- RBA
* New Mexico Bird Report
* May 21, 2006
* NMEX0605.21
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Common Loon (Quay, Sandoval, DeBaca)
Least Bittern (Chaves, DeBaca)
Tricolored Heron (Socorro)
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Lea)
WHITE IBIS (Chaves)
Glossy Ibis (Roosevelt, Curry)
Greater White-fronted Goose (Chaves)
Snow Goose (Socorro)
Osprey (Grant)
Mississippi Kite (Chaves, Eddy, Quay, Lea)
GRAY HAWK (Eddy, Socorro)
Common Black-Hawk (Sandoval)
Broad-winged Hawk (Eddy)
Zone-tailed Hawk (Los Alamos, Eddy)
BLACK RAIL (San Miguel)
Black-bellied Plover (Colfax, Curry)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Quay, Colfax)
White-rumped Sandpiper (Colfax, Lea)
Dunlin (Colfax)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Quay)
Stilt Sandpiper (Colfax)
Red-necked Phalarope (Colfax)
California Gull (Eddy, Sandoval)
Black Tern (DeBaca, Colfax)
Inca Dove (Catron)
Burrowing Owl (Santa Fe, Bernalillo)
Flammulated Owl (Bernalillo, Grant)
Spotted Owl (Grant)
Whip-poor-will (Bernalillo, Grant)
Chimney Swift (Quay)
Broad-billed Hummingbird (Grant
Magnificent Hummingbird (Grant, Eddy))
Lewis’s Woodpecker (Cibola)
Hammond’s Flycarcher (Sierra)
Eastern Phoebe (Quay, Grant)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Socorro)
Bell’s Vireo (San Miguel)
Gray Vireo (Eddy, Luna)
Yellow-throated Vireo (Eddy, Roosevelt)
Red-eyed Vireo (Roosevelt)
Clark’s Nutcracker (Sandoval)
American Dipper (Catron)
Eastern Bluebird (Bernalillo, Quay)
Swainson’s Thrush (Roosevelt)
Wood Thrush (San Miguel)
Gray Catbird (Socorro, Roosevelt, Quay, Valencia, Eddy, Luna, Curry)
Brown Thrasher (Roosevelt, San Miguel))
Curve-billed Thrasher (Cibola)
Bemdire’s and Crissal Thrashers (Grant)
Nashville Warbler (Valencia)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Roosevelt)
Townsend’s Warbler (Sierra, Luna, Roosevelt)
Yellow-throated Warbler (Roosevelt)
Black-and-White Warbler (Roosevelt, Quay)
Worm-eating Warbler (Roosevelt)
American Redstart (Roosevelt, Socorro, Torrance)
Kentucky Warbler (Colfax)
Ovenbird (Bernalillo)
Northern Waterthrush (Bernalillo, Grant, Roosevelt)
Hooded Warbler (Bernalillo)
Hepaatic Tanager (Cibola)
Scarlet Tanager (Socorro)
Cassin’s Sparrow (Quay)
Black-chinned Sparrow (Cibola)
Swamp Sparrow (Roosevelt)
White-throated Soarrow (San Miguel)
Golden-crowned Sparrow (Grant)
Northern Cardinal (Quay, Grant)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Roosevelt, Grant, Socorro, Eddy, DeBaca, Dona Ana,
Otero)
Indigo Bunting (Eddy, Socorro, Luna, Eddy, Cibola)
Varied Bunting (Eddy)
Bobolink (Rio Arriba, Chaves, Roosevelt)
Orchard Oriole (Quay, Roosevelt)
Hooded Oriole (Luna)
Scott’s Oriole (Socorro, Luna)
Bronzed Cowbird (Dona Ana, Socorro, Curry, Roosevelt)
Red Crossbill (Sandoval)
Evening Grosbeak (Catron)
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hotline: New Mexico
date: May 21, 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 21, 2006,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are given
for private property, please call before going. Highlights are Black Rails,
White Ibis, 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:
BH on May 13 at Cocvhiti Lake had a COMMON LOON in winter plumage. Two
third-year CALFORNIA GULLS, and again saw the BLACK HAWK soaring over below the
spillway.
