- RBA
* New Mexico Bird Report
* May 28, 2006
* NMEX0605.28
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Least Bittern (Chaves, San Miguel)
Cattle Egret (Eddy)
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Chaves)
Snow Goose (Socorro)
Canada Goose and Northern Shoveler (Otero)
Bufflehead (Sandoval)
Mississippi Kite (Lea, San Miguel, Bernalillo, Guadalupe)
GRAY HAWK (Socorro)
Common Black-Hawk (Sandoval)
Zone-tailed Hawk (Los Alamos, Catron)
Peregrine Falcon (Sierra)
BLACK RAIL (San Miguel)
Black-bellied Plover (Colfax)
Snowy Plover (Dona Ana, Colfax)
HUDSONIAN GODWIT (Colfax)
Long-billed Curlew (Colfax, Otero)
White-rumped Sandpiper (Colfax, Quqy, Lea, DeBaca)
LAUGHING GULL (Curry)
Least Tern (DeBaca)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Guadalupe, Roosevelt)
Burrowing Owl (Santa Fe, San Miguel)
Flammulated Owl (Bernalillo, Grant)
Spotted Owl (Grant)
Whip-poor-will (Bernalillo, Grant)
Magnificent Hummingbird (Grant)
Lewis’s Woodpecker (Cibola)
Red-headed Woodpecker (Guadalupe)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Socorro)
Eastern Kingbird (Roosevelt)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Santa Fe)
Bell’s Vireo (San Miguel)
Gray Vireo (Eddy, Dona Ana)
Cassin’s Vireo (Sierra)
Philadelphia Vireo (Eddy)
Red-eyed Vireo (Roosevelt, Bernalillo, Guadalupe)
Clark’s Nutcracker (Sandoval)
Purple Martin (Cibola)
Gray Catbird (Eddy)
Lucy’s Warbler (Bernalillo)
Northern Parula (Bernalillo)
Townsend’s Warbler (Roosevelt)
Blackburnian Warbler (Roosevelt)
Magnolia Warbler (Roosevelt)
Black-and-White Warbler (Socorro, Eddy, Sandoval
American Redstart (Roosevelt, Sierra
Hepatic Tanager (Cibola, San Miguel)
Summer Tanager (Sandoval)
Black-chinned Sparrow (Cibola, San Miguel)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Eddy, DeBaca)
Indigo Bunting (Socorro, Cibola, Guadalupe)
Painted Bunting (San Miguel)
Varied Bunting (Eddy)
Bobolink (Roosevelt)
Orchard Oriole (Quay, Roosevelt)
Baltimore Oriole (Socorro)
Scott’s Oriole (San Miguel)
Bronzed Cowbird (Socorro)
Red Crossbill (Sandoval)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: May 28, 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 28, 2006,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are given
for private property, please call before going. Highlights are Black Rails,
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron. Laughing Gull.
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:
BV on May 27 in the area of the Algodones diversion dam had a late male
BUFFLEHEAD, a SUMMER TANAGER, and a female BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER (a third of a
mile upriver).
BH on May 13 at Cochiti Lake 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 Los Alamos County:
AS saw a ZONE-TAILED HAWK over Bayo Canyon in Los Alamos on May 21.
In Santa Fe County:
LH had a second hand report of a SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER along the stream
in Galisteo on May 22.
JW reported BURROWING OWLS have been seen on the runways of the Santa Fe
Airport.
In San Miguel County:
BW saw the singing BELL’S VIREO at the golf course near Conchas Lake on May
22.
BW on May 22 saw two PAINTED BUNTINGS on the south side of the Hudson Canal
and a MISSISSIPPI KITE at the ACDE headquarters in the Conchas Lake area.
At the adjacent Clabber Hill Ranch on May 12 RV recorded two calling BLACK R
AILS. They were calling for BW on May 22, and JP, JO, and HS on May 26. The
ranch is private; for permission to bird call Tony Gabel at 868-3351. JP
also heard a LEAST BITTERN on the “Ammodramus” Pond.
