- RBA
* New Mexico Bird Report
* June 15, 2006
* NMEX0606.15
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Eared and Western Grebes (Rio Arriba)
American White Pelican (Colfax)
Least Bittern (Socorro)
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Socorro)
Glossy Ibis (Colfax)
Snow Goose and Common Merganser (Colfax)
Mississippi Kite (Valencia, Bernalillo)
White-tailed Kite (Hidalgo)
Gray Hawk (Hidalgo)
Common Black-Hawk (Grant, Eddy)
Zone-tailed Hawk (Grant, Sierra)
Blue Grouse (Santa Fe)
Montezuma Quail (Hidalgo)
BLACK RAIL (San Miguel)
American Avocet (Colfax)
Snowy Plover (Colfax)
Long-billed Curlew (Colfax, Otero)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Colfax)
White-rumped Sandpiper (Colfax)
Wilson’s Snipe (Colfax)
Black Tern (Otero)
LAUGHING GULL (Eddy)
California Gull (Colfax, Otero)
Common Ground-Dove (Dona Ana, Hidalgo)
Flammulated Owl (Bernalillo, Grant)
Elf Owl (Grant, Eddy)
Northern Pygmy-Owl (Grant)
Long-eared Owl (San Miguel)
Whip-poor-will (Bernalillo, Grant)
Black Swift (Sandoval, Santa Fe)
Magnificent Hummingbird (Catron, Grant)
Acorn Woodpecker (Dona Ana)
Red-headed Woodpecker (Socorro, Eddy)
Williamson’s Sapsucker (Sierra/Grant)
Three-toed Woodpecker (Bernalillo, Santa Fe, Sandoval)
COUCH’S KINGBIRD (Socorro)
Hutton’s Vireo (Dona Ana, Catron, Grant)
Gray Vireo (Hidalgo, Eddy, Dona Ana)
Pinyon Jay (McKinley)
Clark’s Nutcracker (Sierra/Grant)
Purple Martin (Cibola, McKinley)
Tree Swallow (Colfax)
BLACK-CAPPED GNATCATCHER (Hidalgo)
Veery (Rio Arriba)
Gray Catbird (Socorro, Dona Ana)
Olive Warbler (Sierra/Grant)
CAPE MAY WARBLER (Taos)
Kentucky Warbler (San Miguel)
Cassin’s Sparrow (San Miguel, Santa Fe)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Dona Ana)
Indigo Bunting (Cibola, Bernalillo, Grant)
Varied Bunting (Hidalgo)
Dickcissel (Colfax)
Bronzed Cowbird (Sierra, Catron)
Orchard Oriole (Quay)
Hooded Oriole (Socorro)
Pine Grosbeak (Santa Fe)
Red Crossbill and Cassin’s Finch (Sandoval)
Evening Grosbeak (Sandoval)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: June 15, 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 15, 2006,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are given
for private property, please call before going. Highlights are Black Rails.
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 Rio Arriba County:
JP recorded two VEERIES in the evening of June 9 in Chama south of the
Elkhorn Café, one on each side of the river.
At Stone Lake on the Jicarilla Apache IR south of Dulce on June 10 he found
Eared and Western Grebes nesting. Burford (aka Stinking) Lake is dry.
In Taos County:
JP and WW on June 9 found a male CAPE MAY WARBLER on NM 518 about 4.5 miles
from its junction with NM 75. It was just north of the Sipapu Ski Area lodge
at a pond in a lone juniper, then flew to deciduous trees along the stream.
There are no further reports.
In Sandoval County:
The BZ tour on June 2 had four BLACK SWIFTS over Jemez Falls off NM 4 in the
Jemez Mts. On the Dome Road (FR 368) there was a male THREE-TOED
WOODPECKER, a pair of EVENING GROSBEAKS, a pair of CASSIN’S FINCHES, and about 15
RED
CROOSBILLS. On June 4 there were four crossbills at Bandelier NM near Los
Alamos.