On May 12 KH reported two pairs of RED CROSSBILLS and a CLARK’S NUTCRACKER
on a dirt road south of NM 4 east of the Redondo Campground in the Jemez Mts.
west of Los Alamos.
In Rio Arriba County:
NC reported that DS on May 13 reported a BOBOLINK in a hayfield on the Ghost
Ranch near Abiquiu.
In Los Alamos County:
AS saw a ZONE-TAILED HAWK over lower Bayo Canyon in Los Alamos on May 21.
In Santa Fe County:
JW 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 with a
BELL’S VIREO, and BROWN THRASHER. JP recorded the thrush, singing vireo,
and a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW May 13.
At the adjacent Clabber Hill Ranch on May 12-13 RV recorded calling BLACK
RAILS. They were calling for MH, MB, JNM, JP and BP on May 14. The ranch is
private; for permission to bird call Tony Gabel at 868-3351.
In Colfax County:
DC and EWi on May 10-11 had an adult male KENTUCKY WARBLER in Angel Fire at
a beaver pond on El Vado Way on the north side of the road. I was seen again
on May 15.
DC at Stubblefield Lake on May 13 saw six BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, Four STILT
SANDPIPERS, five RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, and two WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERSon
May 16y 16.
At Springer Lake on May 19 DC recorded TWO of the plovers, 19 Stilt
Sandpipers, eight White-rumped Sandpipers, 33 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, two DUNLINS,
and 18 BLACK TERNS..
In Quay County:
The CR field trip to Tucumcari on May 6 had three CHIMNEY SWIFTS over the Po
st Office with five more over Tucumcari Lake. At the corner of Rock Island
and Maple there were over nine MISSISSIPPI KITES, CASSIN’S SPARROWS, an
ORCHARD ORIOLE, and an 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.
The CR trip on May 6 found at Ute Lake a COMMON LOON still present with a
CATBIRD, and a BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER.
In Cibola County:
CJG and SB on May 19 at the Malpais Narrows between the Ventana Arch and the
Narrows picnic area saw several BLACK-CHINNED SPARROWS, three HEPATIC
TNANGERS with a LEWIS’S WOODPECKER south of the Narrows.
In Grants a CURVE-BILLED THRASHER was at the golf course, and a male INDIGO
BUNTING was in the park on Mesa Blvd.
In Bernalillo County:
JJ heard one WHIP-POOR-WILL at the Doc Long Picnic Area in the eastern
Sandia Mts. on May 6 with a FLAMMULATED OWL heard between the two main parking
areas.
DP along the Bosque Trail at the Rio Grande Nature Center in Albuquerque
between trail markers 14 and 15 an OVENBIRD on May 11. On May 13 there was a
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH slong the small ditch south of Campbell.
JJ had two BURROWING OWLS south of the Costco on Eubank Street on May 7.
JJ On May 12 found a male HOODED WARBLER on the east side of the Rio north
of Bridge Blvd., and a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH between Tingley Beach and the rio.
In Valencia County:
WW had a NASHVILLE WARBLER and a CATBIRD near the Madrone Ponds in Belen on
May 10.
In Torrance County:
On May 13 at the Quarai Ruins JJ reported a female AMERICAN REDSTART.
In DeBaca County:
JP and BP on May 6 at Sumner Lake north of Fort Sumner had three COMMON
LOONS and a male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK. On May 12 he reported 80 BLACK TERNS.
At a pond at Billy the Kid’s Grave south of Fort Sumner JP had a calling
LEAST BITTERN.
In Roosevelt County:
At the migrant trap west of Melrose on May 11 JP and BP had a BROWN THRASHER
and two CATBIRDS, with a YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, and
TOWNSEND’S WARBLER on May 12, and the yellow-throated vireo, thrasher, and a
male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK on May 13. MH, JB, BW ON May 15 found a AMERICAN
REDSTART, yellow-throated vireo, catbirds, and the grosbeak. Also sighted
were BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, BOBOLINK, and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER. LG and
CD on May 17 found RED-EYED VIREO, four SWAINSON’S THRUSHES, WORM-EATING
WARBLER, the female grosbeak, SWAMP SPARROW, and female ORCHARD ORIOLE. WW on
18 had only a RED-EYED VIREO and a singing immature redstart.
