- RBA
* New Mexico Bird Report
* May 13, 2006
* NMEX0605.13
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Common Loon (Quay)
Least Bittern (Chaves, Socorro)
Tricolored Heron (Socorro)
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Lea)
WHITE IBIS (Chaves)
Glossy Ibis (Roosevelt, Curry)
Greater White-fronted Goose (Chaves)
Snow Goose (Otero, Socorro)
Mississippi Kite (Chaves, Eddy, Quay, Bernalillo)
GRAY HAWK (Eddy)
SHORT-TAILED HAWK (Eddy)
Broad-winged Hawk (Eddy, Roosevelt)
Peregrine Falcon (Chaves)
Wild Turkey (Socorro)
BLACK RAIL (San Miguel)
Common Moorhen (Socorro)
Black-bellied Plover (Chaves)
Spotted Sandpiper (Cibola, Torrance, Grant)
Long-billed Curlew (Dona Ana)
Semipalmated and Pectoral Sandpipers (Quay)
Wilson’s Phalarope (Bernalillo, Torrance, Grant)
Laughing Gull (Curry)
California Gull (Otero, Socorro, Eddy)
Least Tern (Quay, Chaves, Eddy)
Inca Dove (Catron)
Burrowing Owl (Santa Fe, Bernalillo)
Flammulated Owl (Bernalillo, Grant)
Spotted Owl (Grant)
Peach-faceed Lovebird escape (Sandoval)
Whip-poor-will (Bernalillo)
Chimney Swift (Quay)
Calliope Hummingbird (Catron)
Red-headed Woodpecker (Quay)
Least Flycatcher (Dona Ana)
Gray Flycatcher (Socorro, Grant)
Dusky Flycatcher (Grant)
Buff-breasted Flycatcher (Dona Ana)
Eastern Phoebe (Union, Santa Fe)
Possible Greater Pewee (Eddy)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Hidalgo)
White-eyed Vireo (Roosevelt)
Gray Vireo (Eddy)
Cassin’s Vireo (Luna, Socorro, Eddy. Roosevelt)
Red-eyed Vireo (Roosevelt)
Eastern Bluebird (Bernalillo, Quay)
Swainson’s Thrush (Bernalillo)
Wood Thrush (San Miguel)
Gray Catbird (Socorro, Roosevelt, Quay, Valencia, Eddy)
Brown Thrasher (Roosevelt)
Cedar Waxwing (Dona Ana)
Nashville Warbler (Valencia, Roosevelt)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Eddy)
Townsend’s Warbler (Grant)
Grace’s Warbler (Socorro)
Black-and-White Warbler (Roosevelt, Quay)
Worm-eating Warbler (Eddy)
American Redstart (Roosevelt, Bernalillo, Socorro)
Kentucky Warbler (Colfax, Roosevelt)
Ovenbird (Bernalillo)
Northern Waterthrush (Bernalillo, Quay)
Scarlet Tanager (Socorro)
Eastern Towhee (Roosevelt)
Clay-colored Sparrow (Quay, Roosevelt)
Field and Swamp Sparrows (Eddy)
Harris’s Sparrow (Socorro)
Gray-headed Dark-eyed Junco (Eddy)
Northern Cardinal (Quay)
YELLOW GROSBEAK (Bernalillo)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Roosevelt, Catron, Grant, Socorro, Eddy)
Indigo Bunting (Eddy, Santa Fe, Socorro)
Painted Bunting (Eddy)
Orchard Oriole (Quay)
Baltimore Oriole (Chaves)
Scott’s Oriole (Socorro)
Bronzed Cowbird (Dona Ana, Socorro)
Red Crossbill and Evening Grosbeak (Catron)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: May 13, 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 May 13, 2006,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are given
for private property, please call before going. Highlights are White Ibis,
eastern strays, Short-tailed and Gray Hawks.
There have been very few reports of Cassin's Finches, Red Crossbills,
Evening Grosbeaks, and Clark's Nutcrackers.
Some areas have increased fire restrictions due to the drought.
