- RBA
* New Mexico Bird Report
* October 16, 2006
* NMEX0610.16
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Common Loon (Socorro)
Horned Grebe (Grant, Otero)
Western and Clark's Grebes (Sierra)
American White Pelican (Sierra, Colfax)
American Bittern (Chaves, Colfax, Grant)
REDDISH EGRET (Chaves)
Snow and Ross's Geese (Chaves)
Wood Duck (Roosevelt)
Eurasian Wigeon (Bernalillo)
Surf Scoter (Grant)
Osprey (Colfax, Socorro)
Bald Eagle (Colfax)
Common Black-Hawk (Eddy)
Harris's Hawk (Luna)
Broad-winged Hawk (Eddy)
Ferruginous Hawk (DeBaca)
Golden Eagle (Grant)
APLOMADO FALCON (Luna)
Merlin (Chaves, Socorro)
Peregrine Falcon (Hidalgo)
Prairie Falcon (DeBaca)
Sora (Otero)
Sandhill Crane (Colfax)
American Avocet (Hidalgo)
Black-bellied Plover (Colfax)
Semipalmated Plover (Otero)
Sanderling (Sierra)
Bonaparte's Gull (Sierra)
California Gull (Colfax)
Eurasian Collared-Dove (Eddy)
Common Nighthawk (Sierra)
Elf Owl (Grant)
Anna's Hummingbird (Hidalgo, Doña Ana)
Lewis's Woodpecker (Sierra, Grant)
Acorn Woodpecker (Colfax)
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER (Eddy, San Miguel)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (San Miguel)
Red-shafted Northern Flicker (Grant)
Eastern Phoebe (Union, Chaves)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Socorro)
Ash-throated Flycatcher (Sierra)
Cassin's Kingbird (Eddy, Grant, Otero)
Philadelphia Vireo (Roosevelt)
Blue-headed Vireo (DeBaca)
Cassin's Vireo (Socorro, Eddy, Doña Ana)
Hutton's Vireo (Grant)
Clark's Nutcracker (Grant)
Common Raven (Grant)
Black-capped Chickadee (Colfax)
Juniper Titmouse (Socorro)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Bernalillo)
Winter Wren (Roosevelt)
Gray Catbird (Otero, Lea)
Brown Thrasher (Roosevelt, Otero)
Cedar Waxwing (Socorro)
Sprague's Pipit (DeBaca)
Olive Warbler (Grant)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Roosevelt)
Townsend's Warbler (Grant)
Blackburnian Warbler (Roosevelt)
Western Tanager (Sierra)
Cassin's and Savannah Sparrows (Grant_
Field Sparrow (Union)
Lincoln's Sparrow (Grant)
Yellow-eyed and Dark-eyed Juncos (Grant)
Chestnut-collared Longspur (Colfax)
Painted Bunting (Lea)
Scott's Oriole (Doña Ana)
Cassin's Finch (Grant)
Red Crossbill (Grant, Bernalillo)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: October 16, 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 16, 2006,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are
given for private property, please call before going. Highlights: Reddish Egret,
Aplomado Falcon, Philadelphia Vireo.
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 San Miguel County:
MB and NP on October 12 had a male RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER and an immature
YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER at the Conchas Lake headquarters area.
BW advises that the Clabber Hill Ranch near Conchas Lake is now closed to
birding. There is a new lessee there.
In Colfax County:
DC at the Maxwell Refuge on October 12 saw 11 WHITE PELICANS on Lake 13 with
over a thousand SANDHILL CRANES having arrived. At the playa beside NM 505
between mile markers 3 and 4 there was four BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS. He had
six plovers there on October 13, three October 14, and five on October 15.
On October 14 at Springer Lake he saw 44 White Pelicans and 60
CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPURS.
On October 11 at Eagle Nest Lake there were 30 CALIFORNIA GULLS.
DC at Sugarite State Park near Raton on October 7 had two OSPREYS and an
adult BALD EAGLE at Maloya Lake, a pair of ACORN WOODPECKERS still near the Lake
Alice Dam, and 13 BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEES in the oak areas.
In Union County:
CR and BN on September 30 at Clayton Lake SP saw two EASTERN PHOEBES and a
FIELD SPARROW.
In Bernalillo County:
RV reported that the male EURASIAN WIGEON has returned for another winter in
Albuquerque. It was at the parking lot pond at the Rio Grande Nature Center
on October 14.
