- RBA
* New Mexico Bird Report
* June 1, 2006
* NMEX0606.01
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Least Bittern (Chaves, San Miguel)
Cattle Egret (Eddy)
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Chaves, Socorro)
Bufflehead (Sandoval)
Mississippi Kite (Lea, Bernalillo, Guadalupe)
GRAY HAWK (Eddy)
Zone-tailed Hawk (Dona Ana, Catron)
BLACK RAIL (San Miguel)
Black-bellied and Snowy Plovers (Colfax)
Long-billed Curlew (Colfax, Otero, Eddy)
White-rumped Sandpiper (Colfax, Quqy, DeBaca)
LAUGHING GULL (Curry)
Least Tern (DeBaca)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Guadalupe, Roosevelt)
Barn Owl (Roosevelt)
Burrowing Owl (San Miguel)
Flammulated Owl (Bernalillo, Grant)
Spotted Owl (Grant)
Whip-poor-will (Bernalillo, Grant)
Magnificent Hummingbird (Grant)
Lewis’s Woodpecker (Cibolan
Acorn Woodpecker (Brnalillo, Doña Ama))
Red-headed Woodpecker (Guadalupe)
Eastern Kingbird (Roosevelt)
Gray Vireo (Eddy, Dona Ana)
Hutton;s Vireo (Dona Ama)
Cassin’s Vireo (Sierra)
Red-eyed Vireo (Bernalillo)
Purple Martin (Cibola)
Gray Catbird (Eddy)
Brown Thrasher (Bernalillo)
Lucy’s Warbler (Bernalillo)
Northern Parula (Bernalillo)
Townsend’s Warbler (Roosevelt)
Black-and-White Warbler (Eddy, Sandoval, Roosevelt)
American Redstart (Roosevelt, Sierra, Santa Fe)
Ovenbird (Bernalillo)
Hepatic Tanager (San Miguel, Guadalupe, Dona Ana))
Black-chinned Sparrow (Cibola)
Rose-breastd Grosbeak (Lea)
Indigo Bunting (Socorro, Guadalupe, Eddy)
Varied Bunting (Eddy)
Orchard Oriole (Quay)
Scott’s Oriole (San Miguel)
Bronzed Cowbird (Socorro, Eddy)
Pine Siskin (Eddy)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: June 1, 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 June 1, 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-Herons. Laughing Gull.
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 and a female BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER (a third of a mile upriver).
In Santa Fe County:
EC saw an immature male AMERICAN REDSTART in the Galisteo bosque on May 28.
In San Miguel County:
At the Clabber Hill Ranch adjacent to Conchas Lake one or two calling BLACK
RAILS have been found. 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 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:
At Springer Lake on May 23 had 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 with a LEWIS’S WOODPECKER
south of the Narrows.
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. She did not see it again later.
DP on May 28 again saw the OVENBIRD seen earlier on the Bosque Trail between
posts 14 and 15.
CW on May 29 saw several BLACK-CHINNED SPARROWS at the Embudito Trail on the
western Sandia Mts.
KB since May 9 to 29 has been intermittently seeing one or two ACORN
WOODPECKERS at her home off NM 338 south of Tijeras in the Manzanita Mts. Contact
her at _nmkestrel@starband.net_ (mailto:nmkestrel@starband.net) .
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. PF saw a BRPWM THRASHER on
May 28 behind the church along the ditch.
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. JSt saw the kites on May 29 and MW found the two on May 30 in the
woods north of the ponds.
JJ heard one WHIP-POOR-WILL at the Doc Long Picnic Area in the eastern
Sandia Mts. with a FLAMMULATED OWL heard between the two main parking areas.
In Guadalupe County:
CR recorded a HEOATUC TABAGER at the sewage ponds at Santa Rosa near Power
Dam Lake on May 29.
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 an 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. CR had two of the sandpipers on May 29.
In Roosevelt County:
At the migrant trap west of Melrose on May 27 JP, HS, and others saw an
EASTERN KINGBIRD, an immature male AMERICAN REDSTART, a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, and
a female TOWNSEND’S WARBLER. SSA and MLA on May 30 saw a BARN OWL and
BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER.
In Curry County:
CR and others on May 27 had the previously reported LAUGHING GULL at the
Clovis Sewage Ponds.
