- RBA
* New Mexico Bird Report
* July 16, 2006
* NMEX0607.16
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Common Loon (Colfax)
Eared, Western and Clark’s Grebes (Colfax)
Least Bittern (Chaves)
Fulvous Whistling-Duck (Socorro)
Snow Goose and Common Mergansers (Colfax)
White-tailed Kite (Hidalgo)
Mississippi Kite (Valencia, Sandoval)
Bald Eagle and Northern Goshawk (Colfax)
Common Black-Hawk (guadalupe)
Gray and Zone-tailed Hawks (Hidalgo)
White-tailed Ptarmigan (Taos)
Montezuma Quail (Grant)
Common Moorhen (Chaves)
Mountain Plover (Union, Taos)
American Avocet (Eddy, Otero)
Black-necked Stilt (Otero)
Solitary Sandpiper (Otero)
Marbled Godwit (Socorro)
Spotted Sandpiper (Cibola)
Long-billed Dowitcher (Valencia)
Laughing Gull (Eddy)
California Gull and Forster’s Tern (Colfax)
Common Ground-Dove (Dona Ana)
Western and Whiskered Screech Owls (Hidalgo)
Elf Owl (Eddy, Hidalgo)
Burrowing Owl (Taos, Sandoval, Dona Ana, Bernalillo)
Long-eared Owl (Hidalgo)
Spotted Owl (Grant, Lincoln)
Whip-poor-will (Hidalgo)
Black Swift (Sandoval)
Calliope Hummingbirds (Dona Ana)
Rufous Hummingbird (San Miguel, Lea, Cibola)
ALLEN’S HUMMINGBIRD (Grant)
Lewis’s Woodpcker (Colfax, Los Alamos)
Acorn Woodpecker (Bernalillo, Colfax)
Three-toed Woodpecker (Sandoval, Los Alamos, Otero)
Dusky Flycatcher (Colfax)
Black Phoebe (Cibola, Colfax)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Cibola)
DUSKY-CAPPED FLYCATCHER (Grant)
Gray Vireo (Eddy, Socorro)
Pinyon Jay (Cibola)
Purple Martin (San Miguel, Otero)
Tree Swallow (Colfax)
Bank Swallow (Sandoval)
American Dipper (Taos)
BLACK-CAPPED GNATCATCHER (Hidalgo)
Veery (Rio Arriba)
Gray Catbird (Colfax, Rio Arriba)
Olive Warbler (Grant)
Ovenbird (Colfax)
Cassin’s Sparrow (Dona Ana, Socorro, Santa Fe, Taos, Grant, Gugadalupe)
Brewer’s Sparrow (Colfax)
Lark Bunting (Colfax)
Grasshopper and Savannah Sparrows (Colfax)
FOX SPARROW (Rio Arriba)
Yellow-eyed Junco (Grant)
Varied Bunting (Hidalgo)
Dickcissel (Colfax)
Eastern Meadowlark (Cibola, Santa Fe)
Pine Grosbeak and Cassin’s Finch (San Miguel)
Red Crossbill (Cibola. Sandoval)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: July 16, 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 16, 2006,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are given
for private property, please call before going. Highlights: Mountain Plovers,
Dusky-capped Flycatchers, Black-capped Gnatcatcher, Allen’s Hummingbirds,
Fox Sparrow.
Recent very welcome monsoon rains have caused all the forest areas to be
re-opened. There are still fire restrictions.
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 please 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:
BW and JNM on July 11 found a VEERY and a singing FOX SPARROW along the
river in Chama south of the Elkhorn Café. On the west side of the river there
was a CATBIRD and another Veery. Ask at the Little Creel Lodge for permission
to cross the rio on their bridge.
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. BW and JNM on July 11 saw seven there .8
mile from US 285.
JP and BP on July 3 found a singing CASSIN’S SPARROW near the Comfort Suites
Motel in Taos. There were six BUROWING OWLs on July 4 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.