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 flock of RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES/.
In DeBaca County:
On the Pecos Rio below the Sumner Lake Dam JP on October 14 had a fly-over
SPRAGUE'S PIPIT. JB saw a BLUE-HEADED VIREO there on October 15.
JB at the playa west of Taiban saw a PRAIRIE FALCON with a FERRUGINOUS HAWK
north of Fort Sumner.
In Roosevelt County:
At the migrant trap 11 miles west of Melrose JP, WW, MB, and NP on October
13 recorded an immature BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER and a BROWN THRASHER. JP and WW
on October 14 saw two WOOD DUCKS perched in a tree (!), a female
BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, and two WINTER WRENS. JB 00n October 15 found one
winter
wren and a PHILADELPHIA VIREO.
In Chaves County:
JH on October5 reported that the immature REDDISH EGRET is still present.
HE found the egret on Unit 5 on October 11-12. MB and NP on October 8 saw the
egret and the AMERICAN BITTERN with a MERLIN, and EASTERN PHOEBE at the
headquarters. JH had a flock of 200 SNOW/ROSS'S GEESE arrive on October 12.
In Socorro County:
At Bosque del Apache Refuge near San Antonio on October 14 CL and CCB found
a COMMON LOON at the boardwalk, a MERLIN at the Flight Deck and a male
VERMILION FLYCATCHER on the Marsh Loop. GF saw a LEWIS'S WOODPECKER near Audio
Stop 6.
On the NMTU campus in Socorro DBa found many JUNIPER TITMICE at Turtle Bay
Park and on the golf course October 1. JS at Turtle Bay on October 6 saw a
titmouse and a CASSIN'S VIREO. GF on October 13 had two OSPREYS at the park's
pond with many CEDAR WAXWINGS present.
At Water Canyon in the Magdalena Mts. west of Socorro CL reports that the
old campground is gone and the new one is nearing completion, with the road up
to the Langmuir Lab open only on weekends.
In Sierra County:
At Percha Dam SP on October 14 CL and CCB saw a late COMMON NIGHTHAWK and a
late WESTERN TANAGER.
At South Monticello Point on Elephant Butte Lake there were 175 WHITE
PELICANS and close to 500 WESTERN and CLARK'S GREBES. JO and LL on October 6 saw a
SANDERLING at Lion's Point. It was still present October 8 with a
BONAPARTE'S GULL.
On October 6 there JO and LL found a late ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER at Paseo
del Rio Park below Elephant Butte Dam on October 8.
In Grant County:
DG on October 12-13 made still another foray into the Big Burro Mts. near
Silver City and found many RED-SHAFTED FLICKERS, two OLIVE WARBLERS, one adult
GOLDEN EAGLE, fewer RED CROSSBILLS, up to 500 migrating COMMON RAVENS, a male
TOWNSEND'S WARBLER, two HUTTON'S VIREOS, a late ELF OWL, seven CASSIN'S
FINCHES, two CLARK'S NUTCRACKERS, and YELLOW-EYED JUNCOS with DARK-EYED JUNCOS.
EL at the Tyrone Sewage Ponds on October 15 found CASSIN'S SPARROWS, five
LINCOLN'S SPARROWS, and many SAVANNAH SPARROWS with tem late CASSIN'S KINGBIRDS.
CLe had a LEWIS'S WOODPECKER in Pinos Altos on October 7. The same day RS
saw an AMERICAN BITTERN at Mangas Springs. He had six HORNED GREBES on Bill
Evans Lake near Cliff on September 29 with FOUR immature SURF SCOTERS on
October 13.
In Hidalgo County:
In Clanton Canyon on October 7 and 9 CL and CBr saw a male ANNA'S
HUMMINGBIRD at the feeders that have been placed there.
At the playas west of Lordsburg at the Animas exit of I-10 they saw 60
AVOCETS and a PEREGRINE FALCON.
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 on October 13 had an unbanded APLOMADO FALCON south of Deming on NM 11 at
mile marker 25. LM looked on October 15 but did not find it. He did see
two HARRIS'S HAWKS in the area.
The waste treatment ponds in Deming have been closed for construction and
birding till further notice.
In Doña Ana County:
CL had a CASSIN'S VIREO in Mesilla Park on October 15.
DG at his home in northeast Las Cruces had a SCOTT'S ORIOLE since October 11
with an immature male ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD on October 8 to 11.
