- RBA
* New Mexico Bird Report
* October 5, 2006
* NMEX0610.05
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Western and Clark's Grebes (Sierra)
Western Grebe (Union)
American White Pelican (Colfax; Sierra)
American Bittern (Chaves)
White -faced Ibis and Snowy Egret (Doņa Ana)
Cattle Egret (Doņa Ana)
Green Heron (Luna)
Greater White-fronted Goose (Socorro)
Wood Duck (DeBaca)
Blue-winged Teal (Doņa Ana)
Osprey (Eddy, Grant)
Northern Goshawk (Grant)
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK (Eddy)
Virginia Rail and Sora (Luna)
Sandhill Crane (Union, Grant)
Semipalmated Plover (Eddy, Doņa Ana)
Marbled Godwit (Doņa Ana)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Roosevelt)
Long-billed Dowitcher (Doņa Ana, Hidalgo)
Red-necked Phalarope (Otero)
Caspian Tern (DeBaca)
Eurasian Collared-Dove (Colfax)
White-winged Dove (Union)
Inca Dove (Guadalupe)
Whiskered Screech-Owl (Hidalgo)
Northern Pygmy-and Spotted Owls (Grant)
Northern Pygmy and Elf Owls (Hidalgo)
Long-eared Owl (Roosevelt)
Whip-poor-will and Poorwill (Hidalgo)
BROAD-BILLED HUMMINGBIRD (Doņa Ana, Eddy)
Anna's Hummingbird (Hidalgo)
Belted Kingfisher (Hidalgo)
Lewis's Woodpecker (Valencia, Colfax)
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER (DeBaca, Eddy)
Williamson's Sapsucker (Hidalgo, Bernalillo)
Eastern Phoebe (Union)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Socorro)
Blue-headed Vireo (Luna)
Cassin's Vireo (Socorro, Colfax, Sierra, Bernalillo. Doņa Ana)
Blue and Pinyon Jays (Colfax)
Juniper Titmouse (Socorro)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (DeBaca, Otero, Bernalillo)
Eastern Bluebird (Bernalillo)
Brown Thrasher (Roosevelt)
Nashville Warbler (Union)
Northern Parula (Roosevelt)
Magnolia Warbler (Lea)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Sandoval)
Townsend's Warbler (Socorro, Colfax, Otero, Roosevelt, Grant, Bernalillo)
American Redstart (Roosevelt, Sierra)
Cassin's Sparrow (Eddy)
Clay-colored Sparrow (Luna)
Field Sparrow (Union)
Baird's Sparrow (Otero)
White-throated Sparrow (Luna)
Slate-colored Dark-eyed Junco (Grant)
Yellow-eyed Junco (Grant)
Chestnut-collared and McCown's Longspurs (Colfax, Union)
Northern Cardinal (Guadalupe)
Red Crossbill (Grant, Catron, Bernalillo)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: October 5, 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 October 5, 2006,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are given
for private property, please call before going. Highlights: Red-shouldered
Hawk, Red-bellied Woodpecker.
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. Check
_www.birder.com_ (http://www.birder.com) and _www.nmosbirds.org_
(http://www.nmosbirds.org)
for earlier 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 Sandoval County:
MW on October 1 had a male BLACK0THROATED BLUE WARBLER at his home in
Cochiti Lake village.
In San Miguel County:
BW advises that the Clabber Hill Ranch near Conchas Lake is apparently now
closed to birding. There is a new lessee there.
In Colfax County:
DC had four BLUE JAYS at once at his feeder in Maxwell on October 3. At
least 25 CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPURS were at SPRINGER Lake on October 3.
On September 30 he had about 120 PINYON JAYS east of Cimarron near the
junction of NM 204 with US 64. There were eight LEWIS'S WOODPECKERS in the same
area with three BLUE JAYS at mile marker 4 on 204.
DC at Stubblefield Lake near the refuge on September 29 had two
CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPURS and 16 WHITE PELICANS.
Seen on the Maxwell Refuge on October 1 were a CASSIN'S VIREO and two
TOWNSEND'S WARBLERS on Hwy. A2.
On September 23 DC was surprised to see 20 EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES in Eagle
Nest (at 8400 feet!).
In Union County:
CR, BN, and MH on September 30 at Clayton Lake SP saw two EASTERN PHOEBES, a
NASHVILLE WARBLER, and a FIELD SPARROW. In Clayton there were three
WHITE-WINGED DOVES.