In Socorro County:
On May 10 GF found a pair of BRONZED COWBIRDS on the 9th tee of the golf
course at the NMTU campus CL had a male INDIGO BUNTING on May 26.
At his home in Luis Lopez south of Socorro JO on May 31 had a brief visit
from an adult YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON.
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:
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 Doña Ana County:
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. On May 29-30 CCBr on the
trail saw two ACORN WOODPECKERS and a GRACE’S WARBLER, with HEPATIC TANAGER and
HUTTON’S VIREOS present. A ZONE-TAILED HAWK flew above Texas Canyon and off
over Sugarloaf Peak.
In Otero County:
On May 23 DG had a LONG-BILLED CURLEW fly over Otero Mesa. 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. SW and RiW on May 23 recorded a CATBIRD, and BLACK-AND=WHITE
WARBLER. On May 29 SW saw the GRAY HAWK near the abandoned stock tank, a late
LONG-BILLED CURLEW flying over, a few INDIGO BUNTINGS, an eastern female
BRONZED COWBIRD, and a late PINE SISKIN.
In Slaughter Canyon SWh had three gray vireos on May 15.
SW on May 24 had five CATTLE EGRETS at Six-Mile Dam near Otis.
In Lea County:
PMc had up to six MISSISSIPPI KITES soaring over Eunice on May 18. On May
31 there was a ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK in his yard near Eunice.
INITIALS USED:
MLA, Mary Lou Arthur; JB, Jonathan Batkin; KB, Karen Boettcher; CCBr.
Charles and Chandra Britt; RC, Robert Cates; DC, David Cleary; EC, Evita
Cooper; JDM, Joan Day-Martin; RE, Richard Ellenberger; PF, Pat Franklin; GF,
Gary Froehlich; RG, Rebecca Gracey; DG, David Griffin; CJG, C.J. Grimes;
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; DR, David Roemer; CR, Chris
Rustay; SSA, Sonia Santa Anna; HS, Heidi Simms; JSt, James Stuart; BV,
Brad Vaughn; GW, Gordon Warrick; MW, Mark Watson; BW, Bill West; SW. Steve
West; SWh, Stuart White; RiW, Rick Wiedenmann; CW, Cole Wolf; PY, Paul
Yoder.
* New Mexico Bird Report
* June 1, 2006
* NMEX0606.01
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Least Bittern (Chaves, San Miguel)
Cattle Egret (Eddy)
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Chaves, Socorro)
Bufflehead (Sandoval)
Mississippi Kite (Lea, Bernalillo, Guadalupe)
GRAY HAWK (Eddy)
Zone-tailed Hawk (Dona Ana, Catron)
BLACK RAIL (San Miguel)
Black-bellied and Snowy Plovers (Colfax)
Long-billed Curlew (Colfax, Otero, Eddy)
White-rumped Sandpiper (Colfax, Quqy, DeBaca)
LAUGHING GULL (Curry)
Least Tern (DeBaca)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Guadalupe, Roosevelt)
Barn Owl (Roosevelt)
Burrowing Owl (San Miguel)
Flammulated Owl (Bernalillo, Grant)
Spotted Owl (Grant)
Whip-poor-will (Bernalillo, Grant)
Magnificent Hummingbird (Grant)
Lewis’s Woodpecker (Cibolan
Acorn Woodpecker (Brnalillo, Doña Ama))
Red-headed Woodpecker (Guadalupe)
Eastern Kingbird (Roosevelt)
Gray Vireo (Eddy, Dona Ana)
Hutton;s Vireo (Dona Ama)
Cassin’s Vireo (Sierra)
Red-eyed Vireo (Bernalillo)
Purple Martin (Cibola)
Gray Catbird (Eddy)
Brown Thrasher (Bernalillo)
Lucy’s Warbler (Bernalillo)
Northern Parula (Bernalillo)
Townsend’s Warbler (Roosevelt)
Black-and-White Warbler (Eddy, Sandoval, Roosevelt)
American Redstart (Roosevelt, Sierra, Santa Fe)
Ovenbird (Bernalillo)
Hepatic Tanager (San Miguel, Guadalupe, Dona Ana))
Black-chinned Sparrow (Cibola)
Rose-breastd Grosbeak (Lea)
Indigo Bunting (Socorro, Guadalupe, Eddy)
Varied Bunting (Eddy)
Orchard Oriole (Quay)
Scott’s Oriole (San Miguel)
Bronzed Cowbird (Socorro, Eddy)
Pine Siskin (Eddy)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: June 1, 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 June 1, 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-Herons. Laughing Gull.