In Santa Fe County:
KH on June 10 had three BLACK SWIFTS on the top of Picacho Peak near Mo unt
Atalaya in Santa Fe.
CR on June 4 at the abandoned town of White Lakes south of Santa Fe found
CASSIN’S SPARROWS. The BZ tour on June 4 found a BLUE GROUSE on the road to
the Ski Basin at the Aspen Vista. They had a male THREE-TOED WOODPECKER at the
Ski Basin with four PINE GROSBEAKS.
In San Miguel County:
CR and BN on June 10 had a singing KENTUCKEY WARBLER on NM 65 above Las
Vegas west of Gallinas at the NF boundary.
At the Clabber Hill Ranch adjacent to Conchas Lake one or two calling BLACK
RAILS have been found. One was calling for LC and LL on June 3. The ranch
is private; for permission to bird call Tony Gabel at 868-3351.
CR from Pecos to the top of Rowe Mesa on June 4 had two CASSIN’S SPARROWS
singing on the mesa with a LONG-EARED OWL in Rowe.
Earlier the telescope at the Crane Lake Overlook was stolen. The Las Vegas
Refuge is hoping to get a new one for $4000. Please send donations to the
refuge at RR 1, Box 399, Las Vegas, 87701.
In Colfax County:
On Stubblefield Lake on June 1 there was a GLOSSY IBIS, seen again on June 7
near the inflow channel, but not on June 9. . He had 43 WHITE-RUMPED
SANDPIPERS, two SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, and a SNOWY PLOVER June 9, with a
LONG-BILLED CURLEW and 66 AVOCETS on the adjacent Laguna Madre. . The lake level is
droppingt.
There were six WHITE PELICANS on the adjacent Maxwell Refuge on Lake 12.
DC on June 8 had a DICKCISSEL singing between mile markers 1 and 2 on NM 505
near the Maxwell Refuge near the Knox home. He saw it again on June 11,
with two on June 12.
At Springer Lake DC had on June 12 three WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, and a
SNOWY PLOVER.
At Eagle Nest Lake on June 7 he had 16 CALIFORNIA GULLS, about 60 TREE
SWALLOWS, and 80 COMMON MERGANSERS.
Near Black Lake south of Angel Fire on June 5 and 7 there was a late SNOW
GOOSE on NM 434 at mile marker 25. On NM 120 (to Ocate off of 434) there were
several displaying WILSON’S SNIPES at mile post 1.
In Quay County:
DC at Ute Lake State Park on June 10 had three singing male ORCHARD ORIOLES.
In McKinley County:
JP and WW on June 3 had 75 to 100 PINYON JAYS from Thoreau to Bluewater Lake.
They found Black Rock Lake at Zuni Pueblo nearly dry. At Vanderwagen south
of Gallup there were four PURPLE MARTINS along the highway on June 3.
In Cibola County:
JP and WW on June 3 had a singing male INDIGO BUNTING at Ramah Lake.
CJG 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
Malpais Natl. Park are alao restricted. The road up Bluewater Canyon is closed.
In Bernalillo County:
JJ had a male THREE-TOED WOODPECKER drumming on Sandia Crest east of
Albuquerque on the east side of the Kiwanis Meadow on June 3.
On June 4 on the Rio Grande Valley State Park on the west side of the rio
south of Rio Brave at mile post 6 ¾ he had a singing male INDIGO BUNTING.
At the ponds at 4th and Tramway there were two MISSISSIPPI KITES for BV on
May 27 when he christened the area the Tramway Wetlands. LC reported them on
June 4.
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 Valencia County:
MW on May 31 saw a flying MISSISSIPPI KITE over the northern esit ramp from
I-25 into Belen.
In Socorro County:
AK on June 10 and 12 reported a male CARDINAL at San Acacia.
LG and CD on June 10 discovered a YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON in the pond at
the end of the marsh loop, a COUCH’S KINGBIRD in the big elm southwest of the
cactus garden at headquarters, and a second-year male HOODED ORIOLE at the
cactus garden. SSA reported a CATBIRD on Bosque del Apache refuge near San
Antonio on June 3 at the start of the Marsh Loop. BW on June 5 had a LEAST
BITTERN just north of the east end of the boardwalk.