On the road to Wetherly Lake there was four SANDHILL CRANES and
CHESTNUT-COLLARED AND MCCOWN'S LONGSPURS with two WESTERN GREBES on the lake.
In Bernalillo County:
DP on October 1 saw ten RED CROSSBILLS at the 10 K Trailhead in the Sandia
Mts. east of Albuquerque. On October 2 on the Piedra Lisa Trail on the west
side of the mts. there was a CASSIN'S VIREO, a male TOWNSEND'S WARBLER, a
flock of RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES, and up to up to four WILLIAMSON'S SAPSUCKERS.
On September 22 he saw two male EASTERN BLUEBIRDS on the Bosque Trail of the
Rio Grande Nature Center in Albuquerque.
In Valencia County:
DBa on September 22 saw four LEWIS'S WOODPECKERS along the Peralta Drainage
Ditch near Belen. Two more were seen again on September 23.
In Guadalupe County:
BW on September 18 at the Pecos River bridge in Santa Rosa saw two CARDINALS
and an INCA DOVE.
In DeBaca County:
JO on September 27 had a young male RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER at the northeast
corner of Yeso on US 60. On September 29 it was seen by JP, WW, and LL.
At Sumner Lake on September 30 JP and WW saw a CASPIAN TERN.
At Bosque Redondo Park near Fort Sumner on September 23 JP +and WW had a
WOOD DUCK and a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH.
In Roosevelt County:
At the migrant trap 11 miles west of Melrose on September 30 JP and WW saw a
male NORTHERN PARULA and a female AMERICAN REDSTART. DBa on September 28
reported the Parula, LONG-EARED OWL, and several TOWNSEND'S WARBLERS. MB and
NP on October 1 saw the Parula, the owl, and a BROWN THRASHER.
DBa saw a PECTORAL SANDPIPER at the Portales Sewage Ponds on September 27.
In Chaves County:
DBa reported an AMERICAN BITTERN on Bitter Lake Refuge on September 30.
In Socorro County:
At Bosque del Apache Refuge near San Antonio DH on September 24 saw four
WHITE-FRONTED GEESE on the refuge, and said up to 20 were reported on the log.
He also found two male VERMILION FLYCATCHERS.
At Water Canyon in the Magdalena Mts. west of Socorro on September 23 CL and
CBr found a CASSIN'S VIREO and TOWNSEND'S WARBLER. The old campground is
gone and the new one is nearing completion, with the road up to the Langmuir
Lab is open only on weekends.
CR and SD had a TOWNSEND'S WARBLER at the Turtle Bay Park on the NMTU campus
in Socorro on September 23. DBa found many JUNIPER TITMICE at the park and
on the golf course October 1.
In Sierra County:
At Percha Dam State Park on September 23 CR and SD saw only an AMERICAN
REDSTART. Near the Caballo dam there was a CASSIN'S VIREO.
At Paseo del Rio Park below Elephant Butte Dam there was for CR and SD
another Cassin's vireo. At South Monticello Point on the lake there were 175
WHITE PELICANS and close to 500 WESTERN and CLARK'S GREBES. Some were still
sitting on nests.
In Catron County:
Between Datil and Reserve on September 18 in trees EW saw a small flock of
RED CROSSBILLS.
In Grant County:
PT and TM on September 27 in the Pinos Altos Mts. in the Signal Peak area
heard a SPOTTED OWL and PYGMY OWL and reported a SLATE-COLORED JUNCO.
EW and MF along the Gila Rio near Cliff say SANDHILL CRANES were returning
by September 20.
EL had an OSPREY at the Tyrone Sewage Ponds September 17.
DG on September 28-29 made another foray into the Big Burro Mts. near Silver
City and found a GOSHAWK, RED CROSSBILLS, a few YELLOW-EYED JUNCOS on top
with two fledglings, and a male TOWNSEND'S WARBLER. The road up is still
pretty rough after the rains.
In Hidalgo County:
In Clanton Canyon on September 30 and October 1 CL found about three ANNA'S
HUMMINGBIRDS at the feeders that have been placed there. Also there was two
male WILLIAMSON'S SAPSUCKERS, PYGMY, ELF, and WHISKERED SCREECH OWLS,
WHIP-POOR-WILLS and POORWILLS with another BELTED KINGFISHER at a small dam and a
few TOWNSEND'S WARBLERS.
