- RBA
* New Mexico Bird Report
* July 24, 2006
* NMEX0607.24
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Common Loon (Colfax)
Eared, Western and Clark’s Grebes (Colfax)
White-tailed Kite (Hidalgo)
Mississippi Kite (Valencia, Sandoval)
Common Black-Hawk (Guadalupe)
Gray Hawk (Hidalgo)
Mountain Plover (Union, Taos)
American Avocet (Otero, Eddy)
Long-billed Curlew (Eddy)
Black-necked Stilt (Otero)
Baird’s and Semipalmated Sandpipers (Colfax)
Stilt Sandpiper (Eddy, Colfax)
Short-billed Dowitcher (Colfax)
Black Tern (Eddy)
Common Ground-Dove (Dona Ana)
Elf Owl (Eddy)
Burrowing Owl (Sandoval, Dona Ana, Bernalillo)
Spotted Owl (Lincoln)
Black Swift (Sandoval)
ALLEN’S HUMMINGBIRD (Grant)
Lewis’s Woodpcker (Colfax, Los Alamos)
Acorn Woodpecker (Colfax)
Three-toed Woodpecker (Sandoval, Los Alamos, Otero)
DUSKY-CAPPED FLYCATCHER (Grant)
Pinyon Jay (Cibola)
Purple Martin (San Miguel, Otero)
BLACK-CAPPED GNATCATCHER (Hidalgo)
Veery (Rio Arriba)
Gray Catbird (Colfax, Rio Arriba)
Cassin’s Sparrow (Socorro, Gugadalupe)
Brewer’s Sparrow (Colfax)
Lark Bunting (Colfax, Otero)
Grasshopper and Savannah Sparrows (Colfax)
FOX SPARROW (Rio Arriba)
Yellow-eyed Junco (Grant)
Dickcissel (Colfax)
Bronzed Cowbird (Dona Ana)
Pine Grosbeak (Los Alamos)
Red Crossbill (Cibola. Sandoval)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: July 24, 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 24, 2006,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are given
for private property, please call before going. Highlights: Mountain Plovers,
Black-capped Gnatcatchers, Allen’s Hummingbirds, Fox Sparrow, Short-billed
Dowitchers.
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. 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 of a
mile from US 285.
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 on Wesr Ella off Loma
Larga two BURROWING OWLS.
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. GM and
JK saw three swifts in the rain on July 8.
In Los Alamos County:
DB saw four THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS at the Apache Springs area of the
Bandelier NM on July 9 west of Los Alamos. Across Hwy. 4 on a road at American
Springs he found another woodpecker. This is part of the Santa Fe NF. GM and JK
on July 9 had two LEWIS’S WOODPECKERS below the Pajarito Ski Area and two or
three of the woodpeckers at the ski area with PINE GROSBEAKS.
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.
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:
DC on July 13 had two DICKCISSELS beteeen the two ranch homes on A1 with
four LARK BUNTINGS on the Maxwell Refuge. 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.
The sparrows and grebes were still present on July 19, with five
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERs on 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. DC saw four ACORN WOODPECKERS at Lake Alice on
July 12.
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.
At Springer Lake on July 20 there were 95 BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS, four
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 14 STILT SANDPIPERS, and two SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS.
In Union county:
CR 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 Ice Caves on NM 53 reported many PINYON JAYS.
In Bernalillo County:
DP on July 17 had three CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRDs on the Sandia Crest Trail in
the mountains east of Albuquerque.
CW on July 9 saw two BURROWING OWLS on the north side of Tramway Road just
east of theSandia Casino.
In Valencia County:
MaW 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:
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.
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.
CL on Jack’s Peak in the Big Burros had on July 7 three YELLOW-EYED JUNCOS
and a DUSKY-CAPPED FLYCATCHER. They were all within .3 of a mile from the top.
JP, WW, and HS saw a DUSKY-CAPPED FLYCATCHER singing at the Cherry Creek
Campground. It was photographed by DAZ.
In Hidalgo County:
RH re-found an adult male BLACK-CAPPED GNATCATCHER in the New Mexico part of
Guadalupe Canyon on July 9 3.5 miles from the entrance gate. (one must walk
in). He also reported two GRAY HAWKS in the NM part. JP reported a nesting
pair of the gnatcatchers on July 22 seen by many. They were past the
orchard at the 14th stream crossing. Go up the creek for 75 yards to a rock cairn
he built. They are in one of the first large junipers about 20 to 30 yards
to the right up the slope. Also go past the cairn and notice a dark tree
stump beyond the juniper.
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.
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 and
birding till further notice.
In Doña Ana County:
DG at his home northeast of Las Cruces had the COMMON GROUND-DOVE begin to
appear more often. Three pairs of BURROWING OWLS are east of his home. On
July 23 he had a male BRONZED COWBIRD there.
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 Ch
iquita a half mile further and past a yellow cattle guard.
CBr on July 7 at the Holloman Lakes saw 200 each of AVOCETS and BLACK-NECKED
STILTS.