BW on May 23 on Corazon Hill on NM 104 between mile markers 34 and 35 found
two SCOTT’S ORIOLES and a singing BLACK-CHINNED SPARROW with four HEPATIC
TANAGERS near the hill’s top. Near mile marker 5 east of Las Vegas there were
two BURROWING OWLS.
In Colfax County:
DC at Stubblefield Lake on May 22 saw a pair of HUDSONIAN GOWITS along the
south shoreline.
At Springer Lake on May 19 DC recorded eight White-rumped Sandpipers. On
May 23 at the lake there was a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, and a WHITE-RUMPED
SANDPIPER. On May 27 with JB and RE there was the plover, two SNOWY PLOVERS, and a
LONG-BILLED CURLEW.
In Quay County:
JP, JO, and HS on May 27 had eight WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS on Tucumcari Lake.
DC at Ute Lake State Park on May 25 saw four ORCHARD ORIOLES at various
sites
In Cibola County:
CJG on May 19 at the Malpais Narrows between the Ventana Arch and the
Narrows picnic area saw several BLACK-CHINNED SPARROWS and three HEPATIC TANAGERS
with a LEWIS’S WOODPECKER south of the Narrows.
In Grants a male INDIGO BUNTING was in the park on Mesa Blvd.
CJG on May 28 reported in the Zuni Mts. PURPLE MARTINS on Forest Road 50
below the Oso Ridge Tower . Some roads in the range have been closed; and areas
in the Natl. Park Malpais are alao restricted.
In Bernalillo County:
RG on May 26-27 had a singing LUCY’S WARBLER at the Rio Grande Nature Center
where the Bosque and River Trails start.
BN on May 24 on the UNM campus discovered a singing NORTHERN PARULA in the
trees near the Duck Pond. It was seen by LG and DP on May 25.
JP and HS on May 21 had a singing RED-EYED VIEEO in the nature area behind
the San Antonio de Padua Church near Cedar Crest.
At the ponds at 4th and Tramway there were two MISSISSIPPI KITES for JP and
HS on May 21. BV saw the kites on May 27 and christened the area the Tramway
Wetlands.
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.
In Guadalupe County:
BW on May 21 in Santa Rosa saw two MISSISSIPPI KITES over the Pecos River at
the west end of Baca Street with at about five miles south of town along the
river there were a RED-EYED VIREO, INDIGO BUNTING, two RED-HEADED
WOOPECKERS, and two YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOOS.
In DeBaca County:
At Bosque Redondo Park near Fort Sumner on May 27 JP and HS saw a LEAST TERN
and a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER.
In Roosevelt County:
At the migrant trap west of Melrose LG and CD on May 17 found a RED-EYED
VIREO and a female ORCHARD ORIOLE. WW on May 18 had only a RED-EYED VIREO and a
singing immature AMERICAN REDSTART. RV, MH, and JB on May 23 had a
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO at the trap. On May 24 GF and DC reported a female BLACKBURNIAN
WARBLER in the trees near the water tank. It was seen by JB and NP on May
25. On May 27 JP, HS, and others saw an EASTERN KINGBIRD, the immature male
redstart, cuckoo, a female TOWNSEND’S WARBLER, while HS recorded a MAGNOLIA
WARBLER.
In Curry County:
CR and others on May 27 had the previously reported LAUGHING GULL at the
Clovis Sewage Ponds.
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 CL and CCBr had four SNOW GEESE
on May 20.
On May 10 GF found a pair of BRONZED COWBIRDS on the 9th tee of the golf
course at the NMTU campus. CL and CCBr had two INDIGO BUNTINGS on May 20, LG
and CD saw a male BALTIMORE ORIOLE present on May 22 with a BLACK-AND-WHITE
WARBLER. CL had a male Indigo Bunting on May 26.
At his home in Luis Lopez south of Socorro JO on May 24 saw a female BRONZED
COWBIRD.
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”
PY had a ZONE-TAILED HAWK over the Gila Cliff Dwellings on May 26.
