- RBA
* New Mexico Bird Report
* December 11,2006
* NMEX0612.11
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Common Loon (Colfax, Quay)
Horned Grebe (Quay)
American White Pelican (Quay)
Great Egret (Sierra, Doņa Ana)
Snowy Egret (Doņa Ana))
Greater White-fronted Goose (Socorro, Colfax)
Cackling Goose (Bernalillo, Socorro, San Miguel)
Snow and Ross's Goose (Bernalillo)
Tundra Swan (Colfax, Chaves)
Wood Duck (Colfax, Doņa Ana)
Greater Scaup (Quay)
White-winged Scoter (Colfax)
Long-tailed Duck (Colfax)
Barrow's Goldeneye (Colfax)
Hooded Merganser (Colfax, Sierra)
Red-breasted and Common Mergansers (Sierra)
Osprey (Sierra, Doņa Ana)
WHITE-TAILED KITE (Doņa Ana, Eddy))
Bald Eagle (Colfax, Chaves)
Harlan's Red-tailed Hawk (San Miguel)
Ferruginous Hawk (Colfax)
Golden Eagle (Colfax)
Merlin (Colfax, Sierra)
Black-necked Stilt (Doņa Ana)
Dunlin (Otero)
Bonaparte's Gull (Sierra)
California Gull (Sierra)
Herring Gull (Sierra, Doņa Ana)
ICELAND GULL (Doņa Ana)
Eurasian Collared-Dove (Colfax)
Inca Dove (Sierra)
Long-eared Owl (Colfax)
Anna's Hummingbird (Doņa Ana, Lea)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sierra)
Red-naped Sapsucker (Bernalillo, Sierra)
Three-toed Woodpecker (Bernalillo)
Eastern Phoebe (Socorro, Doņa Ana, Sierra)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Doņa Ana, Sierra)
Northern Shrike (Colfax, Mora)
Blue Jay (Quay)
Pinyon Jay (Grant, Cibola)
Clark's Nutcracker (Bernalillo)
American Crow (Doņa Ana)
Winter Wren (Colfax)
House Wren (Sierra)
American Dipper (Sierra, Colfax)
Eastern Bluebird (Socorro, Doņa Ana)
Northern Mockingbird and Curve-billed Thrasher (Mora)
Cedar Waxwing (Sierra)
Orange-crowned Warbler (Doņa Ana)
Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler (Mora)
Black-chinned Sparrow (Bernalillo)
Slate-colored Fox Sparrow (Bernalillo)
Swamp Sparrow (Doņa Ana)
White-throated Sparrow (Socorro, Cibola, Sierra, Doņa Ana)
Lapland Longspur (Colfax, San Miguel)
Chestnut-collared Longsp ur (Colfax)
RUSTY BLACKBIRD (Quay)
Rosy Finches (Bernalillo)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: December 11, 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 December 11, 2006,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are
given for private property, please call before going. Highlights: ICELAND GULL,
American Dipper, White-tailed Kites, Rusty Blackbirds. White-winged Scoter,
Long-tailed Ducks.
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 Mora County:
DB on December 9 had a NORTHERN SHRIKE at the I-25 rest stop south of Wagon
Mound with a MYRTLE WARBLER. MOCKINGBIRD, and CURVE-BILLED THRASHER. PS
found all the ponds in the area frozen.
In San Miguel County:
JP. LL, and WW on December 9 had on Crane Lake of the Las Vegas Refuge many
CACKLING GEESE and a fly-over LAPLAND LONGSPUR. DB reported a HARLAN'S HAWK
at McAllister Lake on December 9.
The Clabber Hill Ranch near Conchas Lake is now closed to birding.
In Colfax County:
DC on December 8 at the Maxwell Refuge saw the adult NORTHERN SHRIKE again
near Lake 13. It was seen by DB, JP, LL, and WW on December 9. DC has seen
on Lake 13 a female WHITE-WINGED SCOTER present for about two weeks, through
December 10. It was seen close to the dam at the first trash barrel, and was
also seen by DB, JP, WW, and LL on December 9. DC had a female BARROW'S
GOLDENEYE on December 8 there. DC had a COMMON LOON and two LONG-TAILED DUCKS
on Lake 13 on December 7; he saw one of the .ducks on December 10, with two
adults and six immatures BALD EAGLES.