CB did a WHITE-TAILED PTARMIGAN survey on the eastern Santa Barbara Ridge of
the Sangre de Cristos. 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:
JR and DK on July 10 had an adult MISSISSIPPI KITE flying over Corrales at
Casa San Isidro on Old Church Road. She also reported there on Wesr Ella off
Loma Larga two BURROWING OWLS with a colony of BANK SWALLOWS in an arroyo at
the west end of Mission Ridge Road.
BV on July 9 had two BLACK SWIFTS and a THREE-TOED WOODPECKER at the Jemez
Falls west of Los Alamos off NM 4. CW saw five swifts the same day.
DB on July 9 had one three-toed woodpecker at the old Dome Burn site on FR
289 off NM 4. Many RED CROSSBILLS have been in the Jemez Mountains.
In Los Alamos County:
DB saw four THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS at the Apache Springs area of the
Bandelier NM on July 9. Across Hwy. 4 on a road at American Springs he found
another woodpecker. This is part of the Santa Fe NF.
JP and BP on July 1 on the road to the Los Alamos Ski Area recorded a LEWIS’
S WOODPECKER.
In Santa Fe County:
JP and BP on July 1 near Stanley found some CASSIN’S SPARROWS and an EASTERN
MEADOWLARK.
In San Miguel County:
BW on the road up to Elk Mountain from NM 63 in Pecos Canyon on July 5 saw
two PURPLE MARTINS, four CASSIN’S FINCHES, and a PINE GROSBEAK. There were a
few adult male RUF0OUS HUMMINGBIRDS at the store feeders in Terero in the
canyon.
Earlier the telescope at the Crane Lake Overlook was stolen! The Las Vegas
Refuge hopes to get a new one for $4000. Please send donations to the refuge
at Friends of the Las Vegas NWR, RR 1, Box 399, Las Vegas, 87701.
In Colfax County:
After good rains DC on July 13 had two DICKCISSELS beteeen the two ranch
homes on A1 with four LARK BUNTINGS. Around Laguna Madre (north of
Stubblefield) there was a singing BREWER’S SPARROW, a singing GRASSHOPPER
SPARROW, three
SAVANNAH SPARROWS, with a colony of EARED, WESTERN, and CLARK’S GREBES. An
adult BALD EAGLE was at Stubblefield.
DC on July 9 in Yankee at the Yankee Canyon turnoff saw four LEWIS’S
WOODPCKERS.
At Sugarite State Park near Raton on July 9 BN, CR, and RV had a CATBIRD and
three ACORN WOODPECKERS. CR and RV found a singing OVENBIRD. DC on July 9
had four TREE SWALLOWS on Lake Maloya with four ACORN WOODPECKERS at Lake
Alice on July 12. At the Soda Pocket Campground on July 12 there was five DUSKY
FLYCATCHERs and a GOSHAWK for DC.
At Miami Lake on July 10 DC found a COMMON LOON. On NM 21 at mile marker 15
west of the lake there were a LEIS’S WOODPECKER and two CATBIRDS.
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 9 five FORSTER’S TERNS. In Springer there
was a BLACK PHOEBE at the Cimarron Rio Bridge on NM 21 ON July 1.
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.
At Stubblefield/Laguna Madre Lakes on June 27 DC found 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.
In Cibola County:
CJG at the El Morro NM on July 9 had RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRDS at his feeder with
a SPOTTED SANDPIPER at the park sewage ponds.
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 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.
In Bernalillo County:
CW on July 9 saw two BURROWING OWLS on the north side of Tramway Road just
east of theSandia Casino.
KB reported the ACORN WOODPECKER was again at her home south of Tijeras in
the Manzanita Mts. on June 26.
In Valencia County:
MH and CW on July 11 at the Taco Bell Marsh in Belen saw a LONG-BILLED
DOWITCHER.
MaW on June 29 reported a MISSISSIPPI KITE at the park at the Rio Grande in
Los Luna.
In Guadalupe County”
JO on July 14 had a COMMON BLACK-HAWK and a CASSIN’S SPARROW at the Tres
Lagunas ponds just south of Santa Rosa.