SSA on June 3 also had an adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER on a pole just outside
of San Antonio.
SM reports that Water Canyon, the Magdalena Mts, and the northern San Mateo
Mts. have been closed due to the fire danger. Springtime Canyon in the
southern San Mateos is still open.
In Catron Coounty:
JH on June 5 had a female MAGNIFICENT HUMMINGBIRD at her feeders on the
ranch east of Datil.
The BZ tour on May 31 had a female BRONZED COWBIRD at the Whitewater Canyon
Catwalk near Glenwood with a HUTTON’S VIREO.
In Sierra County:
BW on June 5 in Truth or Consequences on Riverside Drive had three BRONZED
COWBIRDS.
The BZ tour on May 28 had a lowland ZONE-TAILED HAWK female at Percha Dam
State Park.
In Sierra/Grant Counties:
OLIVE WARBLERS have feen found on Emory Pass in the Black Range by CL on
June 4 and CCBr on June 3. CL hiked five miles on the ridge towards Hillsboro
Peak and found CLARK’S NUTCRACKER and WILLIAMSON’S SAPSUCKER.
In Grant County:
CL had an ELF OWL a half mile from the end of FR 155 12 miles southeast of
Gila on June 8. On June 9 beyond the end of 155 along the Gila Rio there were
about four INDIGO BUNTINGS with two BLACK HAWSK at the junction of Turkey
Creek. On June 11 he had two OLIVE WARBLERS on Branson Peak and a ZONE-TAILED
HAWK IN Big Timbers Canyon, on the edges of the Gila Wilderness.
On June 10 he had an adult male MAGNIFICENT HUMMINGBIRD on the top of Signal
Peak and a PYGMY OWL three miles up the road to the peak. He advises that
the area may now be closed due to fire danger.
CCBr on June 3 had calling FLAMMULATED OWLs and WHIPPOORWILLS in the Pinos
Altos Mts. north of Silver City at the McMillan Campground.
CCBR on June 3 on NM 35 south of Lake Roberts at mile marker 5 had a BLACK
HAWK perched over the Mimbres River. BZ had a COLLARED DOVE at the
Grayfeathers Lodge near the lake on May 31.
On the road in the Burro Mts. to Redrock on May 30 BZ had two HUTTON’S
VIREOS.
In Hidalgo County:
RV reported two BLACK-CAPPED GNATCATCHERS in the NM part of Guadalupe Canyon
near the orchard on June 4. JP and JO found them only on the Arizona side
about two miles west near the fifth stream crossing. At the NM side orchard
there was a VARIED BUNTING male with a GRAY VIREO on the hillside. A GRAY
HAWK was on the Arizona side of the state line and four COMMON GROUND-DOVES were
near the entrance gate. The gnatcatchers were not found by MB and NP on
June 7, but they did find two MONTEZUMA QUAIL near the orchard on the NM side.
MT on June 5 had an adult WHITE-TAILED KITE along US 80 about five miles
south of Rodeo.
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
about a year for construction.
In Doña Ana County:
JD at the Mesilla Valley Park on June 8 had a male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK
and a CATBIRD.
DG at his Las Cruces home again briefly saw the COMMON GROUND-DOVE on June 1.
CCBr on the Pine Tree Trail in Aguirre Springs Park east of the Organ Mts.
on May 28-29 saw two ACORN WOODPECKERS and HUTTON’S VIREOS. The BZ tour on
May 27 found three GRAY VIREOS at the park.
In Otero County:
At the Holloman Lakes near Alamogordo CL reports that the "no access" signs
are for hunters only. The entire shore is open to birding. A board has been
installed for birders to list their sightings.
BZ at the ponds on May 27 reported a second year CALIFORNIA GULL. CL on
June 8 had three BLACK TERNS and a LONG-BILLED CURLEW there.
