- RBA
* New Mexico Bird Report
* April 25, 2006
* NMEX0604.25
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Hoorned Grebe (Socorro)
American White Pelican (Dona Ana)
Double-crested Cormorant (Bernalillo)
American Bittern (Chaves)
Cattle Egret (Otero)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Lea)
WHITE IBIS (Chaves)
GLOSSY IBIS (Socorro, Valencia)
White-faced Ibis (Cibola, Valencia, Sierram, Lea))
Wood Duck (Taos/Rio Arriba line)
Common Goldeneye (Socorro)
Osprey (Sierra, Otero)
GRAY HAWK (Sierra, Eddy)
Broad-winged Hawk (Sierra, Dona Ana, Eddy, Lea, Valencia)
Zone-tailed Hawk (Socorro)
Blue Grouse (Santa Fe)
Lesser Prairie-chicken (Roosevelt)
Virginia Rail (Sierra)
Sora (Lea)
Common Moorhen (Socorro)
Snowy Plover (Curry)
Semipalmated Plover (Cibola)
Willet (Valencia, Socorro)
Marbled Godwit (Socorro)
Long-billed Curlew (Sierra, Socorro)
Stilt Sandpiper (Valencia)
Short-billed Dowitcher (Lea)
Forster’s Tern (Sierra)
Burrowing Owl (Eddy)
Northern Pygmy-Owl (Socorro, Santa Fe)
Northern Saw-whet Owl (Bernalillo)
White-winged Dove (Cibola)
Common Ground-Dove (Dona Ana)
Magnificent and Calliope Hummingbirds (Grant)
VAUX’S SWIFT (Sierra)
Acorn Woodpecker (Cibola, Dona Ana)
Gray Flycatcher (Cibola)
Dusky Flycatcher (Sierra)
Black Phoebe (Cibola)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Socorro)
White-eyed Vireo (Dona Ana
Bell’s Vireo (Socorro, Sierra)
Hutton’s Vireo (Dona Ana)
Gray Vireo (Eddy)
Cassin’s Vireo (Sierra, Dona Ana, Socorro, Eddy, Lea, Roosevelt)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sierra)
Cactus Wren (Bernalillo)
American Dipper (Taos)
Eastern Bluebird (Bernalillo)
Sprague’s Pipit (Lea)
Gray Catbird (Grant)
Brown Thrasher (Sandoval, Eddy)
Nashville Warbler (Roosevelt)
Northern Parula (Sierra, Roosevelt)
Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler (Roosevelt)
Hermit Warbler (Sierra)
Yellow-throated Warbler (Luna)
Blackpoll Warbler (Eddy)
Black-and-White Warbler (Roosevelt)
Painted Redstart (Luna, Dona Ana
Black-throated Sparrow (Cibola)
White-throated Sparrow (Socorro, Bernalillo, Sierra)
Harris’s Sparrow (Socorro))
YELLOW GROSBEAK (Bernalillo)
Indigo Bunting (Eddy)
Dickcissel (Rio Arriba)
Hooded Oriole (Luna, Sierra)
Scott’s Oriole (Socorro, Bernalillo)
Pine Grosbeak (Taos)
Evening Grosbeak (Sandoval)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: April 25, 2006
RBA phone number 505-884-326
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 25, 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, White Ibis, Gray Hawk, Vaux’s Swift, eastern migrants.
There have been very few reports of Cassin's Finches, Red Crossbills,
Evening Grosbeaks, Clark's Nutcrackers, and Pine Grosbeaks.
The Cibola Natl. Forest, mainly 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) .
In Rio Arriba County:
JW on April 23 had a DICKCISSEL in her yard in Youngsville, east of Coyote
and west of the Abiquiu Lake.
Ln Taos County:
Near the Taos Ski Village on April 14 JP and WW on Twining Road above the
village had two DIPPERS 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:
LLa on April 16 saw eight EVENING GROSBEAKS in Jemez Springs.