In Socorro County:
JP and BP on July 9 saw two FULVOUS WHISTLING-DUCKS on the north side of the
two-way middle road at the east end. They were seen by BN, CR, and RV later
in the day, but not since. MH, SWi, and CW on July 11 had a MARBLED GODWIT
at that site.
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 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 had a pair of MOORHENS on Unit 15 with
the LEAST BITTERN is still calling there.
In Lincoln County:
CBr on July 9 at a campground at the Bonito Canyon Trailhead on NM 107 north
of Ruidoso had a calling SPOTTED OWL.
In Grant County:
JP and WW on July 17 had a male and a female ALLEN’S HUMMINGBIRD at JDM’s
banding station near Roberts Lake. They were photographed by DAZ. A pair of
Montezuma Quail wandered through her yard.
JP, WW, and HS on June 23 on Burro Peak south of Silver City had one adult
YELLOW-EYED JUNCO. 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 MF and EW have had singing CASSIN’S SPARROWS in the
area.
JP, WW, and HS 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:
RH re-found an adult male BLACK-CAPPED GNATCATCHER in the New Mexico part of
Guadalupe Canyon on July 9 at the 13th stream crossing 3.5 miles from the
entrance gate. (one must walk in). He also reported two GRAY HAWKS in the NM
part. At the present time the stream is dry, but that may change. The
canyon may not be entirely safe if it is flooding. In the New Mexico part on June
24 JP and WW had three ZONE-TAILED HAWKS and up to five VARIED BUNTINGS.
JP on July 8 reported a WHITE-TAILED KITE on US 80 south of Rodeo. MA on
July 10 on Gin Road near Rodeo 150 yards east of the junction with Stateline
Road.
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.
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 Dona Ana County:
JZ and MS on July 5 at their home near Radium Spring had a male CALLIOPE
HUMMINGBIRD.
CL at Swan Pond north of Radium Springs on June 23 had many singing CASSIN’S
SPARROWS.
DG on July at his home northeast of Las Cruces had the COMMON GROUND-DOVE
begin to appear more often. He had a male CALLIOPE July 8-9. Three pairs of
BURROWING OWLS are east of his home.
In Otero County:
WW on July 11 in the Sacramento Mountains found PURPLE MARTINS and a pair of
THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS in a burn area southeast of Cloudcroft. It might be
a good idean to get a Lincoln NF map. He went down Scott Able Road. No sign
anymore for it, but a sign does say to Sacramento.off of Hwy. 63 near
Sunspot. The site is near an old 4-H camp on a logging dirt road. He hiked about
300 yards up from the camp for the woodpeckers. The martins were in Agua
Chiquita a half mile further and past a yellow cattle guard.
CBr on July 7 at the Holloman Lakes saw a SOLITARY SANDPIPER, and 200 each
of AVOCETS and BLACK-NECKED STILTS.
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:
At Avalon Lake north of Carlsbad RD on July 5 saw a LAUGHING GULL.
At Brantley Lake on uly 5 RD saw seven AVOCETS.
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.
In Lea County:
RC had a RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD in Hobbs on July 7.
