- RBA
* New Mexico Bird Report
* July 9, 2006
* NMEX0607.09
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Common Loon (Colfax)
Western and Clark’s Grebes (Colfax)
American White Pelican (Colfax, Eddy)
Least Bittern (Chaves)
Snow Goose and Common Mergansers (Colfax)
White-tailed Kite (Hidalgo)
Mississippi Kite (Valencia)
Gray and Zone-tailed Hawks (Hidalgo)
White-tailed Ptarmigan (Taos)
Common Moorhen (Chaves)
Mountain Plover (Santa Fe, Union, Taos)
American Avocet and Greater Yellowlegs (Colfax, Eddy)
Solitary Sandpiper (Eddy)
Long-billed Curlew (Colfax)
Marbled Godwit (Colfax, Eddy)
Short-billed Dowitcher (Socorro)
Wilson’s Phalarope (Colfax, Valencia)
California Gull (Colfax)
Laughing Gull and ARCTIC TERN (Eddy)
Common Ground-Dove (Dona Ana, Hidalgo)
Greater Roadrunner (Colfax)
Western and Whiskered Screech Owls (Hidalgo)
Elf Owl (Eddy, Hidalgo)
Burrowing Owl (Taos)
Long-eared Owl (Bernalillo, Hidalgo)
Short-eared Owl (Colfax)
Spotted Owl (Grant)
Whip-poor-will (Hidalgo)
Black Swift (Sandoval)
Violet-crowned Hummingbird (Hidalgo)
Calliope and Rufous Hummingbirds (Doaa Ana, San Miguel)
Red-headed Woodpecker (San Miguel)
Lewis’s Woodpcker (Colfax, Los Alamos)
Acorn Woodpecker (Bernalillo, Cibola)
Three-toed Woodpecker (Sandoval)
Hammond’s lycatcher (San Miguel)
Black Phoebe (Cibola, Colfax)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Cibola)
DUSKY-CAPPED FLYCATCHER (Grant)
Bell’s Vireo (Hidalgo)
Gray Vireo (Eddy, Socorro)
Pinyon Jay and Clark’s Nutcracer (Cibola)
Purple Martin (Cibola, San Miguel)
American Dipper (Catron, Taos)
Gray Catbird (Colfax)
Curve-billed Thrasher (Santa Fe)
Olive Warbler (Grant)
MOURNING WARBLER (Colfax)
Cassin’s Sparrow (Dona Ana, Rio Arriba, Socorro, Santa Fe, Taos, Union,
Grant)
Botteri’s Sparrow none (Hidalgo)
Black-chinned Sparrow (Cibola)
Black-throated Sparrow (Santa Fe)
Yellow-eyed Junco (Grant)
Painted Bunting (Eddy)
Varied Bunting (Hidalgo)
Dickcissel (Colfax, Grant)
Eastern Meadowlark (Cibola, Santa Fe)
Bronzed Cowbird (Sierra)
Pine Grosbeak (Santa Fe, Taos, San Miguel)
Cassin’s Finch (San Miguel)
Red Crossbill (Cibola. Sandoval, San Miguel)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: July 9, 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 9, 2006,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornith-ological Society. When phone numbers are given
for private property, please call before going. Highlights: Arctic Tern,
Mountain Plovers, Mourning Warbler, Short-ered Owl, Dusky-capped Flycatcher.
Cassin’s Sparrows seem to be in good numbers this summer.
Recent very welcome monsoon rains have caused all the forest areas to be
re-opened.
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 some 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 a CASSIN’S SPARROW south of town.
In Taos County:
JP and BP on July 4 had four MOUNTAIN PLOVERS in the area near Tres Piedras
on US 285 between mile posts 406 and 407 where there are gates on each side
with dirt roads (high clearance best) leading east and west. Take the east
road a half mile to where a dirt track goes off to the right. Park here and
walk the flat areas for the plovers.
JP and BP on July 3 found a singing CASSIN’S SPARROW near the Comfort Suites
Motel in Taos. There was a BUROWING OWL just west of Taos on the road to
the Rio Grande Gorge and Tres Piedras on July 4. Six more were on the west
side of US 285 at the state line.