DC had a high count of 18 HOODED MERGANSERS on Stubblefield Lake on December
7. DB on December 9 saw the adult male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE there. DC on the
lake on December 8 saw a COMMON LOON, the three TUNDRA SWANS, the male
Barrow's Goldeneye, the two female Long-tailed Ducks, and four fly-over LAPLAND
LONGSPURS. The JP crew saw on December 9. JP reported ten LAPLANDS and a
single CHESTNUT-COLLARED flying over.
DC had 13 of the WHITE-FRONTED GEESE in the fields at the junction of A2 and
A4. JP, WW, and LL saw them south of Lake 14 on December 10.
At the owl roost at the west side of Laguna Madre north of Stubblefield
there was on December 2 five LONG-EARED OWLS for DC.
On I-25 at mile marker 424 two miles south of Maxwell DC saw two GOLDEN
EAGLES since November 20. One or both of the eagles were present December 2, and
seen on December 5 by PS.
At Yankee at the Yankee Canyon Road turnoff on December 6 DC saw a NORTHERN
SHRIKE.
DB found Springer Lake frozen on December 9 with some LAPLAND LONGSPURS
flying over.
At the Cimarron Canyon SP east of town there was a DIPPER and a WINTER WREN
on December 1. He counted ten COLLARED DOVES near the library with a female
WOOD DUCK near the river bridge close to the St. James Hotel in Cimarron.
In Quay County:
DC on December 9 found the four RUSTY BLACKBIRDS still present at a woodlot
near headquarters with two BLUE JAYS. On the lake there was a COMMON LOON,
three HORNED GREBES, four WHITE PELICANS, and nine GREATER SCAUP.
In Cibola County:
CR and SD on November 25 at Bluewater Lake saw 131 PINYON JAYS at the lake
and two WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS in Bluewater Canyon above Bluewater Village.
The west side of the lake is closed for the winter, so the Prewitt (east)
entrance is to be taken off I-40.
In Bernalillo County:
JJ on December 3 at Sandia Crest found two CLARK'S NUTCRACKERS with a female
THREE-TOED WOODPECKER on the east side of the Kiwanis Meadow.
At the Rio Grande Nature Center in Albuquerque JP found a high count of 480
CACKLING GEESE. JJ on December 9 saw seven ROSS'S GEESE and ten SNOW GEESE.
DP had a SLATE-COLORED FOX SPARROW at the entrance feeder on December 9.
At the Sandia Crest House east of Albuquerque there is a good number of
BLACK ROSY-FINCHES with a few BROWN-CAPPED and GRAY-CROWNED. CR snd BN on
December 2 had the Hepburn's subspecies present, seen by several on December 3.
DP saw a BLACK-CHINNED SPARROW at the Three Gun Springs Trailhead at the
south end of the Sandias on December 4 with two RED-NAPED SAPSUCKERS.
In Chaves County:
JH had a TUNDRA SWAN on Bitter Lake Refuge on Unit 5 on December 1. An
immature BALD EAGLE was present on November 25 and 29.
In Socorro County:
At Bosque del Apache Refuge near San Antonio On November 25 JP saw the
EASTERN PHOEBE and two of the WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS.
In Sierra County:
At Percha Dam State Park JP and WW saw the DIPPER on December 8 under the
dam. Also seen was a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. CL on December 9 at the park saw
the Dipper, sparrow, and a YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER with many CEDAR WASWINGS
still present. South of the park he found an OSPREY and a MERLIN.
Another OSPREY was in Hatch.
In Riverside Park below Caballo Dam JP, LL, and WW on December 8 found two
HOUSE WRENS and another White-throated Sparrow. On the lake CL had a single
BONAPARTE'S GULL on December 9.