A 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. JP had a BRONZED COWBIRD
present on May 10.
In Curry County:
JP and BP at the Clovis Sewage Ponds on May 11 had a GLOSSY IBIS. WW had a
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER on the ponds on May 18.
At Ned Houk Park north of Clovis on May 10 they had three BRONZED COWBIRDS.
WW on May 18 found a CATBIRD there.
In Socorro County:
DH on May 13 had a male VERMILION FLYCATCHER on the road between I-25 and
exit 163 at San Acacia.
On May 13 JO found a GRAY HAWK in the bosque south of San Marcial 3.1 miles
south of the access road bridge.
At Bosque del Apache Refuge near San Antonio GF saw a TRICOLORED HERON at
the east end of the middle road. On May 10 GF found a SNOW GOOSE, 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.
At his home in Luis Lopez south of Socorro JO on May 11 had a SCOTT’S ORIOLE.
In Water Canyon west of Socorro 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 an INCA DOVE on May 9 and 13, and an EVENING GROSBEAK on May 13 at
her ranch east of Datil.
RC had a DIPPER at the Whitewater Canyon Catwalk near Glenwood on May 13.
In Chaves County:
On Bitter Lake Refuge JP and BP saw the adult WHITE IBIS 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. CCBr
on May 14 found at the Oxbow on the refuge up to 40 MISSISSIPPI KITES. On
the refuge on May 17 GW had a singing male BOBOLINK on Unit 5, a closed area.
If one asks at the office for permission to see it from 7:30 to 5 weekdays,
permission will be granted.
In Sierra County:
On May 13 at Percha Dam State Park RC had a TOWNSEND’S WARBLER and HAMMOND’
S FLYCATCHER. He found many dry dead trees on Emory Pass in the Black Range.
In Grant County:
RC had calling WHIP-POOR-WILLS, FLAMMULATED and SPOTTED OWLS in the Pinos
Altos Mts. north of Silver City on MAY 13. He had BENDIRE’S THRASHER along the
Gila Rio at Redrock.
In Silver City DMZ had a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH in their yard through May 13,
a CARDINAL on May 7, a GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW on May 10, and a ROSE-BREASTED
GROSBEAK on May 13. EL had a CRISSAL THRASHER in his yard on May 10. TM had
an EASTERN PHOEBE in her yard on May 9.
At the Gila River Farm near Cliff MF had a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH on May 13,
RS had a ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK ON May 8, MF had an EASTERN PHOEBE on May 9.
On May 13 DMZ and on May 14 EL had a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH at the Tyrone
Sewage Ponds.
KM and DB had an EASTERN PHOEBE at Redrock on May 6.
JPy had an OSPREY at Roberts Lake on May 10. JDM at her home there on May 2
had a BROAD-BILLED HUMMINGBIRD and a MAGNIFICENT HUMMINGBIRD May 15.
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:
On May 12 CL had a CATBIRD and an INDIGO BUNTING in the Mountain View
Cemetery in Deming.
He had another Indigo and a TOWNSEND’S WARBLER in Pancho Villa State Park
near Columbus on May 14.
LM in his Deming yard in mid-May had a GRAY VIREO, HOODED, and SCOTT’S
ORIOLES.
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 Doña Ana County:
JPa on May 13 found a ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK in a bosque near Santa Teresa..
JN had in Mesilla Park on May 4.two female BRONZED COWBIRDS.
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.
In Eddy County:
At Rattlesnake Springs JP, BP, and WW on May 8 had a ZONE-TAILED HAWK, the
GRAY HAWK, two INDIGO BUNTINGS and a male ROSE-BREASTED GROSEAk. The grosbeak
and buntings were still present May 9. RC found a MISSISSIPPI KITE and one
of the buntings on May 14. DR found the GRAY HAWK and a BROAD-WINGED HAWK on
May 13 with a male VARIED BUNTING at the irrigation ditch on May 11 and a
YELLOW-THROATED VIREO on May 15, while BE saw a possible female MAGNIFICENT
HUMMINGBIRD and the grosbeak on May 18.
