- RBA
* New Mexico Bird Report
* July 2, 2006
* NMEX0702.29
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Western and Clark’s Grebes (Colfax)
American Whuite Pelican (Colfax)
Double-crested Cormorant (Catron)
Least Bittern (Chaves)
Snow Goose and Wood Duck (Colfax)
Mississippi Kite (Valencia)
Gray Hawk (Hidalgo)
Zone-tailed Hawk (Hidalgo)
White-tailed Ptarmigan (Taos)
Scaled Quail (Cibola)
BLACK RAIL (San Miguel)
Common Moorhen (Chaves)
Mountain Plover (Santa Fe, Union)
American Avocet (Colfax)
Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs (Colfax)
Long-billed Curlew (Colfax, Dona Ana)
Marbled Godwit (Colfax)
Wilson’s Phalarope (Colfax, Valencia)
Franklin’s, California, and Herring Gulls (Colfax)
Franklin’s Gull and Black Tern (Otero_
Inca Dove (Hidalgo)
Common Ground-Dove (Dona Ana, Hidalgo)
Greater Roadrunner (Rio Arriba, Santa Fe)
Western and Whiskered Screech Owls (Hidalgo)
Elf Owl (Eddy, Hidalgo)
Burrowing Owl (Bernalillo, Dona Ana)
Long-eared Owl (Bernalillo, Hidalgo)
Spotted Owl (Grant)
Whip-poor-will (Hidalgo)
Black Swift (Sandoval)
Violet-crowned Hummingbird (Hidalgo)
Calliope Hummingbird (Grant)
Rufous Hummingbird (Rio Arriba, Catron, Grant)
Red-headed Woodpecker (San Miguel)
Lewis’s Woodpcker (Colfax, Los Alamos)
Acorn Woodpecker (Torrance, Bernalillo, Cibola)
DUSKY-CAPPED FLYCATCHER (Grant)
Dusky Flycatcher (Colfax)
Cordilleran Flycatcher (Cibola, Santa Fe)
Black Phoebe and Vermilion Flycatcher (Cibola)
Bell’s Vireo (Hidalgo)
Gray Vireo (Eddy, Socorro)
Pinyon Jay (Cibola)
Clark’s Nutcracker (Cibola)
Purple Martin (Cibola, San Miguel)
Tree Swallow (Colfax)
American Dipper (Catron)
Gray Catbird (Colfax)
Brown Thrasher (Eddy)
Curve-billed Thrasher (Santa Fe)
Olive Warbler (Grant)
Audubon’s Yellow-rumped Warbler (Socorro)
Hepatic Tanager (Cibola)
Cassin’s Sparrow (Dona Ana, Rio Arriba, Socorro, Santa Fe)
Botteri’s Sparrow (Hidalgo)
Black-chinned Sparrow (Cibola)
Black-throated Sparrow (Santa Fe)
Yellow-eyed Junco (Grant)
Indigo Bunting (Colfax)
Varied Bunting (Hidalgo)
Dickcissel (Colfax, Grant)
Eastern Meadowlark (Cibola, Santa Fe)
Bronzed Cowbird (Hidalgo, Sierra)
Pine Grosbeak (Santa Fe_
Red Crossbill (Cibola. Sandoval)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: July 2, 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 July 2, 2006,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornith-ological Society. When phone numbers are given
for private property, please call before going. Highlights are, Mountain
Plovers.
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.
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 Sandoval County:
JP and BP on July 1 had ten BLACK SWIFTS and a THREE-TOED WOODPECKER at the
Jemez Falls west of Los Alamos. Many RED CROSSBILLS were in the Jemez
Mountains.
In Los Alamos County:
JP and BP on July 1 on the road to the Los Alamos Ski Area recorded a LEWIS’
S WOODPECKER.
In Santa Fe County:
PV on July 1 at the Santa Fe Ski Basin saw a pair of PINE GROSBEAKS and six
calling CORDILLERAN FLYACATCHERS.
MR, DE, and TT on June 29 in the Caja del Rio near Santa Fe had 35 singing
CASSIN’S SPARROWS, a ROADRUNNER, four BLACK-THROATED SPARROWS, and nine
CURVE-BILLED THRASHERS.