DG on Otero Mesa on July 22 had many returning LARK BUNTINGS in flocks of up
to 30. He also saw two ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW and two Tree or Violet-green
Swallows.
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:
RD on July 18 had shorebirds on Brantly Lake including 33 AVOCETS, a
LONG-BILLED CURLEW, eight STILT SANDPIPERS, and a BLACK TERN.
SW in June found ELF OWLS in Last Chance Canyon of the Guadalupe Mts. near
Carlsbad.
INITIALS USED:
MA, Moez Ali; DB, Dan Battaglia; CBr, Charles and/or Chandra Britt; DC,
David Cleary; JDM, Joan Day-Martin; RD, Rob Doster; DG, David Griffin;
CJG, C.J. Grimes; RH, Rich Hoyer; JK, Jerri Kerr; DK, David Krueper; GM.
Gail Morris; JNM, Jim Nelson-Moore; BN, Bruce Neville; JO, Jerry Oldenettel;
DP. Danny Paez; BP, Ben Parmeter; JP, John Parmeter; CR, Chris Rustay;
JR, Janet Ruth; HS, Heidi Simms; RV, Raymond VanBuskirk; BV, Brad Vaughn;
BW, Bill West; SW. Steve West; MaW, Marjorie Williams; WW, Bill Wittman;
CW. Cole Wolf; 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 27 is to to Ponderosa in the Jemez Mts. with Rebecca Gracey.
August 3 is to the Corrales Bosque with Nancy Phillips; August 10 to Embudo
Canyon in the western Sandia Footills fiw Rebecca Gracey, August 17 to Bosque del
Apache with Pat Franklin-Henden, and August 24 to Sulfur and Cienega Canyons
in the eastern Sandias with Sally Burke. Finally on August 31 to the Belen
(Taco Bell) Marsh with Rebecca Gracey.
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.
Sangre de Cristo will bird at Apache Springs near Los Alamos for the
three-toed woodpeckers and other highland species on Sunday, August 13. Ontacts are
Lonnie Howard at 995-9799 and Gail Szpatura at 471-4496.
On Saturday, August 19, will be the strenuous three-hour hike up to the
Santa Barbara Ridge at 12,000 feet below Jicarita Peak for the White-tailed
Ptarmigans and other high altitude species. Contact is Jim Pausel at 501-4085 or
_titus@photocorral.com_ (mailto:titus@photocorral.com) .
Mesilla Valley on Saturday, August 26, will resume trips with one to Bosque
del Apache Refuge for migrants. Call Walt Whitford at 521-1358.
- End transcript.
* New Mexico Bird Report
* July 24, 2006
* NMEX0607.24
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Common Loon (Colfax)
Eared, Western and Clark’s Grebes (Colfax)
White-tailed Kite (Hidalgo)
Mississippi Kite (Valencia, Sandoval)
Common Black-Hawk (Guadalupe)
Gray Hawk (Hidalgo)
Mountain Plover (Union, Taos)
American Avocet (Otero, Eddy)
Long-billed Curlew (Eddy)
Black-necked Stilt (Otero)
Baird’s and Semipalmated Sandpipers (Colfax)
Stilt Sandpiper (Eddy, Colfax)
Short-billed Dowitcher (Colfax)
Black Tern (Eddy)
Common Ground-Dove (Dona Ana)
Elf Owl (Eddy)
Burrowing Owl (Sandoval, Dona Ana, Bernalillo)
Spotted Owl (Lincoln)
Black Swift (Sandoval)
ALLEN’S HUMMINGBIRD (Grant)
Lewis’s Woodpcker (Colfax, Los Alamos)
Acorn Woodpecker (Colfax)
Three-toed Woodpecker (Sandoval, Los Alamos, Otero)
DUSKY-CAPPED FLYCATCHER (Grant)
Pinyon Jay (Cibola)
Purple Martin (San Miguel, Otero)
BLACK-CAPPED GNATCATCHER (Hidalgo)
Veery (Rio Arriba)
Gray Catbird (Colfax, Rio Arriba)
Cassin’s Sparrow (Socorro, Gugadalupe)
Brewer’s Sparrow (Colfax)
Lark Bunting (Colfax, Otero)
Grasshopper and Savannah Sparrows (Colfax)
FOX SPARROW (Rio Arriba)
Yellow-eyed Junco (Grant)
Dickcissel (Colfax)
Bronzed Cowbird (Dona Ana)
Pine Grosbeak (Los Alamos)
Red Crossbill (Cibola. Sandoval)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: July 24, 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 24, 2006,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are given
for private property, please call before going. Highlights: Mountain Plovers,
Black-capped Gnatcatchers, Allen’s Hummingbirds, Fox Sparrow, Short-billed
Dowitchers.
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. 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 of a
mile from US 285.
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 on Wesr Ella off Loma
Larga two BURROWING OWLS.
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. GM and
JK saw three swifts in the rain on July 8.