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 Sandoval County:
TB had a PEACH-FACED LOVEBIRD escape in Corrales May 13.
In Santa Fe County:
JK on May 9 at the Lamy train station saw a female INDIGO BUNTING. There
was an EASTERN PHOEBE by the river in Galisteo.
Jwa reported BURROWING OWLS have been seen on the runways of the Santa Fe
Airport.
In San Miguel County:
RV had a WOOD THRUSH at the golf couse pond at Conchas Lake on May 13. At
the adjacent Clabber Hill Ranch on May 12-13 he recorded calling BLACK RAILS.
In Colfax County:
DC and EWi on May 10-11 had a KENTUCKY WARBLER in Angel Fire at a beaver
pond on El Vado Way on the north side of the road.
In Union County:
BH on May 1 at Clayton Lake State Park had two EASTERN PHOEBES.
In Quay County:
The CR field trip to Tucumcari on May 6 had three CHIMNEY SWIFTS over the
Post Office with five more over Tucumcari Lake. At the corner of Rock Island
and Maple there were over nine MISSISSIPPI KITES, RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS,
CASSIN’S and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, an ORCHARD ORIOLE, and a food carrying
EASTERN BLUEBIRD. At Pajarito Creek there were a CARDINAL and an EASTERN PHOEBE.
At the lake there were also a SEMIPALMATED and a PECTORAL SANDPIPER.
DC at Ute Lake State Park at the headquarters area on May 4 found two
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHES and two male ORCHARD ORIOLES with two LEAST TERNS. The CR
trip on May 6 found the COMMON LOON still present with a CATBIRD,
BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, two of the orioles, and five CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS.
In Cibola County:
CJG reported four SPOTTED SANDPIPERS on the El Morro NM sewage ponds on May
7.
In Bernalillo County:
On April 29 in the evening BV had a WHIP-POOR-WILL calling at the Doc Long
Picnic Ground in the eastern Sandia Mts. along the creek bed north of the
northernmost picnic table, near the beginning of the Bill Spring Trail. JJ heard
one there on May 6 with a FLAMMULATED OWL heard between the two main parking
areas.
DP on May 6 had two AMERICAN REDSTARTS and a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH near the
Rio Grande Nature Center just north of Campbell. He had the waterthrush again
on May 13. On May 10 he had an OVENBIRD along the Bosque Trail at the
center between trail markers 14 and 15. He saw it again on May 11.
JJ had two BURROWING OWLS south of the Costco on Eubank Street on May 7.
JKn at the ponds at 4th and Tramway Streets on May 11 had three MISSISSIPPI
KITES and six WILSON’S PHALAROPES.
JJ on May 11 found a SWAINSON;S THRUSH on the east side of the Rioo Grande
south of Cesar Chavez Ave. Watch for transient humans in this area.
RH on May 11 reported another waterthrush in his yard in the Nob
Hill/Ridgecrest area of Albuquerque.
The YELLOW GROSBEAK was at 1412 Las Lomas in Albuquerque. EB, the home
owner, reports it has not been seen since May 1.
In Valencia County:
WW had a NASHVILLE WARBLER and a CATBIRD near the Madrone Ponds in Belen on
May 10.
In Torrance County:
WW on May 10 found 15 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS and 25 WILSON’S PHALAROPES on the
sewage ponds in Mountainair.
In Roosevelt County:
At the migrant trap west of Melrose CL and CCBr on May 3 saw the EASTERN
TOWHEE again, the WHITE-EYED VIREO, a BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, AMERICAN
REDSTART, two NASHVILLE WARBLERS, CATBIRD, and a CLAY-COLORED SPSARROW. RV had a
KENTUCKY WARBLER. RED-EYED VIREO, CASSIN’S VIREO, male Redstart. JP had a BROWN
THRASHER and CATBIRDS on May 11.
Another GLOSSY IBIS was on the Portales Sewage Ponds on May 11 by JP and BP.
JB, LL, and JNM on May 6 found a smoldering fire in Boones Draw near
Portales. A male BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER was seen. CL and CCBr on May 2 found
BROAD-WINGED HAWK, OVENBIRD, and CBr had the warbler, with the Ovenbird, a female
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, NASHVILLE WARBLER, and CATBIRD May 3.
