- RBA
* New Mexico Bird Report
* Seotenber 3, 2006
* NMEX0609.03
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Eared Grebe (Curry)
Western and Clark's Grebes (Colfax)
Neotropic Cormorant (Grant)
American White Pelican (Socorro)
Least Bittern (Dona Ana)
Tricolored Heron (Curry)
Reddish Egret (Eddy)
Cattle Egret (Socorro)
Wood Duck (Socorro)
Osprey (McKinley, Cibola, Sierra, DeBaca)
Mississippi Kite (Guadalupe, Roosevelt
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE (Roosevelt)
White-tailed Kite (Hidalgo)
Bald Eagle (Colfax)
Northern Goshawk (Colfax)
Gray Hawk (Hidalgo, Cochise, AZ)
Harris's Hawk (Eddy)
Zone-tailed Hawk (Catron, Dona Ana, Eddy, Hidalgo)
Peregrine Falcon (Sierra)
Upland Sandpiper (Eddy)
Solitary Sandpiper (Doña Ana)
Spotted Sandpiper (Grant)
Long-billed Curlew (Dona Ana, Otero)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Curry)
Baird’s Sandpiper (Dona Ana)
Stilt Sandpiper (Curry)
Wilson's Phalarope (Dona Ana, Otero)
Herring Gull (Colfax)
Common Tern (DeBaca)
Black Tern (Roosevelt, Otero, Colfax)
White-winged Dove (Taos, Cibola)
Inca Dove (Grant)
Common Ground-Dove (Eddy)
Barn Owl (Colfax, Luna)
Whiskered Screech-Owl (Hidalgo)
Northern Pygmy-Owl (Catron, Otero)
Long-eared Owl (Colfax)
Magnificent Hummingbird (Catron)
LUCIFER and Anna's HUMMINGBIRDs (Hidalgo)
Red-headed Woodpecker (Guadalupe)
Acorn Woodpecker (Colfax)
Williamson's Sapsucker (Chaves)
Olive-sided Flycatcher (Dona Ana, Colfax)
Least Flycatcher (Roosevelt)
Willow Flycatcher (Otero)
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER (Roosevelt)
Eastern Phoebe (Guadalupe)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Dona Ana, Hidalgo)
Great Crested Flycatcher (Roosevelt, Socorro)
Eastern Kingbird (Bernalillo, DeBaca)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Grant, Eddy)
Bell's Vireo (Hidalgo, Roosevelt)
Blue-headed Vireo (Roosevelt)
Cassin's Vireo (Roosevelt, Sierra, Otero, Colfax, Bernalillo)
Hutton's Vireo (Grant)
Philadelphia Vireo (Roosevelt)
Red-eyed Vireo (Guadalupe)
Purple Martin (Taos, Grant)
Cave Swallow (Dona Ana)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Hidalgo, Grant)
Carolina Wren (Bernalillo)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Otero)
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher (Sierra)
Swainson's Thrush (Roosevelt)
Gray Catbird (Eddy, Grant)
Curve-billed Thrasher (Cibola)
Olive Warbler (Grant)
Lucy’s Warbler (McKinley)
Yellow Warbler Roosevelt)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Roosevelt)
Hermit Warbler (Hidalgo, Catron, Grant)
Townsend's Warbler (Taos, Roosevelt)
American Redstart (Catron, Roosevelt)
Black-and-white Warbler (Roosevelt)
Ovenbird (Roosevelt)
Northern Waterthrush (Bernalillo, Cibola, Eddy, Roosevelt)
CANADA WARBLER (Socorro)
Summer Tanager (Roosevelt)
Cassin’s Sparrow (Catron)
Botteri’s Sparrow (Hidalgo)
Clay-colored Sparrow (Guadalupe, Otero, Colfax, DeBaca, Roosevelt)
Lark Bunting (Roosevelt)
Yellow-eyed Junco (Grant)
Lazuli Bunting (Hidalgo, Socorro)
Indigo Bunting (Socorro)
Painted Bunting (Sierra, Roosevelt)
Varied Bunting (Hidalgo)
Dickcissel (Dona Ana, Otero)
Yellow-headed Blackbird (Roosevelt)
Orchard Oriole (Roosevelt)
BALTIMORE ORIOLE (Roosevelt)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: September 3, 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 September 3, 2006,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are
given for private property, please call before going. Highlights:
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Baltimore Oriole, Great Crested Flycatchers,
Swallow-tailed
Kite, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Tricolored Heron.
