- RBA
* New Mexico Bird Report
* August 28, 2006
* NMEX0608.28
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Eared Grebe (Torrance)
Eared, Western and Clark’s Grebes (Colfax)
Western Grebe (Hidalgo)
American White Pelican (Socorro)
Least Bittern (Dona Ana)
Great Egret (Sierra)
Reddish Egret (Eddy)
Green Heron (Guadalupe)
Wood Duck (Socorro)
Common Merganser (Catron)
Osprey (McKinley, Cibola, Sierra)
White-tailed Kite (Hidalgo)
Northern Goshawk (Colfax)
Gray Hawk (Hidalgo)
Red-shouldered Hawk (Eddy)
Zone-tailed Hawk (Catron, Dona Ana)
Peregrine Falcon (Socorro, Sierra, Otero)
Virginia Rail (San Juan)
Sora (Guadalupe)
Black-bellied Plover (Chaves)
Solitary Sandpiper (Dona Ana)
Long-billed Curlew (Sierra, Dona Ana)
Marbled Godwit (San Miguel)
Baird’s Sandpiper (Dona Ana)
Franklin’s and California Gulls (Sierra)
Herring Gull (Colfax)
Forster's Tern (Torrance, Socorro)
Black Tern (San Juan, Hidalgo, Torrance, Dona Ana)
White-winged Dove (Taos, Cibola)
Inca Dove (Bernalillo)
Barn Owl (Hidalgo)
Whiskered Screech-Owl and Whip-poor-will (Hidalgo)
Northern Pygmy-Owl (Catron, Otero)
Magnificent Hummingbird (Catron)
LUCIFER’S and Anna's HUMMINGBIRDs (Hidalgo)
Calliope Hummingbird (Catron)
Red-headed Woodpecker (Guadalupe)
Williamson's Sapsucker (chaves)
Olive-sided Flycatcher (Dona Ana)
Greater Pewee (Catron)
Eastern Phoebe (Guadalupe)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Dona Ana, Chaves, Hidalgo)
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher (Catron)
Eastern Kingbird (Bernalillo, Otero)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Grant)
ROSE-THROATED BECARD (Cochise Co. AZ)
Bell's Vireo (hdalgo)
Hutton's Vireo (Grant)
Purple Martin (Taos)
Cave Swallow (Dona Ana)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Hidalgo, Grant)
Carolina Wren )Bernalillo)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Otero)
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher (Sierra)
BLACK-CAPPED GNATCATCHER (Hidalgo)
Curve-billed Thrasher (Cibola)
Olive Warbler (Grant)
Lucy’s Warbler (McKinley)
Hermit warbler (Hidalgo, Catron, Grant)
Townsend's Warbler (Taos)
American Redstart (Catron)
Northern Waterthrush (Bernalillo, Cibola)
Red-faced Warbler (Cibola, Hidalgo)
Cassin’s sparrow (Grant, Catron)
Botteri’s Sparrow (Hidalgo)
Clay-colored Sparrow (Torrance)
Yellow-eyed Junco (Grant)
Indigo X lazuli Bunting (McKinley)
Lazuli Bunting (Hidalgo)
Painted Bunting (Hidalgo, Chaves, Sierra)
Varied Bunting (Hidalgo)
Dickcissel (Colfax, Eddy, Dona Ana))
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: August 28, 2006
RBA phone number 505-884-3269
compiler Patricia R. Snider
home phone number 505-884-1320
cell phone number 505-803-1807
e-mail address _pinyonjay@aol.com_ (mailto:pinyonjay@aol.com)
This is Pinyon Jay with the New Mexico Bird Report for August 28, 2006,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are given
for private property, please call before going. Highlights: Black-capped
Gnatcatchers, Reddish Egret, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Carolina Wren.
Red-shouldered Hawk.
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, though a second
number may be added.soon. 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 San Juan County;
WW on August 15 had several BLACK TERNS on Morgan Lake and a VIRGINIA RAIL
at the B-Square Ranch in Farmington.
In Taos County:
EH on August 25 had a PURPLE MARTIN near Questa. He saw a TOWNSEND'S
WARBLER at the Elephant Rock Campground on NM 38 west of Red River on August 26.
At the Big Arsenic Campground on NM 378 on the Rio Grande Gorge west of Questa
he saw a WHITE-WINGED DOVE.