In Slaughter Canyon CL and CCBr on May 7 saw two GRAY VIREOS and an INDIGO
BUNTING. SW had three gray vireos in the canyon on May 15.
In Lea County:
PMc had up to six MISSISSIPPI KITES soaring over Eunice on May 18.
RC saw a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER at Harry McAdam Park in Hobbs on May 17.
JP and BP had a YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON on the Tatum Sewage Ponds on May
10.
INITIALS USED:
JB, Jonathan Batkin; MB, Matt Baumann; DB, David Beatty; SB., Sarah
Beckwith: CCBr. Charles and Chandra Britt; RC, Robert Cates; DC, David Cleary;
CD, Carol Davis; JDM, Joan Day-Martin; JD, John Douglas; BE, Bates
Estabrooks; GF, Gary Froehlich; MF, Mike Fugagli: LG, Larry Gorbet; CJG, C.J.
Grimes; JH, Joan Hardie; DH, David Hawksworth; KH, Karen Herzenberg; MH,
Michael Hilchey; BH, Bill Howe; JJ, Jim Joseph; LL, Lane Leckman; EL,
Elroy Limner; CL, Carl Lundblad; LM, Larry Malone; TM. Teri Matelson; PM,
Pat McCasland; SM, Sonja Mendoza; KM, Kevin Miller; NMC, Narca Moore-Craig;
JNM, Jim Nelson-Moore; JN, Josh Nemeth; JO, Jerry Oldenettel; DP, Danny
Paez; BP, Ben Parmeter; JP, John Parmeter; JPa, Jim Paton; JPy, Jon
Pyle; DR, David Roemer; CR, Chris Rustay; AS, Al Schmierer; RS, Roland
Shook; DS, Dale Stahlecker; RV, Raymond VanBuskirk; JW, Jim Walters; GW,
Gordon Warrick; BW, Bill West; SW, Stuart White; EWi, Elton Williams; WW, Bill
Wittman: DMZ, Dale and Marian Zimmerman.
* New Mexico Bird Report
* May 21, 2006
* NMEX0605.21
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Common Loon (Quay, Sandoval, DeBaca)
Least Bittern (Chaves, DeBaca)
Tricolored Heron (Socorro)
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Lea)
WHITE IBIS (Chaves)
Glossy Ibis (Roosevelt, Curry)
Greater White-fronted Goose (Chaves)
Snow Goose (Socorro)
Osprey (Grant)
Mississippi Kite (Chaves, Eddy, Quay, Lea)
GRAY HAWK (Eddy, Socorro)
Common Black-Hawk (Sandoval)
Broad-winged Hawk (Eddy)
Zone-tailed Hawk (Los Alamos, Eddy)
BLACK RAIL (San Miguel)
Black-bellied Plover (Colfax, Curry)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Quay, Colfax)
White-rumped Sandpiper (Colfax, Lea)
Dunlin (Colfax)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Quay)
Stilt Sandpiper (Colfax)
Red-necked Phalarope (Colfax)
California Gull (Eddy, Sandoval)
Black Tern (DeBaca, Colfax)
Inca Dove (Catron)
Burrowing Owl (Santa Fe, Bernalillo)
Flammulated Owl (Bernalillo, Grant)
Spotted Owl (Grant)
Whip-poor-will (Bernalillo, Grant)
Chimney Swift (Quay)
Broad-billed Hummingbird (Grant
Magnificent Hummingbird (Grant, Eddy))
Lewis’s Woodpecker (Cibola)
Hammond’s Flycarcher (Sierra)
Eastern Phoebe (Quay, Grant)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Socorro)
Bell’s Vireo (San Miguel)
Gray Vireo (Eddy, Luna)
Yellow-throated Vireo (Eddy, Roosevelt)
Red-eyed Vireo (Roosevelt)
Clark’s Nutcracker (Sandoval)
American Dipper (Catron)
Eastern Bluebird (Bernalillo, Quay)
Swainson’s Thrush (Roosevelt)
Wood Thrush (San Miguel)
Gray Catbird (Socorro, Roosevelt, Quay, Valencia, Eddy, Luna, Curry)
Brown Thrasher (Roosevelt, San Miguel))
Curve-billed Thrasher (Cibola)
Bemdire’s and Crissal Thrashers (Grant)
Nashville Warbler (Valencia)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Roosevelt)
Townsend’s Warbler (Sierra, Luna, Roosevelt)
Yellow-throated Warbler (Roosevelt)
Black-and-White Warbler (Roosevelt, Quay)
Worm-eating Warbler (Roosevelt)
American Redstart (Roosevelt, Socorro, Torrance)