INITIALS USED:
MA, Moez Ali; KB, Karen Boettcher; DB, Dan Battaglia; CB, Clait Braun;
CBr, Charles and/or Chandra Britt; RC, Robert Cates; DC, David Cleary; JDM,
Joan Day-Martin; RD, Rob Dolster; MF, Mike Fugagli: DG, David Griffin;
CJG, C.J. Grimes; MH, Michael Hilchey; RH, Rich Hoyer; DK, David Krueper;
CL, Carl Lundblad; AM, Arch McCallum; JNM, Jim Nelson-Moore; BN, Bruce
Neville; JO, Jerry Oldenettel; BP, Ben Parmeter; JP, John Parmeter; RR,
Robert Royse; CR, Chris Rustay; JR, Janet Ruth; MS, Marcy Scott; HS, Heidi
Simms; RV, Raymond VanBuskirk; BV, Brad Vaughn; GW, Gordon Warrick; BW,
Bill West; SW. Steve West; MaW, Marjorie Williams; SWi, Sondra Williamson;
WW, Bill Wittman; CW. Cole Wolf; 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 20 is 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 16, 2006
* NMEX0607.16
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Common Loon (Colfax)
Eared, Western and Clark’s Grebes (Colfax)
Least Bittern (Chaves)
Fulvous Whistling-Duck (Socorro)
Snow Goose and Common Mergansers (Colfax)
White-tailed Kite (Hidalgo)
Mississippi Kite (Valencia, Sandoval)
Bald Eagle and Northern Goshawk (Colfax)
Common Black-Hawk (guadalupe)
Gray and Zone-tailed Hawks (Hidalgo)
White-tailed Ptarmigan (Taos)
Montezuma Quail (Grant)
Common Moorhen (Chaves)
Mountain Plover (Union, Taos)
American Avocet (Eddy, Otero)
Black-necked Stilt (Otero)
Solitary Sandpiper (Otero)
Marbled Godwit (Socorro)
Spotted Sandpiper (Cibola)
Long-billed Dowitcher (Valencia)
Laughing Gull (Eddy)
California Gull and Forster’s Tern (Colfax)
Common Ground-Dove (Dona Ana)
Western and Whiskered Screech Owls (Hidalgo)
Elf Owl (Eddy, Hidalgo)
Burrowing Owl (Taos, Sandoval, Dona Ana, Bernalillo)
Long-eared Owl (Hidalgo)
Spotted Owl (Grant, Lincoln)
Whip-poor-will (Hidalgo)
Black Swift (Sandoval)
Calliope Hummingbirds (Dona Ana)
Rufous Hummingbird (San Miguel, Lea, Cibola)
ALLEN’S HUMMINGBIRD (Grant)
Lewis’s Woodpcker (Colfax, Los Alamos)
Acorn Woodpecker (Bernalillo, Colfax)
Three-toed Woodpecker (Sandoval, Los Alamos, Otero)
Dusky Flycatcher (Colfax)
Black Phoebe (Cibola, Colfax)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Cibola)
DUSKY-CAPPED FLYCATCHER (Grant)
Gray Vireo (Eddy, Socorro)
Pinyon Jay (Cibola)
Purple Martin (San Miguel, Otero)
Tree Swallow (Colfax)
Bank Swallow (Sandoval)
American Dipper (Taos)
BLACK-CAPPED GNATCATCHER (Hidalgo)
Veery (Rio Arriba)
Gray Catbird (Colfax, Rio Arriba)
Olive Warbler (Grant)
Ovenbird (Colfax)
Cassin’s Sparrow (Dona Ana, Socorro, Santa Fe, Taos, Grant, Gugadalupe)
Brewer’s Sparrow (Colfax)
Lark Bunting (Colfax)
Grasshopper and Savannah Sparrows (Colfax)
FOX SPARROW (Rio Arriba)
Yellow-eyed Junco (Grant)
Varied Bunting (Hidalgo)
Dickcissel (Colfax)
Eastern Meadowlark (Cibola, Santa Fe)
Pine Grosbeak and Cassin’s Finch (San Miguel)
Red Crossbill (Cibola. Sandoval)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: July 16, 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 16, 2006,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are given
for private property, please call before going. Highlights: Mountain Plovers,
Dusky-capped Flycatchers, Black-capped Gnatcatcher, Allen’s Hummingbirds,
Fox Sparrow.
Recent very welcome monsoon rains have caused all the forest areas to be
re-opened. There are still fire restrictions.
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 please 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:
BW and JNM on July 11 found a VEERY and a singing FOX SPARROW along the
river in Chama south of the Elkhorn Café. On the west side of the river there
was a CATBIRD and another Veery. Ask at the Little Creel Lodge for permission
to cross the rio on their bridge.
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. BW and JNM on July 11 saw seven there .8
mile from US 285.
JP and BP on July 3 found a singing CASSIN’S SPARROW near the Comfort Suites
Motel in Taos. There were six BUROWING OWLs on July 4 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.