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. Check the Listserv Archives and birder.com for back
reports. 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 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 at the Rio Grande Gorge west of Questa
he saw a WHITE-WINGED DOVE.
In Colfax County:
DC on the Maxwell Refuge reported the finding of owls at the roost on the
east side of highway A-5 is spotty with a LONG-EARED OWL on August 24, and a
BARN OWL on August 27.
He had a good number of sparrows on August 31 with five CLAY-COLORED
SPARROWS.
28 BLACK TERNS were on Laguna Madre with an adult BALD EAGLE on the adjacent
Stubblefield Lake on August 31.
He had on the same day at Sugarite State Park at Raton two ACORN
WOODPECKERS, an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, and two CASSIN'S VIREOS.
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.
There is now a gas station in Maxwell.
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.
In Cibola County:
JT on Bluewater Lake on August 16 had an OSPREY. In Bluewater Village he
had five WHITE-WINGED DOVES with a CURVE-BILLED THRASHER nearby. He had at the
mouth of Bluewater Canyon seven NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHES on August 19.
In Bernalillo County:
RV on September 3 said a CASSIN'S VIREO was banded at the Rio Grande Nature
Center.
CB on August 18 had a CAROLINA WREN in the eastern Sandia Mts. east of
Albuquerque at the Sulphur Springs Picnic Area. CB saw it again on August 25.
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. JP saw it on
August 27.
In Guadalupe County:
At Vaughn on august 31 JO found a RED-EYED VUREO and a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW.
WW on August 23 at Power Dam Park in Santa Rosa had a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
and an EASTERN PHOEBE. JP on August 26 found the phoebe, a MISSISSIPPI KITE,
and three CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS.
In DeBaca County:
JP and others on August 26 at Sumner Lake had an immature COMMON TERN. CL
saw it again on September 1. An OSPREY was below the dam.
At Bosque Redondo Park near Fort Sumner CL on September 1 saw an EASTERN
KINGBIRD and several CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS,
In Roosevelt County:
JO on September 2 photographed a YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER in Milnesand just
west of the trailer on a fence. It was seen later in the day by CL and by
JP on September 3. JP also found a male BALTIMORE ORIOLE there.
GK on August 28 had a SWALLOW-TAILED KITE fly over the ENMU campus in
Portales with four MISSISSIPPI KITES. Jo did not find the Swallow-tail on August
31, but found 20 Mississippi Kites on the campus.
At the migrant trap 11 miles west of Melrose on August 26 JP recorded a
LEAST FLYCATCHER, eastern BELL'S VIREO, two female ORCHARD ORIOLES, and a
female-plumaged PAINTED BUNTING. On August 28 BW and JNM found two GREAT CRESTED
FLYCATCHERS, the orioles, a SUMMER TANAGER, and a CASSIN'S VIREO. WW on August
31 saw a probable PHILADELPHIA VIREO, TOWNSEND'S WARBLER, an eastern YELLOW
WARBLER, and the Least Flycatcher. JO on August 31 found a male and female
AMERICAN REDSTART. CL at the trap on September 1 had an OVENBIRD, the two
redstarts, and the flycatcher. On September 2 he saw a CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER,
one redstart, the flycatcher, two SWAINSON'S THRUSHES, and a CLAY-COLORED
SPARROW.
JO at Pep on September 2 had a BLUE-HEADED VIREO. JP and BW had the vireo
and two SWAINSON'S THRUSHES there on September 3.
BW and JNM on August 28 at Elida saw a BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, a LEAST
FLYCATCHER, a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, and two CASSIN'S VIREOS.
GK on August 29 at ponds southeast of Portales on Co. 8 had 30 LARK
BUNTINGS, 40 YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS, and over 60 BLACK TERNS. At Oasis State Park
there was a mixed flock of over 400 SWALLOWS.