Kentucky Warbler (Colfax)
Ovenbird (Bernalillo)
Northern Waterthrush (Bernalillo, Grant, Roosevelt)
Hooded Warbler (Bernalillo)
Hepaatic Tanager (Cibola)
Scarlet Tanager (Socorro)
Cassin’s Sparrow (Quay)
Black-chinned Sparrow (Cibola)
Swamp Sparrow (Roosevelt)
White-throated Soarrow (San Miguel)
Golden-crowned Sparrow (Grant)
Northern Cardinal (Quay, Grant)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Roosevelt, Grant, Socorro, Eddy, DeBaca, Dona Ana,
Otero)
Indigo Bunting (Eddy, Socorro, Luna, Eddy, Cibola)
Varied Bunting (Eddy)
Bobolink (Rio Arriba, Chaves, Roosevelt)
Orchard Oriole (Quay, Roosevelt)
Hooded Oriole (Luna)
Scott’s Oriole (Socorro, Luna)
Bronzed Cowbird (Dona Ana, Socorro, Curry, Roosevelt)
Red Crossbill (Sandoval)
Evening Grosbeak (Catron)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: May 21, 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 21, 2006,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are given
for private property, please call before going. Highlights are Black Rails,
White Ibis, 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:
BH on May 13 at Cocvhiti Lake had a COMMON LOON in winter plumage. Two
third-year CALFORNIA GULLS, and again saw the BLACK HAWK soaring over below the
spillway.
On May 12 KH reported two pairs of RED CROSSBILLS and a CLARK’S NUTCRACKER
on a dirt road south of NM 4 east of the Redondo Campground in the Jemez Mts.
west of Los Alamos.
In Rio Arriba County:
NC reported that DS on May 13 reported a BOBOLINK in a hayfield on the Ghost
Ranch near Abiquiu.
In Los Alamos County:
AS saw a ZONE-TAILED HAWK over lower Bayo Canyon in Los Alamos on May 21.
In Santa Fe County:
JW 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 with a
BELL’S VIREO, and BROWN THRASHER. JP recorded the thrush, singing vireo,
and a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW May 13.
At the adjacent Clabber Hill Ranch on May 12-13 RV recorded calling BLACK
RAILS. They were calling for MH, MB, JNM, JP and BP on May 14. The ranch is
private; for permission to bird call Tony Gabel at 868-3351.
In Colfax County:
DC and EWi on May 10-11 had an adult male KENTUCKY WARBLER in Angel Fire at
a beaver pond on El Vado Way on the north side of the road. I was seen again
on May 15.
DC at Stubblefield Lake on May 13 saw six BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, Four STILT
SANDPIPERS, five RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, and two WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERSon
May 16y 16.
At Springer Lake on May 19 DC recorded TWO of the plovers, 19 Stilt
Sandpipers, eight White-rumped Sandpipers, 33 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, two DUNLINS,
and 18 BLACK TERNS..
In Quay County:
The CR field trip to Tucumcari on May 6 had three CHIMNEY SWIFTS over the Po
st Office with five more over Tucumcari Lake. At the corner of Rock Island
and Maple there were over nine MISSISSIPPI KITES, CASSIN’S SPARROWS, an
ORCHARD ORIOLE, and an 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.
The CR trip on May 6 found at Ute Lake a COMMON LOON still present with a
CATBIRD, and a BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER.
In Cibola County:
CJG and SB on May 19 at the Malpais Narrows between the Ventana Arch and the
Narrows picnic area saw several BLACK-CHINNED SPARROWS, three HEPATIC
TNANGERS with a LEWIS’S WOODPECKER south of the Narrows.