CL in the Animas Valley on September 30 saw a BELTED KINGFISHER south of the
Gray Ranch headquarters.
At the playas west of Lordsburg at the Animas exit of I-10 CL on October 1
saw 85 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS.
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:
CL on September 30 had a BLUE-HEADED Vireo in Pecan Park in Deming. In
Pancho Villa SP near Columbus there wAS many warblers.
At the Katfish Kove near the Grant Co. line LM had a SORA, VIRGINIA RAIL, a
GREEN HERON, and a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW on September 20. There were
CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS in Deming on September 23.
The waste treatment ponds in Deming have been closed for construction and
birding till further notice.
In Doņa Ana County:
CL at the Sunland Park racetrack near Santa Teresa on September 29 saw a
CATTLE EGRET, two SNOWY EGRETS, six WHITE-FACED IBIS, two SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS,
a MARBLED GODWIT, and two LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS with other shorebirds.
JN on September 26 at the Bosque Valley Park (Old Refuge) south of Mesilla
again saw the female BROAD-BILLED HUMMINGBIRD.
JO saw BLUE-WINGED TEAL at a pond in the Uvas Valley on NM 26 west of Hatch
September 25.
DBa had a CASSIN'S VIREO in downtown Las Cruces on October 1.
In Otero County:
DG on September 20 on Otero Mesa found a BAIRD'S SPARROW.
AT Bluff Spring in the Sacramento Mts. on September 21 JO saw TOWNSEND'S
WARBLER and two RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES.
At the Holloman Lakes near Alamogordo JO on September 21 had one RED-NECKED
PHALAROPE. 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:
WW at Rattlesnake Springs on October 2 saw a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER and
singing CASSIN'S SPARROWS.
At the springs near Whites City SW on September 10 aw again the
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK flying along the stream. On September 19 JBu again saw the hawK,
which he identified as the elegans subspecies. JB saw the hawk near the
entrance on September 22. MB and NP missed it on October 1, but DBa saw it on
September 26. WW did not find it October 1.
At Brantley Lake JS on September 24 saw a SEMIPALMATED PLOVER and an OSPREY.
SW forwarded a report that EP had a female BROAD-BILLED HUMMINGBIRD at his
Carlsbad feeder on September 28.
In Lea County:
MB and NP on October 1 at the Tatum Sewage Ponds saw a first fall MAGNOLIA
WARBLER.
INITIALS USED:
JB, Jonathan Batkin; MB, Matt Baumann; DBa. Dan Battaglia; CBr, Charles
Britt; JBu, Josh Burns; DC, David Cleary; SD, Steve Drilling; MF, Mike
Fugagli; DG, David Griffin; DH, David Hawksworth; MH, Michael Hilchey; LL,
Lane Leckman; EL, Gene Lewis; CL, Carl Lundblad; LM. Larry Malone; TM,
Teri Matelson; JN, Josh Nemeth; BN, Bruce Neville; JO, Jerry Oldenettel;
DP, Danny Paez; JP, John Parmeter; NP, Nick Pederson; EP. Eric Pierce; CR,
Chris Rustay; JS, John Shipman; PT, Pat Taber; MW, Mark Watson; BW, Bill
West; SW, Steve West; WW, Bill Wittman; EW, Eleanor Wootten.
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 OCtober 12 they go to the Alameda Open Space with Lannois Neely, on
October 19 to She Shining River Bosque Open Space with Sylvia Fine, and on
October 26 for a hike on the Embudito Trail with Nancy Phillips.
Southwestern Audubon on October 6 and 7 will have a symposium on the WNMU
campus in Silver City on the Natural History of the Gila River. There will be
Field trips, including Birds of the Gila with Roland Shook.
On Sunday, October 8 Sangre de Cristo Audubon visits the Manzano HawkWatch
site. Call Gary and Carol Johnson at 466-1303.
On Saturday, October 21 Southwestern Audubon will bird in the Black Range to
Lower Gallinas Campground over to Emory Pass.
On Saturday, October 28, Central Audubon will bird at the Bosque del Apache
Refuge. Contact is Bob Merkel at 838-2296.
Also on October 28 Mesilla Valley Audubon will go to the Rio Bosque Park in
El Paso. Call Walt Whitford at 521-1358.
The Festival of Cranes at Socorro this year will be November 14-19. Central
Audubon has put out a call for volunteers to help. Contact Jeff Myers at
998-1502.