BW reported that because of the bad content of the water at the Portales
Sewage ponds few birds have stopped there lately.
In Curry Co unty:
BW and JNM at the Clovis Sewage Ponds had an immature TRICOLORED HERON,
PECTORAL SANDPIPER, two STILT SANDPIPERS, and breeding EARED GREBES.
In Chaves County:
GW. BW, and JNM on August 28 had a female WILLIAMSON'S SAPSUCKER at the
headquarters of the Bitter Lake Refuge at Roswell. But very few shorebirds.
In Socorro County:
CL on August 28 at Turtle Bay Park on the NMTU campus in Socorro found a
GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER. On August 30 JO, GP, and MB again found the
flycatcher and a CANADA WARBLER. The warbler ass not seen by WK, JS, or PMc on
August
31. JS saw the flycatcher on September 1.
KP on August 17 at Bosque del Apache Refuge near San Antonio had four WOOD
DUCKS on the pond at the Norton Blind at the Farm Loop. On August 24 she had
3 WHITE PELICANS on the Marsh Loop with more pelicans at the Norton Blind.
CL on the refuge on 28 had a good number of LAZULI BUNTINGS with a singing
INDIGO BUNTING. More than 100 CATTLE EGRETS were on NM 1 north of the refuge.
In Sierra County:
CL on August 26 had a CASSIN'S VIREO at Percha Dam State Park.
CL and CBr on August 23 had an OSPREY at Paseo del Rio Park below the
Elephant Butte Dam. CL saw it again on August 26.
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. There was a BLACK-TAILED GNATCATCHER at
South Highlands Point.
In Catron County:
JPi on August 10 at the Gila Cliff Dwellings saw a male AMERICAN REDSTART.
PY at the dwellings on August 27 reported 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.
EW on August 11 found all of the road east of Mogollon was closed.
In Grant County:
On August 27 PSt found four possible NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS on Roberts Lake.
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 on north side), OLIVE
WARBLER, HUTTON'S VIREO, and RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH.
On August 22 EW on US 180 3.3 miles south of Mangas Springs saw a
SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER on a fence. She had an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER at Mangas
Springs.
DBe on August 20 had an INCA DOVE at the Sisters Restaurant in San Lorenzo.
BN still had the CATBIRD lingering at his Silver City home.
RS on August 18 saw five PURPLE MARTINS at Bill Evans Lake and three SPOTTED
SANDPIPERS at the Gila Bird Farm near Cliff.
In Hidalgo County:
JO at Clanton Canyon On August 12 had the calling WHISKERED SCREECH-OWLS.
On August 13 he saw 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. JO on August 26
in the main campground had three HERMIT WARBLERS and a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH.
CL reported a male LUCIFER’S HUMMINGBIRD 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.
JO on August 25 and 26 in the Arizona part of the canyon had up to three
GRAY HAWKS. In the New Mexico part of Guadalupe Canyon there was a ZONE-TAILED
HAWK and up to eight VARIED BUNTINGS.
At Dunagan’s Crossing on Co. 1 south of Animas JO saw a BOTTERI’S SPARROW
sat the usual spot at mile marker 14.
JP, JO, and WW found the WHITE-TAILED KITE a mils south of Rodeo along US
80. JO on August 14 found 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
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:
JO had a BARN OWL at the Pancho Villa State Park near Columbus on August 24.
The waste treatment ponds in Deming have been closed for construction and
birding till further notice.
In Dona Ana County:
JN at his home near Mesilla had CAVE SWALLOWS fly over on August 27 and saw
two OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHERS.
JZ and MS at their home near Radium Springs on August 27 saw a DICKCISSEL
while a ZONE-TAILED HAWK appeared. The hawk was eeen again and photographed
August 30.
JN at the Mesilla Valley Bosque Park on August 19 found a LEAST BITTERN and
an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER. JD had the bittern and a SOLITARY SANDPIPER
present on September 1.
JN found water in Isaak Lake northeast of Las Cruces on August 22 with about
1000 WILSON'S PHALAROPES, ten BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, and two LONG-BILLED
CURLEWS.
