- RBA
* New Mexico Bird Report
* June 26, 2006
* NMEX0606.26
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
American White Pelican (Colfax)
Least Bittern (Socorro, Chaves)
Great and Cattle Egrets (Hidalgo)
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Socorro)
Snow Goose and Wood Duck (Colfax)
Mississippi Kite (Bernalillo)
White-tailed Kite (Hidalgo)
Gray Hawk (Hidalgo)
Common Black-Hawk (Grant)
Zone-tailed Hawk (Grant, Hidalgo)
Blue Grouse (Santa Fe)
Scaled Quail (Cibola)
BLACK RAIL (San Miguel)
Common Moorhen (Chaves)
Mountain Plover (Santa Fe, Union)
American Avocet (Colfax)
Greater Yellowlegs (Colfax, Dona Ana)
Willet (Colfax)
Long-billed Curlew (Colfax, Otero, Dona Ana)
Wilson’s Phalarope (Colfax)
Franklin’s, California, and Herring Gulls (Colfax)
Forster’s and Black Terns (Colfax)
Inca Dove (Hidalgo)
Common Ground-Dove (Dona Ana, Hidalgo)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Dona Ana)
Greater Roadrunner (Rio Arriba)
Flammulated Owl (Bernalillo, Grant)
Western and Whiskered Screech Owls (Hidalgo)
Elf Owl (Grant, Eddy, Hidalgo)
Burrowing Owl (Bernalillo, Dona Ana)
Northern Pygmy-Owl (Grant)
Long-eared Owl (Bernalillo, Hidalgo)
Whip-poor-will (Bernalillo, Grant, Hidalgo)
Black Swift (Sandoval)
Hummingbirds (Grant)
Violet-crowned Hummingbird (Hidalgo)
Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Dona Ana)
Rufous Hummingbird (Rio Arriba, Catron)
Red-headed Woodpecker (San Miguel)
Acorn Woodpecker (Torrance)
Three-toed Woodpecker (Bernalillo, Santa Fe, Sandoval)
Greater Pewee (Grant)
Dusky Flycatcher (Colfax)
Cordilleran Flycatcher (Cibola)
Dusky-capped Flycatcher (Grant)
Bell’s Vireo (Hidalgo)
Gray Vireo (Eddy, Chaves, Socorro)
Gray Jay (San Miguel)
Pinyon Jay (McKinley, Cibola)
Clark’s Nutcracker (Sierra/Grant, San Miguel, Cibola)
Purple Martin (Cibola, McKinley, San Miguel)
Bank Swallow (Bernalillo)
Veery (Rio Arriba)
Brown Thrasher (Eddy)
Olive Warbler (Sierra/Grant, Grant)
Lucy’s Warbler (Eddy)
Cassin’s Sparrow (San Miguel, Santa Fe, Dona Ana, Rio Arriba)
Botteri’s Sparrow (Hidalgo)
Yellow-eyed Junco (Grant)
Indigo Bunting (Grant)
Varied Bunting (Hidalgo)
Dickcissel (Colfax, Grant)
Eastern Meadowlark (Cibola)
Bronzed Cowbird (Hidalgo)
Orchard Oriole (Quay)
Hooded Oriole (Dona Ana)
Pine Grosbeak (Santa Fe)
Cassin’s Finch (Sandoval, San Miguel)
Red Crossbill (Sandoval, San Miguel, Cibola)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: June 26, 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 26, 2006,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornith-ological Society. When phone numbers are given
for private property, please call before going. Highlights are Black Rails,
Mountain Plovers. There are signs that migrants may be returning early.
Some areas have increased fire restrictions due to the drought. Word comes
that there are closures in the Cibola and Lincoln Forests, and in the others
there are restrictions. In the Cibola parts of the Zuni Mts., Mount Taylir
area, Sandias, Magdalenas, and northern San Mateos are closed. Much of the
Guadalupe and Sacramentos in the Lincoln Forest are also closed. Parts of the
Gila are closed where there are fires now burning, such as the road to
Signal Peak. Three other fires are burning in the state.