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:
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 first WHITE-WINGED DOVE appeared at El Morro NM on April 16. On April
22 he reported a GRAY FLYCATCHER with four SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS at the sewage
ponds. SB had a BLACK-THORATED SPARROW on April 21.
At Ramah Lake on April 22 there were 15 WHITE-FACED IBIS and two BLACK
PHOEBES.
In Bernalillo County:
RV reported three SAW-WHET OWLS were found above the Doc Long Picnic Area in
the eastern Sandia Mts. April 14.
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. NW
reported it still present on April 20, JP and HS on April 23 singing, and JO and PL
on April 24.
PS had a singing WHITE-THROATED SPARROW still at the front feeder of the Rio
Grande Nature Center in Albuquerque April 19. JJ had one at the pond feeder
on April 23.
BMH on April 23 on the Rio Grande Bike Trail had a singing EASTERN BLUEBIRD
on the east side of the rio about ¼ mile south of Montano Street and a
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT flying near the Nature Center.
DP on April 24 at the Embudo Trailhead again found a CACTUS WREN 200 yards
nw. of Indian School Rd. There was also a male SCOTT’S ORIOLE.
JJ at the HawkWatch site in the Sandia Mts. on April 23 saw a BROAD-WINGED
HAWK.
In Valencia county:
At the marsh behind the Taco Bell in Belen JP on April 22 reported two
GLOSSY IBIS with 75 WHITE-FACED. On April 23 he and HS saw 12 WILLETS and the one
STILT SANDPIPER. JSt on the 23rd found 15 Willets and the sandpiper. MB
and NP on April 23, a great day at the marsh, found 16 Willets.
JO and PL on April 24 re-found the two GLOSSY IBIS in Belen on the same road
in a flooded field a quarter mile south of the railroad tracks on the east
side of the road.
In Roosevelt County:
CR on the lek visit at Milnesand on April 8-9 found the LESSER PRAIRIE
CHICKENS in good numbers this spring. CW reported 27 prairie chickens there on
April 18.
At the migrant trap west of Melrose BH and JBl on april 20 had several
MYRTLE WARBLERS, a nale BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, and a female NORTHERN PARULA.
JBl also had two NASHVILLE WARBLERS. NP and MB on April 23 had the
black-and-white warbler and a CASSIN’S VIREO at the trap.
In Curry County:
NP and MB on April 23 had a SNOWY PLOVER at the Clovis Sewage Ponds.
In Socorro County:
At Bosque del Apache Refuge near San Antonio a GLOSSY IBIS was seen by MB on
April 18 at the south end of the Marsh Loop. JP did not see it April 22.
At the refuge CR and RV found the HARRIS’S SPARROW still present on April
15. BMH on April 16 saw a ZONE-TAILED HAWK near the Chupadera Deck. CL on
April 16 saw 2 MOORHENS, a VERMILION FLYCATCHER, and two BELL’S VIREOS. RV, CR,
and SM on April 15 found a CASSIN’S VIREO. JP on April 22 reported a MARBLED
GODWIT and he and CB had twO HORNED GREBES. JP and WW found the
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW still at the visitor center. On April 23 MB and NP saw one
grebe, one LONG-BILLED CURLEW, six WILLETS, and a female COMMON GOLDENEYE.
JBu had a male SCOTT’S ORIOLE at her Socorro feeder on April 20.
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 Chaves County:
GW on April 24 found an adult WHITE IBIS on Unit 6. BW and JNM on April 12
saw three AMERICAN BITTERNS from the blind at Bitter Lake Refuge.
In Sierra County:
In Animas Creek Canyon near Caballo Lake on April 22 DK found a GRAY HAWK
near mail box 68 in sycamores (the furthest east they occur). KS also saw it
and JB heard it call. KS also had 38 WHITE-FACED IBIS there. CL had a
BROAD-WINGED HAWK present on April 15.