In San Miguel County:
LD had a MARBLED GODWIT on the Middle Marsh at the Las Vegas Refuge on
August 17.
In Colfax County:
DC had two DICKCISSELS between the two ranch homes on Hwy. A-1 on the
Maxwell Refuge. Around Laguna Madre (north of Stubblefield) there was a colony of
EARED, WESTERN, and CLARK’S GREBES.
EH on August 25 saw a GOSHAWK along NM 38 between Red River and Eagle Nest.
On Eagle Nest Lake on August 25 he found the WESTERN and CLARK'S GREBES and
HERRING GULL that were reported earlier.
LD saw an immature GOSHAWK at Angel Fire on August 19.
In McKinley County:
JT on August 15 had an immature female LUCY’S WARBLER at the Ramah Lake
Fishing Access area. Because of rocks one must walk in. He also had three
OSPREYS there, and a INDIGO X LAZULI female..
In Cibola County:
JT on August 12 had a RED-FACED WARBLER in the Zuni Mountains in upper
Diener Canyon in sight of Mt. Sedgwick.
On Bluewater Lake on August 16 there was an OSPREY. In Bluewater Village he
had five WHITE-WINGED DOVES with a CURVE-BILLED THRASHER nearby. He had on
August 12 a male INDIGO BUNTING at the mouth of Bluewater Canyon with seven
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHES on August 19.
In Bernalillo County:
CB on August 18 had a CAROLINA WREN in the eastern Sandia Mts. east of
Albuquerque at the Sulphur Springs Picnic Area at the first parking lot by the
entrance. He saw it again on August 20 at the stream by the Crest Hwy. DP
found it on August 21 and JP said it was singing on August 22. CB saw it again
on August 25.
DP had an INCA DOVE on August 28 at the Los Poblanos Open Space of Montano
in Albuquerque on the north side at the ditch.
JJ on August 20 at the Bosque Trail at the Rio Grande Nature Center in
Albuquerque found a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH near a bench by the ditch. LN on August
26 reported an EASTERN KINGBIRD near the parking lot pond.
In Valencia County:
WW on August 7 found that rains have flooded the road farther from the marsh
behind the Taco Bell in Belen.
In Torrance County:
WW on August 22 at the sewage ponds at Mountainair saw an EARED GREBE, three
FORSTER'S TERNS, and later two BLACK TERNS present with a CLAY-COLORED
SPARROW.
In Guadalupe County:
WW on August 23 at Power Dam Park in Santa Rosa had a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER,
a GREEN HERON, and an EASTERN PHOEBE. Near Puerto de Luna south of Santa
Rosa at a marsh to the right a mile from town he heard a SORA.
In Chaves County:
GW and BW on August 28 had a female WILLIAMSON'S SAPSUCKER at the
headquarters of the Bitter Lake Refuge at Roswell. JP on August 18 reported two
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS on Unit 3. He also said there was a female PAINTED BUNTING
and a male VERMILION FLYCATCHER.
In Socorro County:
KP on August 17 at Bosque del Apache Refuge near San Antonio had a PEREGRINE
FALCON on the Marsh Loop and four WOOD DUCKS on the pond at the Norton Blind
at the Farm Loop. On August 24 she had a FORSTER'S TERN and 13 WHITE
PELICANS on the Marsh Loop with more pelicans at the Norton Blind
In Sierra County:
CL and CBr on August 23 had an OSPREY at Paseo del Rio Park below the
Elephant Butte Dam.
At Caballo Lake on August 15 JN reported a PEREGRINE FALCON and four PAINTED
BUNTINGS (3 juveniles).
JO on August 11 found the shorebird flats at South Montecello Point were
under water at Elephant Butte Lake. JP and WW found two adult CALIFORNIA GULLS
at Three Sisters Point and at South Monticello two FRANKLIN’S GULLS and a
LONG-BILLED CURLEW with a count of 40 GREAT EGRETS in the area. There was a
BLACK-TAILED GNATCATCHER at South Highlands Point.
In Catron County:
JH at her ranch west of Datil had a brief visit from a MAGNIFICENT
HUMMINGBIRD on August 19.
JPi on August 10 at the Gila Cliff Dwellings saw a male AMERICAN REDSTART.
On the same date at the Little Creek Campsite he heard a possible
SULPHUR-BELLIED FLYCATCHER. PY at the dwellings on August 27 reported CALLIOPE
HUMMINGBIRD, PYGMY OWL, and a ZONE-TAILED HAWK.