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:
JO on June 23 at El Rito had his first male RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD with a CASSIN’
S SPARROW south of town.
By a Rio Chama sign north of Espanola he had a single ROADRUNNER, a bit
north for the species.
JP recorded two VEERIES in the evening of June 9 in Chama south of the
Elkhorn Café, one on each side of the river.
In Sandoval County:
The BZ tour on June 3 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 CASSIN’S FINCHES, and about 15 RED CROSSBILLS. On June 4
there
were four crossbills at Bandelier NM near Los Alamos.
In Taos County:
CB on a WHITE-TAILED PTARMIGAN survey on the eastern Santa Barbara Ridge of
the Sangre de Cristos on June 12 to 14 recorded several. They have been in
the area of Jicarita Peak. It is a long climb up to the ridge. See page 70
of the NM BFG.
In Santa Fe County:
WW on June 16 found two MOUNTAIN PLOVERS near Stanley. They were off of
Hwy. 41 on Co. 16A south of town about a half mile from 41 on the south side of
the road east of a cattle guard.
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 Santa Fe 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:
JSt and MW on June 23 found two RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS in a cottonwood grove
at the junction of I-25 and co. C24 east of Romeroville.
BW on the road up to Elk Mountain from NM 63 in Pecos Canyon found on June
20 up to three CASSIN’S FINCHES, two RED CROSSBILLS, four PURPLE MARTINS, a
GRAY JAY, and several CLARK’S NUTCRACKERS.
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.
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:
CR on June 24 had two DUSKY FLYCATCHERS on the eastern slope of Johnson Mesa
east of Raton.
DC reported 18 WHITE PELICANS on the Maxwell Refuge on Lake 12 on June 16.
At the Stubblefield/Laguna Madre lakes on June 22 he found a WILLET, a
LONG-BILLED CURLEW, and 24 AVOCETS.
DC on June 8 had a DICKCISSEL singing between mile markers 1 and 2 on NM 505
near the Maxwell Refuge. He saw two on June 16. They were not seen on June
22, but two were seen when going south from 505 to Maxwell at mile marker 4.
At Springer Lake DC had on June 24 a GREATER YELLOWLEGS, seven AVOCETS, two
WILSON’S PHALAROPES, two FORSTER’S TERNS, and a BLACK TERN.
At Eagle Nest Lake on June 22 he had 20 CALIFORNIA GULLS, a FRANKLIN’S GULL,
an immature HERRING GULL, a male WOOD DUCK, and a late SNOW GOOSE.
In Union county:
CR on June 25 in the area of Granville had around 18 MOUNTAIN PLOVERS, most
in the first five miles south of town.
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. At Vanderwagen south of Gallup there were four PURPLE MARTINS along the
highway on June 3.
In Cibola County:
CJG at the El Morro NM had two PURPLE MARTINS flying over on June 25. At
the Ice Caves on NM 53 on June 24 therE were a CORDILLERAN FLYCATCHER, many
PINYON JAYS, a CLARK’S NUTCRACKER, and a small flock of RED CROSSBILLS.
CJG on June 24 had a pair of SCALED QUAIL with eight young in Grants. He
heard an EASTERN MEADOWLARK singing about June 15 at the Zuni-Acoma Trailhead
in the El Malpais NM.
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 NM are also restricted. The road up Bluewater Canyon is closed.
In Bernalillo County:
DD had two LONG-EARED OWLS on June 23-24 at his home off NM 337 (old 14)
south of Tijeras.
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.
FU on June 21 reported a colony of BANK SWALLOWS on the southeastern edge of
Rio Rancho.
At the ponds at 4th and Tramway (the ‘Tramway Wetlands’) there were two
MISSISSIPPI KITES for LC 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.
RR reported BURROWING OWLS by the runways of the Albuquerque Airport.
In Torrance County:
TH on June 24 (but not June 25) after a two-year absence had a male ACORN
WOODPECKER at his home in the Manzano Mts. 11 miles northwest of Mountainair.