CB did a WHITE-TAILED PTARMIGAN survey on the eastern Santa Barbara Ridge of
the Sangre de Cristos. 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:
JR and DK on July 10 had an adult MISSISSIPPI KITE flying over Corrales at
Casa San Isidro on Old Church Road. She also reported there on Wesr Ella off
Loma Larga two BURROWING OWLS with a colony of BANK SWALLOWS in an arroyo at
the west end of Mission Ridge Road.
BV on July 9 had two BLACK SWIFTS and a THREE-TOED WOODPECKER at the Jemez
Falls west of Los Alamos off NM 4. CW saw five swifts the same day.
DB on July 9 had one three-toed woodpecker at the old Dome Burn site on FR
289 off NM 4. Many RED CROSSBILLS have been in the Jemez Mountains.
In Los Alamos County:
DB saw four THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS at the Apache Springs area of the
Bandelier NM on July 9. Across Hwy. 4 on a road at American Springs he found
another woodpecker. This is part of the Santa Fe NF.
JP and BP on July 1 on the road to the Los Alamos Ski Area recorded a LEWIS’
S WOODPECKER.
In Santa Fe County:
JP and BP on July 1 near Stanley found some CASSIN’S SPARROWS and an EASTERN
MEADOWLARK.
In San Miguel County:
BW on the road up to Elk Mountain from NM 63 in Pecos Canyon on July 5 saw
two PURPLE MARTINS, four CASSIN’S FINCHES, and a PINE GROSBEAK. There were a
few adult male RUF0OUS HUMMINGBIRDS at the store feeders in Terero in the
canyon.
Earlier the telescope at the Crane Lake Overlook was stolen! The Las Vegas
Refuge hopes to get a new one for $4000. Please send donations to the refuge
at Friends of the Las Vegas NWR, RR 1, Box 399, Las Vegas, 87701.
In Colfax County:
After good rains DC on July 13 had two DICKCISSELS beteeen the two ranch
homes on A1 with four LARK BUNTINGS. Around Laguna Madre (north of
Stubblefield) there was a singing BREWER’S SPARROW, a singing GRASSHOPPER
SPARROW, three
SAVANNAH SPARROWS, with a colony of EARED, WESTERN, and CLARK’S GREBES. An
adult BALD EAGLE was at Stubblefield.
DC on July 9 in Yankee at the Yankee Canyon turnoff saw four LEWIS’S
WOODPCKERS.
At Sugarite State Park near Raton on July 9 BN, CR, and RV had a CATBIRD and
three ACORN WOODPECKERS. CR and RV found a singing OVENBIRD. DC on July 9
had four TREE SWALLOWS on Lake Maloya with four ACORN WOODPECKERS at Lake
Alice on July 12. At the Soda Pocket Campground on July 12 there was five DUSKY
FLYCATCHERs and a GOSHAWK for DC.
At Miami Lake on July 10 DC found a COMMON LOON. On NM 21 at mile marker 15
west of the lake there were a LEIS’S WOODPECKER and two CATBIRDS.
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 9 five FORSTER’S TERNS. In Springer there
was a BLACK PHOEBE at the Cimarron Rio Bridge on NM 21 ON July 1.
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.
At Stubblefield/Laguna Madre Lakes on June 27 DC found 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.
In Cibola County:
CJG at the El Morro NM on July 9 had RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRDS at his feeder with
a SPOTTED SANDPIPER at the park sewage ponds.
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 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.
In Bernalillo County:
CW on July 9 saw two BURROWING OWLS on the north side of Tramway Road just
east of theSandia Casino.
KB reported the ACORN WOODPECKER was again at her home south of Tijeras in
the Manzanita Mts. on June 26.
In Valencia County:
MH and CW on July 11 at the Taco Bell Marsh in Belen saw a LONG-BILLED
DOWITCHER.
MaW on June 29 reported a MISSISSIPPI KITE at the park at the Rio Grande in
Los Luna.
In Guadalupe County”
JO on July 14 had a COMMON BLACK-HAWK and a CASSIN’S SPARROW at the Tres
Lagunas ponds just south of Santa Rosa.