JO, MS, and JZ reported on April 24 two VAUX’S SWIFTS (pphotos) at Percha
Dam State Park on April 24 below the dam. At the park on April 22 JP with WW
reported a female NOWTHERN PARULA, a BELL’S VIREO, a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, a
DUSKY FLYCATCHER, and two singing CASSIN’S VIREOS. In addition CL and JP had
four WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS. CL saw an OSPREY, and 12 LONG-BILLED CURLEWS
flying over with a male HERMIT WARBLER a half mile south of the park on the
river. JB and DK on April 23 had three of the sparrows and DK had two BELL’S
VIREOS. JD had one sparrow on April 23.
JP on April 22 had two FORSTER’S TERN at North Monticello Point of Elephant
Butte Lake. Below the dam at Paseo del Rio Park he had another
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW.
JP found a male HOODED ORIOLE at Hillsboro on April 15.
DK on April 22 had a VIRGINIA RAIL on the road into Riverside Park below
Caballo Dam.
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 CATBIRD at Mangas Springs on April 11. JD saw it there on April 16.
In Hidalgo County:
CCBr 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 led by LM
and DB 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. He says they may be finished by the end of May.
In Dona Ana County:
MP reported a possible WHITE-EYED VIREO on the Pine Tree Trail at Aguirre
Springs Park on the east side of the Organ Mts. on April 21. JN on April 15 saw
the ACORN WOODPECKERr, a PAINTED REDSTART, and five HUTTON’S VIREOS.
JN on April 19 nrsr the Mesilla Dam had 15 WHITE PELICANS.
DG has had a COMMON GROUND-DOVE show up at odd times at his Las Cruces yard,
seen again on April 11.
In Mesilla Park CL and CCBr had a CASSIN’S VIREO on April 14. JN saw a
adult BROAD-WINGED HAWK flying over on April 18.
In Otero County:
DG on Otero Mesa on April 21-22 at a well with open water and a few Siberian
elms found several migrants including an OSPREY. He also had a CATTLE EGRET
at a salt pond by the Texas border in NM.
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 at Rattlesnake Springs on April 14. JN
on April 20 says he had a GRAY HAWK there in cottonwoods. Also there was a
male INDIGO BUNTING, a GRAY VIREO, and an adult BROAD-WINGED HAWK in addition
to the Gray.
RC on April 22 had a BROWN THRASHER and a CASSIN’S VIREO.
KH had BURROWING OWLS in the Super 8 parking lot in Carlsbad on April 9.
In Lea County:
RC on Apirl 20 had a CASSIN’S VIREO in Chaparral Park in Lovington.
At Maddox Lake near Hobbs on April 21 he had a SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER,
WHITE-FACED IBIS, and SPRAGUE’S PIPIT. On April 24 he saw a BROAD-WINGED HAWK
that flew off to the east.
At the sewage ponds in Tatum he had a SORA and 13 adult BLACK-CROWNED
NIGHT-HERONS.
INITIALS USED:
JB, Jonathan Batkin; MB, Matt Baumann; DB, David Beatty; SB, Sarah
Beckwith; JBl, James Black; CCBr. Charles and Chandra Britt; CB, Celestyn Brozek;
Jbu, Jill Buckley; RC, Robert Cates; JDM, Joan Day-Martin; JD, John
Douglas; DG, David Griffin; CJG, C.J. Grimes; KH, Karen Herzenberg; BMH, Bill
and Mari Howe; JJ, Jim Joseph; DK, Dick Ketchum; Lla, Laurel Ladwig; LL,
Lane Leckman; PL, Paul Lehman; 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; DP, Danny Paez; John
Parmeter; NP. Nick Pederson; MP, Missy Powell; CR, Chris Rustay; MS, Marcy
Scott; HS. Heidi Simms; PS, Pat Snider; KS, Ken Stinnett; JSt, James
Stuart; PT, Patricia Taber; RV, Raymond VanBuskirk; GW, Gordon Warrick; BW,