In Grants a CURVE-BILLED THRASHER was at the golf course, and a male INDIGO
BUNTING was in the park on Mesa Blvd.
In Bernalillo County:
JJ heard one WHIP-POOR-WILL at the Doc Long Picnic Area in the eastern
Sandia Mts. on May 6 with a FLAMMULATED OWL heard between the two main parking
areas.
DP along the Bosque Trail at the Rio Grande Nature Center in Albuquerque
between trail markers 14 and 15 an OVENBIRD on May 11. On May 13 there was a
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH slong the small ditch south of Campbell.
JJ had two BURROWING OWLS south of the Costco on Eubank Street on May 7.
JJ On May 12 found a male HOODED WARBLER on the east side of the Rio north
of Bridge Blvd., and a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH between Tingley Beach and the rio.
In Valencia County:
WW had a NASHVILLE WARBLER and a CATBIRD near the Madrone Ponds in Belen on
May 10.
In Torrance County:
On May 13 at the Quarai Ruins JJ reported a female AMERICAN REDSTART.
In DeBaca County:
JP and BP on May 6 at Sumner Lake north of Fort Sumner had three COMMON
LOONS and a male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK. On May 12 he reported 80 BLACK TERNS.
At a pond at Billy the Kid’s Grave south of Fort Sumner JP had a calling
LEAST BITTERN.
In Roosevelt County:
At the migrant trap west of Melrose on May 11 JP and BP had a BROWN THRASHER
and two CATBIRDS, with a YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, and
TOWNSEND’S WARBLER on May 12, and the yellow-throated vireo, thrasher, and a
male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK on May 13. MH, JB, BW ON May 15 found a AMERICAN
REDSTART, yellow-throated vireo, catbirds, and the grosbeak. Also sighted
were BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, BOBOLINK, and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER. LG and
CD on May 17 found RED-EYED VIREO, four SWAINSON’S THRUSHES, WORM-EATING
WARBLER, the female grosbeak, SWAMP SPARROW, and female ORCHARD ORIOLE. WW on
18 had only a RED-EYED VIREO and a singing immature redstart.
A 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. JP had a BRONZED COWBIRD
present on May 10.
In Curry County:
JP and BP at the Clovis Sewage Ponds on May 11 had a GLOSSY IBIS. WW had a
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER on the ponds on May 18.
At Ned Houk Park north of Clovis on May 10 they had three BRONZED COWBIRDS.
WW on May 18 found a CATBIRD there.
In Socorro County:
DH on May 13 had a male VERMILION FLYCATCHER on the road between I-25 and
exit 163 at San Acacia.
On May 13 JO found a GRAY HAWK in the bosque south of San Marcial 3.1 miles
south of the access road bridge.
At Bosque del Apache Refuge near San Antonio GF saw a TRICOLORED HERON at
the east end of the middle road. On May 10 GF found a SNOW GOOSE, 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.
At his home in Luis Lopez south of Socorro JO on May 11 had a SCOTT’S ORIOLE.
In Water Canyon west of Socorro 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 an INCA DOVE on May 9 and 13, and an EVENING GROSBEAK on May 13 at
her ranch east of Datil.
RC had a DIPPER at the Whitewater Canyon Catwalk near Glenwood on May 13.
In Chaves County:
On Bitter Lake Refuge JP and BP saw the adult WHITE IBIS 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. CCBr
on May 14 found at the Oxbow on the refuge up to 40 MISSISSIPPI KITES. On
the refuge on May 17 GW had a singing male BOBOLINK on Unit 5, a closed area.
If one asks at the office for permission to see it from 7:30 to 5 weekdays,
permission will be granted.
In Sierra County:
On May 13 at Percha Dam State Park RC had a TOWNSEND’S WARBLER and HAMMOND’
S FLYCATCHER. He found many dry dead trees on Emory Pass in the Black Range.
In Grant County:
RC had calling WHIP-POOR-WILLS, FLAMMULATED and SPOTTED OWLS in the Pinos
Altos Mts. north of Silver City on MAY 13. He had BENDIRE’S THRASHER along the
Gila Rio at Redrock.