In Socorro County:
LG and CD on June 10 discovered a YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON in the pond at
the end of the marsh loop. BW on June 5 had a LEAST BITTERN just north of
the east end of the boardwalk.
SM reports that Water Canyon, the Magdalena Mts, and the northern San Mateo
Mts. are closed. Springtime Canyon in the southern San Mateos is still open.
RR on May 26 had a GRAY VIREO in the Box Canyon area west Socorro. On US 60
at mile post 131.5 go north on a dirt road past the climbing cliffs and rest
house into the pinyons on the hill.
In Chaves County:
GW on Bitter Lake Refuge near Roswell on June 21 had a pair of MOORHENS on
Unit 15 with four chicks. The LEAST BITTERN is still calling there.
SW had a GRAY VIREO in mid-June at the northern edge of the Guadalupe Mts.
about two miles south of the forest boundary
In Sierra/Grant Counties:
OLIVE WARBLERS have been found on Emory Pass in the Black Range by CL on
June 4. He hiked five miles on the ridge towards Hillsboro Peak and found a
CLARK’S NUTCRACKER.
In Catron County:
JH had her first male RUSOUS HUMMINGBIRD on June 23 at her ranch east of
Datil.
In Grant County:
JP, WW, and HS on June 23 on Burro Peak south of Silver City had two OLIVE
WARBLERS and one adult YELLOW-EYED JUNCO with a young bird.
MF at the Gila Bird Farm on June 13 had a DICKCISSEL. EW still saw it
singing on June 20.
EW reports hummingbirds in greater than usual numbers at her feedera near
the Gila Bird Farm by June 22.
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 HAWKS at the junction with 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.
The road up to Signal Peak in the Pinos Altos has been closed.
JP, WW, and HS On June 23 had a calling SPOTTED OWL on NM 15 at mile marker
14 between the McMillan CG and the Signal Peak turnoff with singing
WHIPOORWILLS and a GREATER PEWEE. One or two DUSKY-CAPPED FLYCATCHERS were singing
at
the Cherry Creek CG.
CCBr on June 3 had calling FLAMMULATED OWLs in the Pinos Altos Mts. the
McMillan Campground.
In Hidalgo County:
In the New N=Mexico part of Guadalupe Canyon on June 24 JP and WW had three
ZONE-TAILED HAWKS, up to five VARIED BUNTINGS, a VIOLET-CROWNED HUMMINGBIRD
west of the orchard, and at the ranch two BRONZED COWBIRDS and three INCA
DOVES. In the AZ part there was three COMMON GROUND-DOVES near the entrance gate
and a GRAY HAWK at about .7 to one mile in.
On June 25 JP and WW owled Clanton Canyon, In the lower forest part there
was one WESTERN SCREECH, one ELF, and a LONG-EARED. In the campground there
was two WHISKERED SCREECH and two WHIPPOORWILLS.
At the Lordsburg Sewage Ponds on June 23 JP, WW, and HS saw a GREAT EGRET
and two CATTLE EGRETS.
On the way to Animas on Co. 1 on June 25 there was at Dunagan’s Crossing a
ZONE-TAILED HAWK, a calling COMMON GROUND-DOVE, and a BELL’S VIREO. No sign
of the BOTTERI’S SPARROWS seen in other years.
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 Dona Ana County:
CL at Swan Pond north of Radium Springs on June 23 had two LONG-BILLED
CURLEWS and a GREATER YELLOW-LEGS.
There many singing CASSIN’S SPARROWS.
MS and JZ on June 23 had a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO in their Radium Springs yard
with a female BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD.
DG on June 21 at his home northeast of Las Cruces had the COMMON GROUND-DOVE
that only shows up occasionally, a male HOODED ORIOLE June 8 to 13, and
nearby a pair of BURROWING OWLS on June 18.
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.
at the ponds CL on June 14 had seven LONG-BILLED CURLEWS.
In Eddy County:
SW on June 12 found ELF OWLS in Last Chance Canyon of the Guadalupe Mts.
near Carlsbad.