MSt on August 19 found many CASSIN'S SPARROWS singing along Whitewater Mesa
between Glenwood and Mogollon with two MAGNIFICENT HUMMINGBIRDS at feeders in
Mogollon and a HERMIT WARBLER on August 21 at mile post 5 on the road to
Mogollon.
EW on August 11 found all of the road east of Mogollon was closed. She had
a GREATER PEWEE just west of Mogollon.
DBe reported two COMMON MERGANSERS at the fish hatchery in Glenwood on
August12.
CBr found the road into Whitewater Canyon at Glenwood was a bit of a problem.
In Grant County:
DG on August 24 and 25 found the road up Burro Peak was bad from the storms,
but saw several HERMIT WARBLERS, the YELLOW-EYED JUNCO, OLIVE WARBLER,
HUTTON'S VIREO, and RED=BREASTED NUTHATCH.
EW found CASSIN’S SPARROWS still in good numbers along the Gila River.
On August 22 EW on US 180 3.3 miles south of Mangas Springs saw a
SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER on a fence.
In Hidalgo County:
JO on August 11 at Clanton Canyon had an adult GRAY HAWK on the entrance
road. On August 12 he had the calling WHISKERED SCREECH-OWLS and up to three
WHIP-POOR-WILLS with two female HERMIT WARBLERS and a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH. On
August 13 he saw a RED WARBLER at the campground and the female LUCIFER’S
HUMMINGBIRD again on the west side of the pass. CL and CBr had the Lucifer
again on August 19. JO on August 18 saw a female ANNA'S Hummingbird in the
lower part of Clanton.
CL reported a male LUCIFER’S HUMMINGBIRD on August 5 in Clanton Canyon .15
mile below Geronima Pass at the top. (The wast side is actually Cottonwood
Canyon). And on August 6 he saw a female Lucifer’s at the same site.
The BLACK-CAPPED GNATCATCHER nest in the New Mexico part of Guadalupe Canyon
fledged young. The canyon can be ‘fun’ in floods, so be careful. . On
August 8 RV, SNC, and CW found the family of five gnatcatchers in the stream bed
at the orchard. There were two or three adult GRAY HAWKS present.
In the Arizona part of the canyon near the NM line DK on August 6 found a
calling ROSE-THROATED BECARD. He found quite a few VARIED BUNTINGS in the
canyon.
At Dunagan’s Crossing on Co. 1 south of Animas BW and JNM on August 1 had
two singing BOTTERI’S SPARROWS. JO on August 14 at the crossing had an
immature GRAY HAWK at mile marker 15, and a BOTTERI’S SPARROW sat the usual spot at
mile marker 14.
Stateline road near Rodeo is sloppy but passable. JP, JO, and WW had the
three PAINTED BUNTINGS on August 5 in a row of trees just north of Rodeo.
They also found the WHITE-TAILED KITE a mils south of Rodeo along US 80. JO on
August 14 found a BARN OWL and up to 20 Lazuli BUNTINGS in the row of trees.
CL and CBr on August 19 at Rodeo saw a BELL'S VIREO and a VERMILION
FLYCATCHER
DBe on August 1 had two WESTERN GREBES on the sewage ponds at Lordsburg. JO
had five BLACK TERNS there on August 14.
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:
On August 26 JN saw a male GRACE'S WARBLER at his home just west of Mesilla.
CAVE SWALLOWS flew over on August 27 and he saw two OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHERS.
JZ and MS at their home near Radium Springs on August 27 have had fewer
hummingbirds, but saw a DICKCISSEL while a ZONE-TAILED HAWK appeared.
JN at the Mesilla Valley Bosque Park on August 19 found many mosquitoes, a
SOLITARY SANDPIPER, LEAST BITTERN, and an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER.
He found water in Isaak Lake northeast of Las Cruces on August 22 with about
1000 WILSON'S PHALAROPES, ten BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, five BLACK TERNS, and two
LONG-BILLED CURLEWS.
On August 5 CBr had a male VERMILION FLYCATCHER at the Mesilla Dam.
In Otero County:
CBr on August 26 in the Sacramento Mountains on Forest Road 64 south of
Sunspot at the Chiquita Creek/ Scott Able area had a GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET. On
Scott Able Rd. they found a PYGMY OWL on August 27.