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. JP and BP on July 1 did not find the
plovers, but had some CASSIN’S SPARROWS and an EASTERN MEADOWLARK.
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. No had reported since 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:
DC on June 28 in Yankee at the Yankee Canyon turnoff three LEWIS’S
WOODPCKERS with a male INDIGO BUNTING close to the highway. At Sugarite State Park
near Raton he had another Lewis’s , a CATBIRD, and two TREE SWALLOWS.
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 27 DC found a MARBLED GODWIT, a
LONG-BILLED CURLEW, and 27 AVOCETS with WESTERN and CLARK’S GREBES..
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 26 a GREATER and a LESSER YELLOWLEGS, seven
AVOCETS, eight WILSON’S PHALAROPES, and a WHITE PELICAN.
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 Cibola County:
AM on June 30 had a male VERMILION FLYCATCHER in Bluewater Village.
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. At
the Chamber of Commerce on June 30 he had a BLACK PHOEBE.
He heard an EASTERN MEADOWLARK singing June 15 at the Zuni-Acoma Trailhead
on NM 53 in the El Malpais NM. He had one there on June 28 with three
BLACKK-CHINNED SPARROWS, HEPATIC TANAGER, PINHON JAYS, a NUTCRACKER, and RED
CROSSBILLS. An ACORN WOODPECKER and a PURPLE MARTIN flew over,.
Some roads in the Zuni range have been closed; and areas in the28 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.
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 Valencia County:
MaW on June 29 reported a MISSISSIPPI KITE at the park at the Rio Grande in
Los Lunas. There were two WILSON’S PHALAROPES on the ponds at the Taco Bell
in Belen.
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 County:
JSt on June 28 found a male BRONZED COWBIRD at the Paseo del Rio Park below
the Elephant Butte Lake dam.
In Catron County:
JH had her first male RUSOUS HUMMINGBIRD on June 23 at her ranch east of
Datil.
TH had a DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT at the Glenwood Fish Hatchery on June
26-27. MC reported a DIPPER nest at the Whitewater Canyon Catwalk.
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. DB reported that
RS (date?) had at Jack’s Peak in the Burros the junco and another
SUCKY-CAPPED FLYCATCHER.
MF at the Gila Bird Farm on June 13 had a DICKCISSEL. EW still saw it
singing on June 20. DAZ photographed it.
EW reports hummingbirds in greater than usual numbers at her feedera near
the Gila Bird Farm by June 22. At the Greyfeathers Lodge near Roberts Lake the
first male RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD was seen on June 26.
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 near the McMillan CG. One or two DUSKY-CAPPED FLYCATCHERS were singing at
the Cherry Creek Campground. It was photographed by DAZ on June 17.
DB rep orts that PY reported a CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD at the Gila Cliff
Dwellings (date?)
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.
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.
DG on June 21 at his home northeast of Las Cruces had the COMMON GROUND-DOVE
that only shows up occasionally, 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 on June 27 CL 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:
DB, David Beatty; KB, Karen Boettcher; CB, Clait Braun; CBr, Charles
Britt; MC, Mark Cantrell; DC, David Cleary; DD, David Dain; DE, Deanna
Einspahr; MF, Mike Fugagli: DG, David Griffin; CJG, C.J. Grimes; JH, Joan
Hardie; TH, Tyler Huning; TH, Trish Hurley; CL, Carl Lundblad; LM, Larry
Malone; AM, Arch McCallum; SM, Sonja Mendoza; NMC, Narca Moore-Craig; JO,
Jerry Oldenettel; BP, Ben Parmeter; JP, John Parmeter; MR, Mary Ristow; RR,
Robert Royse; CR, Chris Rustay; RS, Roland Shook; HS, Heidi Simms; JSt,
James Stuart; TT, Tom Taylor; PV, Peter Vennema; GW, Gordon Warrick; MW.
Mark Watson; BW, Bill West; SW. Steve West; MaW, Marjorie Williams; WW,
Bill Wittman; EW, Eleanor Wootten; PY, Paul Yoder; DAZ, Dale Zimmerman.