On June 2 he had a GRAY VIREO at Lowe Spring in Walnut Canyon of the
Carlsbad Caverns. DG had at least three singing GRAY VIREOS in Walnut Canyon of the
Carlsbad Caverns NP on June 19. He had a calling BROWN THRASHER also.
At Rattlesnake Springs he found a LUCY’S WARBLER.
INITIALS USED:
CB, Clait Braun; CCBr. Charles and Chandra Britt; DC, David Cleary; LC,
Louis Cuellar; DD, David Dain; CD, Carol Davis; MF, Mike Fugagli: LG,
Larry Gorbet; DG, David Griffin; CJG, C.J. Grimes; JH, Joan Hardie; TH,
Tyler Huning; JJ, Jim Joseph; LL, Lane Leckman; CL, Carl Lundblad; LM, Larry
Malone; SM, Sonja Mendoza; NMC, Narca Moore-Craig; JO, Jerry Oldenettel;
JP, John Parmeter; RR, Robert Royse; CR, Chris Rustay; HS, Heidi Simms;
JSt, James Stuart; MT, Michael Turisk; FU, Frank Ugolini: GW, Gordon
Warrick; MW. Mark Watson; BW, Bill West; SW. Steve West; WW, Bill Wittman; EW,
Eleanor Wootten; 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. June 29 the trip is to Villanueva State Park on the Pecos Rio with the
Boettchers, and July 6 is to watch the water spring at Capulin Springs in the
Sandias with Mary Lou Arthur,
On Sunday, July 9, Sangre de Cristo Audubon will check out western Santa Fe
at the soccer field pond area. Contact is Tom Taylor at 983-8260.
The weekend of July 22-23 will be the Third Annual Hummingbirds of NM
Festival at Roberts Lake with banding by Joan Day-Martin, guided walks, and
edubational talks. View schedules online at _www.hbnm.org_ (http://www.hbnm.org)
or call Joan at 1-888-536-4266.
Southwestern, Central, and Mesilla Valley will have no summer trips.
- End transcript.
* New Mexico Bird Report
* June 26, 2006
* NMEX0606.26
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
American White Pelican (Colfax)
Least Bittern (Socorro, Chaves)
Great and Cattle Egrets (Hidalgo)
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Socorro)
Snow Goose and Wood Duck (Colfax)
Mississippi Kite (Bernalillo)
White-tailed Kite (Hidalgo)
Gray Hawk (Hidalgo)
Common Black-Hawk (Grant)
Zone-tailed Hawk (Grant, Hidalgo)
Blue Grouse (Santa Fe)
Scaled Quail (Cibola)
BLACK RAIL (San Miguel)
Common Moorhen (Chaves)
Mountain Plover (Santa Fe, Union)
American Avocet (Colfax)
Greater Yellowlegs (Colfax, Dona Ana)
Willet (Colfax)
Long-billed Curlew (Colfax, Otero, Dona Ana)
Wilson’s Phalarope (Colfax)
Franklin’s, California, and Herring Gulls (Colfax)
Forster’s and Black Terns (Colfax)
Inca Dove (Hidalgo)
Common Ground-Dove (Dona Ana, Hidalgo)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Dona Ana)
Greater Roadrunner (Rio Arriba)
Flammulated Owl (Bernalillo, Grant)
Western and Whiskered Screech Owls (Hidalgo)
Elf Owl (Grant, Eddy, Hidalgo)
Burrowing Owl (Bernalillo, Dona Ana)
Northern Pygmy-Owl (Grant)
Long-eared Owl (Bernalillo, Hidalgo)
Whip-poor-will (Bernalillo, Grant, Hidalgo)
Black Swift (Sandoval)
Hummingbirds (Grant)
Violet-crowned Hummingbird (Hidalgo)
Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Dona Ana)
Rufous Hummingbird (Rio Arriba, Catron)
Red-headed Woodpecker (San Miguel)
Acorn Woodpecker (Torrance)
Three-toed Woodpecker (Bernalillo, Santa Fe, Sandoval)
Greater Pewee (Grant)
Dusky Flycatcher (Colfax)
Cordilleran Flycatcher (Cibola)
Dusky-capped Flycatcher (Grant)
Bell’s Vireo (Hidalgo)
Gray Vireo (Eddy, Chaves, Socorro)
Gray Jay (San Miguel)
Pinyon Jay (McKinley, Cibola)
Clark’s Nutcracker (Sierra/Grant, San Miguel, Cibola)
Purple Martin (Cibola, McKinley, San Miguel)
Bank Swallow (Bernalillo)
Veery (Rio Arriba)
Brown Thrasher (Eddy)