On July 3 JP and BP had on Twining Road above the Taos Ski Village a DIPPER
near the beaver pond. Five PINE GROSBEAKS were between the Bavarian
Restaurant and Williams Lake.
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 off NM 4. 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. JP and
BP saw three or four on July 3.
MR, DE, and TT on June 29 in the Caja del Rio near Santa Fe had 35 singing
CASSIN’S SPARROWS, 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. 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 hwy. C24 east of Romeroville.
BW on the road up to Elk Mountain from NM 63 in Pecos Canyon on July 5 saw
two PURPLE MARTINS, two HAMMOND’S FLYCATCHERS, four CASSIN’S FINCHCHES, a
PINE GROSBEAK, and four RED CROSSBILLS. There was a few adult male RUF0OUS
HUMMINGBIRDS at the store feeders in Terero.
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:
BPo on July 3 reported a SHORT-EARED OWL at the Maxwell Refuge at the east
emd pf the entrance road.
DC on June 28 in Yankee at the Yankee Canyon turnoff saw three LEWIS’S
WOODPCKERS.
At Sugarite State Park near Raton DC had another Lewis’s and a CATBIRD DEl
on June 2 in the park atthe last picnic area before the Lake Molya dam
recorded a singing MOURNING WARBLER.
At Miami Lake on July 1 DC found a COMMON LOON.
DC on July 2 saw again the two DICKCISSELS on NM 505 between mile posts 1
and 2.
At Springer Lake DC had on July 1 three GREATER YELLOWLEGS, four AVOCETS,
two WILSON’S PHALAROPES, and 15 WHITE PELICANS. In Springer there was a BLACK
PHOEBE at the Cimarron Rio Bridge on NM 21.
At Eagle Nest Lake on July 1 DC had 20 CALIFORNIA GULLS, 30 COMMON
MERGANSERS, a late SNOW GOOSE, and WESTERN GREBES. There was a BLACK PHOEBE at the
river bridge in Cimarron.
DC had two ROADRUNNERS on hwy. A7 east of the Dorsey Mansion towards NM 193.
BPo had a SHORT-EARED OWL at the Maxwell Refuge on July 3 near the east end
of the East Refuge Road.
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.
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.
HSc reported good numbers of CASSIN’S SPARROWS in their traditional home at
Perico Creek near Clayton.
In Cibola County:
AM on June 30 had a male VERMILION FLYCATCHER in Bluewater Village.
CJG at the Ice Caves on NM 53 on June 24 reported many PINYON JAYS, a CLARK’
S NUTCRACKER, and a small flock of RED CROSSBILLS.
CJG at the Chamber of Commerce in Grants on June 30 had a BLACK PHOEBE.
He heard an EASTERN MEADOWLARK singing at the Zuni-Acoma Trailhead on NM 53
in the El Malpais NM. He had one there on June 28 with three BLACK-CHINNED
SPARROWS, PINYON JAYS, and RED CROSSBILLS. An ACORN WOODPECKER flew over.
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.
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 Socorro County:
WW photographed a SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER at the Bosque del Apache Refuge
south of San Antonio on July 8 at the south end of the marsh loop.
JO on June 26 reported a singing CASSIN’S SPARROW in a field a quarter mile
from his home in Luis Lopez south of Socorro.
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:
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. CL on nearby Jack’
s Peak in the Big Burros had on July 7 three of the juncos, a DUSKY-CAPPED
FLYCATCHER, and an OLIVE WARBLER. They were all within .3 of a mile from the
top.
At the Gila Bird Farm EW saw the DICKCISSEL singing on June 20. DAZ
photographed it. MF and EW have had singing CASSIN’S SPARROWS in the area.
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.
In Hidalgo County:
JP on July 8 reported a WHITE-TAILED KITE on US 80 south of Rodeo.
In the New Mexico part of Guadalupe Canyon on June 24 JP and WW had three
ZONE-TAILED HAWKS, up to five VARIED BUNTINGS, and a VIOLET-CROWNED HUMMINGBIRD
west of the orchard. In the AZ part there was 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.