JZ and MS report that most of their hummingbirds have left their home near
Radium Springs.
In Otero County:
CL and CBr on October 12 at the lakes had a HORNED GREBE with two
SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, and a late CASSIN'S KINGBIRD. WW on the 12th did not find the
grebe, but saw a singing CATBIRD and a BROWN THRASHER, with a calling SORA.
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:
WW at Rattlesnake Springs on October 2 saw a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER. At the
Whites City sewage ponds on October 7 SW and TH found a COLLARED DOVE.
MB and NP on October 8 saw a COMMON BLACK HAWK and a CASSIN'S VIREO at the
springs.
At Avalon Lake near Carlsbad on October 7 SW and TH saw an immature
BROAD-WINGED HAWK.
SW at Queen in the Guadalupe Mts. on October 9 saw late CASSIN'S KINGBIRDS.
In Lea County:
JP on October 14 in the area of the Tatum Sewage Ponds found a CATBIRD and a
PAINTED BUNTING.
INITIALS USED:
JB, Jonathan Batkin, DBa. Dan Battaglia; MB, Matt Baumann; CCBr, Charles
and Chandra Britt; DC, David Cleary; GF, Gary Froehlich; DG, David Griffin;
TH, Tommy Hines; JH, Jeff Howland; LL, Lane Leckman; CLe, Carl Levi;
EL, Gene Lewis; CL, Carl Lundblad; LM, Larry Malone; BN, Bruce Neville;
JO, Jerry Oldenettel; DP, Danny Paez; JP, John Parmeter; NP, Nick Pederson;
CR, Chris Rustay; MS, Marcy Scott; JS, John Shipman; RS, Roland Shook;
RV, Raymond VanBuskirk; BW, Bill West; SW, Steve West; WW, Bill Wittman;
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 October 19 the trip is to the Shining River Bosque Open Space with
Sylvia Fine, and on October 26 for a hike on the Embudito Trail with Nancy
Phillips.
On Saturday, October 21 Southwestern Audubon will bird in the Black Range to
Lower Gallinas Campground and perhaps over to Emory Pass. The contact is
534-1450.
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.
On Sundays in November the normally closed back roads of the Las Vegas
Refuge will be open for birding from 9 to 4.
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 16, 2006
* NMEX0610.16
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Common Loon (Socorro)
Horned Grebe (Grant, Otero)
Western and Clark's Grebes (Sierra)
American White Pelican (Sierra, Colfax)
American Bittern (Chaves, Colfax, Grant)
REDDISH EGRET (Chaves)
Snow and Ross's Geese (Chaves)
Wood Duck (Roosevelt)
Eurasian Wigeon (Bernalillo)
Surf Scoter (Grant)
Osprey (Colfax, Socorro)
Bald Eagle (Colfax)
Common Black-Hawk (Eddy)
Harris's Hawk (Luna)
Broad-winged Hawk (Eddy)
Ferruginous Hawk (DeBaca)
Golden Eagle (Grant)
APLOMADO FALCON (Luna)
Merlin (Chaves, Socorro)
Peregrine Falcon (Hidalgo)
Prairie Falcon (DeBaca)
Sora (Otero)
Sandhill Crane (Colfax)
American Avocet (Hidalgo)
Black-bellied Plover (Colfax)
Semipalmated Plover (Otero)
Sanderling (Sierra)
Bonaparte's Gull (Sierra)
California Gull (Colfax)
Eurasian Collared-Dove (Eddy)
Common Nighthawk (Sierra)
Elf Owl (Grant)
Anna's Hummingbird (Hidalgo, Doña Ana)
Lewis's Woodpecker (Sierra, Grant)
Acorn Woodpecker (Colfax)
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER (Eddy, San Miguel)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (San Miguel)
Red-shafted Northern Flicker (Grant)
Eastern Phoebe (Union, Chaves)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Socorro)
Ash-throated Flycatcher (Sierra)
Cassin's Kingbird (Eddy, Grant, Otero)
Philadelphia Vireo (Roosevelt)
Blue-headed Vireo (DeBaca)
Cassin's Vireo (Socorro, Eddy, Doña Ana)
Hutton's Vireo (Grant)
Clark's Nutcracker (Grant)
Common Raven (Grant)
Black-capped Chickadee (Colfax)
Juniper Titmouse (Socorro)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Bernalillo)
Winter Wren (Roosevelt)
Gray Catbird (Otero, Lea)
Brown Thrasher (Roosevelt, Otero)
Cedar Waxwing (Socorro)
Sprague's Pipit (DeBaca)
Olive Warbler (Grant)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Roosevelt)
Townsend's Warbler (Grant)
Blackburnian Warbler (Roosevelt)
Western Tanager (Sierra)
Cassin's and Savannah Sparrows (Grant_
Field Sparrow (Union)
Lincoln's Sparrow (Grant)
Yellow-eyed and Dark-eyed Juncos (Grant)
Chestnut-collared Longspur (Colfax)
Painted Bunting (Lea)
Scott's Oriole (Doña Ana)
Cassin's Finch (Grant)
Red Crossbill (Grant, Bernalillo)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: October 16, 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 16, 2006,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are
given for private property, please call before going. Highlights: Reddish Egret,
Aplomado Falcon, Philadelphia Vireo.