In Eddy County:
SW on June 12 found ELF OWLS in Last Chance Canyon of the Guadalupe Mts.
near Carlsbad.
RC on June 10 had a BLACK HAWK east of Carlsbad along hwy. 182 three miles
east of the Pecos River.
SW at Brantley Lake on June 3 photographed an adult LAUGHING GULL.
With TH on June 2 there was a GRAY VIREO at Lowe Spring in Walnut Canyon of
the Carlsbad Caverns.
RN on June 4 at Bataan Lake in Carlsbad had a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER.
In Slaughter Canyon SWh had three GRAY VIREOS.
INITIALS USED:
MB, Matt Baumann; CCBr. Charles and Chandra Britt; RC, Robert Cates: DC,
David Cleary; LC, Louis Cuellar; CD, Carol Davis; JD, John Douglas; LG,
Larry Gorbet; DG, David Griffin; CJG, C.J. Grimes; KH, Kevin Halliday;
JH, Joan Hardie; TH, Tom Hines; JJ, Jim Joseph; AK, Allen Kerr; LL, Lane
Leckman; CL, Carl Lundblad; LM, Larry Malone; SM, Sonja Mendoza; NMC, Narca
Moore-Craig; BN, Bruce Neville; RN, Robert Nieman; JO, Jerry Oldenettel;
JP, John Parmeter; NP, Nick Pederson; CR, Chris Rustay; SSA, Sonia Santa
Anna; MT, Michael Turisk; RV, Raynond VanBuskirk; BV, Brad Vaughn; MW,
Mark Watson; BW, Bill West; SW. Steve West; SWh, Stuart White; WW, Bill
Wittman; BZ, Barry Zimmer.
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 22 they go to Isleta Marsh and the Los Lunas River Park with
Bev Silfer.
On Saturday, June 17, Sangre de Cristo Audubon will bird the Orilla Verde
Park near Pilar. Contact is Jerry Friedman at 753-1946.
- End transcript.
* New Mexico Bird Report
* June 15, 2006
* NMEX0606.15
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Eared and Western Grebes (Rio Arriba)
American White Pelican (Colfax)
Least Bittern (Socorro)
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Socorro)
Glossy Ibis (Colfax)
Snow Goose and Common Merganser (Colfax)
Mississippi Kite (Valencia, Bernalillo)
White-tailed Kite (Hidalgo)
Gray Hawk (Hidalgo)
Common Black-Hawk (Grant, Eddy)
Zone-tailed Hawk (Grant, Sierra)
Blue Grouse (Santa Fe)
Montezuma Quail (Hidalgo)
BLACK RAIL (San Miguel)
American Avocet (Colfax)
Snowy Plover (Colfax)
Long-billed Curlew (Colfax, Otero)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Colfax)
White-rumped Sandpiper (Colfax)
Wilson’s Snipe (Colfax)
Black Tern (Otero)
LAUGHING GULL (Eddy)
California Gull (Colfax, Otero)
Common Ground-Dove (Dona Ana, Hidalgo)
Flammulated Owl (Bernalillo, Grant)
Elf Owl (Grant, Eddy)
Northern Pygmy-Owl (Grant)
Long-eared Owl (San Miguel)
Whip-poor-will (Bernalillo, Grant)
Black Swift (Sandoval, Santa Fe)
Magnificent Hummingbird (Catron, Grant)
Acorn Woodpecker (Dona Ana)
Red-headed Woodpecker (Socorro, Eddy)
Williamson’s Sapsucker (Sierra/Grant)
Three-toed Woodpecker (Bernalillo, Santa Fe, Sandoval)
COUCH’S KINGBIRD (Socorro)
Hutton’s Vireo (Dona Ana, Catron, Grant)
Gray Vireo (Hidalgo, Eddy, Dona Ana)
Pinyon Jay (McKinley)
Clark’s Nutcracker (Sierra/Grant)
Purple Martin (Cibola, McKinley)
Tree Swallow (Colfax)
BLACK-CAPPED GNATCATCHER (Hidalgo)
Veery (Rio Arriba)
Gray Catbird (Socorro, Dona Ana)
Olive Warbler (Sierra/Grant)
CAPE MAY WARBLER (Taos)
Kentucky Warbler (San Miguel)
Cassin’s Sparrow (San Miguel, Santa Fe)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Dona Ana)
Indigo Bunting (Cibola, Bernalillo, Grant)
Varied Bunting (Hidalgo)
Dickcissel (Colfax)
Bronzed Cowbird (Sierra, Catron)
Orchard Oriole (Quay)
Hooded Oriole (Socorro)
Pine Grosbeak (Santa Fe)
Red Crossbill and Cassin’s Finch (Sandoval)
Evening Grosbeak (Sandoval)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: June 15, 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 15, 2006,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are given
for private property, please call before going. Highlights are Black Rails.