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
educational 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
* July 2, 2006
* NMEX0702.29
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Western and Clark’s Grebes (Colfax)
American Whuite Pelican (Colfax)
Double-crested Cormorant (Catron)
Least Bittern (Chaves)
Snow Goose and Wood Duck (Colfax)
Mississippi Kite (Valencia)
Gray Hawk (Hidalgo)
Zone-tailed Hawk (Hidalgo)
White-tailed Ptarmigan (Taos)
Scaled Quail (Cibola)
BLACK RAIL (San Miguel)
Common Moorhen (Chaves)
Mountain Plover (Santa Fe, Union)
American Avocet (Colfax)
Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs (Colfax)
Long-billed Curlew (Colfax, Dona Ana)
Marbled Godwit (Colfax)
Wilson’s Phalarope (Colfax, Valencia)
Franklin’s, California, and Herring Gulls (Colfax)
Franklin’s Gull and Black Tern (Otero_
Inca Dove (Hidalgo)
Common Ground-Dove (Dona Ana, Hidalgo)
Greater Roadrunner (Rio Arriba, Santa Fe)
Western and Whiskered Screech Owls (Hidalgo)
Elf Owl (Eddy, Hidalgo)
Burrowing Owl (Bernalillo, Dona Ana)
Long-eared Owl (Bernalillo, Hidalgo)
Spotted Owl (Grant)
Whip-poor-will (Hidalgo)
Black Swift (Sandoval)
Violet-crowned Hummingbird (Hidalgo)
Calliope Hummingbird (Grant)
Rufous Hummingbird (Rio Arriba, Catron, Grant)
Red-headed Woodpecker (San Miguel)
Lewis’s Woodpcker (Colfax, Los Alamos)
Acorn Woodpecker (Torrance, Bernalillo, Cibola)
DUSKY-CAPPED FLYCATCHER (Grant)
Dusky Flycatcher (Colfax)
Cordilleran Flycatcher (Cibola, Santa Fe)
Black Phoebe and Vermilion Flycatcher (Cibola)
Bell’s Vireo (Hidalgo)
Gray Vireo (Eddy, Socorro)
Pinyon Jay (Cibola)
Clark’s Nutcracker (Cibola)
Purple Martin (Cibola, San Miguel)
Tree Swallow (Colfax)
American Dipper (Catron)
Gray Catbird (Colfax)
Brown Thrasher (Eddy)
Curve-billed Thrasher (Santa Fe)
Olive Warbler (Grant)
Audubon’s Yellow-rumped Warbler (Socorro)
Hepatic Tanager (Cibola)
Cassin’s Sparrow (Dona Ana, Rio Arriba, Socorro, Santa Fe)
Botteri’s Sparrow (Hidalgo)
Black-chinned Sparrow (Cibola)
Black-throated Sparrow (Santa Fe)
Yellow-eyed Junco (Grant)
Indigo Bunting (Colfax)
Varied Bunting (Hidalgo)
Dickcissel (Colfax, Grant)
Eastern Meadowlark (Cibola, Santa Fe)
Bronzed Cowbird (Hidalgo, Sierra)
Pine Grosbeak (Santa Fe_
Red Crossbill (Cibola. Sandoval)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: July 2, 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 July 2, 2006,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornith-ological Society. When phone numbers are given
for private property, please call before going. Highlights are, Mountain
Plovers.
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.
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 Sandoval County:
JP and BP on July 1 had ten BLACK SWIFTS and a THREE-TOED WOODPECKER at the
Jemez Falls west of Los Alamos. Many RED CROSSBILLS were in the Jemez
Mountains.
In Los Alamos County:
JP and BP on July 1 on the road to the Los Alamos Ski Area recorded a LEWIS’
S WOODPECKER.
In Santa Fe County:
PV on July 1 at the Santa Fe Ski Basin saw a pair of PINE GROSBEAKS and six
calling CORDILLERAN FLYACATCHERS.
MR, DE, and TT on June 29 in the Caja del Rio near Santa Fe had 35 singing
CASSIN’S SPARROWS, a ROADRUNNER, four BLACK-THROATED SPARROWS, and nine
CURVE-BILLED THRASHERS.