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. CL on August
28 found many WILSON'S PHALAROPES with nine LONG-BILLED CURLEWS on September
1. There was a good passerine migration on August 28 with eight
CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, a CASSIN'S VIREO, a DICKCISSEL, two WILLOW FLYCATCHERS, and
two
BLACK TERNS.
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 JNM and BW on August 27 discovered a
calling COMMON GROUND-DOVE, CATBIRD, ZONE-TAILED HAWK, and a NORTHERN
WATERTHRUSH.
RD had an immature REDDISH EGRET at the northwest corner of Brantley Lake.
JP again saw the egret on the northeast part of the lake on August 19 and 20.
BW and JNM on August on co. 34 east of the lake saw six UPLAND SANDPIPERS,
four HARRIS'S HAWKS, and many SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHERS.
INITIALS USED:
MB, Matt Baumann; DBe, David Beatty; CBr, Charles and/or Chandra Britt;
CB, Celestyn Brozek; DC, David Cleary; RD, Rob Doster; JD, John Douglas;
DG, David Griffin; EH, Eric Hough; JJ, Jim Joseph; GK, Greg Keller; WK.
Woody Kuehn; CL, Carl Lundblad; PMc, Paul McConnell, LN, Lannois Neely; JNM,
Jim Nelson-Moore; JN, Josh Nemeth; BN, Bill Norris; JO, Jerry Oldenettel;
DP, Danny Paez; GP. Gary Parker; JP, John Parmeter; JPi, James Pike;
KP, Kitty Pokorny; MS, Marcy Scott; JS, John Shipman; RS, Roland Shook;
PSt, Paul Stuetzer; MSt, Mark Stevenson; JT, John Trochet; RV, Raymond
VanBuskirk; GW. Gordon Warrick; BW, Bill West; WW, Bill Wittman; 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 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.
On Sunday, September 10, Central Audubon will travel to Roswell and the
Bitter Lake Refuge. Contacts are Sonia Santa Anna at 888-0688 or Sei Tokuda at
266-2480.
Southwestern Audubon will bird to Fort Bayard east of Silver City on
Saturday, September 16, in a riparian area with a small waterfall. Contact is David
Beatty at 534-1450.
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
* Seotenber 3, 2006
* NMEX0609.03
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Eared Grebe (Curry)
Western and Clark's Grebes (Colfax)
Neotropic Cormorant (Grant)
American White Pelican (Socorro)
Least Bittern (Dona Ana)
Tricolored Heron (Curry)
Reddish Egret (Eddy)
Cattle Egret (Socorro)
Wood Duck (Socorro)
Osprey (McKinley, Cibola, Sierra, DeBaca)
Mississippi Kite (Guadalupe, Roosevelt
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE (Roosevelt)
White-tailed Kite (Hidalgo)
Bald Eagle (Colfax)
Northern Goshawk (Colfax)
Gray Hawk (Hidalgo, Cochise, AZ)
Harris's Hawk (Eddy)
Zone-tailed Hawk (Catron, Dona Ana, Eddy, Hidalgo)
Peregrine Falcon (Sierra)
Upland Sandpiper (Eddy)
Solitary Sandpiper (Doña Ana)
Spotted Sandpiper (Grant)
Long-billed Curlew (Dona Ana, Otero)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Curry)
Baird’s Sandpiper (Dona Ana)
Stilt Sandpiper (Curry)
Wilson's Phalarope (Dona Ana, Otero)
Herring Gull (Colfax)
Common Tern (DeBaca)
Black Tern (Roosevelt, Otero, Colfax)
White-winged Dove (Taos, Cibola)
Inca Dove (Grant)
Common Ground-Dove (Eddy)
Barn Owl (Colfax, Luna)
Whiskered Screech-Owl (Hidalgo)
Northern Pygmy-Owl (Catron, Otero)
Long-eared Owl (Colfax)
Magnificent Hummingbird (Catron)
LUCIFER and Anna's HUMMINGBIRDs (Hidalgo)
Red-headed Woodpecker (Guadalupe)
Acorn Woodpecker (Colfax)
Williamson's Sapsucker (Chaves)
Olive-sided Flycatcher (Dona Ana, Colfax)
Least Flycatcher (Roosevelt)
Willow Flycatcher (Otero)
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER (Roosevelt)
Eastern Phoebe (Guadalupe)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Dona Ana, Hidalgo)
Great Crested Flycatcher (Roosevelt, Socorro)
Eastern Kingbird (Bernalillo, DeBaca)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Grant, Eddy)
Bell's Vireo (Hidalgo, Roosevelt)
Blue-headed Vireo (Roosevelt)
Cassin's Vireo (Roosevelt, Sierra, Otero, Colfax, Bernalillo)