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 Rio Arriba County:
JP recorded two VEERIES in the evening of June 9 in Chama south of the
Elkhorn Café, one on each side of the river.
At Stone Lake on the Jicarilla Apache IR south of Dulce on June 10 he found
Eared and Western Grebes nesting. Burford (aka Stinking) Lake is dry.
In Taos County:
JP and WW on June 9 found a male CAPE MAY WARBLER on NM 518 about 4.5 miles
from its junction with NM 75. It was just north of the Sipapu Ski Area lodge
at a pond in a lone juniper, then flew to deciduous trees along the stream.
There are no further reports.
In Sandoval County:
The BZ tour on June 2 had four BLACK SWIFTS over Jemez Falls off NM 4 in the
Jemez Mts. On the Dome Road (FR 368) there was a male THREE-TOED
WOODPECKER, a pair of EVENING GROSBEAKS, a pair of CASSIN’S FINCHES, and about 15
RED
CROOSBILLS. On June 4 there were four crossbills at Bandelier NM near Los
Alamos.
In Santa Fe County:
KH on June 10 had three BLACK SWIFTS on the top of Picacho Peak near Mo unt
Atalaya in Santa Fe.
CR on June 4 at the abandoned town of White Lakes south of Santa Fe found
CASSIN’S SPARROWS. The BZ tour on June 4 found a BLUE GROUSE on the road to
the Ski Basin at the Aspen Vista. They had a male THREE-TOED WOODPECKER at the
Ski Basin with four PINE GROSBEAKS.
In San Miguel County:
CR and BN on June 10 had a singing KENTUCKEY WARBLER on NM 65 above Las
Vegas west of Gallinas at the NF boundary.
At the Clabber Hill Ranch adjacent to Conchas Lake one or two calling BLACK
RAILS have been found. One was calling for LC and LL on June 3. The ranch
is private; for permission to bird call Tony Gabel at 868-3351.
CR from Pecos to the top of Rowe Mesa on June 4 had two CASSIN’S SPARROWS
singing on the mesa with a LONG-EARED OWL in Rowe.
Earlier the telescope at the Crane Lake Overlook was stolen. The Las Vegas
Refuge is hoping to get a new one for $4000. Please send donations to the
refuge at RR 1, Box 399, Las Vegas, 87701.
In Colfax County:
On Stubblefield Lake on June 1 there was a GLOSSY IBIS, seen again on June 7
near the inflow channel, but not on June 9. . He had 43 WHITE-RUMPED
SANDPIPERS, two SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, and a SNOWY PLOVER June 9, with a
LONG-BILLED CURLEW and 66 AVOCETS on the adjacent Laguna Madre. . The lake level is
droppingt.
There were six WHITE PELICANS on the adjacent Maxwell Refuge on Lake 12.
DC on June 8 had a DICKCISSEL singing between mile markers 1 and 2 on NM 505
near the Maxwell Refuge near the Knox home. He saw it again on June 11,
with two on June 12.
At Springer Lake DC had on June 12 three WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, and a
SNOWY PLOVER.