In Chaves County:
GW on Bitter Lake Refuge on May 24 recorded an immature YELLOW-CROWNED
NIGHT-HERON along the ditch of Units 6 and 7. He heard the LEAST BITTERN on Units
15 or 16.
In Sierra County:
CL and CCBr on May 20 found a PEREGRINE FALCON at Percha Dam State Park. CL
had a female AMERICAN REDSTART and a CASSIN’S VIREO on May 27.
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.
JDM at her home at Roberts Lake had a MAGNIFICENT HUMMINGBIRD May 15.
In Hidalgo County:
NMC reminds that County Hwy. 1 south of Animas crosses the Diamond A (Gray)
Ranch. Because of events with thoughtless birders, one must not go off the
road.
In Luna County:
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:
CL and CBr had a SNOWY PLOVER along the Rio Grande about a mile north of the
Mesilla Dam on May 24.
CL on May 21 on the Pine Tree Trail in Aguirre Springs State Park on the
east side of the Organ Mts. found two GRAY VIREOS.
In Otero County:
On May 23 DG had a LONG-BILLED CURLEW and a late CANADA GOOSE fly over Otero
Mesa, with a SHOVELER on a small amount of water on Alamo Tank. On the mesa
on May 24 at a developed well with trees there was a nunmber of migrants.
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 DR found a male VARIED BUNTING at the irrigation
ditch on May 11, while BE saw a ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK on May 18. SW and RiW on
May 23 recorded a PHILADELPHIA VIREO, CATBIRD, and BLACK-AND=WHITE WARBLER.
In Slaughter Canyon CL and CCBr on May 7 saw two GRAY VIREOS. SWh had three
gray vireos in the canyon on May 15.
SW on May 24 had five CATTLE EGRETS at Six-Mile Dam near Otis.
At his Carlsbad home on Mauy 24 SW had a ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK hit his
window, banded and released it.
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.
INITIALS USED:
JB, Jonathan Batkin; CCBr. Charles and Chandra Britt; RC, Robert Cates;
DC, David Cleary; CD, Carol Davis; JDM, Joan Day-Martin; RE, Richard
Ellenberger; BE, Bates Estabrooks; GF, Gary Froehlich; LG, Larry Gorbet; RG,
Rebecca Gracey; DG, David Griffin; CJG, C.J. Grimes; DH, David Hawksworth;
KH, Karen Herzenberg; MH, Michael Hilchey; LH, Lonnie Howard; BH, Bill
Howe; JJ, Jim Joseph; CL, Carl Lundblad; LM, Larry Malone; PM, Pat
McCasland; SM, Sonja Mendoza; NMC, Narca Moore-Craig; BN, Bruce Neville; JO,
Jerry Oldenettel; DP. Danny Paez; JP, John Parmeter; NP, Nick Pederson; DR,
David Roemer; CR, Chris Rustay; AS, Al Schmierer; HS, Heidi Simms; RV,
Raymond VanBuskirk; BV, Brad Vaughn; JW, Jim Walters; GW, Gordon Warrick;
BW, Bill West; SW. Steve West; SWh, Stuart White; RiW, Rick Wiedenmann;
WW, Bill Wittman: PY, Paul Yoder.
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 June 1 the trip is to the Doc Long Picnic area and Bill Springs
Trail (if not closed) led by Mary Lou Arthur; on June 8 to Otero Canyon with
Melissa Howard, June 13 to the Sandia Peak Ski Area with Lannois Neely, and on
June 22 to Isleta Marsh and the Los Lunas River Park with Bev Silfer.
The weekend of June 2-3 is the Water Canyon Bird Count. Contacts are Andrew
Rominger at 239-7948 oe Jim Black at _chupaflor@msn.com_
(mailto:chupaflor@msn.com) . The campground has been changed.
On Sunday, June 11, Sangre de Cristo will explore the Pecos area. Leaders
are Gary and Karen Schiltz at 757-2212.
On Saturday, June 17, Sangre will bird the Orilla Verde Park near Pilar.
Contact is Jerry Friedman at 753-1946.