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:
The waste treatment ponds in Deming have been closed for construction.
In nDoña Ana County:
JZ and MS on July 5 at their home near Radium Spring had a male CALLIOPE
HUMMINGBIRD with a male RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD on July 7.
CL at Swan Pond north of Radium Springs on June 23 had 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.
In Otero County:
At the Holloman Lakes near Alamogordo 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.
In Eddy County:
SW on July 3 at Avalon Lake north of Carlsbad had an ARCTIC TERN, a MARBLED
GODWIT, and SOLITARY SANDPIPERS. RD on July 5 at the lake saw a LAUGHING
GULL and a WHITE PELICAN.
At Brantley Lake on uly 5 RD saw seven AVOCETS and a PAINTED BUNTING.
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.
INITIALS USED:
KB, Karen Boettcher; CB, Clait Braun; MC, Mark Cantrell; DC, David
Cleary; DD, David Dain; RD, Rob Dolster; DE, Deanna Einspahr; Del, David
Elwonger; MF, Mike Fugagli: DG, David Griffin; CJG, C.J. Grimes; CL, Carl
Lundblad; AM, Arch McCallum; JO, Jerry Oldenettel; BP, Ben Parmeter; JP, John
Parmeter; BPo, Ben Porter; MR, Mary Ristow; RR, Robert Royse; CR, Chris
Rustay; HSc, Hart Schwarz: MS, Marcy Scott; 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; JZ, Jimmy Zabriskie; 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 .13 is to the Roadrunner B and B in Tome with Madge Wallen,, July
20 to the Simm’s Ranch and Bonnie Long’s home in the Manzanos with Bonnie
Long, and July 27 to Ponderosa in the Jemez Mts. with Rebecca Gracey.
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.
On Saturday, July 29, Tom Taylor will lead a trip FOR Sangre de Crosto to
the Santa Fe Ski Basin. Contact Tom at 983-8260.
Southwestern, Central, and Mesilla Valley will have no summer trips.
- End transcript.
* New Mexico Bird Report
* July 9, 2006
* NMEX0607.09
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Common Loon (Colfax)
Western and Clark’s Grebes (Colfax)
American White Pelican (Colfax, Eddy)
Least Bittern (Chaves)
Snow Goose and Common Mergansers (Colfax)
White-tailed Kite (Hidalgo)
Mississippi Kite (Valencia)
Gray and Zone-tailed Hawks (Hidalgo)
White-tailed Ptarmigan (Taos)
Common Moorhen (Chaves)
Mountain Plover (Santa Fe, Union, Taos)
American Avocet and Greater Yellowlegs (Colfax, Eddy)
Solitary Sandpiper (Eddy)
Long-billed Curlew (Colfax)
Marbled Godwit (Colfax, Eddy)
Short-billed Dowitcher (Socorro)
Wilson’s Phalarope (Colfax, Valencia)
California Gull (Colfax)
Laughing Gull and ARCTIC TERN (Eddy)
Common Ground-Dove (Dona Ana, Hidalgo)
Greater Roadrunner (Colfax)
Western and Whiskered Screech Owls (Hidalgo)
Elf Owl (Eddy, Hidalgo)
Burrowing Owl (Taos)
Long-eared Owl (Bernalillo, Hidalgo)
Short-eared Owl (Colfax)
Spotted Owl (Grant)
Whip-poor-will (Hidalgo)
Black Swift (Sandoval)
Violet-crowned Hummingbird (Hidalgo)
Calliope and Rufous Hummingbirds (Doaa Ana, San Miguel)
Red-headed Woodpecker (San Miguel)
Lewis’s Woodpcker (Colfax, Los Alamos)
Acorn Woodpecker (Bernalillo, Cibola)
Three-toed Woodpecker (Sandoval)
Hammond’s lycatcher (San Miguel)
Black Phoebe (Cibola, Colfax)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Cibola)
DUSKY-CAPPED FLYCATCHER (Grant)
Bell’s Vireo (Hidalgo)
Gray Vireo (Eddy, Socorro)
Pinyon Jay and Clark’s Nutcracer (Cibola)
Purple Martin (Cibola, San Miguel)
American Dipper (Catron, Taos)
Gray Catbird (Colfax)
Curve-billed Thrasher (Santa Fe)
Olive Warbler (Grant)
