- RBA
* New Mexico Bird Report
* June 29, 2006
* NMEX0606.29
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Least Bittern (Chaves)
Great and Cattle Egrets (Hidalgo)
Snow Goose and Wood Duck (Colfax)
Mississippi Kite (Bernalillo)
Gray Hawk (Hidalgo)
Common Black-Hawk (Grant)
Zone-tailed Hawk (Grant, Hidalgo)
White-tailed Ptarmigan (Taos)
Blue Grouse (Santa Fe)
Scaled Quail (Cibola)
BLACK RAIL (San Miguel)
Common Moorhen (Chaves)
Mountain Plover (Santa Fe, Union)
American Avocet (Colfax)
Greater Yellowlegs and Willet (Colfax)
Long-billed Curlew (Colfax, Otero, Dona Ana)
Wilson’s Phalarope (Colfax)
Franklin’s, California, and Herring Gulls (Colfax)
Franklin’s Gull and Black Tern (Otero_
Forster’s and Black Terns (Colfax)
Inca Dove (Hidalgo)
Common Ground-Dove (Dona Ana, Hidalgo)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Dona Ana)
Greater Roadrunner (Rio Arriba)
Western and Whiskered Screech Owls (Hidalgo)
Elf Owl (Grant, Eddy, Hidalgo)
Burrowing Owl (Bernalillo, Dona Ana)
Long-eared Owl (Bernalillo, Hidalgo)
Spotted Owl (Grant)
Whip-poor-will (Grant, Hidalgo)
Black Swift (Sandoval)
Hummingbirds (Grant)
Violet-crowned Hummingbird (Hidalgo)
Rufous Hummingbird (Rio Arriba, Catron)
Red-headed Woodpecker (San Miguel)
Acorn Woodpecker (Torrance, Bernalillo)
Three-toed Woodpecker (Santa Fe, Sandoval)
Greater Pewee and Dusky-capped Flycatcher (Grant)
Dusky Flycatcher (Colfax)
Cordilleran Flycatcher (Cibola)
Bell’s Vireo (Hidalgo)
Gray Vireo (Eddy, Socorro)
Pinyon Jay (McKinley, Cibola)
Clark’s Nutcracker (Sierra/Grant, Cibola)
Purple Martin (Cibola, McKinley, San Miguel)
Bank Swallow (Bernalillo)
Veery (Rio Arriba)
Brown Thrasher (Eddy)
Olive Warbler (Grant)
Audubon’s Yellow-rumped Warbler (Socorro)
Cassin’s Sparrow (Dona Ana, Rio Arriba, Socorro)
Botteri’s Sparrow (Hidalgo)
Yellow-eyed Junco (Grant)
Varied Bunting (Hidalgo)
Dickcissel (Colfax, Grant)
Eastern Meadowlark (Cibola)
Bronzed Cowbird (Hidalgo)
Hooded Oriole (Dona Ana)
Red Crossbill (Sandoval, San Miguel, Cibola)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: June 29, 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 29, 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. Parts of the
Gila are closed where there are fires now burning, such as the road to Signal
Peak.
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 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 and about
15 RED CROSSBILLS.
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.
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.
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 four PURPLE MARTINS.
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 pairs of DUSKY FLYCATCHERS on the eastern slope of
Johnson Mesa east of Raton.
At Stubblefield/Laguna Madre lakes on June 22 DC found a WILLET, a
LONG-BILLED CURLEW, and 24 AVOCETS.
DC on June 22 saw two DICKCISSELS 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 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.
Some roads in the Zuni 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.
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.
KB reported the ACORN WOODPECKER was again at her home south of Tijeras in
the Manzanita Mts. on June 25 and 26.
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:
JO on June 26 reported a singing CASSIN’S SPARROW singing in a field a
quarter mile from his home in Luis Lopez south of Socorro. He had an AUDUBON’S
WARBLER on June 26.
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.
In Sierra/Grant Counties:
CL on June 4 hiked five miles on the ridge from Emory Pass towards Hillsboro
Peak in he Black Range 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 wsd
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.
In Hidalgo County:
In the New 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.
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. There many singing CASSIN’S SPARROWS.
MS and JZ on June 23 had a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO in their Radium Springs yard.
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. On June 27 he and
CBr saw seven BLACK TERNS and two FRANKLIN’S GULLS.
In Eddy County:
SW on June 12 found ELF OWLS in Last Chance Canyon of the Guadalupe Mts.
near Carlsbad.
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.
INITIALS USED:
KB, Karen Boettcher; CB, Clait Braun; CBr. Charles Britt; DC, David
Cleary; LC, Louis Cuellar; DD, David Dain; MF, Mike Fugagli: DG, David
Griffin; CJG, C.J. Grimes; JH, Joan Hardie; TH, Tyler Huning; 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; MS, Marcy Scott; HS, Heidi Simms; JSt, James Stuart; FU, Frank
Ugolini: GW, Gordon Warrick; MW. Mark Watson; BW, Bill West; SW. Steve
West; WW, Bill Wittman; EW, Eleanor Wootten; JZ, Jimmy Zabriskie; 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. July 6 is to watch the water spring at Capulin Springs in the Sandias
with Mary Lou Arthur, if the picnic ground is open.