Hutton's Vireo (Grant)
Philadelphia Vireo (Roosevelt)
Red-eyed Vireo (Guadalupe)
Purple Martin (Taos, Grant)
Cave Swallow (Dona Ana)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Hidalgo, Grant)
Carolina Wren (Bernalillo)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Otero)
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher (Sierra)
Swainson's Thrush (Roosevelt)
Gray Catbird (Eddy, Grant)
Curve-billed Thrasher (Cibola)
Olive Warbler (Grant)
Lucy’s Warbler (McKinley)
Yellow Warbler Roosevelt)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Roosevelt)
Hermit Warbler (Hidalgo, Catron, Grant)
Townsend's Warbler (Taos, Roosevelt)
American Redstart (Catron, Roosevelt)
Black-and-white Warbler (Roosevelt)
Ovenbird (Roosevelt)
Northern Waterthrush (Bernalillo, Cibola, Eddy, Roosevelt)
CANADA WARBLER (Socorro)
Summer Tanager (Roosevelt)
Cassin’s Sparrow (Catron)
Botteri’s Sparrow (Hidalgo)
Clay-colored Sparrow (Guadalupe, Otero, Colfax, DeBaca, Roosevelt)
Lark Bunting (Roosevelt)
Yellow-eyed Junco (Grant)
Lazuli Bunting (Hidalgo, Socorro)
Indigo Bunting (Socorro)
Painted Bunting (Sierra, Roosevelt)
Varied Bunting (Hidalgo)
Dickcissel (Dona Ana, Otero)
Yellow-headed Blackbird (Roosevelt)
Orchard Oriole (Roosevelt)
BALTIMORE ORIOLE (Roosevelt)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: September 3, 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 September 3, 2006,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are
given for private property, please call before going. Highlights:
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Baltimore Oriole, Great Crested Flycatchers,
Swallow-tailed
Kite, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Tricolored Heron.
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. Check the Listserv Archives and birder.com for back
reports. 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 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 at the Rio Grande Gorge west of Questa
he saw a WHITE-WINGED DOVE.
In Colfax County:
DC on the Maxwell Refuge reported the finding of owls at the roost on the
east side of highway A-5 is spotty with a LONG-EARED OWL on August 24, and a
BARN OWL on August 27.
He had a good number of sparrows on August 31 with five CLAY-COLORED
SPARROWS.
28 BLACK TERNS were on Laguna Madre with an adult BALD EAGLE on the adjacent
Stubblefield Lake on August 31.
He had on the same day at Sugarite State Park at Raton two ACORN
WOODPECKERS, an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, and two CASSIN'S VIREOS.
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.
There is now a gas station in Maxwell.
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.
In Cibola County:
JT on Bluewater Lake on August 16 had an OSPREY. In Bluewater Village he
had five WHITE-WINGED DOVES with a CURVE-BILLED THRASHER nearby. He had at the
mouth of Bluewater Canyon seven NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHES on August 19.
In Bernalillo County:
RV on September 3 said a CASSIN'S VIREO was banded at the Rio Grande Nature
Center.
CB on August 18 had a CAROLINA WREN in the eastern Sandia Mts. east of
Albuquerque at the Sulphur Springs Picnic Area. CB saw it again on August 25.
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. JP saw it on
August 27.
In Guadalupe County:
At Vaughn on august 31 JO found a RED-EYED VUREO and a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW.
WW on August 23 at Power Dam Park in Santa Rosa had a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
and an EASTERN PHOEBE. JP on August 26 found the phoebe, a MISSISSIPPI KITE,
and three CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS.
In DeBaca County:
JP and others on August 26 at Sumner Lake had an immature COMMON TERN. CL
saw it again on September 1. An OSPREY was below the dam.