Olive Warbler (Sierra/Grant, Grant)
Lucy’s Warbler (Eddy)
Cassin’s Sparrow (San Miguel, Santa Fe, Dona Ana, Rio Arriba)
Botteri’s Sparrow (Hidalgo)
Yellow-eyed Junco (Grant)
Indigo Bunting (Grant)
Varied Bunting (Hidalgo)
Dickcissel (Colfax, Grant)
Eastern Meadowlark (Cibola)
Bronzed Cowbird (Hidalgo)
Orchard Oriole (Quay)
Hooded Oriole (Dona Ana)
Pine Grosbeak (Santa Fe)
Cassin’s Finch (Sandoval, San Miguel)
Red Crossbill (Sandoval, San Miguel, Cibola)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: June 26, 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 26, 2006,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornith-ological Society. When phone numbers are given
for private property, please call before going. Highlights are Black Rails,
Mountain Plovers. There are signs that migrants may be returning early.
Some areas have increased fire restrictions due to the drought. Word comes
that there are closures in the Cibola and Lincoln Forests, and in the others
there are restrictions. In the Cibola parts of the Zuni Mts., Mount Taylir
area, Sandias, Magdalenas, and northern San Mateos are closed. Much of the
Guadalupe and Sacramentos in the Lincoln Forest are also closed. Parts of the
Gila are closed where there are fires now burning, such as the road to
Signal Peak. Three other fires are burning in the state.
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:
JO on June 23 at El Rito had his first male RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD with a CASSIN’
S SPARROW south of town.
By a Rio Chama sign north of Espanola he had a single ROADRUNNER, a bit
north for the species.
JP recorded two VEERIES in the evening of June 9 in Chama south of the
Elkhorn Café, one on each side of the river.
In Sandoval County:
The BZ tour on June 3 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 CASSIN’S FINCHES, and about 15 RED CROSSBILLS. On June 4
there
were four crossbills at Bandelier NM near Los Alamos.
In Taos County:
CB on a WHITE-TAILED PTARMIGAN survey on the eastern Santa Barbara Ridge of
the Sangre de Cristos on June 12 to 14 recorded several. They have been in
the area of Jicarita Peak. It is a long climb up to the ridge. See page 70
of the NM BFG.
In Santa Fe County:
WW on June 16 found two MOUNTAIN PLOVERS near Stanley. They were off of
Hwy. 41 on Co. 16A south of town about a half mile from 41 on the south side of
the road east of a cattle guard.
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 Santa Fe 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:
JSt and MW on June 23 found two RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS in a cottonwood grove
at the junction of I-25 and co. C24 east of Romeroville.
BW on the road up to Elk Mountain from NM 63 in Pecos Canyon found on June
20 up to three CASSIN’S FINCHES, two RED CROSSBILLS, four PURPLE MARTINS, a
GRAY JAY, and several CLARK’S NUTCRACKERS.
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.
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:
CR on June 24 had two DUSKY FLYCATCHERS on the eastern slope of Johnson Mesa
east of Raton.
DC reported 18 WHITE PELICANS on the Maxwell Refuge on Lake 12 on June 16.
At the Stubblefield/Laguna Madre lakes on June 22 he found a WILLET, a
LONG-BILLED CURLEW, and 24 AVOCETS.
DC on June 8 had a DICKCISSEL singing between mile markers 1 and 2 on NM 505
near the Maxwell Refuge. He saw two on June 16. They were not seen on June
22, but two were seen when going south from 505 to Maxwell at mile marker 4.