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 San Miguel County:
MB and NP on October 12 had a male RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER and an immature
YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER at the Conchas Lake headquarters area.
BW advises that the Clabber Hill Ranch near Conchas Lake is now closed to
birding. There is a new lessee there.
In Colfax County:
DC at the Maxwell Refuge on October 12 saw 11 WHITE PELICANS on Lake 13 with
over a thousand SANDHILL CRANES having arrived. At the playa beside NM 505
between mile markers 3 and 4 there was four BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS. He had
six plovers there on October 13, three October 14, and five on October 15.
On October 14 at Springer Lake he saw 44 White Pelicans and 60
CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPURS.
On October 11 at Eagle Nest Lake there were 30 CALIFORNIA GULLS.
DC at Sugarite State Park near Raton on October 7 had two OSPREYS and an
adult BALD EAGLE at Maloya Lake, a pair of ACORN WOODPECKERS still near the Lake
Alice Dam, and 13 BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEES in the oak areas.
In Union County:
CR and BN on September 30 at Clayton Lake SP saw two EASTERN PHOEBES and a
FIELD SPARROW.
In Bernalillo County:
RV reported that the male EURASIAN WIGEON has returned for another winter in
Albuquerque. It was at the parking lot pond at the Rio Grande Nature Center
on October 14.
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 flock of RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES/.
In DeBaca County:
On the Pecos Rio below the Sumner Lake Dam JP on October 14 had a fly-over
SPRAGUE'S PIPIT. JB saw a BLUE-HEADED VIREO there on October 15.
JB at the playa west of Taiban saw a PRAIRIE FALCON with a FERRUGINOUS HAWK
north of Fort Sumner.
In Roosevelt County:
At the migrant trap 11 miles west of Melrose JP, WW, MB, and NP on October
13 recorded an immature BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER and a BROWN THRASHER. JP and WW
on October 14 saw two WOOD DUCKS perched in a tree (!), a female
BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, and two WINTER WRENS. JB 00n October 15 found one
winter
wren and a PHILADELPHIA VIREO.
In Chaves County:
JH on October5 reported that the immature REDDISH EGRET is still present.
HE found the egret on Unit 5 on October 11-12. MB and NP on October 8 saw the
egret and the AMERICAN BITTERN with a MERLIN, and EASTERN PHOEBE at the
headquarters. JH had a flock of 200 SNOW/ROSS'S GEESE arrive on October 12.
In Socorro County:
At Bosque del Apache Refuge near San Antonio on October 14 CL and CCB found
a COMMON LOON at the boardwalk, a MERLIN at the Flight Deck and a male
VERMILION FLYCATCHER on the Marsh Loop. GF saw a LEWIS'S WOODPECKER near Audio
Stop 6.
On the NMTU campus in Socorro DBa found many JUNIPER TITMICE at Turtle Bay
Park and on the golf course October 1. JS at Turtle Bay on October 6 saw a
titmouse and a CASSIN'S VIREO. GF on October 13 had two OSPREYS at the park's
pond with many CEDAR WAXWINGS present.
At Water Canyon in the Magdalena Mts. west of Socorro CL reports that the
old campground is gone and the new one is nearing completion, with the road up
to the Langmuir Lab open only on weekends.
In Sierra County:
At Percha Dam SP on October 14 CL and CCB saw a late COMMON NIGHTHAWK and a
late WESTERN TANAGER.