At Eagle Nest Lake on June 7 he had 16 CALIFORNIA GULLS, about 60 TREE
SWALLOWS, and 80 COMMON MERGANSERS.
Near Black Lake south of Angel Fire on June 5 and 7 there was a late SNOW
GOOSE on NM 434 at mile marker 25. On NM 120 (to Ocate off of 434) there were
several displaying WILSON’S SNIPES at mile post 1.
In Quay County:
DC at Ute Lake State Park on June 10 had three singing male ORCHARD ORIOLES.
In McKinley County:
JP and WW on June 3 had 75 to 100 PINYON JAYS from Thoreau to Bluewater Lake.
They found Black Rock Lake at Zuni Pueblo nearly dry. At Vanderwagen south
of Gallup there were four PURPLE MARTINS along the highway on June 3.
In Cibola County:
JP and WW on June 3 had a singing male INDIGO BUNTING at Ramah Lake.
CJG 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
Malpais Natl. Park are alao restricted. The road up Bluewater Canyon is closed.
In Bernalillo County:
JJ had a male THREE-TOED WOODPECKER drumming on Sandia Crest east of
Albuquerque on the east side of the Kiwanis Meadow on June 3.
On June 4 on the Rio Grande Valley State Park on the west side of the rio
south of Rio Brave at mile post 6 ¾ he had a singing male INDIGO BUNTING.
At the ponds at 4th and Tramway there were two MISSISSIPPI KITES for BV on
May 27 when he christened the area the Tramway Wetlands. LC reported them on
June 4.
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 Valencia County:
MW on May 31 saw a flying MISSISSIPPI KITE over the northern esit ramp from
I-25 into Belen.
In Socorro County:
AK on June 10 and 12 reported a male CARDINAL at San Acacia.
LG and CD on June 10 discovered a YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON in the pond at
the end of the marsh loop, a COUCH’S KINGBIRD in the big elm southwest of the
cactus garden at headquarters, and a second-year male HOODED ORIOLE at the
cactus garden. SSA reported a CATBIRD on Bosque del Apache refuge near San
Antonio on June 3 at the start of the Marsh Loop. BW on June 5 had a LEAST
BITTERN just north of the east end of the boardwalk.
SSA on June 3 also had an adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER on a pole just outside
of San Antonio.
SM reports that Water Canyon, the Magdalena Mts, and the northern San Mateo
Mts. have been closed due to the fire danger. Springtime Canyon in the
southern San Mateos is still open.
In Catron Coounty:
JH on June 5 had a female MAGNIFICENT HUMMINGBIRD at her feeders on the
ranch east of Datil.
The BZ tour on May 31 had a female BRONZED COWBIRD at the Whitewater Canyon
Catwalk near Glenwood with a HUTTON’S VIREO.
In Sierra County:
BW on June 5 in Truth or Consequences on Riverside Drive had three BRONZED
COWBIRDS.
The BZ tour on May 28 had a lowland ZONE-TAILED HAWK female at Percha Dam
State Park.
In Sierra/Grant Counties:
OLIVE WARBLERS have feen found on Emory Pass in the Black Range by CL on
June 4 and CCBr on June 3. CL hiked five miles on the ridge towards Hillsboro
Peak and found CLARK’S NUTCRACKER and WILLIAMSON’S SAPSUCKER.
In Grant County:
CL had an ELF OWL a half mile from the end of FR 155 12 miles southeast of
Gila on June 8. On June 9 beyond the end of 155 along the Gila Rio there were
about four INDIGO BUNTINGS with two BLACK HAWSK at the junction of Turkey
Creek. On June 11 he had two OLIVE WARBLERS on Branson Peak and a ZONE-TAILED
HAWK IN Big Timbers Canyon, on the edges of the Gila Wilderness.
On June 10 he had an adult male MAGNIFICENT HUMMINGBIRD on the top of Signal
Peak and a PYGMY OWL three miles up the road to the peak. He advises that
the area may now be closed due to fire danger.