In Curry County:
JP and BP at the Clovis Sewage Ponds on May 11 had a LAUGHING GULL and a
GLOSSY IBIS.
In Socorro County:
At Bosque del Apache Refuge near San Antonio GF on May 1 had TURKEYS, LEAST
BITTERN and two MOORHENS on the Marsh Boardwalk, the HARRIS’S SPARROW still
at the Quail Pond, and a SCOTT’S ORIOLE at the Cactus Garden on May 1-2. He
saw a TRICOLORED HERON at the east end of the middle road. By May 10 the
sparrow and oriole were gone, but GF found a SNOW GOOSE, three CALIFORNIA GULLS,
a CASSIN’S VIREO, GRACE’S WARBLER, CATBIRD, and INDIGO BUNTING.
GF at Turtle Bay Park on the NMTU campus in Socorro on May 10 saw a CATBIRD,
an AMERICAN REDSTART, a female SCARLET TANAGER, a ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK,
and several INDIGO BUNTINGS, with a pair of BRONZED COWBIRDS on the 9th tee of
the golf course.
In Water Canyon west of Socorro on May 3 GF had a GRAY FLYCATCHER. 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 male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK at her ranch east of Datil on May 6
until May 12. She had a RED CROSSBILL on May 4, an INCA DOVE on May 9 and 13, a
CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD on May 12, and an EVENING GROSBEAK on May 13.
In Chaves County:
On Bitter Lake Refuge GW found an adult WHITE IBIS still there on Unit 16 on
May 3. GF saw it May 4, CL and CCBr on May 5, JP and BP on May 7, and JO on
May 10. GW found a WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE on Unit 3 and heard the LEAST
BITTERN on Units 15 or 16 on May 3. JO had the goose and bittern on May 10. CL
and CCBr had a male BALTIMORE ORIOLE on May 5 at headquarters with MISSISSIPPI
KITES, a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, and a PEREGRINE FALCON. GF on May 4 had one
kite and three LEAST TERNS. GF saw the oriole on May 7.
In Grant County:
JN on May 6 near Hachita had two fly-by WILSON’S PHALAROPES and two SPOTTED
SANDPIPERS at a cattle tank. He saw a DUSKY and a GRAY FLYCATCHER, and a
TOWNSEND’S WARBLER.
BWi found FLAMMULATED and SPOTTED OWLS in the Pinos Altos Mts. north of
Silver City.
In Hidalgo County:
SK on May 2 reported briefly seeing a hawking SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER
south of Rodeo on US 80 between mile posts 409 and 410.
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:
On May 6 JN had a CASSIN’S VIREO at Pancho Villa SP near Columbus.
LM advises that the waste treatment ponds in Deming have been closed for up
to a year for construction. He says they may be finished by the end of May.
In Dona Ana County:
On May 8 CBr found an apparent BUFF-BREASTED FLYCATCHER near Main Street
south to Union east of McCowell in Mesilla Park. Ir was recorded by JN on May 7.
JN had 15 LONG-BILLED CURLEWS flying over Mesilla Park on May 4.with some
CEDAR WAXWINGS and two female BRONZED COWBIRDS. On May 5 he reported a LEAST
FLYCATCHER and a CASSIN’S VIREO,
In Otero County:
On Mau 7 JD reports two male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS at Oliver Lee SP near
Alamogordo on the lower trail.
At the Holloman Lakes near Alamogordo CL reports that the "no access" signs
are for hunters only. The entire shore is open to birding.
CL and CCBr on May 3 had a CALIFORNIA GULL and a SNOW GOOSE at the lakes.