At Bosque Redondo Park near Fort Sumner CL on September 1 saw an EASTERN
KINGBIRD and several CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS,
In Roosevelt County:
JO on September 2 photographed a YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER in Milnesand just
west of the trailer on a fence. It was seen later in the day by CL and by
JP on September 3. JP also found a male BALTIMORE ORIOLE there.
GK on August 28 had a SWALLOW-TAILED KITE fly over the ENMU campus in
Portales with four MISSISSIPPI KITES. Jo did not find the Swallow-tail on August
31, but found 20 Mississippi Kites on the campus.
At the migrant trap 11 miles west of Melrose on August 26 JP recorded a
LEAST FLYCATCHER, eastern BELL'S VIREO, two female ORCHARD ORIOLES, and a
female-plumaged PAINTED BUNTING. On August 28 BW and JNM found two GREAT CRESTED
FLYCATCHERS, the orioles, a SUMMER TANAGER, and a CASSIN'S VIREO. WW on August
31 saw a probable PHILADELPHIA VIREO, TOWNSEND'S WARBLER, an eastern YELLOW
WARBLER, and the Least Flycatcher. JO on August 31 found a male and female
AMERICAN REDSTART. CL at the trap on September 1 had an OVENBIRD, the two
redstarts, and the flycatcher. On September 2 he saw a CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER,
one redstart, the flycatcher, two SWAINSON'S THRUSHES, and a CLAY-COLORED
SPARROW.
JO at Pep on September 2 had a BLUE-HEADED VIREO. JP and BW had the vireo
and two SWAINSON'S THRUSHES there on September 3.
BW and JNM on August 28 at Elida saw a BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, a LEAST
FLYCATCHER, a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, and two CASSIN'S VIREOS.
GK on August 29 at ponds southeast of Portales on Co. 8 had 30 LARK
BUNTINGS, 40 YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS, and over 60 BLACK TERNS. At Oasis State Park
there was a mixed flock of over 400 SWALLOWS.
BW reported that because of the bad content of the water at the Portales
Sewage ponds few birds have stopped there lately.
In Curry Co unty:
BW and JNM at the Clovis Sewage Ponds had an immature TRICOLORED HERON,
PECTORAL SANDPIPER, two STILT SANDPIPERS, and breeding EARED GREBES.
In Chaves County:
GW. BW, and JNM on August 28 had a female WILLIAMSON'S SAPSUCKER at the
headquarters of the Bitter Lake Refuge at Roswell. But very few shorebirds.
In Socorro County:
CL on August 28 at Turtle Bay Park on the NMTU campus in Socorro found a
GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER. On August 30 JO, GP, and MB again found the
flycatcher and a CANADA WARBLER. The warbler ass not seen by WK, JS, or PMc on
August
31. JS saw the flycatcher on September 1.
KP on August 17 at Bosque del Apache Refuge near San Antonio had four WOOD
DUCKS on the pond at the Norton Blind at the Farm Loop. On August 24 she had
3 WHITE PELICANS on the Marsh Loop with more pelicans at the Norton Blind.
CL on the refuge on 28 had a good number of LAZULI BUNTINGS with a singing
INDIGO BUNTING. More than 100 CATTLE EGRETS were on NM 1 north of the refuge.
In Sierra County:
CL on August 26 had a CASSIN'S VIREO at Percha Dam State Park.
CL and CBr on August 23 had an OSPREY at Paseo del Rio Park below the
Elephant Butte Dam. CL saw it again on August 26.
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. There was a BLACK-TAILED GNATCATCHER at
South Highlands Point.
In Catron County:
JPi on August 10 at the Gila Cliff Dwellings saw a male AMERICAN REDSTART.
PY at the dwellings on August 27 reported 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.
EW on August 11 found all of the road east of Mogollon was closed.
In Grant County:
On August 27 PSt found four possible NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS on Roberts Lake.
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 on north side), OLIVE
WARBLER, HUTTON'S VIREO, and RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH.
On August 22 EW on US 180 3.3 miles south of Mangas Springs saw a
SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER on a fence. She had an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER at Mangas
Springs.