CCBr on June 3 had calling FLAMMULATED OWLs and WHIPPOORWILLS in the Pinos
Altos Mts. north of Silver City at the McMillan Campground.
CCBR on June 3 on NM 35 south of Lake Roberts at mile marker 5 had a BLACK
HAWK perched over the Mimbres River. BZ had a COLLARED DOVE at the
Grayfeathers Lodge near the lake on May 31.
On the road in the Burro Mts. to Redrock on May 30 BZ had two HUTTON’S
VIREOS.
In Hidalgo County:
RV reported two BLACK-CAPPED GNATCATCHERS in the NM part of Guadalupe Canyon
near the orchard on June 4. JP and JO found them only on the Arizona side
about two miles west near the fifth stream crossing. At the NM side orchard
there was a VARIED BUNTING male with a GRAY VIREO on the hillside. A GRAY
HAWK was on the Arizona side of the state line and four COMMON GROUND-DOVES were
near the entrance gate. The gnatcatchers were not found by MB and NP on
June 7, but they did find two MONTEZUMA QUAIL near the orchard on the NM side.
MT on June 5 had an adult WHITE-TAILED KITE along US 80 about five miles
south of Rodeo.
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
about a year for construction.
In Doña Ana County:
JD at the Mesilla Valley Park on June 8 had a male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK
and a CATBIRD.
DG at his Las Cruces home again briefly saw the COMMON GROUND-DOVE on June 1.
CCBr on the Pine Tree Trail in Aguirre Springs Park east of the Organ Mts.
on May 28-29 saw two ACORN WOODPECKERS and HUTTON’S VIREOS. The BZ tour on
May 27 found three GRAY VIREOS at the park.
In Otero County:
At the Holloman Lakes near Alamogordo CL reports that the "no access" signs
are for hunters only. The entire shore is open to birding. A board has been
installed for birders to list their sightings.
BZ at the ponds on May 27 reported a second year CALIFORNIA GULL. CL on
June 8 had three BLACK TERNS and a LONG-BILLED CURLEW there.
In Eddy County:
SW on June 12 found ELF OWLS in Last Chance Canyon of the Guadalupe Mts.
near Carlsbad.
RC on June 10 had a BLACK HAWK east of Carlsbad along hwy. 182 three miles
east of the Pecos River.
SW at Brantley Lake on June 3 photographed an adult LAUGHING GULL.
With TH on June 2 there was a GRAY VIREO at Lowe Spring in Walnut Canyon of
the Carlsbad Caverns.
RN on June 4 at Bataan Lake in Carlsbad had a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER.
In Slaughter Canyon SWh had three GRAY VIREOS.
INITIALS USED:
MB, Matt Baumann; CCBr. Charles and Chandra Britt; RC, Robert Cates: DC,
David Cleary; LC, Louis Cuellar; CD, Carol Davis; JD, John Douglas; LG,
Larry Gorbet; DG, David Griffin; CJG, C.J. Grimes; KH, Kevin Halliday;
JH, Joan Hardie; TH, Tom Hines; JJ, Jim Joseph; AK, Allen Kerr; LL, Lane
Leckman; CL, Carl Lundblad; LM, Larry Malone; SM, Sonja Mendoza; NMC, Narca
Moore-Craig; BN, Bruce Neville; RN, Robert Nieman; JO, Jerry Oldenettel;
JP, John Parmeter; NP, Nick Pederson; CR, Chris Rustay; SSA, Sonia Santa
Anna; MT, Michael Turisk; RV, Raynond VanBuskirk; BV, Brad Vaughn; MW,
Mark Watson; BW, Bill West; SW. Steve West; SWh, Stuart White; WW, Bill
Wittman; BZ, Barry Zimmer.
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 22 they go to Isleta Marsh and the Los Lunas River Park with
Bev Silfer.
On Saturday, June 17, Sangre de Cristo Audubon will bird the Orilla Verde
Park near Pilar. Contact is Jerry Friedman at 753-1946.
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