- End transcript.
* New Mexico Bird Report
* May 28, 2006
* NMEX0605.28
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Least Bittern (Chaves, San Miguel)
Cattle Egret (Eddy)
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Chaves)
Snow Goose (Socorro)
Canada Goose and Northern Shoveler (Otero)
Bufflehead (Sandoval)
Mississippi Kite (Lea, San Miguel, Bernalillo, Guadalupe)
GRAY HAWK (Socorro)
Common Black-Hawk (Sandoval)
Zone-tailed Hawk (Los Alamos, Catron)
Peregrine Falcon (Sierra)
BLACK RAIL (San Miguel)
Black-bellied Plover (Colfax)
Snowy Plover (Dona Ana, Colfax)
HUDSONIAN GODWIT (Colfax)
Long-billed Curlew (Colfax, Otero)
White-rumped Sandpiper (Colfax, Quqy, Lea, DeBaca)
LAUGHING GULL (Curry)
Least Tern (DeBaca)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Guadalupe, Roosevelt)
Burrowing Owl (Santa Fe, San Miguel)
Flammulated Owl (Bernalillo, Grant)
Spotted Owl (Grant)
Whip-poor-will (Bernalillo, Grant)
Magnificent Hummingbird (Grant)
Lewis’s Woodpecker (Cibola)
Red-headed Woodpecker (Guadalupe)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Socorro)
Eastern Kingbird (Roosevelt)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Santa Fe)
Bell’s Vireo (San Miguel)
Gray Vireo (Eddy, Dona Ana)
Cassin’s Vireo (Sierra)
Philadelphia Vireo (Eddy)
Red-eyed Vireo (Roosevelt, Bernalillo, Guadalupe)
Clark’s Nutcracker (Sandoval)
Purple Martin (Cibola)
Gray Catbird (Eddy)
Lucy’s Warbler (Bernalillo)
Northern Parula (Bernalillo)
Townsend’s Warbler (Roosevelt)
Blackburnian Warbler (Roosevelt)
Magnolia Warbler (Roosevelt)
Black-and-White Warbler (Socorro, Eddy, Sandoval
American Redstart (Roosevelt, Sierra
Hepatic Tanager (Cibola, San Miguel)
Summer Tanager (Sandoval)
Black-chinned Sparrow (Cibola, San Miguel)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Eddy, DeBaca)
Indigo Bunting (Socorro, Cibola, Guadalupe)
Painted Bunting (San Miguel)
Varied Bunting (Eddy)
Bobolink (Roosevelt)
Orchard Oriole (Quay, Roosevelt)
Baltimore Oriole (Socorro)
Scott’s Oriole (San Miguel)
Bronzed Cowbird (Socorro)
Red Crossbill (Sandoval)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: May 28, 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 28, 2006,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are given
for private property, please call before going. Highlights are Black Rails,
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron. Laughing Gull.
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:
BV on May 27 in the area of the Algodones diversion dam had a late male
BUFFLEHEAD, a SUMMER TANAGER, and a female BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER (a third of a
mile upriver).
BH on May 13 at Cochiti Lake 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 Los Alamos County:
AS saw a ZONE-TAILED HAWK over Bayo Canyon in Los Alamos on May 21.
In Santa Fe County:
LH had a second hand report of a SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER along the stream
in Galisteo on May 22.
JW reported BURROWING OWLS have been seen on the runways of the Santa Fe
Airport.
In San Miguel County:
BW saw the singing BELL’S VIREO at the golf course near Conchas Lake on May
22.
BW on May 22 saw two PAINTED BUNTINGS on the south side of the Hudson Canal
and a MISSISSIPPI KITE at the ACDE headquarters in the Conchas Lake area.
At the adjacent Clabber Hill Ranch on May 12 RV recorded two calling BLACK R
AILS. They were calling for BW on May 22, and JP, JO, and HS on May 26. The
ranch is private; for permission to bird call Tony Gabel at 868-3351. JP
also heard a LEAST BITTERN on the “Ammodramus” Pond.