In Eddy County:
At Rattlesnake Springs DR on May 6 saw a BROAD-WINGED HAWK and said others
had seen a WORM-EATING WARBLER at his home. GF on May 5 found a CATBIRD, twO
male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS, several INDIGO BUNTINGS, and many PAINTED
BUNTINGS. On May 6 he had the Worm-eating, a FIELD SPARROW, a late GRAY-HEADED
JUNCO, and a CASSIN’S VIREO. DR reported a CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER male on May
7. JP, BP, and WW on May 8 had the Zone-tailed Hawk, the GRAY HAWK, and an
adult light phase SHORT-TAILED HAWK with the indigo buntings. RC on May 11
saw a possible GREATER PEWEE on May 11.
In Slaughter Canyon CL and CCBr on May 7 saw two GRAY VIREOS and an INDIGO
BUNTING.
GF had a LEAST TERN on May 5 at Six-Mile Dam near Otis. He had two
MISSISSIPPI KITES at Beach Park in Carlsbad with five CALIFORNIA GULLS.
RiW had a MISSISSIPPI KITE from May 2 to 4 at his home in north Carlsbad.
In Lea County:
JP and BP had a YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON on the Tatum Sewage Ponds on May
10.
INITIALS USED:
JB, Jonathan Batkin; TB, Terry Brownell; EB, Eleanor Bratton; CCBr.
Charles and Chandra Britt; RC, Robert Cates; DC, David Cleary; GF, Gary
Froehlich; DG, David Griffin; CJG, C.J. Grimes; JH, Joan Hardie; RH, Robbie
Heyman; BH, Bill Howe; JJ, Jim Joseph; SK, Scott Kennedy; JK, John Kippe;
JKn, John Knapp; LL, Lane Leckman; CL, Carl Lundblad; LM, Larry Malone;
SM. Sonja Mendoza; NMC, Narca Moore-Craig; JNM, Jim Nelson-Moore; JN, Josh
Nemeth; JO, Jerry Oldenettel; DP, Danny Paez; BP, Ben Parmeter; JP, John
Parmeter; DR, David Roemer; CR, Chris Rustay; RV, Raymond VanBuskirk;
BV, Brad Vaughn; Jwa, Jim Walters; GW, Gordon Warrick; RiW, Rick Wiedenmann;
EWi, Elton Williams; BWi, Bob Wilcox; WW, Bill Wittman.
* New Mexico Bird Report
* May 13, 2006
* NMEX0605.13
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Common Loon (Quay)
Least Bittern (Chaves, Socorro)
Tricolored Heron (Socorro)
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Lea)
WHITE IBIS (Chaves)
Glossy Ibis (Roosevelt, Curry)
Greater White-fronted Goose (Chaves)
Snow Goose (Otero, Socorro)
Mississippi Kite (Chaves, Eddy, Quay, Bernalillo)
GRAY HAWK (Eddy)
SHORT-TAILED HAWK (Eddy)
Broad-winged Hawk (Eddy, Roosevelt)
Peregrine Falcon (Chaves)
Wild Turkey (Socorro)
BLACK RAIL (San Miguel)
Common Moorhen (Socorro)
Black-bellied Plover (Chaves)
Spotted Sandpiper (Cibola, Torrance, Grant)
Long-billed Curlew (Dona Ana)
Semipalmated and Pectoral Sandpipers (Quay)
Wilson’s Phalarope (Bernalillo, Torrance, Grant)
Laughing Gull (Curry)
California Gull (Otero, Socorro, Eddy)
Least Tern (Quay, Chaves, Eddy)
Inca Dove (Catron)
Burrowing Owl (Santa Fe, Bernalillo)
Flammulated Owl (Bernalillo, Grant)
Spotted Owl (Grant)
Peach-faceed Lovebird escape (Sandoval)
Whip-poor-will (Bernalillo)
Chimney Swift (Quay)
Calliope Hummingbird (Catron)
Red-headed Woodpecker (Quay)
Least Flycatcher (Dona Ana)
Gray Flycatcher (Socorro, Grant)
Dusky Flycatcher (Grant)
Buff-breasted Flycatcher (Dona Ana)
Eastern Phoebe (Union, Santa Fe)
Possible Greater Pewee (Eddy)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Hidalgo)
White-eyed Vireo (Roosevelt)
Gray Vireo (Eddy)
Cassin’s Vireo (Luna, Socorro, Eddy. Roosevelt)
Red-eyed Vireo (Roosevelt)
Eastern Bluebird (Bernalillo, Quay)
Swainson’s Thrush (Bernalillo)
Wood Thrush (San Miguel)
Gray Catbird (Socorro, Roosevelt, Quay, Valencia, Eddy)
Brown Thrasher (Roosevelt)
Cedar Waxwing (Dona Ana)