Bill West; SRW, Steve and Renee West; NW, Nila Wipf; WW, Bill Wittman; CW,
Cole Wolf; JW, Jan Wright; 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. 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 Sunday, April 30 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 there will be 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 25, 2006
* NMEX0604.25
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Hoorned Grebe (Socorro)
American White Pelican (Dona Ana)
Double-crested Cormorant (Bernalillo)
American Bittern (Chaves)
Cattle Egret (Otero)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Lea)
WHITE IBIS (Chaves)
GLOSSY IBIS (Socorro, Valencia)
White-faced Ibis (Cibola, Valencia, Sierram, Lea))
Wood Duck (Taos/Rio Arriba line)
Common Goldeneye (Socorro)
Osprey (Sierra, Otero)
GRAY HAWK (Sierra, Eddy)
Broad-winged Hawk (Sierra, Dona Ana, Eddy, Lea, Valencia)
Zone-tailed Hawk (Socorro)
Blue Grouse (Santa Fe)
Lesser Prairie-chicken (Roosevelt)
Virginia Rail (Sierra)
Sora (Lea)
Common Moorhen (Socorro)
Snowy Plover (Curry)
Semipalmated Plover (Cibola)
Willet (Valencia, Socorro)
Marbled Godwit (Socorro)
Long-billed Curlew (Sierra, Socorro)
Stilt Sandpiper (Valencia)
Short-billed Dowitcher (Lea)
Forster’s Tern (Sierra)
Burrowing Owl (Eddy)
Northern Pygmy-Owl (Socorro, Santa Fe)
Northern Saw-whet Owl (Bernalillo)
White-winged Dove (Cibola)
Common Ground-Dove (Dona Ana)
Magnificent and Calliope Hummingbirds (Grant)
VAUX’S SWIFT (Sierra)
Acorn Woodpecker (Cibola, Dona Ana)
Gray Flycatcher (Cibola)
Dusky Flycatcher (Sierra)
Black Phoebe (Cibola)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Socorro)
White-eyed Vireo (Dona Ana
Bell’s Vireo (Socorro, Sierra)
Hutton’s Vireo (Dona Ana)
Gray Vireo (Eddy)
Cassin’s Vireo (Sierra, Dona Ana, Socorro, Eddy, Lea, Roosevelt)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sierra)
Cactus Wren (Bernalillo)
American Dipper (Taos)
Eastern Bluebird (Bernalillo)
Sprague’s Pipit (Lea)
Gray Catbird (Grant)
Brown Thrasher (Sandoval, Eddy)
Nashville Warbler (Roosevelt)
Northern Parula (Sierra, Roosevelt)
Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler (Roosevelt)
Hermit Warbler (Sierra)
Yellow-throated Warbler (Luna)
Blackpoll Warbler (Eddy)
Black-and-White Warbler (Roosevelt)
Painted Redstart (Luna, Dona Ana
Black-throated Sparrow (Cibola)
White-throated Sparrow (Socorro, Bernalillo, Sierra)
Harris’s Sparrow (Socorro))
YELLOW GROSBEAK (Bernalillo)
Indigo Bunting (Eddy)
Dickcissel (Rio Arriba)
Hooded Oriole (Luna, Sierra)
Scott’s Oriole (Socorro, Bernalillo)
Pine Grosbeak (Taos)
Evening Grosbeak (Sandoval)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: April 25, 2006
RBA phone number 505-884-326
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 25, 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, White Ibis, Gray Hawk, Vaux’s Swift, eastern migrants.
There have been very few reports of Cassin's Finches, Red Crossbills,
Evening Grosbeaks, Clark's Nutcrackers, and Pine Grosbeaks.
The Cibola Natl. Forest, mainly 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) .
In Rio Arriba County:
JW on April 23 had a DICKCISSEL in her yard in Youngsville, east of Coyote
and west of the Abiquiu Lake.
Ln Taos County:
Near the Taos Ski Village on April 14 JP and WW on Twining Road above the
village had two DIPPERS 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:
LLa on April 16 saw eight EVENING GROSBEAKS in Jemez Springs.