CL and CBr found good shorebird habitat at the Holloman Lakes. On August 24
CL and CBr saw a SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER and two PEREGRINE FALCONS at the
lakes. CBr on August 27 had an EASTERN KINGBIRD present.
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 Rattlesnake Springs near Whites City on August 20 there was a DICKCISSEl
for JP. RD on August 24-25 had an adult RED-SHOULDERED HAWK in the
cottonwoods between the picnic area and the spring. It was not found by MB on August
27.
RD on August 2 had an immature REDDISH EGRET at the northwest corner of
Brantley Lake near the large mud flat. JP again saw the egret on the northeast
part of the lake on August 19 and 20. Scope east from the north shore.
INITIALS USED:
MB, Matt Baumann; DBe, David Beatty; CBr, Charles and/or Chandra Britt;
CB, Celestyn Brozek; DC, David Cleary; SNC, Steve and Nancy Cox, LD, Lyn
Dominguez; RD, Rob Doster; DG, David Griffin; JH, Joan Hardie; EH, Eric
Hough; JJ, Jim Joseph; DK, David Krueper; CL, Carl Lundblad; LN, Lannois
Neely; JNM, Jim Nelson-Moore; JN, Josh Nemeth; JO, Jerry Oldenettel; DP,
Danny Paez; JP, John Parmeter; JPi, James Pike; KP, Kitty Pokorny; MS,
Marcy Scott; MSt, Mark Stevenson; JT, John Trochet; RV, Raymond VanBuskirk;
GW. Gordon Warrick; BW, Bill West; WW, Bill Wittman; CW, Cole Wolf; EW,
Eleanor Wootten, PY. Paul Yoder; JZ, Jimmy Zabriskie.
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. On August 31 to the Belen (Taco Bell) Marsh) with Rebecca Gracey; on
September 7 hike Otero Canyon with Rebecca Gracey; on September 14 to Bosque
del Apache Refuge with Sei Tokuda; September 21 to the Manzanita Mts. and
Quarai Ruins with the Boettchers; and on September 28 to the Corrales Bosque with
Beverly Silfer.
Bill West will lead Sangre Cristo Audubon to the usually off-limits Ruby
Ranch near Las Vegas on Sunday, September 17. Contact him at 473-2780.
- End transcript.
* New Mexico Bird Report
* August 28, 2006
* NMEX0608.28
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Eared Grebe (Torrance)
Eared, Western and Clark’s Grebes (Colfax)
Western Grebe (Hidalgo)
American White Pelican (Socorro)
Least Bittern (Dona Ana)
Great Egret (Sierra)
Reddish Egret (Eddy)
Green Heron (Guadalupe)
Wood Duck (Socorro)
Common Merganser (Catron)
Osprey (McKinley, Cibola, Sierra)
White-tailed Kite (Hidalgo)
Northern Goshawk (Colfax)
Gray Hawk (Hidalgo)
Red-shouldered Hawk (Eddy)
Zone-tailed Hawk (Catron, Dona Ana)
Peregrine Falcon (Socorro, Sierra, Otero)
Virginia Rail (San Juan)
Sora (Guadalupe)
Black-bellied Plover (Chaves)
Solitary Sandpiper (Dona Ana)
Long-billed Curlew (Sierra, Dona Ana)
Marbled Godwit (San Miguel)
Baird’s Sandpiper (Dona Ana)
Franklin’s and California Gulls (Sierra)
Herring Gull (Colfax)
Forster's Tern (Torrance, Socorro)
Black Tern (San Juan, Hidalgo, Torrance, Dona Ana)
White-winged Dove (Taos, Cibola)
Inca Dove (Bernalillo)
Barn Owl (Hidalgo)
Whiskered Screech-Owl and Whip-poor-will (Hidalgo)
Northern Pygmy-Owl (Catron, Otero)
Magnificent Hummingbird (Catron)
LUCIFER’S and Anna's HUMMINGBIRDs (Hidalgo)
Calliope Hummingbird (Catron)
Red-headed Woodpecker (Guadalupe)
Williamson's Sapsucker (chaves)
Olive-sided Flycatcher (Dona Ana)
Greater Pewee (Catron)
Eastern Phoebe (Guadalupe)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Dona Ana, Chaves, Hidalgo)
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher (Catron)
Eastern Kingbird (Bernalillo, Otero)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Grant)
ROSE-THROATED BECARD (Cochise Co. AZ)
Bell's Vireo (hdalgo)
Hutton's Vireo (Grant)
Purple Martin (Taos)
Cave Swallow (Dona Ana)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Hidalgo, Grant)
Carolina Wren )Bernalillo)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Otero)