In Silver City DMZ had a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH in their yard through May 13,
a CARDINAL on May 7, a GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW on May 10, and a ROSE-BREASTED
GROSBEAK on May 13. EL had a CRISSAL THRASHER in his yard on May 10. TM had
an EASTERN PHOEBE in her yard on May 9.
At the Gila River Farm near Cliff MF had a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH on May 13,
RS had a ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK ON May 8, MF had an EASTERN PHOEBE on May 9.
On May 13 DMZ and on May 14 EL had a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH at the Tyrone
Sewage Ponds.
KM and DB had an EASTERN PHOEBE at Redrock on May 6.
JPy had an OSPREY at Roberts Lake on May 10. JDM at her home there on May 2
had a BROAD-BILLED HUMMINGBIRD and a MAGNIFICENT HUMMINGBIRD May 15.
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:
On May 12 CL had a CATBIRD and an INDIGO BUNTING in the Mountain View
Cemetery in Deming.
He had another Indigo and a TOWNSEND’S WARBLER in Pancho Villa State Park
near Columbus on May 14.
LM in his Deming yard in mid-May had a GRAY VIREO, HOODED, and SCOTT’S
ORIOLES.
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 Doña Ana County:
JPa on May 13 found a ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK in a bosque near Santa Teresa..
JN had in Mesilla Park on May 4.two female BRONZED COWBIRDS.
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.
In Eddy County:
At Rattlesnake Springs JP, BP, and WW on May 8 had a ZONE-TAILED HAWK, the
GRAY HAWK, two INDIGO BUNTINGS and a male ROSE-BREASTED GROSEAk. The grosbeak
and buntings were still present May 9. RC found a MISSISSIPPI KITE and one
of the buntings on May 14. DR found the GRAY HAWK and a BROAD-WINGED HAWK on
May 13 with a male VARIED BUNTING at the irrigation ditch on May 11 and a
YELLOW-THROATED VIREO on May 15, while BE saw a possible female MAGNIFICENT
HUMMINGBIRD and the grosbeak on May 18.
In Slaughter Canyon CL and CCBr on May 7 saw two GRAY VIREOS and an INDIGO
BUNTING. SW had three gray vireos in the canyon on May 15.
In Lea County:
PMc had up to six MISSISSIPPI KITES soaring over Eunice on May 18.
RC saw a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER at Harry McAdam Park in Hobbs on May 17.
JP and BP had a YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON on the Tatum Sewage Ponds on May
10.
INITIALS USED:
JB, Jonathan Batkin; MB, Matt Baumann; DB, David Beatty; SB., Sarah
Beckwith: CCBr. Charles and Chandra Britt; RC, Robert Cates; DC, David Cleary;
CD, Carol Davis; JDM, Joan Day-Martin; JD, John Douglas; BE, Bates
Estabrooks; GF, Gary Froehlich; MF, Mike Fugagli: LG, Larry Gorbet; CJG, C.J.
Grimes; JH, Joan Hardie; DH, David Hawksworth; KH, Karen Herzenberg; MH,
Michael Hilchey; BH, Bill Howe; JJ, Jim Joseph; LL, Lane Leckman; EL,
Elroy Limner; CL, Carl Lundblad; LM, Larry Malone; TM. Teri Matelson; PM,
Pat McCasland; SM, Sonja Mendoza; KM, Kevin Miller; NMC, Narca Moore-Craig;
JNM, Jim Nelson-Moore; JN, Josh Nemeth; JO, Jerry Oldenettel; DP, Danny
Paez; BP, Ben Parmeter; JP, John Parmeter; JPa, Jim Paton; JPy, Jon
Pyle; DR, David Roemer; CR, Chris Rustay; AS, Al Schmierer; RS, Roland
Shook; DS, Dale Stahlecker; RV, Raymond VanBuskirk; JW, Jim Walters; GW,
Gordon Warrick; BW, Bill West; SW, Stuart White; EWi, Elton Williams; WW, Bill
Wittman: DMZ, Dale and Marian Zimmerman.