MOURNING WARBLER (Colfax)
Cassin’s Sparrow (Dona Ana, Rio Arriba, Socorro, Santa Fe, Taos, Union,
Grant)
Botteri’s Sparrow none (Hidalgo)
Black-chinned Sparrow (Cibola)
Black-throated Sparrow (Santa Fe)
Yellow-eyed Junco (Grant)
Painted Bunting (Eddy)
Varied Bunting (Hidalgo)
Dickcissel (Colfax, Grant)
Eastern Meadowlark (Cibola, Santa Fe)
Bronzed Cowbird (Sierra)
Pine Grosbeak (Santa Fe, Taos, San Miguel)
Cassin’s Finch (San Miguel)
Red Crossbill (Cibola. Sandoval, San Miguel)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: July 9, 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 9, 2006,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornith-ological Society. When phone numbers are given
for private property, please call before going. Highlights: Arctic Tern,
Mountain Plovers, Mourning Warbler, Short-ered Owl, Dusky-capped Flycatcher.
Cassin’s Sparrows seem to be in good numbers this summer.
Recent very welcome monsoon rains have caused all the forest areas to be
re-opened.
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 some 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 a CASSIN’S SPARROW south of town.
In Taos County:
JP and BP on July 4 had four MOUNTAIN PLOVERS in the area near Tres Piedras
on US 285 between mile posts 406 and 407 where there are gates on each side
with dirt roads (high clearance best) leading east and west. Take the east
road a half mile to where a dirt track goes off to the right. Park here and
walk the flat areas for the plovers.
JP and BP on July 3 found a singing CASSIN’S SPARROW near the Comfort Suites
Motel in Taos. There was a BUROWING OWL just west of Taos on the road to
the Rio Grande Gorge and Tres Piedras on July 4. Six more were on the west
side of US 285 at the state line.
On July 3 JP and BP had on Twining Road above the Taos Ski Village a DIPPER
near the beaver pond. Five PINE GROSBEAKS were between the Bavarian
Restaurant and Williams Lake.
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 off NM 4. 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. JP and
BP saw three or four on July 3.
MR, DE, and TT on June 29 in the Caja del Rio near Santa Fe had 35 singing
CASSIN’S SPARROWS, 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. 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 hwy. C24 east of Romeroville.
BW on the road up to Elk Mountain from NM 63 in Pecos Canyon on July 5 saw
two PURPLE MARTINS, two HAMMOND’S FLYCATCHERS, four CASSIN’S FINCHCHES, a
PINE GROSBEAK, and four RED CROSSBILLS. There was a few adult male RUF0OUS
HUMMINGBIRDS at the store feeders in Terero.
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:
BPo on July 3 reported a SHORT-EARED OWL at the Maxwell Refuge at the east
emd pf the entrance road.
DC on June 28 in Yankee at the Yankee Canyon turnoff saw three LEWIS’S
WOODPCKERS.
At Sugarite State Park near Raton DC had another Lewis’s and a CATBIRD DEl
on June 2 in the park atthe last picnic area before the Lake Molya dam
recorded a singing MOURNING WARBLER.
At Miami Lake on July 1 DC found a COMMON LOON.
DC on July 2 saw again the two DICKCISSELS on NM 505 between mile posts 1
and 2.
At Springer Lake DC had on July 1 three GREATER YELLOWLEGS, four AVOCETS,
two WILSON’S PHALAROPES, and 15 WHITE PELICANS. In Springer there was a BLACK
PHOEBE at the Cimarron Rio Bridge on NM 21.
At Eagle Nest Lake on July 1 DC had 20 CALIFORNIA GULLS, 30 COMMON
MERGANSERS, a late SNOW GOOSE, and WESTERN GREBES. There was a BLACK PHOEBE at the
river bridge in Cimarron.