Nashville Warbler (Valencia, Roosevelt)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Eddy)
Townsend’s Warbler (Grant)
Grace’s Warbler (Socorro)
Black-and-White Warbler (Roosevelt, Quay)
Worm-eating Warbler (Eddy)
American Redstart (Roosevelt, Bernalillo, Socorro)
Kentucky Warbler (Colfax, Roosevelt)
Ovenbird (Bernalillo)
Northern Waterthrush (Bernalillo, Quay)
Scarlet Tanager (Socorro)
Eastern Towhee (Roosevelt)
Clay-colored Sparrow (Quay, Roosevelt)
Field and Swamp Sparrows (Eddy)
Harris’s Sparrow (Socorro)
Gray-headed Dark-eyed Junco (Eddy)
Northern Cardinal (Quay)
YELLOW GROSBEAK (Bernalillo)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Roosevelt, Catron, Grant, Socorro, Eddy)
Indigo Bunting (Eddy, Santa Fe, Socorro)
Painted Bunting (Eddy)
Orchard Oriole (Quay)
Baltimore Oriole (Chaves)
Scott’s Oriole (Socorro)
Bronzed Cowbird (Dona Ana, Socorro)
Red Crossbill and Evening Grosbeak (Catron)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: May 13, 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 May 13, 2006,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are given
for private property, please call before going. Highlights are White Ibis,
eastern strays, Short-tailed and Gray Hawks.
There have been very few reports of Cassin's Finches, Red Crossbills,
Evening Grosbeaks, and Clark's Nutcrackers.
Some areas have increased fire restrictions due to the drought.
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 Sandoval County:
TB had a PEACH-FACED LOVEBIRD escape in Corrales May 13.
In Santa Fe County:
JK on May 9 at the Lamy train station saw a female INDIGO BUNTING. There
was an EASTERN PHOEBE by the river in Galisteo.
Jwa reported BURROWING OWLS have been seen on the runways of the Santa Fe
Airport.
In San Miguel County:
RV had a WOOD THRUSH at the golf couse pond at Conchas Lake on May 13. At
the adjacent Clabber Hill Ranch on May 12-13 he recorded calling BLACK RAILS.
In Colfax County:
DC and EWi on May 10-11 had a KENTUCKY WARBLER in Angel Fire at a beaver
pond on El Vado Way on the north side of the road.
In Union County:
BH on May 1 at Clayton Lake State Park had two EASTERN PHOEBES.
In Quay County:
The CR field trip to Tucumcari on May 6 had three CHIMNEY SWIFTS over the
Post Office with five more over Tucumcari Lake. At the corner of Rock Island
and Maple there were over nine MISSISSIPPI KITES, RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS,
CASSIN’S and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, an ORCHARD ORIOLE, and a food carrying
EASTERN BLUEBIRD. At Pajarito Creek there were a CARDINAL and an EASTERN PHOEBE.
At the lake there were also a SEMIPALMATED and a PECTORAL SANDPIPER.
DC at Ute Lake State Park at the headquarters area on May 4 found two
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHES and two male ORCHARD ORIOLES with two LEAST TERNS. The CR
trip on May 6 found the COMMON LOON still present with a CATBIRD,
BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, two of the orioles, and five CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS.
In Cibola County:
CJG reported four SPOTTED SANDPIPERS on the El Morro NM sewage ponds on May
7.
In Bernalillo County:
On April 29 in the evening BV had a WHIP-POOR-WILL calling at the Doc Long
Picnic Ground in the eastern Sandia Mts. along the creek bed north of the
northernmost picnic table, near the beginning of the Bill Spring Trail. JJ heard
one there on May 6 with a FLAMMULATED OWL heard between the two main parking
areas.