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 and a female BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER (a third of a mile upriver).
In Santa Fe County:
EC saw an immature male AMERICAN REDSTART in the Galisteo bosque on May 28.
In San Miguel County:
At the Clabber Hill Ranch adjacent to Conchas Lake one or two calling BLACK
RAILS have been found. 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 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:
At Springer Lake on May 23 had 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 with a LEWIS’S WOODPECKER
south of the Narrows.
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. She did not see it again later.
DP on May 28 again saw the OVENBIRD seen earlier on the Bosque Trail between
posts 14 and 15.
CW on May 29 saw several BLACK-CHINNED SPARROWS at the Embudito Trail on the
western Sandia Mts.
KB since May 9 to 29 has been intermittently seeing one or two ACORN
WOODPECKERS at her home off NM 338 south of Tijeras in the Manzanita Mts. Contact
her at _nmkestrel@starband.net_ (mailto:nmkestrel@starband.net) .
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. PF saw a BRPWM THRASHER on
May 28 behind the church along the ditch.
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. JSt saw the kites on May 29 and MW found the two on May 30 in the
woods north of the ponds.
JJ heard one WHIP-POOR-WILL at the Doc Long Picnic Area in the eastern
Sandia Mts. with a FLAMMULATED OWL heard between the two main parking areas.
In Guadalupe County:
CR recorded a HEOATUC TABAGER at the sewage ponds at Santa Rosa near Power
Dam Lake on May 29.
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 an 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. CR had two of the sandpipers on May 29.
In Roosevelt County:
At the migrant trap west of Melrose on May 27 JP, HS, and others saw an
EASTERN KINGBIRD, an immature male AMERICAN REDSTART, a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, and
a female TOWNSEND’S WARBLER. SSA and MLA on May 30 saw a BARN OWL and
BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER.
In Curry County:
CR and others on May 27 had the previously reported LAUGHING GULL at the
Clovis Sewage Ponds.
In Socorro County:
On May 10 GF found a pair of BRONZED COWBIRDS on the 9th tee of the golf
course at the NMTU campus CL had a male INDIGO BUNTING on May 26.
At his home in Luis Lopez south of Socorro JO on May 31 had a brief visit
from an adult YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON.
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:
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 Doña Ana County:
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. On May 29-30 CCBr on the
trail saw two ACORN WOODPECKERS and a GRACE’S WARBLER, with HEPATIC TANAGER and
HUTTON’S VIREOS present. A ZONE-TAILED HAWK flew above Texas Canyon and off
over Sugarloaf Peak.
In Otero County:
On May 23 DG had a LONG-BILLED CURLEW fly over Otero Mesa. 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. SW and RiW on May 23 recorded a CATBIRD, and BLACK-AND=WHITE
WARBLER. On May 29 SW saw the GRAY HAWK near the abandoned stock tank, a late
LONG-BILLED CURLEW flying over, a few INDIGO BUNTINGS, an eastern female
BRONZED COWBIRD, and a late PINE SISKIN.
In Slaughter Canyon SWh had three gray vireos on May 15.
SW on May 24 had five CATTLE EGRETS at Six-Mile Dam near Otis.
In Lea County:
PMc had up to six MISSISSIPPI KITES soaring over Eunice on May 18. On May
31 there was a ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK in his yard near Eunice.
INITIALS USED:
MLA, Mary Lou Arthur; JB, Jonathan Batkin; KB, Karen Boettcher; CCBr.
Charles and Chandra Britt; RC, Robert Cates; DC, David Cleary; EC, Evita
Cooper; JDM, Joan Day-Martin; RE, Richard Ellenberger; PF, Pat Franklin; GF,
Gary Froehlich; RG, Rebecca Gracey; DG, David Griffin; CJG, C.J. Grimes;
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; DR, David Roemer; CR, Chris
Rustay; SSA, Sonia Santa Anna; HS, Heidi Simms; JSt, James Stuart; BV,
Brad Vaughn; GW, Gordon Warrick; MW, Mark Watson; BW, Bill West; SW. Steve
West; SWh, Stuart White; RiW, Rick Wiedenmann; CW, Cole Wolf; PY, Paul
Yoder.