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:
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 first WHITE-WINGED DOVE appeared at El Morro NM on April 16. On April
22 he reported a GRAY FLYCATCHER with four SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS at the sewage
ponds. SB had a BLACK-THORATED SPARROW on April 21.
At Ramah Lake on April 22 there were 15 WHITE-FACED IBIS and two BLACK
PHOEBES.
In Bernalillo County:
RV reported three SAW-WHET OWLS were found above the Doc Long Picnic Area in
the eastern Sandia Mts. April 14.
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. NW
reported it still present on April 20, JP and HS on April 23 singing, and JO and PL
on April 24.
PS had a singing WHITE-THROATED SPARROW still at the front feeder of the Rio
Grande Nature Center in Albuquerque April 19. JJ had one at the pond feeder
on April 23.
BMH on April 23 on the Rio Grande Bike Trail had a singing EASTERN BLUEBIRD
on the east side of the rio about ¼ mile south of Montano Street and a
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT flying near the Nature Center.
DP on April 24 at the Embudo Trailhead again found a CACTUS WREN 200 yards
nw. of Indian School Rd. There was also a male SCOTT’S ORIOLE.
JJ at the HawkWatch site in the Sandia Mts. on April 23 saw a BROAD-WINGED
HAWK.
In Valencia county:
At the marsh behind the Taco Bell in Belen JP on April 22 reported two
GLOSSY IBIS with 75 WHITE-FACED. On April 23 he and HS saw 12 WILLETS and the one
STILT SANDPIPER. JSt on the 23rd found 15 Willets and the sandpiper. MB
and NP on April 23, a great day at the marsh, found 16 Willets.
JO and PL on April 24 re-found the two GLOSSY IBIS in Belen on the same road
in a flooded field a quarter mile south of the railroad tracks on the east
side of the road.
In Roosevelt County:
CR on the lek visit at Milnesand on April 8-9 found the LESSER PRAIRIE
CHICKENS in good numbers this spring. CW reported 27 prairie chickens there on
April 18.
At the migrant trap west of Melrose BH and JBl on april 20 had several
MYRTLE WARBLERS, a nale BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, and a female NORTHERN PARULA.
JBl also had two NASHVILLE WARBLERS. NP and MB on April 23 had the
black-and-white warbler and a CASSIN’S VIREO at the trap.
In Curry County:
NP and MB on April 23 had a SNOWY PLOVER at the Clovis Sewage Ponds.
In Socorro County:
At Bosque del Apache Refuge near San Antonio a GLOSSY IBIS was seen by MB on
April 18 at the south end of the Marsh Loop. JP did not see it April 22.
At the refuge CR and RV found the HARRIS’S SPARROW still present on April
15. BMH on April 16 saw a ZONE-TAILED HAWK near the Chupadera Deck. CL on
April 16 saw 2 MOORHENS, a VERMILION FLYCATCHER, and two BELL’S VIREOS. RV, CR,
and SM on April 15 found a CASSIN’S VIREO. JP on April 22 reported a MARBLED
GODWIT and he and CB had twO HORNED GREBES. JP and WW found the
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW still at the visitor center. On April 23 MB and NP saw one
grebe, one LONG-BILLED CURLEW, six WILLETS, and a female COMMON GOLDENEYE.
JBu had a male SCOTT’S ORIOLE at her Socorro feeder on April 20.
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 Chaves County:
GW on April 24 found an adult WHITE IBIS on Unit 6. BW and JNM on April 12
saw three AMERICAN BITTERNS from the blind at Bitter Lake Refuge.
In Sierra County:
In Animas Creek Canyon near Caballo Lake on April 22 DK found a GRAY HAWK
near mail box 68 in sycamores (the furthest east they occur). KS also saw it
and JB heard it call. KS also had 38 WHITE-FACED IBIS there. CL had a
BROAD-WINGED HAWK present on April 15.