At the Oxbow lake in Truth or Consequences on December 8 JP and crew had one
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER with many COMMONS and a GREAT EGRET. CL had a HOODED
MERGANSER and an OSPREY December 9.
CL saw the two INCA DOVES in Paseo del Rio Park below Elephant Butte Dam on
December 9.. At the lake's Rock Canyon Marine CL found four HERRING GULLS.
DB had a CALIFORNIA GULL there on December 8.
In Grant County:
PINYON JAYS have appeared in numbers in the Silver City area in early
November.
In Hidalgo County:
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 Doņa Ana County:
JPa found a first winter ICELAND GULL on the Sunland Park racetrack pond on
December 5. It stays on the water on the lake's east side with a HERRING
GULL. Photos have been taken by JO. It was seen December 7 by JO, JZ, MS, JP,
DB, and WW. John advises that one needs to get permission to look for it
from the casino there. The office is near the Jack Pot Grill. There is a
platform from which it can be scoped. CL and CCBr saw the Iceland and the Herring
on December 8. It was also seen by MS and others. On December 9 it was
found by SNC, SW, LS, WSH, TL and others.
At a mearby bridge over the Rio Grande on December 7 JP, WW, and JO saw
eight to 15 BLACN-NECKED STILTS and eight SNOWY EGRETS with a GREAT EGRET.
JN on November 30 found water still in Isaack's Lake with many ducks and
sparrows present, as well as a WHITE-TAILED KITE. JO found two kites present on
December 7; CL and CBr had the two kites a half mile north of the lake on
December 8. JO says go to the stone gates and turn right south of the gates.
CCBr saw them again on December 8 and 9; JO and WW on December 8 a mile north
of the lake.
JZ and MS at their home near Radium Springs have had two immature males and
a female ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRDS. The two immature males were still seen on
December 9 with eight EASTERN BLUEBIRDS and a male RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER.
At his home in Mesilla on November 28 JN had a SWAMP SPARROW with the male
VERMILION FLYCATCHER still present.
There has been an invasion of CROWS in the Rio Grande area near Las Cruces.
CL had an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER at Mesilla Park on December 2. He had an
EASTERN PHOEBE and two to three WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS of both forms at the
NMSU Plant Science Research Center. At a mile north of Mesilla Dam there were
two SWAMP SPARROWS along the ditch. CL on December 8 had a high count of 47
WOOD DUCKS north of the dam.
MB again saw the AMERICAN BITTERN at the Mesilla Valley Bosque Park on
December 9 by the pond with a SWAMP SPARROW.
In Otero County:
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. BB on November 22 at the lakes saw a DUNLIN.
SW reported the Dunlin on November 25. CL and CBr had it on November 29, JO
on December 8.
In Eddy County:
SW reported a WHITE-TAILED KITE on December 9 at the Seven Rivers Waterfowl
Area north of Brantley Lake.
In Lea County:
PMc had an immature male ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD at his feeder near Eunice on
November 26. It was last seen with the cold front of December 4.
INITIALS USED:
BB, Bob Barber; DB, Dan Battaglia; CCBr, Charles and Chandra Britt; MB,
Matt Brooks; DC, David Cleary; SNC, Steve and Nancy Cox; SD, Steve
Drilling; WSH, Wally and Sue Hill; JH, Jeff Howland; JJ, Jim Joseph; TL, Tim
Lawton; LL, Lane Leckman; CL, Carl Lundblad; PMc, Pat McCasland; JN, Josh
Nemeth; JO, Jerry Oldenettel; DP, Danny Paez; JP, John Parmeter; JPa, James
Paton; CR, Chris Rustay; LS, Lorraine Schulte; MS. Marcy Scott; PS, Pat
Snider; MS, Mark Stevenson; 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. December 14 to Bosque del Apache with Sylvia Fee, and on December 21 to
the Rio Grande Nature Center with Madge Wallen. No trip is planned for
December 28.
To get to a list of Christmas Counts, go to the NMOS web page listed above,
and in the second paragraph of the counts click on "excellent page". It has
a chart with the dates and compilers and a map showing where the counts are.
- End transcript.
