON’S WARBLER. CL at Turtle Bay Park on the campus on April 16 found a
BROWN CRREPER and a TOWNSEND’S WARBLER.
JP, JO, LL, and WW had a calling PYGMY OWL a half mile above the campground
in Water Canyon, west of Socorro, on April 8. SM reports that the campground
is closed and will be moved to a new site. A trail is to be built for
birding.
In Catron County:
JH had a COMMON GRACKLE at her ranch east of Datil on April 13.
In Chaves County:
BW and JNM on April 12 saw three AMERICAN BITTERNS from the blind at Bitter
Lake Refuge.
In Sierra County:
CL saw 12 LONG-BILLED CURLEWS at the Caballo Dairy in Arrey on April 16.
On April 15 on Las Animas Canyon near Caballo Lake CL had a BROAD-WINGED
HAWK and found the BROWN-CRESTED FLYCATCHERS are still present.
At Percha Dam State Park on April 15 CL found a CASSIN’S VIREO while JP, WW,
LL, aand HS saw a singing male NORTHERN PARULA, a male TOWNSEND’S WARBLER,
and an OSPREY.
JP and crew found a male HOODED ORIOLE at Hillsboro on April 15.
In Grant County:
JDM had a pair of MAGNIFICENT HUMMINGBIRDS at her feeders at Roberts Lake on
April 15 with a CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD on April 14. PT had a pair of RUFOUS
HUMMINGBIRDS in Silver City on April 12.
RS saw 17 AVOCETS on Bill Evans Lake on 15 with a GREAT EGRET.
PT had a CATBIRD at Mangas Springs on April 11. JD saw it there on April 16.
MCF at the Gila River Farm on April 13 had a late SANDHILL CRANE and 38
WHITE PELICANS. On Spril 14 there was a CATTLE EGRET and a LESSER YELLOWLEGS.
CF had a PEREGRINE FALCON at the Cherry Creek Campground near Pinos Altos on
April 14.
JP, LL, WW, and HS on April 1 had a single WHITE-TAILED KITE near mile
marker 33 south of Hachita where the road veers right (west) and then comes back
south (left).
In Hidalgo County:
CCBr on April 2 at Clanton Canyon had a DUSKY-CAPPED FLYCATCHER, and heard
the WHISKERED-SCREECH-OWLS. The JP team on April 1 had a ZONE-TAILED HAWK,
the flycatcher, two singing BLACK-CHINNED SPARROWS west of the summit, and
several singing SCOTT’S ORIOLES.
CCBr on April 1 at Dunagan’s Crossing on county Hwy. 1 south of Animas say
they heard from the owner that he is selling his 100 acres there.
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:
At Katfish Kove near the Grant Co. line on April 15 the bird trip found
several PAINTED REDSTARTS, a female HOODED ORIOLE, and a male YELLOW-THORATED
WARBLER.
LM advises that the waste treatment ponds there will be closed for up to a
year for construction. Has it opened yet?
In Dona Ana County:
DG has had a COMMON GROUND-DOVE show up at odd times at his Las Cruces yard,
seen again on April 11. He found a dead WHITE-FACED IBIS there on April 19
with a GRAY FLYCATCHER April 12.
In Mesilla Park JN still had several MYRTLE’S WARBLERS on April 10. CL and
CCBr had a CASSIN’S VIREO on April 14. JN saw a adult BROAD-WINGED HAWK
flying over on April 18.
CBr at the Mesilla Valley Bosque Park south of Mesilla on April 11 had a
SWAMP SPARROW and a CARDINAL.
On the Pine Tree Trail at Aguirre Springs on the east sidr of the Organ Mts.
DG on April 9 found many BLACK-CHINNED SPARROWS, an ACORN WOODPECKER, and
two HUTTON’S VIREOS. JN on April 15 saw the woodpecker, a PAINTED REDSTART,
three male SCOTT’S ORIOLES, and five of the vireos.
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:
SRW had a BLACKPOLL WARBLER female and a LUCY’S WARBLER at Rattlesnake
Springs on April 14.
JN had five LONG-BILLED CURLEWS south of Hope on April 7.
BW and JNM on April 12 had a SPRAGUE’S PIPIT north of co. 95 about ten miles
north of Hope. They had a BAIRD’S SPARROW in Bullis Canyon ten miles
southwest of Hope.
KH had BURROWING OWLS in the Super 8 parking lot in Carlsbad on April 9.
In Lea County:
RC on Apirl 8 had a MYRTLE WARBLER at the Tatum Sewage Ponds.
INITIALS USED:
MB, Matt Baumann; KB, Karen Boettcher; CCBr. Charles and Chandra Britt;
RC, Robert Cates; JDM, Joan Day-Martin; JD, John Douglas; MCF, Mike and
Carol Fugagli; DG, David Griffin; CJG, C.J. Grimes; JH, Joan Hardie; KH,
Karen Herzenberg; BMH, Bill and Mari Howe; JJ, Jim Joseph; Lla, Laurel
Ladwig; LL, Lane Leckman; CL, Carl Lundblad; LM, Larry Malone; SM. Sonja
Mendoza; NMC, Narca Moore-Craig; LN, Lannois Neely; JNM, Jim Nelson-Moore; JN,
Josh Nemeth; JO, Jerry Oldenettel; JP, John Parmeter; KR, Kurt Radamaker;
CR, Chris Rustay; RS, Roland Shook; HS, Heidi Simms; PS, Pat Snider;
Kso, Krista Sorra; JSt, James Stuart; PT, Patricia Taber; RV, Raymond
VanBuskirk; BW, Bill West; SRW, Steve and Renee West; WW, Bill Wittman, CW, Cole
Wolf.
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 April 27 they go to Roger Hoppe’s home in Sandia Heights. On May 4
the trip is to the pond in Manzano and the Quarai Ruins
On the weekend of April 22-23 Central will tour to Bitter Lake Refuge amd
Rattlenake Springs led by Sei Tokuda. They will spend the night in Carlsbad.
Contact him at 266-2480.
And on April 22-23 Mesilla Valley Audubon will also be at Rattlesnake
Springs and the Carlsbad area, the Salt Lakes, or Sitting Bull Falls, and the
Guadalupe Mts. Contact Walt Whitman at 521-1358.
On Sunday, April 23 Sangre de Cristo will go to the migrant trap near
Melrose. Contact is Lonnie Howard at 995-9799 or Gail Szpatura at 471-4496.
On May 6, the Colfax County group will explore the Cimarron area and several
of the private ranches in the area meeting at the historic St. James Hotel
at 7:30 (6:30 for breakfast). Leader is Dave Cleary at 375-2971.
On Saturday, May 6, Central Audubon will go to the Tucumcari area. Leader
is Chris Rustay at 255-7786.
Paul Yoder advises that will nbe a MIGRATION SENSATION at Percha Dam State
Park on April 29-30. Contact him at 744-5998. A self-guided nature trail is
being built.
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.
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