At South Monticello Point on Elephant Butte Lake there were 175 WHITE
PELICANS and close to 500 WESTERN and CLARK'S GREBES. JO and LL on October 6 saw a
SANDERLING at Lion's Point. It was still present October 8 with a
BONAPARTE'S GULL.
On October 6 there JO and LL found a late ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER at Paseo
del Rio Park below Elephant Butte Dam on October 8.
In Grant County:
DG on October 12-13 made still another foray into the Big Burro Mts. near
Silver City and found many RED-SHAFTED FLICKERS, two OLIVE WARBLERS, one adult
GOLDEN EAGLE, fewer RED CROSSBILLS, up to 500 migrating COMMON RAVENS, a male
TOWNSEND'S WARBLER, two HUTTON'S VIREOS, a late ELF OWL, seven CASSIN'S
FINCHES, two CLARK'S NUTCRACKERS, and YELLOW-EYED JUNCOS with DARK-EYED JUNCOS.
EL at the Tyrone Sewage Ponds on October 15 found CASSIN'S SPARROWS, five
LINCOLN'S SPARROWS, and many SAVANNAH SPARROWS with tem late CASSIN'S KINGBIRDS.
CLe had a LEWIS'S WOODPECKER in Pinos Altos on October 7. The same day RS
saw an AMERICAN BITTERN at Mangas Springs. He had six HORNED GREBES on Bill
Evans Lake near Cliff on September 29 with FOUR immature SURF SCOTERS on
October 13.
In Hidalgo County:
In Clanton Canyon on October 7 and 9 CL and CBr saw a male ANNA'S
HUMMINGBIRD at the feeders that have been placed there.
At the playas west of Lordsburg at the Animas exit of I-10 they saw 60
AVOCETS and a PEREGRINE FALCON.
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 on October 13 had an unbanded APLOMADO FALCON south of Deming on NM 11 at
mile marker 25. LM looked on October 15 but did not find it. He did see
two HARRIS'S HAWKS in the area.
The waste treatment ponds in Deming have been closed for construction and
birding till further notice.
In Doña Ana County:
CL had a CASSIN'S VIREO in Mesilla Park on October 15.
DG at his home in northeast Las Cruces had a SCOTT'S ORIOLE since October 11
with an immature male ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD on October 8 to 11.
JZ and MS report that most of their hummingbirds have left their home near
Radium Springs.
In Otero County:
CL and CBr on October 12 at the lakes had a HORNED GREBE with two
SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, and a late CASSIN'S KINGBIRD. WW on the 12th did not find the
grebe, but saw a singing CATBIRD and a BROWN THRASHER, with a calling SORA.
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:
WW at Rattlesnake Springs on October 2 saw a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER. At the
Whites City sewage ponds on October 7 SW and TH found a COLLARED DOVE.
MB and NP on October 8 saw a COMMON BLACK HAWK and a CASSIN'S VIREO at the
springs.
At Avalon Lake near Carlsbad on October 7 SW and TH saw an immature
BROAD-WINGED HAWK.
SW at Queen in the Guadalupe Mts. on October 9 saw late CASSIN'S KINGBIRDS.
In Lea County:
JP on October 14 in the area of the Tatum Sewage Ponds found a CATBIRD and a
PAINTED BUNTING.
INITIALS USED:
JB, Jonathan Batkin, DBa. Dan Battaglia; MB, Matt Baumann; CCBr, Charles
and Chandra Britt; DC, David Cleary; GF, Gary Froehlich; DG, David Griffin;
TH, Tommy Hines; JH, Jeff Howland; LL, Lane Leckman; CLe, Carl Levi;
EL, Gene Lewis; CL, Carl Lundblad; LM, Larry Malone; BN, Bruce Neville;
JO, Jerry Oldenettel; DP, Danny Paez; JP, John Parmeter; NP, Nick Pederson;
CR, Chris Rustay; MS, Marcy Scott; JS, John Shipman; RS, Roland Shook;
RV, Raymond VanBuskirk; BW, Bill West; SW, Steve West; WW, Bill Wittman;
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 October 19 the trip is to the Shining River Bosque Open Space with
Sylvia Fine, and on October 26 for a hike on the Embudito Trail with Nancy
Phillips.
On Saturday, October 21 Southwestern Audubon will bird in the Black Range to
Lower Gallinas Campground and perhaps over to Emory Pass. The contact is
534-1450.
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.
On Sundays in November the normally closed back roads of the Las Vegas
Refuge will be open for birding from 9 to 4.
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.