* New Mexico Bird Report
* December 11,2006
* NMEX0612.11
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Common Loon (Colfax, Quay)
Horned Grebe (Quay)
American White Pelican (Quay)
Great Egret (Sierra, Doņa Ana)
Snowy Egret (Doņa Ana))
Greater White-fronted Goose (Socorro, Colfax)
Cackling Goose (Bernalillo, Socorro, San Miguel)
Snow and Ross's Goose (Bernalillo)
Tundra Swan (Colfax, Chaves)
Wood Duck (Colfax, Doņa Ana)
Greater Scaup (Quay)
White-winged Scoter (Colfax)
Long-tailed Duck (Colfax)
Barrow's Goldeneye (Colfax)
Hooded Merganser (Colfax, Sierra)
Red-breasted and Common Mergansers (Sierra)
Osprey (Sierra, Doņa Ana)
WHITE-TAILED KITE (Doņa Ana, Eddy))
Bald Eagle (Colfax, Chaves)
Harlan's Red-tailed Hawk (San Miguel)
Ferruginous Hawk (Colfax)
Golden Eagle (Colfax)
Merlin (Colfax, Sierra)
Black-necked Stilt (Doņa Ana)
Dunlin (Otero)
Bonaparte's Gull (Sierra)
California Gull (Sierra)
Herring Gull (Sierra, Doņa Ana)
ICELAND GULL (Doņa Ana)
Eurasian Collared-Dove (Colfax)
Inca Dove (Sierra)
Long-eared Owl (Colfax)
Anna's Hummingbird (Doņa Ana, Lea)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sierra)
Red-naped Sapsucker (Bernalillo, Sierra)
Three-toed Woodpecker (Bernalillo)
Eastern Phoebe (Socorro, Doņa Ana, Sierra)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Doņa Ana, Sierra)
Northern Shrike (Colfax, Mora)
Blue Jay (Quay)
Pinyon Jay (Grant, Cibola)
Clark's Nutcracker (Bernalillo)
American Crow (Doņa Ana)
Winter Wren (Colfax)
House Wren (Sierra)
American Dipper (Sierra, Colfax)
Eastern Bluebird (Socorro, Doņa Ana)
Northern Mockingbird and Curve-billed Thrasher (Mora)
Cedar Waxwing (Sierra)
Orange-crowned Warbler (Doņa Ana)
Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler (Mora)
Black-chinned Sparrow (Bernalillo)
Slate-colored Fox Sparrow (Bernalillo)
Swamp Sparrow (Doņa Ana)
White-throated Sparrow (Socorro, Cibola, Sierra, Doņa Ana)
Lapland Longspur (Colfax, San Miguel)
Chestnut-collared Longsp ur (Colfax)
RUSTY BLACKBIRD (Quay)
Rosy Finches (Bernalillo)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: December 11, 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 December 11, 2006,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are
given for private property, please call before going. Highlights: ICELAND GULL,
American Dipper, White-tailed Kites, Rusty Blackbirds. White-winged Scoter,
Long-tailed Ducks.
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 Mora County:
DB on December 9 had a NORTHERN SHRIKE at the I-25 rest stop south of Wagon
Mound with a MYRTLE WARBLER. MOCKINGBIRD, and CURVE-BILLED THRASHER. PS
found all the ponds in the area frozen.
In San Miguel County:
JP. LL, and WW on December 9 had on Crane Lake of the Las Vegas Refuge many
CACKLING GEESE and a fly-over LAPLAND LONGSPUR. DB reported a HARLAN'S HAWK
at McAllister Lake on December 9.
The Clabber Hill Ranch near Conchas Lake is now closed to birding.
In Colfax County:
DC on December 8 at the Maxwell Refuge saw the adult NORTHERN SHRIKE again
near Lake 13. It was seen by DB, JP, LL, and WW on December 9. DC has seen
on Lake 13 a female WHITE-WINGED SCOTER present for about two weeks, through
December 10. It was seen close to the dam at the first trash barrel, and was
also seen by DB, JP, WW, and LL on December 9. DC had a female BARROW'S
GOLDENEYE on December 8 there. DC had a COMMON LOON and two LONG-TAILED DUCKS
on Lake 13 on December 7; he saw one of the .ducks on December 10, with two
adults and six immatures BALD EAGLES.