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher (Sierra)
BLACK-CAPPED GNATCATCHER (Hidalgo)
Curve-billed Thrasher (Cibola)
Olive Warbler (Grant)
Lucy’s Warbler (McKinley)
Hermit warbler (Hidalgo, Catron, Grant)
Townsend's Warbler (Taos)
American Redstart (Catron)
Northern Waterthrush (Bernalillo, Cibola)
Red-faced Warbler (Cibola, Hidalgo)
Cassin’s sparrow (Grant, Catron)
Botteri’s Sparrow (Hidalgo)
Clay-colored Sparrow (Torrance)
Yellow-eyed Junco (Grant)
Indigo X lazuli Bunting (McKinley)
Lazuli Bunting (Hidalgo)
Painted Bunting (Hidalgo, Chaves, Sierra)
Varied Bunting (Hidalgo)
Dickcissel (Colfax, Eddy, Dona Ana))
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: August 28, 2006
RBA phone number 505-884-3269
compiler Patricia R. Snider
home phone number 505-884-1320
cell phone number 505-803-1807
e-mail address _pinyonjay@aol.com_ (mailto:pinyonjay@aol.com)
This is Pinyon Jay with the New Mexico Bird Report for August 28, 2006,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are given
for private property, please call before going. Highlights: Black-capped
Gnatcatchers, Reddish Egret, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Carolina Wren.
Red-shouldered Hawk.
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, though a second
number may be added.soon. 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 San Juan County;
WW on August 15 had several BLACK TERNS on Morgan Lake and a VIRGINIA RAIL
at the B-Square Ranch in Farmington.
In Taos County:
EH on August 25 had a PURPLE MARTIN near Questa. He saw a TOWNSEND'S
WARBLER at the Elephant Rock Campground on NM 38 west of Red River on August 26.
At the Big Arsenic Campground on NM 378 on the Rio Grande Gorge west of Questa
he saw a WHITE-WINGED DOVE.
In San Miguel County:
LD had a MARBLED GODWIT on the Middle Marsh at the Las Vegas Refuge on
August 17.
In Colfax County:
DC had two DICKCISSELS between the two ranch homes on Hwy. A-1 on the
Maxwell Refuge. Around Laguna Madre (north of Stubblefield) there was a colony of
EARED, WESTERN, and CLARK’S GREBES.
EH on August 25 saw a GOSHAWK along NM 38 between Red River and Eagle Nest.
On Eagle Nest Lake on August 25 he found the WESTERN and CLARK'S GREBES and
HERRING GULL that were reported earlier.
LD saw an immature GOSHAWK at Angel Fire on August 19.
In McKinley County:
JT on August 15 had an immature female LUCY’S WARBLER at the Ramah Lake
Fishing Access area. Because of rocks one must walk in. He also had three
OSPREYS there, and a INDIGO X LAZULI female..
In Cibola County:
JT on August 12 had a RED-FACED WARBLER in the Zuni Mountains in upper
Diener Canyon in sight of Mt. Sedgwick.
On Bluewater Lake on August 16 there was an OSPREY. In Bluewater Village he
had five WHITE-WINGED DOVES with a CURVE-BILLED THRASHER nearby. He had on
August 12 a male INDIGO BUNTING at the mouth of Bluewater Canyon with seven
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHES on August 19.
In Bernalillo County:
CB on August 18 had a CAROLINA WREN in the eastern Sandia Mts. east of
Albuquerque at the Sulphur Springs Picnic Area at the first parking lot by the
entrance. He saw it again on August 20 at the stream by the Crest Hwy. DP
found it on August 21 and JP said it was singing on August 22. CB saw it again
on August 25.
DP had an INCA DOVE on August 28 at the Los Poblanos Open Space of Montano
in Albuquerque on the north side at the ditch.
JJ on August 20 at the Bosque Trail at the Rio Grande Nature Center in
Albuquerque found a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH near a bench by the ditch. LN on August
26 reported an EASTERN KINGBIRD near the parking lot pond.
In Valencia County:
WW on August 7 found that rains have flooded the road farther from the marsh
behind the Taco Bell in Belen.