DBe on August 20 had an INCA DOVE at the Sisters Restaurant in San Lorenzo.
BN still had the CATBIRD lingering at his Silver City home.
RS on August 18 saw five PURPLE MARTINS at Bill Evans Lake and three SPOTTED
SANDPIPERS at the Gila Bird Farm near Cliff.
In Hidalgo County:
JO at Clanton Canyon On August 12 had the calling WHISKERED SCREECH-OWLS.
On August 13 he saw 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. JO on August 26
in the main campground had three HERMIT WARBLERS and a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH.
CL reported a male LUCIFER’S HUMMINGBIRD 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.
JO on August 25 and 26 in the Arizona part of the canyon had up to three
GRAY HAWKS. In the New Mexico part of Guadalupe Canyon there was a ZONE-TAILED
HAWK and up to eight VARIED BUNTINGS.
At Dunagan’s Crossing on Co. 1 south of Animas JO saw a BOTTERI’S SPARROW
sat the usual spot at mile marker 14.
JP, JO, and WW found the WHITE-TAILED KITE a mils south of Rodeo along US
80. JO on August 14 found 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
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:
JO had a BARN OWL at the Pancho Villa State Park near Columbus on August 24.
The waste treatment ponds in Deming have been closed for construction and
birding till further notice.
In Dona Ana County:
JN at his home near Mesilla had CAVE SWALLOWS fly over on August 27 and saw
two OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHERS.
JZ and MS at their home near Radium Springs on August 27 saw a DICKCISSEL
while a ZONE-TAILED HAWK appeared. The hawk was eeen again and photographed
August 30.
JN at the Mesilla Valley Bosque Park on August 19 found a LEAST BITTERN and
an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER. JD had the bittern and a SOLITARY SANDPIPER
present on September 1.
JN found water in Isaak Lake northeast of Las Cruces on August 22 with about
1000 WILSON'S PHALAROPES, ten BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, and two LONG-BILLED
CURLEWS.
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. CL on August
28 found many WILSON'S PHALAROPES with nine LONG-BILLED CURLEWS on September
1. There was a good passerine migration on August 28 with eight
CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, a CASSIN'S VIREO, a DICKCISSEL, two WILLOW FLYCATCHERS, and
two
BLACK TERNS.
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 JNM and BW on August 27 discovered a
calling COMMON GROUND-DOVE, CATBIRD, ZONE-TAILED HAWK, and a NORTHERN
WATERTHRUSH.
RD had an immature REDDISH EGRET at the northwest corner of Brantley Lake.
JP again saw the egret on the northeast part of the lake on August 19 and 20.
BW and JNM on August on co. 34 east of the lake saw six UPLAND SANDPIPERS,
four HARRIS'S HAWKS, and many SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHERS.
INITIALS USED:
MB, Matt Baumann; DBe, David Beatty; CBr, Charles and/or Chandra Britt;
CB, Celestyn Brozek; DC, David Cleary; RD, Rob Doster; JD, John Douglas;
DG, David Griffin; EH, Eric Hough; JJ, Jim Joseph; GK, Greg Keller; WK.
Woody Kuehn; CL, Carl Lundblad; PMc, Paul McConnell, LN, Lannois Neely; JNM,
Jim Nelson-Moore; JN, Josh Nemeth; BN, Bill Norris; JO, Jerry Oldenettel;
DP, Danny Paez; GP. Gary Parker; JP, John Parmeter; JPi, James Pike;
KP, Kitty Pokorny; MS, Marcy Scott; JS, John Shipman; RS, Roland Shook;
PSt, Paul Stuetzer; MSt, Mark Stevenson; JT, John Trochet; RV, Raymond
VanBuskirk; GW. Gordon Warrick; BW, Bill West; WW, Bill Wittman; 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 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.
On Sunday, September 10, Central Audubon will travel to Roswell and the
Bitter Lake Refuge. Contacts are Sonia Santa Anna at 888-0688 or Sei Tokuda at
266-2480.
Southwestern Audubon will bird to Fort Bayard east of Silver City on
Saturday, September 16, in a riparian area with a small waterfall. Contact is David
Beatty at 534-1450.
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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