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 29, 2006
* NMEX0606.29
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Least Bittern (Chaves)
Great and Cattle Egrets (Hidalgo)
Snow Goose and Wood Duck (Colfax)
Mississippi Kite (Bernalillo)
Gray Hawk (Hidalgo)
Common Black-Hawk (Grant)
Zone-tailed Hawk (Grant, Hidalgo)
White-tailed Ptarmigan (Taos)
Blue Grouse (Santa Fe)
Scaled Quail (Cibola)
BLACK RAIL (San Miguel)
Common Moorhen (Chaves)
Mountain Plover (Santa Fe, Union)
American Avocet (Colfax)
Greater Yellowlegs and Willet (Colfax)
Long-billed Curlew (Colfax, Otero, Dona Ana)
Wilson’s Phalarope (Colfax)
Franklin’s, California, and Herring Gulls (Colfax)
Franklin’s Gull and Black Tern (Otero_
Forster’s and Black Terns (Colfax)
Inca Dove (Hidalgo)
Common Ground-Dove (Dona Ana, Hidalgo)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Dona Ana)
Greater Roadrunner (Rio Arriba)
Western and Whiskered Screech Owls (Hidalgo)
Elf Owl (Grant, Eddy, Hidalgo)
Burrowing Owl (Bernalillo, Dona Ana)
Long-eared Owl (Bernalillo, Hidalgo)
Spotted Owl (Grant)
Whip-poor-will (Grant, Hidalgo)
Black Swift (Sandoval)
Hummingbirds (Grant)
Violet-crowned Hummingbird (Hidalgo)
Rufous Hummingbird (Rio Arriba, Catron)
Red-headed Woodpecker (San Miguel)
Acorn Woodpecker (Torrance, Bernalillo)
Three-toed Woodpecker (Santa Fe, Sandoval)
Greater Pewee and Dusky-capped Flycatcher (Grant)
Dusky Flycatcher (Colfax)
Cordilleran Flycatcher (Cibola)
Bell’s Vireo (Hidalgo)
Gray Vireo (Eddy, Socorro)
Pinyon Jay (McKinley, Cibola)
Clark’s Nutcracker (Sierra/Grant, Cibola)
Purple Martin (Cibola, McKinley, San Miguel)
Bank Swallow (Bernalillo)
Veery (Rio Arriba)
Brown Thrasher (Eddy)
Olive Warbler (Grant)
Audubon’s Yellow-rumped Warbler (Socorro)
Cassin’s Sparrow (Dona Ana, Rio Arriba, Socorro)
Botteri’s Sparrow (Hidalgo)
Yellow-eyed Junco (Grant)
Varied Bunting (Hidalgo)
Dickcissel (Colfax, Grant)
Eastern Meadowlark (Cibola)
Bronzed Cowbird (Hidalgo)
Hooded Oriole (Dona Ana)
Red Crossbill (Sandoval, San Miguel, Cibola)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: June 29, 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 29, 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. Parts of the
Gila are closed where there are fires now burning, such as the road to Signal
Peak.
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 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 and about
15 RED CROSSBILLS.
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.
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.
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 four PURPLE MARTINS.
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 pairs of DUSKY FLYCATCHERS on the eastern slope of
Johnson Mesa east of Raton.
At Stubblefield/Laguna Madre lakes on June 22 DC found a WILLET, a
LONG-BILLED CURLEW, and 24 AVOCETS.
DC on June 22 saw two DICKCISSELS 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 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.
Some roads in the Zuni 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.
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.
KB reported the ACORN WOODPECKER was again at her home south of Tijeras in
the Manzanita Mts. on June 25 and 26.
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:
JO on June 26 reported a singing CASSIN’S SPARROW singing in a field a
quarter mile from his home in Luis Lopez south of Socorro. He had an AUDUBON’S
WARBLER on June 26.
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.
In Sierra/Grant Counties:
CL on June 4 hiked five miles on the ridge from Emory Pass towards Hillsboro
Peak in he Black Range 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 wsd
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.
In Hidalgo County:
In the New 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.
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. There many singing CASSIN’S SPARROWS.
MS and JZ on June 23 had a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO in their Radium Springs yard.
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. On June 27 he and
CBr saw seven BLACK TERNS and two FRANKLIN’S GULLS.
In Eddy County:
SW on June 12 found ELF OWLS in Last Chance Canyon of the Guadalupe Mts.
near Carlsbad.
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.
INITIALS USED:
KB, Karen Boettcher; CB, Clait Braun; CBr. Charles Britt; DC, David
Cleary; LC, Louis Cuellar; DD, David Dain; MF, Mike Fugagli: DG, David
Griffin; CJG, C.J. Grimes; JH, Joan Hardie; TH, Tyler Huning; 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; MS, Marcy Scott; HS, Heidi Simms; JSt, James Stuart; FU, Frank
Ugolini: GW, Gordon Warrick; MW. Mark Watson; BW, Bill West; SW. Steve
West; WW, Bill Wittman; EW, Eleanor Wootten; JZ, Jimmy Zabriskie; 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. July 6 is to watch the water spring at Capulin Springs in the Sandias
with Mary Lou Arthur, if the picnic ground is open.
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.
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