In Los Alamos County:
DB saw four THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS at the Apache Springs area of the
Bandelier NM on July 9 west of Los Alamos. Across Hwy. 4 on a road at American
Springs he found another woodpecker. This is part of the Santa Fe NF. GM and JK
on July 9 had two LEWIS’S WOODPECKERS below the Pajarito Ski Area and two or
three of the woodpeckers at the ski area with PINE GROSBEAKS.
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.
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:
DC on July 13 had two DICKCISSELS beteeen the two ranch homes on A1 with
four LARK BUNTINGS on the Maxwell Refuge. 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.
The sparrows and grebes were still present on July 19, with five
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERs on 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. DC saw four ACORN WOODPECKERS at Lake Alice on
July 12.
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.
At Springer Lake on July 20 there were 95 BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS, four
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 14 STILT SANDPIPERS, and two SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS.
In Union county:
CR 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 Ice Caves on NM 53 reported many PINYON JAYS.
In Bernalillo County:
DP on July 17 had three CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRDs on the Sandia Crest Trail in
the mountains east of Albuquerque.
CW on July 9 saw two BURROWING OWLS on the north side of Tramway Road just
east of theSandia Casino.
In Valencia County:
MaW 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:
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.
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.
CL on Jack’s Peak in the Big Burros had on July 7 three YELLOW-EYED JUNCOS
and a DUSKY-CAPPED FLYCATCHER. They were all within .3 of a mile from the top.
JP, WW, and HS saw a DUSKY-CAPPED FLYCATCHER singing at the Cherry Creek
Campground. It was photographed by DAZ.
In Hidalgo County:
RH re-found an adult male BLACK-CAPPED GNATCATCHER in the New Mexico part of
Guadalupe Canyon on July 9 3.5 miles from the entrance gate. (one must walk
in). He also reported two GRAY HAWKS in the NM part. JP reported a nesting
pair of the gnatcatchers on July 22 seen by many. They were past the
orchard at the 14th stream crossing. Go up the creek for 75 yards to a rock cairn
he built. They are in one of the first large junipers about 20 to 30 yards
to the right up the slope. Also go past the cairn and notice a dark tree
stump beyond the juniper.
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.
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 and
birding till further notice.
In Doña Ana County:
DG at his home northeast of Las Cruces had the COMMON GROUND-DOVE begin to
appear more often. Three pairs of BURROWING OWLS are east of his home. On
July 23 he had a male BRONZED COWBIRD there.
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 Ch
iquita a half mile further and past a yellow cattle guard.
CBr on July 7 at the Holloman Lakes saw 200 each of AVOCETS and BLACK-NECKED
STILTS.
DG on Otero Mesa on July 22 had many returning LARK BUNTINGS in flocks of up
to 30. He also saw two ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW and two Tree or Violet-green
Swallows.
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:
RD on July 18 had shorebirds on Brantly Lake including 33 AVOCETS, a
LONG-BILLED CURLEW, eight STILT SANDPIPERS, and a BLACK TERN.
SW in June found ELF OWLS in Last Chance Canyon of the Guadalupe Mts. near
Carlsbad.
INITIALS USED:
MA, Moez Ali; DB, Dan Battaglia; CBr, Charles and/or Chandra Britt; DC,
David Cleary; JDM, Joan Day-Martin; RD, Rob Doster; DG, David Griffin;
CJG, C.J. Grimes; RH, Rich Hoyer; JK, Jerri Kerr; DK, David Krueper; GM.
Gail Morris; JNM, Jim Nelson-Moore; BN, Bruce Neville; JO, Jerry Oldenettel;
DP. Danny Paez; BP, Ben Parmeter; JP, John Parmeter; CR, Chris Rustay;
JR, Janet Ruth; HS, Heidi Simms; RV, Raymond VanBuskirk; BV, Brad Vaughn;
BW, Bill West; SW. Steve West; MaW, Marjorie Williams; WW, Bill Wittman;
CW. Cole Wolf; 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 27 is to to Ponderosa in the Jemez Mts. with Rebecca Gracey.
August 3 is to the Corrales Bosque with Nancy Phillips; August 10 to Embudo
Canyon in the western Sandia Footills fiw Rebecca Gracey, August 17 to Bosque del
Apache with Pat Franklin-Henden, and August 24 to Sulfur and Cienega Canyons
in the eastern Sandias with Sally Burke. Finally on August 31 to the Belen
(Taco Bell) Marsh with Rebecca Gracey.
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.
Sangre de Cristo will bird at Apache Springs near Los Alamos for the
three-toed woodpeckers and other highland species on Sunday, August 13. Ontacts are
Lonnie Howard at 995-9799 and Gail Szpatura at 471-4496.
On Saturday, August 19, will be the strenuous three-hour hike up to the
Santa Barbara Ridge at 12,000 feet below Jicarita Peak for the White-tailed
Ptarmigans and other high altitude species. Contact is Jim Pausel at 501-4085 or
_titus@photocorral.com_ (mailto:titus@photocorral.com) .
Mesilla Valley on Saturday, August 26, will resume trips with one to Bosque
del Apache Refuge for migrants. Call Walt Whitford at 521-1358.
- End transcript.