- End transcript.
* New Mexico Bird Report
* October 5, 2006
* NMEX0610.05
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Western and Clark's Grebes (Sierra)
Western Grebe (Union)
American White Pelican (Colfax; Sierra)
American Bittern (Chaves)
White -faced Ibis and Snowy Egret (Doņa Ana)
Cattle Egret (Doņa Ana)
Green Heron (Luna)
Greater White-fronted Goose (Socorro)
Wood Duck (DeBaca)
Blue-winged Teal (Doņa Ana)
Osprey (Eddy, Grant)
Northern Goshawk (Grant)
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK (Eddy)
Virginia Rail and Sora (Luna)
Sandhill Crane (Union, Grant)
Semipalmated Plover (Eddy, Doņa Ana)
Marbled Godwit (Doņa Ana)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Roosevelt)
Long-billed Dowitcher (Doņa Ana, Hidalgo)
Red-necked Phalarope (Otero)
Caspian Tern (DeBaca)
Eurasian Collared-Dove (Colfax)
White-winged Dove (Union)
Inca Dove (Guadalupe)
Whiskered Screech-Owl (Hidalgo)
Northern Pygmy-and Spotted Owls (Grant)
Northern Pygmy and Elf Owls (Hidalgo)
Long-eared Owl (Roosevelt)
Whip-poor-will and Poorwill (Hidalgo)
BROAD-BILLED HUMMINGBIRD (Doņa Ana, Eddy)
Anna's Hummingbird (Hidalgo)
Belted Kingfisher (Hidalgo)
Lewis's Woodpecker (Valencia, Colfax)
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER (DeBaca, Eddy)
Williamson's Sapsucker (Hidalgo, Bernalillo)
Eastern Phoebe (Union)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Socorro)
Blue-headed Vireo (Luna)
Cassin's Vireo (Socorro, Colfax, Sierra, Bernalillo. Doņa Ana)
Blue and Pinyon Jays (Colfax)
Juniper Titmouse (Socorro)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (DeBaca, Otero, Bernalillo)
Eastern Bluebird (Bernalillo)
Brown Thrasher (Roosevelt)
Nashville Warbler (Union)
Northern Parula (Roosevelt)
Magnolia Warbler (Lea)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Sandoval)
Townsend's Warbler (Socorro, Colfax, Otero, Roosevelt, Grant, Bernalillo)
American Redstart (Roosevelt, Sierra)
Cassin's Sparrow (Eddy)
Clay-colored Sparrow (Luna)
Field Sparrow (Union)
Baird's Sparrow (Otero)
White-throated Sparrow (Luna)
Slate-colored Dark-eyed Junco (Grant)
Yellow-eyed Junco (Grant)
Chestnut-collared and McCown's Longspurs (Colfax, Union)
Northern Cardinal (Guadalupe)
Red Crossbill (Grant, Catron, Bernalillo)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: October 5, 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 October 5, 2006,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are given
for private property, please call before going. Highlights: Red-shouldered
Hawk, Red-bellied Woodpecker.
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. Check
_www.birder.com_ (http://www.birder.com) and _www.nmosbirds.org_
(http://www.nmosbirds.org)
for earlier 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 Sandoval County:
MW on October 1 had a male BLACK0THROATED BLUE WARBLER at his home in
Cochiti Lake village.
In San Miguel County:
BW advises that the Clabber Hill Ranch near Conchas Lake is apparently now
closed to birding. There is a new lessee there.
In Colfax County:
DC had four BLUE JAYS at once at his feeder in Maxwell on October 3. At
least 25 CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPURS were at SPRINGER Lake on October 3.
On September 30 he had about 120 PINYON JAYS east of Cimarron near the
junction of NM 204 with US 64. There were eight LEWIS'S WOODPECKERS in the same
area with three BLUE JAYS at mile marker 4 on 204.
DC at Stubblefield Lake near the refuge on September 29 had two
CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPURS and 16 WHITE PELICANS.
Seen on the Maxwell Refuge on October 1 were a CASSIN'S VIREO and two
TOWNSEND'S WARBLERS on Hwy. A2.
On September 23 DC was surprised to see 20 EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES in Eagle
Nest (at 8400 feet!).
In Union County:
CR, BN, and MH on September 30 at Clayton Lake SP saw two EASTERN PHOEBES, a
NASHVILLE WARBLER, and a FIELD SPARROW. In Clayton there were three
WHITE-WINGED DOVES.