DP on May 6 had two AMERICAN REDSTARTS and a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH near the
Rio Grande Nature Center just north of Campbell. He had the waterthrush again
on May 13. On May 10 he had an OVENBIRD along the Bosque Trail at the
center between trail markers 14 and 15. He saw it again on May 11.
JJ had two BURROWING OWLS south of the Costco on Eubank Street on May 7.
JKn at the ponds at 4th and Tramway Streets on May 11 had three MISSISSIPPI
KITES and six WILSON’S PHALAROPES.
JJ on May 11 found a SWAINSON;S THRUSH on the east side of the Rioo Grande
south of Cesar Chavez Ave. Watch for transient humans in this area.
RH on May 11 reported another waterthrush in his yard in the Nob
Hill/Ridgecrest area of Albuquerque.
The YELLOW GROSBEAK was at 1412 Las Lomas in Albuquerque. EB, the home
owner, reports it has not been seen since May 1.
In Valencia County:
WW had a NASHVILLE WARBLER and a CATBIRD near the Madrone Ponds in Belen on
May 10.
In Torrance County:
WW on May 10 found 15 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS and 25 WILSON’S PHALAROPES on the
sewage ponds in Mountainair.
In Roosevelt County:
At the migrant trap west of Melrose CL and CCBr on May 3 saw the EASTERN
TOWHEE again, the WHITE-EYED VIREO, a BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, AMERICAN
REDSTART, two NASHVILLE WARBLERS, CATBIRD, and a CLAY-COLORED SPSARROW. RV had a
KENTUCKY WARBLER. RED-EYED VIREO, CASSIN’S VIREO, male Redstart. JP had a BROWN
THRASHER and CATBIRDS on May 11.
Another GLOSSY IBIS was on the Portales Sewage Ponds on May 11 by JP and BP.
JB, LL, and JNM on May 6 found a smoldering fire in Boones Draw near
Portales. A male BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER was seen. CL and CCBr on May 2 found
BROAD-WINGED HAWK, OVENBIRD, and CBr had the warbler, with the Ovenbird, a female
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, NASHVILLE WARBLER, and CATBIRD May 3.
In Curry County:
JP and BP at the Clovis Sewage Ponds on May 11 had a LAUGHING GULL and a
GLOSSY IBIS.
In Socorro County:
At Bosque del Apache Refuge near San Antonio GF on May 1 had TURKEYS, LEAST
BITTERN and two MOORHENS on the Marsh Boardwalk, the HARRIS’S SPARROW still
at the Quail Pond, and a SCOTT’S ORIOLE at the Cactus Garden on May 1-2. He
saw a TRICOLORED HERON at the east end of the middle road. By May 10 the
sparrow and oriole were gone, but GF found a SNOW GOOSE, three CALIFORNIA GULLS,
a CASSIN’S VIREO, GRACE’S WARBLER, CATBIRD, and INDIGO BUNTING.
GF at Turtle Bay Park on the NMTU campus in Socorro on May 10 saw a CATBIRD,
an AMERICAN REDSTART, a female SCARLET TANAGER, a ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK,
and several INDIGO BUNTINGS, with a pair of BRONZED COWBIRDS on the 9th tee of
the golf course.
In Water Canyon west of Socorro on May 3 GF had a GRAY FLYCATCHER. 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 male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK at her ranch east of Datil on May 6
until May 12. She had a RED CROSSBILL on May 4, an INCA DOVE on May 9 and 13, a
CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD on May 12, and an EVENING GROSBEAK on May 13.
In Chaves County:
On Bitter Lake Refuge GW found an adult WHITE IBIS still there on Unit 16 on
May 3. GF saw it May 4, CL and CCBr on May 5, JP and BP on May 7, and JO on
May 10. GW found a WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE on Unit 3 and heard the LEAST
BITTERN on Units 15 or 16 on May 3. JO had the goose and bittern on May 10. CL
and CCBr had a male BALTIMORE ORIOLE on May 5 at headquarters with MISSISSIPPI
KITES, a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, and a PEREGRINE FALCON. GF on May 4 had one
kite and three LEAST TERNS. GF saw the oriole on May 7.