DC had a high count of 18 HOODED MERGANSERS on Stubblefield Lake on December
7. DB on December 9 saw the adult male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE there. DC on the
lake on December 8 saw a COMMON LOON, the three TUNDRA SWANS, the male
Barrow's Goldeneye, the two female Long-tailed Ducks, and four fly-over LAPLAND
LONGSPURS. The JP crew saw on December 9. JP reported ten LAPLANDS and a
single CHESTNUT-COLLARED flying over.
DC had 13 of the WHITE-FRONTED GEESE in the fields at the junction of A2 and
A4. JP, WW, and LL saw them south of Lake 14 on December 10.
At the owl roost at the west side of Laguna Madre north of Stubblefield
there was on December 2 five LONG-EARED OWLS for DC.
On I-25 at mile marker 424 two miles south of Maxwell DC saw two GOLDEN
EAGLES since November 20. One or both of the eagles were present December 2, and
seen on December 5 by PS.
At Yankee at the Yankee Canyon Road turnoff on December 6 DC saw a NORTHERN
SHRIKE.
DB found Springer Lake frozen on December 9 with some LAPLAND LONGSPURS
flying over.
At the Cimarron Canyon SP east of town there was a DIPPER and a WINTER WREN
on December 1. He counted ten COLLARED DOVES near the library with a female
WOOD DUCK near the river bridge close to the St. James Hotel in Cimarron.
In Quay County:
DC on December 9 found the four RUSTY BLACKBIRDS still present at a woodlot
near headquarters with two BLUE JAYS. On the lake there was a COMMON LOON,
three HORNED GREBES, four WHITE PELICANS, and nine GREATER SCAUP.
In Cibola County:
CR and SD on November 25 at Bluewater Lake saw 131 PINYON JAYS at the lake
and two WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS in Bluewater Canyon above Bluewater Village.
The west side of the lake is closed for the winter, so the Prewitt (east)
entrance is to be taken off I-40.
In Bernalillo County:
JJ on December 3 at Sandia Crest found two CLARK'S NUTCRACKERS with a female
THREE-TOED WOODPECKER on the east side of the Kiwanis Meadow.
At the Rio Grande Nature Center in Albuquerque JP found a high count of 480
CACKLING GEESE. JJ on December 9 saw seven ROSS'S GEESE and ten SNOW GEESE.
DP had a SLATE-COLORED FOX SPARROW at the entrance feeder on December 9.
At the Sandia Crest House east of Albuquerque there is a good number of
BLACK ROSY-FINCHES with a few BROWN-CAPPED and GRAY-CROWNED. CR snd BN on
December 2 had the Hepburn's subspecies present, seen by several on December 3.
DP saw a BLACK-CHINNED SPARROW at the Three Gun Springs Trailhead at the
south end of the Sandias on December 4 with two RED-NAPED SAPSUCKERS.
In Chaves County:
JH had a TUNDRA SWAN on Bitter Lake Refuge on Unit 5 on December 1. An
immature BALD EAGLE was present on November 25 and 29.
In Socorro County:
At Bosque del Apache Refuge near San Antonio On November 25 JP saw the
EASTERN PHOEBE and two of the WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS.
In Sierra County:
At Percha Dam State Park JP and WW saw the DIPPER on December 8 under the
dam. Also seen was a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. CL on December 9 at the park saw
the Dipper, sparrow, and a YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER with many CEDAR WASWINGS
still present. South of the park he found an OSPREY and a MERLIN.
Another OSPREY was in Hatch.
In Riverside Park below Caballo Dam JP, LL, and WW on December 8 found two
HOUSE WRENS and another White-throated Sparrow. On the lake CL had a single
BONAPARTE'S GULL on December 9.