At Springer Lake DC had on June 24 a GREATER YELLOWLEGS, seven AVOCETS, two
WILSON’S PHALAROPES, two FORSTER’S TERNS, and a BLACK TERN.
At Eagle Nest Lake on June 22 he had 20 CALIFORNIA GULLS, a FRANKLIN’S GULL,
an immature HERRING GULL, a male WOOD DUCK, and a late SNOW GOOSE.
In Union county:
CR on June 25 in the area of Granville had around 18 MOUNTAIN PLOVERS, most
in the first five miles south of town.
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. At Vanderwagen south of Gallup there were four PURPLE MARTINS along the
highway on June 3.
In Cibola County:
CJG at the El Morro NM had two PURPLE MARTINS flying over on June 25. At
the Ice Caves on NM 53 on June 24 therE were a CORDILLERAN FLYCATCHER, many
PINYON JAYS, a CLARK’S NUTCRACKER, and a small flock of RED CROSSBILLS.
CJG on June 24 had a pair of SCALED QUAIL with eight young in Grants. He
heard an EASTERN MEADOWLARK singing about June 15 at the Zuni-Acoma Trailhead
in the El Malpais NM.
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 NM are also restricted. The road up Bluewater Canyon is closed.
In Bernalillo County:
DD had two LONG-EARED OWLS on June 23-24 at his home off NM 337 (old 14)
south of Tijeras.
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.
FU on June 21 reported a colony of BANK SWALLOWS on the southeastern edge of
Rio Rancho.
At the ponds at 4th and Tramway (the ‘Tramway Wetlands’) there were two
MISSISSIPPI KITES for LC 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.
RR reported BURROWING OWLS by the runways of the Albuquerque Airport.
In Torrance County:
TH on June 24 (but not June 25) after a two-year absence had a male ACORN
WOODPECKER at his home in the Manzano Mts. 11 miles northwest of Mountainair.
In Socorro County:
LG and CD on June 10 discovered a YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON in the pond at
the end of the marsh loop. BW on June 5 had a LEAST BITTERN just north of
the east end of the boardwalk.
SM reports that Water Canyon, the Magdalena Mts, and the northern San Mateo
Mts. are closed. Springtime Canyon in the southern San Mateos is still open.
RR on May 26 had a GRAY VIREO in the Box Canyon area west Socorro. On US 60
at mile post 131.5 go north on a dirt road past the climbing cliffs and rest
house into the pinyons on the hill.
In Chaves County:
GW on Bitter Lake Refuge near Roswell on June 21 had a pair of MOORHENS on
Unit 15 with four chicks. The LEAST BITTERN is still calling there.
SW had a GRAY VIREO in mid-June at the northern edge of the Guadalupe Mts.
about two miles south of the forest boundary
In Sierra/Grant Counties:
OLIVE WARBLERS have been found on Emory Pass in the Black Range by CL on
June 4. He hiked five miles on the ridge towards Hillsboro Peak and found a
CLARK’S NUTCRACKER.
In Catron County:
JH had her first male RUSOUS HUMMINGBIRD on June 23 at her ranch east of
Datil.
In Grant County:
JP, WW, and HS on June 23 on Burro Peak south of Silver City had two OLIVE
WARBLERS and one adult YELLOW-EYED JUNCO with a young bird.
MF at the Gila Bird Farm on June 13 had a DICKCISSEL. EW still saw it
singing on June 20.
EW reports hummingbirds in greater than usual numbers at her feedera near
the Gila Bird Farm by June 22.
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 HAWKS at the junction with 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.
The road up to Signal Peak in the Pinos Altos has been closed.
JP, WW, and HS On June 23 had a calling SPOTTED OWL on NM 15 at mile marker
14 between the McMillan CG and the Signal Peak turnoff with singing
WHIPOORWILLS and a GREATER PEWEE. One or two DUSKY-CAPPED FLYCATCHERS were singing
at
the Cherry Creek CG.