In Socorro County:
JP and BP on July 9 saw two FULVOUS WHISTLING-DUCKS on the north side of the
two-way middle road at the east end. They were seen by BN, CR, and RV later
in the day, but not since. MH, SWi, and CW on July 11 had a MARBLED GODWIT
at that site.
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 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 had a pair of MOORHENS on Unit 15 with
the LEAST BITTERN is still calling there.
In Lincoln County:
CBr on July 9 at a campground at the Bonito Canyon Trailhead on NM 107 north
of Ruidoso had a calling SPOTTED OWL.
In Grant County:
JP and WW on July 17 had a male and a female ALLEN’S HUMMINGBIRD at JDM’s
banding station near Roberts Lake. They were photographed by DAZ. A pair of
Montezuma Quail wandered through her yard.
JP, WW, and HS on June 23 on Burro Peak south of Silver City had one adult
YELLOW-EYED JUNCO. 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 MF and EW have had singing CASSIN’S SPARROWS in the
area.
JP, WW, and HS 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:
RH re-found an adult male BLACK-CAPPED GNATCATCHER in the New Mexico part of
Guadalupe Canyon on July 9 at the 13th stream crossing 3.5 miles from the
entrance gate. (one must walk in). He also reported two GRAY HAWKS in the NM
part. At the present time the stream is dry, but that may change. The
canyon may not be entirely safe if it is flooding. In the New Mexico part on June
24 JP and WW had three ZONE-TAILED HAWKS and up to five VARIED BUNTINGS.
JP on July 8 reported a WHITE-TAILED KITE on US 80 south of Rodeo. MA on
July 10 on Gin Road near Rodeo 150 yards east of the junction with Stateline
Road.
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.
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 Dona Ana County:
JZ and MS on July 5 at their home near Radium Spring had a male CALLIOPE
HUMMINGBIRD.
CL at Swan Pond north of Radium Springs on June 23 had many singing CASSIN’S
SPARROWS.
DG on July at his home northeast of Las Cruces had the COMMON GROUND-DOVE
begin to appear more often. He had a male CALLIOPE July 8-9. Three pairs of
BURROWING OWLS are east of his home.
In Otero County:
WW on July 11 in the Sacramento Mountains found PURPLE MARTINS and a pair of
THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS in a burn area southeast of Cloudcroft. It might be
a good idean to get a Lincoln NF map. He went down Scott Able Road. No sign
anymore for it, but a sign does say to Sacramento.off of Hwy. 63 near
Sunspot. The site is near an old 4-H camp on a logging dirt road. He hiked about
300 yards up from the camp for the woodpeckers. The martins were in Agua
Chiquita a half mile further and past a yellow cattle guard.
CBr on July 7 at the Holloman Lakes saw a SOLITARY SANDPIPER, and 200 each
of AVOCETS and BLACK-NECKED STILTS.
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:
At Avalon Lake north of Carlsbad RD on July 5 saw a LAUGHING GULL.
At Brantley Lake on uly 5 RD saw seven AVOCETS.
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.
In Lea County:
RC had a RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD in Hobbs on July 7.
INITIALS USED:
MA, Moez Ali; KB, Karen Boettcher; DB, Dan Battaglia; CB, Clait Braun;
CBr, Charles and/or Chandra Britt; RC, Robert Cates; DC, David Cleary; JDM,
Joan Day-Martin; RD, Rob Dolster; MF, Mike Fugagli: DG, David Griffin;
CJG, C.J. Grimes; MH, Michael Hilchey; RH, Rich Hoyer; DK, David Krueper;
CL, Carl Lundblad; AM, Arch McCallum; JNM, Jim Nelson-Moore; BN, Bruce
Neville; JO, Jerry Oldenettel; BP, Ben Parmeter; JP, John Parmeter; RR,
Robert Royse; CR, Chris Rustay; JR, Janet Ruth; MS, Marcy Scott; HS, Heidi
Simms; RV, Raymond VanBuskirk; BV, Brad Vaughn; GW, Gordon Warrick; BW,
Bill West; SW. Steve West; MaW, Marjorie Williams; SWi, Sondra Williamson;
WW, Bill Wittman; CW. Cole Wolf; 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 20 is 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.
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