In Torrance County:
WW on August 22 at the sewage ponds at Mountainair saw an EARED GREBE, three
FORSTER'S TERNS, and later two BLACK TERNS present with a CLAY-COLORED
SPARROW.
In Guadalupe County:
WW on August 23 at Power Dam Park in Santa Rosa had a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER,
a GREEN HERON, and an EASTERN PHOEBE. Near Puerto de Luna south of Santa
Rosa at a marsh to the right a mile from town he heard a SORA.
In Chaves County:
GW and BW on August 28 had a female WILLIAMSON'S SAPSUCKER at the
headquarters of the Bitter Lake Refuge at Roswell. JP on August 18 reported two
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS on Unit 3. He also said there was a female PAINTED BUNTING
and a male VERMILION FLYCATCHER.
In Socorro County:
KP on August 17 at Bosque del Apache Refuge near San Antonio had a PEREGRINE
FALCON on the Marsh Loop and four WOOD DUCKS on the pond at the Norton Blind
at the Farm Loop. On August 24 she had a FORSTER'S TERN and 13 WHITE
PELICANS on the Marsh Loop with more pelicans at the Norton Blind
In Sierra County:
CL and CBr on August 23 had an OSPREY at Paseo del Rio Park below the
Elephant Butte Dam.
At Caballo Lake on August 15 JN reported a PEREGRINE FALCON and four PAINTED
BUNTINGS (3 juveniles).
JO on August 11 found the shorebird flats at South Montecello Point were
under water at Elephant Butte Lake. JP and WW found two adult CALIFORNIA GULLS
at Three Sisters Point and at South Monticello two FRANKLIN’S GULLS and a
LONG-BILLED CURLEW with a count of 40 GREAT EGRETS in the area. There was a
BLACK-TAILED GNATCATCHER at South Highlands Point.
In Catron County:
JH at her ranch west of Datil had a brief visit from a MAGNIFICENT
HUMMINGBIRD on August 19.
JPi on August 10 at the Gila Cliff Dwellings saw a male AMERICAN REDSTART.
On the same date at the Little Creek Campsite he heard a possible
SULPHUR-BELLIED FLYCATCHER. PY at the dwellings on August 27 reported CALLIOPE
HUMMINGBIRD, PYGMY OWL, and a ZONE-TAILED HAWK.
MSt on August 19 found many CASSIN'S SPARROWS singing along Whitewater Mesa
between Glenwood and Mogollon with two MAGNIFICENT HUMMINGBIRDS at feeders in
Mogollon and a HERMIT WARBLER on August 21 at mile post 5 on the road to
Mogollon.
EW on August 11 found all of the road east of Mogollon was closed. She had
a GREATER PEWEE just west of Mogollon.
DBe reported two COMMON MERGANSERS at the fish hatchery in Glenwood on
August12.
CBr found the road into Whitewater Canyon at Glenwood was a bit of a problem.
In Grant County:
DG on August 24 and 25 found the road up Burro Peak was bad from the storms,
but saw several HERMIT WARBLERS, the YELLOW-EYED JUNCO, OLIVE WARBLER,
HUTTON'S VIREO, and RED=BREASTED NUTHATCH.
EW found CASSIN’S SPARROWS still in good numbers along the Gila River.
On August 22 EW on US 180 3.3 miles south of Mangas Springs saw a
SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER on a fence.
In Hidalgo County:
JO on August 11 at Clanton Canyon had an adult GRAY HAWK on the entrance
road. On August 12 he had the calling WHISKERED SCREECH-OWLS and up to three
WHIP-POOR-WILLS with two female HERMIT WARBLERS and a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH. On
August 13 he saw a RED WARBLER at the campground and the female LUCIFER’S
HUMMINGBIRD again on the west side of the pass. CL and CBr had the Lucifer
again on August 19. JO on August 18 saw a female ANNA'S Hummingbird in the
lower part of Clanton.
CL reported a male LUCIFER’S HUMMINGBIRD on August 5 in Clanton Canyon .15
mile below Geronima Pass at the top. (The wast side is actually Cottonwood
Canyon). And on August 6 he saw a female Lucifer’s at the same site.
The BLACK-CAPPED GNATCATCHER nest in the New Mexico part of Guadalupe Canyon
fledged young. The canyon can be ‘fun’ in floods, so be careful. . On
August 8 RV, SNC, and CW found the family of five gnatcatchers in the stream bed
at the orchard. There were two or three adult GRAY HAWKS present.