CCBr on June 3 had calling FLAMMULATED OWLs in the Pinos Altos Mts. the
McMillan Campground.
In Hidalgo County:
In the New N=Mexico part of Guadalupe Canyon on June 24 JP and WW had three
ZONE-TAILED HAWKS, up to five VARIED BUNTINGS, a VIOLET-CROWNED HUMMINGBIRD
west of the orchard, and at the ranch two BRONZED COWBIRDS and three INCA
DOVES. In the AZ part there was three COMMON GROUND-DOVES near the entrance gate
and a GRAY HAWK at about .7 to one mile in.
On June 25 JP and WW owled Clanton Canyon, In the lower forest part there
was one WESTERN SCREECH, one ELF, and a LONG-EARED. In the campground there
was two WHISKERED SCREECH and two WHIPPOORWILLS.
At the Lordsburg Sewage Ponds on June 23 JP, WW, and HS saw a GREAT EGRET
and two CATTLE EGRETS.
On the way to Animas on Co. 1 on June 25 there was at Dunagan’s Crossing a
ZONE-TAILED HAWK, a calling COMMON GROUND-DOVE, and a BELL’S VIREO. No sign
of the BOTTERI’S SPARROWS seen in other years.
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 Dona Ana County:
CL at Swan Pond north of Radium Springs on June 23 had two LONG-BILLED
CURLEWS and a GREATER YELLOW-LEGS.
There many singing CASSIN’S SPARROWS.
MS and JZ on June 23 had a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO in their Radium Springs yard
with a female BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD.
DG on June 21 at his home northeast of Las Cruces had the COMMON GROUND-DOVE
that only shows up occasionally, a male HOODED ORIOLE June 8 to 13, and
nearby a pair of BURROWING OWLS on June 18.
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.
at the ponds CL on June 14 had seven LONG-BILLED CURLEWS.
In Eddy County:
SW on June 12 found ELF OWLS in Last Chance Canyon of the Guadalupe Mts.
near Carlsbad.
On June 2 he had a GRAY VIREO at Lowe Spring in Walnut Canyon of the
Carlsbad Caverns. DG had at least three singing GRAY VIREOS in Walnut Canyon of the
Carlsbad Caverns NP on June 19. He had a calling BROWN THRASHER also.
At Rattlesnake Springs he found a LUCY’S WARBLER.
INITIALS USED:
CB, Clait Braun; CCBr. Charles and Chandra Britt; DC, David Cleary; LC,
Louis Cuellar; DD, David Dain; CD, Carol Davis; MF, Mike Fugagli: LG,
Larry Gorbet; DG, David Griffin; CJG, C.J. Grimes; JH, Joan Hardie; TH,
Tyler Huning; JJ, Jim Joseph; LL, Lane Leckman; CL, Carl Lundblad; LM, Larry
Malone; SM, Sonja Mendoza; NMC, Narca Moore-Craig; JO, Jerry Oldenettel;
JP, John Parmeter; RR, Robert Royse; CR, Chris Rustay; HS, Heidi Simms;
JSt, James Stuart; MT, Michael Turisk; FU, Frank Ugolini: GW, Gordon
Warrick; MW. Mark Watson; BW, Bill West; SW. Steve West; WW, Bill Wittman; EW,
Eleanor Wootten; 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. June 29 the trip is to Villanueva State Park on the Pecos Rio with the
Boettchers, and July 6 is to watch the water spring at Capulin Springs in the
Sandias with Mary Lou Arthur,
On Sunday, July 9, Sangre de Cristo Audubon will check out western Santa Fe
at the soccer field pond area. Contact is Tom Taylor at 983-8260.
The weekend of July 22-23 will be the Third Annual Hummingbirds of NM
Festival at Roberts Lake with banding by Joan Day-Martin, guided walks, and
edubational talks. View schedules online at _www.hbnm.org_ (http://www.hbnm.org)
or call Joan at 1-888-536-4266.
Southwestern, Central, and Mesilla Valley will have no summer trips.
- End transcript.