DC had two ROADRUNNERS on hwy. A7 east of the Dorsey Mansion towards NM 193.
BPo had a SHORT-EARED OWL at the Maxwell Refuge on July 3 near the east end
of the East Refuge Road.
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.
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.
HSc reported good numbers of CASSIN’S SPARROWS in their traditional home at
Perico Creek near Clayton.
In Cibola County:
AM on June 30 had a male VERMILION FLYCATCHER in Bluewater Village.
CJG at the Ice Caves on NM 53 on June 24 reported many PINYON JAYS, a CLARK’
S NUTCRACKER, and a small flock of RED CROSSBILLS.
CJG at the Chamber of Commerce in Grants on June 30 had a BLACK PHOEBE.
He heard an EASTERN MEADOWLARK singing at the Zuni-Acoma Trailhead on NM 53
in the El Malpais NM. He had one there on June 28 with three BLACK-CHINNED
SPARROWS, PINYON JAYS, and RED CROSSBILLS. An ACORN WOODPECKER flew over.
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.
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 Socorro County:
WW photographed a SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER at the Bosque del Apache Refuge
south of San Antonio on July 8 at the south end of the marsh loop.
JO on June 26 reported a singing CASSIN’S SPARROW in a field a quarter mile
from his home in Luis Lopez south of Socorro.
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:
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. CL on nearby Jack’
s Peak in the Big Burros had on July 7 three of the juncos, a DUSKY-CAPPED
FLYCATCHER, and an OLIVE WARBLER. They were all within .3 of a mile from the
top.
At the Gila Bird Farm EW saw the DICKCISSEL singing on June 20. DAZ
photographed it. MF and EW have had singing CASSIN’S SPARROWS in the area.
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.
In Hidalgo County:
JP on July 8 reported a WHITE-TAILED KITE on US 80 south of Rodeo.
In the New Mexico part of Guadalupe Canyon on June 24 JP and WW had three
ZONE-TAILED HAWKS, up to five VARIED BUNTINGS, and a VIOLET-CROWNED HUMMINGBIRD
west of the orchard. In the AZ part there was 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.
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:
The waste treatment ponds in Deming have been closed for construction.
In nDoña Ana County:
JZ and MS on July 5 at their home near Radium Spring had a male CALLIOPE
HUMMINGBIRD with a male RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD on July 7.
CL at Swan Pond north of Radium Springs on June 23 had 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.
In Otero County:
At the Holloman Lakes near Alamogordo 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.
In Eddy County:
SW on July 3 at Avalon Lake north of Carlsbad had an ARCTIC TERN, a MARBLED
GODWIT, and SOLITARY SANDPIPERS. RD on July 5 at the lake saw a LAUGHING
GULL and a WHITE PELICAN.
At Brantley Lake on uly 5 RD saw seven AVOCETS and a PAINTED BUNTING.
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.
INITIALS USED:
KB, Karen Boettcher; CB, Clait Braun; MC, Mark Cantrell; DC, David
Cleary; DD, David Dain; RD, Rob Dolster; DE, Deanna Einspahr; Del, David
Elwonger; MF, Mike Fugagli: DG, David Griffin; CJG, C.J. Grimes; CL, Carl
Lundblad; AM, Arch McCallum; JO, Jerry Oldenettel; BP, Ben Parmeter; JP, John
Parmeter; BPo, Ben Porter; MR, Mary Ristow; RR, Robert Royse; CR, Chris
Rustay; HSc, Hart Schwarz: MS, Marcy Scott; 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; JZ, Jimmy Zabriskie; 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 .13 is to the Roadrunner B and B in Tome with Madge Wallen,, July
20 to the Simm’s Ranch and Bonnie Long’s home in the Manzanos with Bonnie
Long, and July 27 to Ponderosa in the Jemez Mts. with Rebecca Gracey.
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.
On Saturday, July 29, Tom Taylor will lead a trip FOR Sangre de Crosto to
the Santa Fe Ski Basin. Contact Tom at 983-8260.
Southwestern, Central, and Mesilla Valley will have no summer trips.
- End transcript.