BW on May 23 on Corazon Hill on NM 104 between mile markers 34 and 35 found
two SCOTT’S ORIOLES and a singing BLACK-CHINNED SPARROW with four HEPATIC
TANAGERS near the hill’s top. Near mile marker 5 east of Las Vegas there were
two BURROWING OWLS.
In Colfax County:
DC at Stubblefield Lake on May 22 saw a pair of HUDSONIAN GOWITS along the
south shoreline.
At Springer Lake on May 19 DC recorded eight White-rumped Sandpipers. On
May 23 at the lake there was a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, and a WHITE-RUMPED
SANDPIPER. On May 27 with JB and RE there was the plover, two SNOWY PLOVERS, and a
LONG-BILLED CURLEW.
In Quay County:
JP, JO, and HS on May 27 had eight WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS on Tucumcari Lake.
DC at Ute Lake State Park on May 25 saw four ORCHARD ORIOLES at various
sites
In Cibola County:
CJG on May 19 at the Malpais Narrows between the Ventana Arch and the
Narrows picnic area saw several BLACK-CHINNED SPARROWS and three HEPATIC TANAGERS
with a LEWIS’S WOODPECKER south of the Narrows.
In Grants a male INDIGO BUNTING was in the park on Mesa Blvd.
CJG on May 28 reported in the Zuni Mts. PURPLE MARTINS on Forest Road 50
below the Oso Ridge Tower . Some roads in the range have been closed; and areas
in the Natl. Park Malpais are alao restricted.
In Bernalillo County:
RG on May 26-27 had a singing LUCY’S WARBLER at the Rio Grande Nature Center
where the Bosque and River Trails start.
BN on May 24 on the UNM campus discovered a singing NORTHERN PARULA in the
trees near the Duck Pond. It was seen by LG and DP on May 25.
JP and HS on May 21 had a singing RED-EYED VIEEO in the nature area behind
the San Antonio de Padua Church near Cedar Crest.
At the ponds at 4th and Tramway there were two MISSISSIPPI KITES for JP and
HS on May 21. BV saw the kites on May 27 and christened the area the Tramway
Wetlands.
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.
In Guadalupe County:
BW on May 21 in Santa Rosa saw two MISSISSIPPI KITES over the Pecos River at
the west end of Baca Street with at about five miles south of town along the
river there were a RED-EYED VIREO, INDIGO BUNTING, two RED-HEADED
WOOPECKERS, and two YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOOS.
In DeBaca County:
At Bosque Redondo Park near Fort Sumner on May 27 JP and HS saw a LEAST TERN
and a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER.
In Roosevelt County:
At the migrant trap west of Melrose LG and CD on May 17 found a RED-EYED
VIREO and a female ORCHARD ORIOLE. WW on May 18 had only a RED-EYED VIREO and a
singing immature AMERICAN REDSTART. RV, MH, and JB on May 23 had a
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO at the trap. On May 24 GF and DC reported a female BLACKBURNIAN
WARBLER in the trees near the water tank. It was seen by JB and NP on May
25. On May 27 JP, HS, and others saw an EASTERN KINGBIRD, the immature male
redstart, cuckoo, a female TOWNSEND’S WARBLER, while HS recorded a MAGNOLIA
WARBLER.
In Curry County:
CR and others on May 27 had the previously reported LAUGHING GULL at the
Clovis Sewage Ponds.
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 CL and CCBr had four SNOW GEESE
on May 20.
On May 10 GF found a pair of BRONZED COWBIRDS on the 9th tee of the golf
course at the NMTU campus. CL and CCBr had two INDIGO BUNTINGS on May 20, LG
and CD saw a male BALTIMORE ORIOLE present on May 22 with a BLACK-AND-WHITE
WARBLER. CL had a male Indigo Bunting on May 26.
At his home in Luis Lopez south of Socorro JO on May 24 saw a female BRONZED
COWBIRD.
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”
PY had a ZONE-TAILED HAWK over the Gila Cliff Dwellings on May 26.