On the road to Wetherly Lake there was four SANDHILL CRANES and
CHESTNUT-COLLARED AND MCCOWN'S LONGSPURS with two WESTERN GREBES on the lake.
In Bernalillo County:
DP on October 1 saw ten RED CROSSBILLS at the 10 K Trailhead in the Sandia
Mts. east of Albuquerque. On October 2 on the Piedra Lisa Trail on the west
side of the mts. there was a CASSIN'S VIREO, a male TOWNSEND'S WARBLER, a
flock of RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES, and up to up to four WILLIAMSON'S SAPSUCKERS.
On September 22 he saw two male EASTERN BLUEBIRDS on the Bosque Trail of the
Rio Grande Nature Center in Albuquerque.
In Valencia County:
DBa on September 22 saw four LEWIS'S WOODPECKERS along the Peralta Drainage
Ditch near Belen. Two more were seen again on September 23.
In Guadalupe County:
BW on September 18 at the Pecos River bridge in Santa Rosa saw two CARDINALS
and an INCA DOVE.
In DeBaca County:
JO on September 27 had a young male RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER at the northeast
corner of Yeso on US 60. On September 29 it was seen by JP, WW, and LL.
At Sumner Lake on September 30 JP and WW saw a CASPIAN TERN.
At Bosque Redondo Park near Fort Sumner on September 23 JP +and WW had a
WOOD DUCK and a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH.
In Roosevelt County:
At the migrant trap 11 miles west of Melrose on September 30 JP and WW saw a
male NORTHERN PARULA and a female AMERICAN REDSTART. DBa on September 28
reported the Parula, LONG-EARED OWL, and several TOWNSEND'S WARBLERS. MB and
NP on October 1 saw the Parula, the owl, and a BROWN THRASHER.
DBa saw a PECTORAL SANDPIPER at the Portales Sewage Ponds on September 27.
In Chaves County:
DBa reported an AMERICAN BITTERN on Bitter Lake Refuge on September 30.
In Socorro County:
At Bosque del Apache Refuge near San Antonio DH on September 24 saw four
WHITE-FRONTED GEESE on the refuge, and said up to 20 were reported on the log.
He also found two male VERMILION FLYCATCHERS.
At Water Canyon in the Magdalena Mts. west of Socorro on September 23 CL and
CBr found a CASSIN'S VIREO and TOWNSEND'S WARBLER. The old campground is
gone and the new one is nearing completion, with the road up to the Langmuir
Lab is open only on weekends.
CR and SD had a TOWNSEND'S WARBLER at the Turtle Bay Park on the NMTU campus
in Socorro on September 23. DBa found many JUNIPER TITMICE at the park and
on the golf course October 1.
In Sierra County:
At Percha Dam State Park on September 23 CR and SD saw only an AMERICAN
REDSTART. Near the Caballo dam there was a CASSIN'S VIREO.
At Paseo del Rio Park below Elephant Butte Dam there was for CR and SD
another Cassin's vireo. At South Monticello Point on the lake there were 175
WHITE PELICANS and close to 500 WESTERN and CLARK'S GREBES. Some were still
sitting on nests.
In Catron County:
Between Datil and Reserve on September 18 in trees EW saw a small flock of
RED CROSSBILLS.
In Grant County:
PT and TM on September 27 in the Pinos Altos Mts. in the Signal Peak area
heard a SPOTTED OWL and PYGMY OWL and reported a SLATE-COLORED JUNCO.
EW and MF along the Gila Rio near Cliff say SANDHILL CRANES were returning
by September 20.
EL had an OSPREY at the Tyrone Sewage Ponds September 17.
DG on September 28-29 made another foray into the Big Burro Mts. near Silver
City and found a GOSHAWK, RED CROSSBILLS, a few YELLOW-EYED JUNCOS on top
with two fledglings, and a male TOWNSEND'S WARBLER. The road up is still
pretty rough after the rains.
In Hidalgo County:
In Clanton Canyon on September 30 and October 1 CL found about three ANNA'S
HUMMINGBIRDS at the feeders that have been placed there. Also there was two
male WILLIAMSON'S SAPSUCKERS, PYGMY, ELF, and WHISKERED SCREECH OWLS,
WHIP-POOR-WILLS and POORWILLS with another BELTED KINGFISHER at a small dam and a
few TOWNSEND'S WARBLERS.