In the Arizona part of the canyon near the NM line DK on August 6 found a
calling ROSE-THROATED BECARD. He found quite a few VARIED BUNTINGS in the
canyon.
At Dunagan’s Crossing on Co. 1 south of Animas BW and JNM on August 1 had
two singing BOTTERI’S SPARROWS. JO on August 14 at the crossing had an
immature GRAY HAWK at mile marker 15, and a BOTTERI’S SPARROW sat the usual spot at
mile marker 14.
Stateline road near Rodeo is sloppy but passable. JP, JO, and WW had the
three PAINTED BUNTINGS on August 5 in a row of trees just north of Rodeo.
They also found the WHITE-TAILED KITE a mils south of Rodeo along US 80. JO on
August 14 found a BARN OWL and up to 20 Lazuli BUNTINGS in the row of trees.
CL and CBr on August 19 at Rodeo saw a BELL'S VIREO and a VERMILION
FLYCATCHER
DBe on August 1 had two WESTERN GREBES on the sewage ponds at Lordsburg. JO
had five BLACK TERNS there on August 14.
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:
On August 26 JN saw a male GRACE'S WARBLER at his home just west of Mesilla.
CAVE SWALLOWS flew over on August 27 and he saw two OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHERS.
JZ and MS at their home near Radium Springs on August 27 have had fewer
hummingbirds, but saw a DICKCISSEL while a ZONE-TAILED HAWK appeared.
JN at the Mesilla Valley Bosque Park on August 19 found many mosquitoes, a
SOLITARY SANDPIPER, LEAST BITTERN, and an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER.
He found water in Isaak Lake northeast of Las Cruces on August 22 with about
1000 WILSON'S PHALAROPES, ten BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, five BLACK TERNS, and two
LONG-BILLED CURLEWS.
On August 5 CBr had a male VERMILION FLYCATCHER at the Mesilla Dam.
In Otero County:
CBr on August 26 in the Sacramento Mountains on Forest Road 64 south of
Sunspot at the Chiquita Creek/ Scott Able area had a GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET. On
Scott Able Rd. they found a PYGMY OWL on August 27.
CL and CBr found good shorebird habitat at the Holloman Lakes. On August 24
CL and CBr saw a SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER and two PEREGRINE FALCONS at the
lakes. CBr on August 27 had an EASTERN KINGBIRD present.
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 Rattlesnake Springs near Whites City on August 20 there was a DICKCISSEl
for JP. RD on August 24-25 had an adult RED-SHOULDERED HAWK in the
cottonwoods between the picnic area and the spring. It was not found by MB on August
27.
RD on August 2 had an immature REDDISH EGRET at the northwest corner of
Brantley Lake near the large mud flat. JP again saw the egret on the northeast
part of the lake on August 19 and 20. Scope east from the north shore.
INITIALS USED:
MB, Matt Baumann; DBe, David Beatty; CBr, Charles and/or Chandra Britt;
CB, Celestyn Brozek; DC, David Cleary; SNC, Steve and Nancy Cox, LD, Lyn
Dominguez; RD, Rob Doster; DG, David Griffin; JH, Joan Hardie; EH, Eric
Hough; JJ, Jim Joseph; DK, David Krueper; CL, Carl Lundblad; LN, Lannois
Neely; JNM, Jim Nelson-Moore; JN, Josh Nemeth; JO, Jerry Oldenettel; DP,
Danny Paez; JP, John Parmeter; JPi, James Pike; KP, Kitty Pokorny; MS,
Marcy Scott; MSt, Mark Stevenson; JT, John Trochet; RV, Raymond VanBuskirk;
GW. Gordon Warrick; BW, Bill West; WW, Bill Wittman; CW, Cole Wolf; EW,
Eleanor Wootten, PY. Paul Yoder; JZ, Jimmy Zabriskie.
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. On August 31 to the Belen (Taco Bell) Marsh) with Rebecca Gracey; on
September 7 hike Otero Canyon with Rebecca Gracey; on September 14 to Bosque
del Apache Refuge with Sei Tokuda; September 21 to the Manzanita Mts. and
Quarai Ruins with the Boettchers; and on September 28 to the Corrales Bosque with
Beverly Silfer.
Bill West will lead Sangre Cristo Audubon to the usually off-limits Ruby
Ranch near Las Vegas on Sunday, September 17. Contact him at 473-2780.
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