In Grant County:
JN on May 6 near Hachita had two fly-by WILSON’S PHALAROPES and two SPOTTED
SANDPIPERS at a cattle tank. He saw a DUSKY and a GRAY FLYCATCHER, and a
TOWNSEND’S WARBLER.
BWi found FLAMMULATED and SPOTTED OWLS in the Pinos Altos Mts. north of
Silver City.
In Hidalgo County:
SK on May 2 reported briefly seeing a hawking SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER
south of Rodeo on US 80 between mile posts 409 and 410.
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:
On May 6 JN had a CASSIN’S VIREO at Pancho Villa SP near Columbus.
LM advises that the waste treatment ponds in Deming have been closed for up
to a year for construction. He says they may be finished by the end of May.
In Dona Ana County:
On May 8 CBr found an apparent BUFF-BREASTED FLYCATCHER near Main Street
south to Union east of McCowell in Mesilla Park. Ir was recorded by JN on May 7.
JN had 15 LONG-BILLED CURLEWS flying over Mesilla Park on May 4.with some
CEDAR WAXWINGS and two female BRONZED COWBIRDS. On May 5 he reported a LEAST
FLYCATCHER and a CASSIN’S VIREO,
In Otero County:
On Mau 7 JD reports two male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS at Oliver Lee SP near
Alamogordo on the lower trail.
At the Holloman Lakes near Alamogordo CL reports that the "no access" signs
are for hunters only. The entire shore is open to birding.
CL and CCBr on May 3 had a CALIFORNIA GULL and a SNOW GOOSE at the lakes.
In Eddy County:
At Rattlesnake Springs DR on May 6 saw a BROAD-WINGED HAWK and said others
had seen a WORM-EATING WARBLER at his home. GF on May 5 found a CATBIRD, twO
male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS, several INDIGO BUNTINGS, and many PAINTED
BUNTINGS. On May 6 he had the Worm-eating, a FIELD SPARROW, a late GRAY-HEADED
JUNCO, and a CASSIN’S VIREO. DR reported a CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER male on May
7. JP, BP, and WW on May 8 had the Zone-tailed Hawk, the GRAY HAWK, and an
adult light phase SHORT-TAILED HAWK with the indigo buntings. RC on May 11
saw a possible GREATER PEWEE on May 11.
In Slaughter Canyon CL and CCBr on May 7 saw two GRAY VIREOS and an INDIGO
BUNTING.
GF had a LEAST TERN on May 5 at Six-Mile Dam near Otis. He had two
MISSISSIPPI KITES at Beach Park in Carlsbad with five CALIFORNIA GULLS.
RiW had a MISSISSIPPI KITE from May 2 to 4 at his home in north Carlsbad.
In Lea County:
JP and BP had a YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON on the Tatum Sewage Ponds on May
10.
INITIALS USED:
JB, Jonathan Batkin; TB, Terry Brownell; EB, Eleanor Bratton; CCBr.
Charles and Chandra Britt; RC, Robert Cates; DC, David Cleary; GF, Gary
Froehlich; DG, David Griffin; CJG, C.J. Grimes; JH, Joan Hardie; RH, Robbie
Heyman; BH, Bill Howe; JJ, Jim Joseph; SK, Scott Kennedy; JK, John Kippe;
JKn, John Knapp; LL, Lane Leckman; CL, Carl Lundblad; LM, Larry Malone;
SM. Sonja Mendoza; NMC, Narca Moore-Craig; JNM, Jim Nelson-Moore; JN, Josh
Nemeth; JO, Jerry Oldenettel; DP, Danny Paez; BP, Ben Parmeter; JP, John
Parmeter; DR, David Roemer; CR, Chris Rustay; RV, Raymond VanBuskirk;
BV, Brad Vaughn; Jwa, Jim Walters; GW, Gordon Warrick; RiW, Rick Wiedenmann;
EWi, Elton Williams; BWi, Bob Wilcox; WW, Bill Wittman.