JO, MS, and JZ reported on April 24 two VAUX’S SWIFTS (pphotos) at Percha
Dam State Park on April 24 below the dam. At the park on April 22 JP with WW
reported a female NOWTHERN PARULA, a BELL’S VIREO, a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, a
DUSKY FLYCATCHER, and two singing CASSIN’S VIREOS. In addition CL and JP had
four WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS. CL saw an OSPREY, and 12 LONG-BILLED CURLEWS
flying over with a male HERMIT WARBLER a half mile south of the park on the
river. JB and DK on April 23 had three of the sparrows and DK had two BELL’S
VIREOS. JD had one sparrow on April 23.
JP on April 22 had two FORSTER’S TERN at North Monticello Point of Elephant
Butte Lake. Below the dam at Paseo del Rio Park he had another
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW.
JP found a male HOODED ORIOLE at Hillsboro on April 15.
DK on April 22 had a VIRGINIA RAIL on the road into Riverside Park below
Caballo Dam.
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 CATBIRD at Mangas Springs on April 11. JD saw it there on April 16.
In Hidalgo County:
CCBr 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 led by LM
and DB 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. He says they may be finished by the end of May.
In Dona Ana County:
MP reported a possible WHITE-EYED VIREO on the Pine Tree Trail at Aguirre
Springs Park on the east side of the Organ Mts. on April 21. JN on April 15 saw
the ACORN WOODPECKERr, a PAINTED REDSTART, and five HUTTON’S VIREOS.
JN on April 19 nrsr the Mesilla Dam had 15 WHITE PELICANS.
DG has had a COMMON GROUND-DOVE show up at odd times at his Las Cruces yard,
seen again on April 11.
In Mesilla Park CL and CCBr had a CASSIN’S VIREO on April 14. JN saw a
adult BROAD-WINGED HAWK flying over on April 18.
In Otero County:
DG on Otero Mesa on April 21-22 at a well with open water and a few Siberian
elms found several migrants including an OSPREY. He also had a CATTLE EGRET
at a salt pond by the Texas border in NM.
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 at Rattlesnake Springs on April 14. JN
on April 20 says he had a GRAY HAWK there in cottonwoods. Also there was a
male INDIGO BUNTING, a GRAY VIREO, and an adult BROAD-WINGED HAWK in addition
to the Gray.
RC on April 22 had a BROWN THRASHER and a CASSIN’S VIREO.
KH had BURROWING OWLS in the Super 8 parking lot in Carlsbad on April 9.
In Lea County:
RC on Apirl 20 had a CASSIN’S VIREO in Chaparral Park in Lovington.
At Maddox Lake near Hobbs on April 21 he had a SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER,
WHITE-FACED IBIS, and SPRAGUE’S PIPIT. On April 24 he saw a BROAD-WINGED HAWK
that flew off to the east.
At the sewage ponds in Tatum he had a SORA and 13 adult BLACK-CROWNED
NIGHT-HERONS.
INITIALS USED:
JB, Jonathan Batkin; MB, Matt Baumann; DB, David Beatty; SB, Sarah
Beckwith; JBl, James Black; CCBr. Charles and Chandra Britt; CB, Celestyn Brozek;
Jbu, Jill Buckley; RC, Robert Cates; JDM, Joan Day-Martin; JD, John
Douglas; DG, David Griffin; CJG, C.J. Grimes; KH, Karen Herzenberg; BMH, Bill
and Mari Howe; JJ, Jim Joseph; DK, Dick Ketchum; Lla, Laurel Ladwig; LL,
Lane Leckman; PL, Paul Lehman; 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; DP, Danny Paez; John
Parmeter; NP. Nick Pederson; MP, Missy Powell; CR, Chris Rustay; MS, Marcy
Scott; HS. Heidi Simms; PS, Pat Snider; KS, Ken Stinnett; JSt, James
Stuart; PT, Patricia Taber; RV, Raymond VanBuskirk; GW, Gordon Warrick; BW,
Bill West; SRW, Steve and Renee West; NW, Nila Wipf; WW, Bill Wittman; CW,
Cole Wolf; JW, Jan Wright; 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. 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 Sunday, April 30 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 there will be 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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