At the Oxbow lake in Truth or Consequences on December 8 JP and crew had one
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER with many COMMONS and a GREAT EGRET. CL had a HOODED
MERGANSER and an OSPREY December 9.
CL saw the two INCA DOVES in Paseo del Rio Park below Elephant Butte Dam on
December 9.. At the lake's Rock Canyon Marine CL found four HERRING GULLS.
DB had a CALIFORNIA GULL there on December 8.
In Grant County:
PINYON JAYS have appeared in numbers in the Silver City area in early
November.
In Hidalgo County:
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 Doņa Ana County:
JPa found a first winter ICELAND GULL on the Sunland Park racetrack pond on
December 5. It stays on the water on the lake's east side with a HERRING
GULL. Photos have been taken by JO. It was seen December 7 by JO, JZ, MS, JP,
DB, and WW. John advises that one needs to get permission to look for it
from the casino there. The office is near the Jack Pot Grill. There is a
platform from which it can be scoped. CL and CCBr saw the Iceland and the Herring
on December 8. It was also seen by MS and others. On December 9 it was
found by SNC, SW, LS, WSH, TL and others.
At a mearby bridge over the Rio Grande on December 7 JP, WW, and JO saw
eight to 15 BLACN-NECKED STILTS and eight SNOWY EGRETS with a GREAT EGRET.
JN on November 30 found water still in Isaack's Lake with many ducks and
sparrows present, as well as a WHITE-TAILED KITE. JO found two kites present on
December 7; CL and CBr had the two kites a half mile north of the lake on
December 8. JO says go to the stone gates and turn right south of the gates.
CCBr saw them again on December 8 and 9; JO and WW on December 8 a mile north
of the lake.
JZ and MS at their home near Radium Springs have had two immature males and
a female ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRDS. The two immature males were still seen on
December 9 with eight EASTERN BLUEBIRDS and a male RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER.
At his home in Mesilla on November 28 JN had a SWAMP SPARROW with the male
VERMILION FLYCATCHER still present.
There has been an invasion of CROWS in the Rio Grande area near Las Cruces.
CL had an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER at Mesilla Park on December 2. He had an
EASTERN PHOEBE and two to three WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS of both forms at the
NMSU Plant Science Research Center. At a mile north of Mesilla Dam there were
two SWAMP SPARROWS along the ditch. CL on December 8 had a high count of 47
WOOD DUCKS north of the dam.
MB again saw the AMERICAN BITTERN at the Mesilla Valley Bosque Park on
December 9 by the pond with a SWAMP SPARROW.
In Otero County:
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. BB on November 22 at the lakes saw a DUNLIN.
SW reported the Dunlin on November 25. CL and CBr had it on November 29, JO
on December 8.
In Eddy County:
SW reported a WHITE-TAILED KITE on December 9 at the Seven Rivers Waterfowl
Area north of Brantley Lake.
In Lea County:
PMc had an immature male ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD at his feeder near Eunice on
November 26. It was last seen with the cold front of December 4.
INITIALS USED:
BB, Bob Barber; DB, Dan Battaglia; CCBr, Charles and Chandra Britt; MB,
Matt Brooks; DC, David Cleary; SNC, Steve and Nancy Cox; SD, Steve
Drilling; WSH, Wally and Sue Hill; JH, Jeff Howland; JJ, Jim Joseph; TL, Tim
Lawton; LL, Lane Leckman; CL, Carl Lundblad; PMc, Pat McCasland; JN, Josh
Nemeth; JO, Jerry Oldenettel; DP, Danny Paez; JP, John Parmeter; JPa, James
Paton; CR, Chris Rustay; LS, Lorraine Schulte; MS. Marcy Scott; PS, Pat
Snider; MS, Mark Stevenson; 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. December 14 to Bosque del Apache with Sylvia Fee, and on December 21 to
the Rio Grande Nature Center with Madge Wallen. No trip is planned for
December 28.
To get to a list of Christmas Counts, go to the NMOS web page listed above,
and in the second paragraph of the counts click on "excellent page". It has
a chart with the dates and compilers and a map showing where the counts are.
- End transcript.