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. JP and BP on July 1 did not find the
plovers, but had some CASSIN’S SPARROWS and an EASTERN MEADOWLARK.
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. No had reported since 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:
DC on June 28 in Yankee at the Yankee Canyon turnoff three LEWIS’S
WOODPCKERS with a male INDIGO BUNTING close to the highway. At Sugarite State Park
near Raton he had another Lewis’s , a CATBIRD, and two TREE SWALLOWS.
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 27 DC found a MARBLED GODWIT, a
LONG-BILLED CURLEW, and 27 AVOCETS with WESTERN and CLARK’S GREBES..
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 26 a GREATER and a LESSER YELLOWLEGS, seven
AVOCETS, eight WILSON’S PHALAROPES, and a WHITE PELICAN.
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 Cibola County:
AM on June 30 had a male VERMILION FLYCATCHER in Bluewater Village.
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. At
the Chamber of Commerce on June 30 he had a BLACK PHOEBE.
He heard an EASTERN MEADOWLARK singing June 15 at the Zuni-Acoma Trailhead
on NM 53 in the El Malpais NM. He had one there on June 28 with three
BLACKK-CHINNED SPARROWS, HEPATIC TANAGER, PINHON JAYS, a NUTCRACKER, and RED
CROSSBILLS. An ACORN WOODPECKER and a PURPLE MARTIN flew over,.
Some roads in the Zuni range have been closed; and areas in the28 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.
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 Valencia County:
MaW on June 29 reported a MISSISSIPPI KITE at the park at the Rio Grande in
Los Lunas. There were two WILSON’S PHALAROPES on the ponds at the Taco Bell
in Belen.
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 County:
JSt on June 28 found a male BRONZED COWBIRD at the Paseo del Rio Park below
the Elephant Butte Lake dam.
In Catron County:
JH had her first male RUSOUS HUMMINGBIRD on June 23 at her ranch east of
Datil.
TH had a DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT at the Glenwood Fish Hatchery on June
26-27. MC reported a DIPPER nest at the Whitewater Canyon Catwalk.
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. DB reported that
RS (date?) had at Jack’s Peak in the Burros the junco and another
SUCKY-CAPPED FLYCATCHER.
MF at the Gila Bird Farm on June 13 had a DICKCISSEL. EW still saw it
singing on June 20. DAZ photographed it.
EW reports hummingbirds in greater than usual numbers at her feedera near
the Gila Bird Farm by June 22. At the Greyfeathers Lodge near Roberts Lake the
first male RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD was seen on June 26.
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 near the McMillan CG. One or two DUSKY-CAPPED FLYCATCHERS were singing at
the Cherry Creek Campground. It was photographed by DAZ on June 17.
DB rep orts that PY reported a CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD at the Gila Cliff
Dwellings (date?)
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.
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.
DG on June 21 at his home northeast of Las Cruces had the COMMON GROUND-DOVE
that only shows up occasionally, 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 on June 27 CL 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:
DB, David Beatty; KB, Karen Boettcher; CB, Clait Braun; CBr, Charles
Britt; MC, Mark Cantrell; DC, David Cleary; DD, David Dain; DE, Deanna
Einspahr; MF, Mike Fugagli: DG, David Griffin; CJG, C.J. Grimes; JH, Joan
Hardie; TH, Tyler Huning; TH, Trish Hurley; CL, Carl Lundblad; LM, Larry
Malone; AM, Arch McCallum; SM, Sonja Mendoza; NMC, Narca Moore-Craig; JO,
Jerry Oldenettel; BP, Ben Parmeter; JP, John Parmeter; MR, Mary Ristow; RR,
Robert Royse; CR, Chris Rustay; RS, Roland Shook; HS, Heidi Simms; JSt,
James Stuart; TT, Tom Taylor; PV, Peter Vennema; GW, Gordon Warrick; MW.
Mark Watson; BW, Bill West; SW. Steve West; MaW, Marjorie Williams; WW,
Bill Wittman; EW, Eleanor Wootten; PY, Paul Yoder; DAZ, Dale Zimmerman.
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
educational 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.