CL in the Animas Valley on September 30 saw a BELTED KINGFISHER south of the
Gray Ranch headquarters.
At the playas west of Lordsburg at the Animas exit of I-10 CL on October 1
saw 85 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS.
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:
CL on September 30 had a BLUE-HEADED Vireo in Pecan Park in Deming. In
Pancho Villa SP near Columbus there wAS many warblers.
At the Katfish Kove near the Grant Co. line LM had a SORA, VIRGINIA RAIL, a
GREEN HERON, and a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW on September 20. There were
CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS in Deming on September 23.
The waste treatment ponds in Deming have been closed for construction and
birding till further notice.
In Doņa Ana County:
CL at the Sunland Park racetrack near Santa Teresa on September 29 saw a
CATTLE EGRET, two SNOWY EGRETS, six WHITE-FACED IBIS, two SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS,
a MARBLED GODWIT, and two LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS with other shorebirds.
JN on September 26 at the Bosque Valley Park (Old Refuge) south of Mesilla
again saw the female BROAD-BILLED HUMMINGBIRD.
JO saw BLUE-WINGED TEAL at a pond in the Uvas Valley on NM 26 west of Hatch
September 25.
DBa had a CASSIN'S VIREO in downtown Las Cruces on October 1.
In Otero County:
DG on September 20 on Otero Mesa found a BAIRD'S SPARROW.
AT Bluff Spring in the Sacramento Mts. on September 21 JO saw TOWNSEND'S
WARBLER and two RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES.
At the Holloman Lakes near Alamogordo JO on September 21 had one RED-NECKED
PHALAROPE. 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:
WW at Rattlesnake Springs on October 2 saw a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER and
singing CASSIN'S SPARROWS.
At the springs near Whites City SW on September 10 aw again the
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK flying along the stream. On September 19 JBu again saw the hawK,
which he identified as the elegans subspecies. JB saw the hawk near the
entrance on September 22. MB and NP missed it on October 1, but DBa saw it on
September 26. WW did not find it October 1.
At Brantley Lake JS on September 24 saw a SEMIPALMATED PLOVER and an OSPREY.
SW forwarded a report that EP had a female BROAD-BILLED HUMMINGBIRD at his
Carlsbad feeder on September 28.
In Lea County:
MB and NP on October 1 at the Tatum Sewage Ponds saw a first fall MAGNOLIA
WARBLER.
INITIALS USED:
JB, Jonathan Batkin; MB, Matt Baumann; DBa. Dan Battaglia; CBr, Charles
Britt; JBu, Josh Burns; DC, David Cleary; SD, Steve Drilling; MF, Mike
Fugagli; DG, David Griffin; DH, David Hawksworth; MH, Michael Hilchey; LL,
Lane Leckman; EL, Gene Lewis; CL, Carl Lundblad; LM. Larry Malone; TM,
Teri Matelson; JN, Josh Nemeth; BN, Bruce Neville; JO, Jerry Oldenettel;
DP, Danny Paez; JP, John Parmeter; NP, Nick Pederson; EP. Eric Pierce; CR,
Chris Rustay; JS, John Shipman; PT, Pat Taber; MW, Mark Watson; BW, Bill
West; SW, Steve West; WW, Bill Wittman; EW, Eleanor Wootten.
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 OCtober 12 they go to the Alameda Open Space with Lannois Neely, on
October 19 to She Shining River Bosque Open Space with Sylvia Fine, and on
October 26 for a hike on the Embudito Trail with Nancy Phillips.
Southwestern Audubon on October 6 and 7 will have a symposium on the WNMU
campus in Silver City on the Natural History of the Gila River. There will be
Field trips, including Birds of the Gila with Roland Shook.
On Sunday, October 8 Sangre de Cristo Audubon visits the Manzano HawkWatch
site. Call Gary and Carol Johnson at 466-1303.
On Saturday, October 21 Southwestern Audubon will bird in the Black Range to
Lower Gallinas Campground over to Emory Pass.
On Saturday, October 28, Central Audubon will bird at the Bosque del Apache
Refuge. Contact is Bob Merkel at 838-2296.
Also on October 28 Mesilla Valley Audubon will go to the Rio Bosque Park in
El Paso. Call Walt Whitford at 521-1358.
The Festival of Cranes at Socorro this year will be November 14-19. Central
Audubon has put out a call for volunteers to help. Contact Jeff Myers at
998-1502.
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