In Chaves County:
GW on Bitter Lake Refuge on May 24 recorded an immature YELLOW-CROWNED
NIGHT-HERON along the ditch of Units 6 and 7. He heard the LEAST BITTERN on Units
15 or 16.
In Sierra County:
CL and CCBr on May 20 found a PEREGRINE FALCON at Percha Dam State Park. CL
had a female AMERICAN REDSTART and a CASSIN’S VIREO on May 27.
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.
JDM at her home at Roberts Lake had a MAGNIFICENT HUMMINGBIRD May 15.
In Hidalgo County:
NMC reminds that County Hwy. 1 south of Animas crosses the Diamond A (Gray)
Ranch. Because of events with thoughtless birders, one must not go off the
road.
In Luna County:
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:
CL and CBr had a SNOWY PLOVER along the Rio Grande about a mile north of the
Mesilla Dam on May 24.
CL on May 21 on the Pine Tree Trail in Aguirre Springs State Park on the
east side of the Organ Mts. found two GRAY VIREOS.
In Otero County:
On May 23 DG had a LONG-BILLED CURLEW and a late CANADA GOOSE fly over Otero
Mesa, with a SHOVELER on a small amount of water on Alamo Tank. On the mesa
on May 24 at a developed well with trees there was a nunmber of migrants.
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 DR found a male VARIED BUNTING at the irrigation
ditch on May 11, while BE saw a ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK on May 18. SW and RiW on
May 23 recorded a PHILADELPHIA VIREO, CATBIRD, and BLACK-AND=WHITE WARBLER.
In Slaughter Canyon CL and CCBr on May 7 saw two GRAY VIREOS. SWh had three
gray vireos in the canyon on May 15.
SW on May 24 had five CATTLE EGRETS at Six-Mile Dam near Otis.
At his Carlsbad home on Mauy 24 SW had a ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK hit his
window, banded and released it.
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.
INITIALS USED:
JB, Jonathan Batkin; CCBr. Charles and Chandra Britt; RC, Robert Cates;
DC, David Cleary; CD, Carol Davis; JDM, Joan Day-Martin; RE, Richard
Ellenberger; BE, Bates Estabrooks; GF, Gary Froehlich; LG, Larry Gorbet; RG,
Rebecca Gracey; DG, David Griffin; CJG, C.J. Grimes; DH, David Hawksworth;
KH, Karen Herzenberg; MH, Michael Hilchey; LH, Lonnie Howard; BH, Bill
Howe; JJ, Jim Joseph; CL, Carl Lundblad; LM, Larry Malone; PM, Pat
McCasland; SM, Sonja Mendoza; NMC, Narca Moore-Craig; BN, Bruce Neville; JO,
Jerry Oldenettel; DP. Danny Paez; JP, John Parmeter; NP, Nick Pederson; DR,
David Roemer; CR, Chris Rustay; AS, Al Schmierer; HS, Heidi Simms; RV,
Raymond VanBuskirk; BV, Brad Vaughn; JW, Jim Walters; GW, Gordon Warrick;
BW, Bill West; SW. Steve West; SWh, Stuart White; RiW, Rick Wiedenmann;
WW, Bill Wittman: PY, Paul Yoder.
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 June 1 the trip is to the Doc Long Picnic area and Bill Springs
Trail (if not closed) led by Mary Lou Arthur; on June 8 to Otero Canyon with
Melissa Howard, June 13 to the Sandia Peak Ski Area with Lannois Neely, and on
June 22 to Isleta Marsh and the Los Lunas River Park with Bev Silfer.
The weekend of June 2-3 is the Water Canyon Bird Count. Contacts are Andrew
Rominger at 239-7948 oe Jim Black at _chupaflor@msn.com_
(mailto:chupaflor@msn.com) . The campground has been changed.
On Sunday, June 11, Sangre de Cristo will explore the Pecos area. Leaders
are Gary and Karen Schiltz at 757-2212.
On Saturday, June 17, Sangre will bird the Orilla Verde Park near Pilar.
Contact is Jerry Friedman at 753-1946.
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