- RBA
* New Mexico Bird Report
* February 8 2007
* NMEX0702.08
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Horned Grebe (Sierra)
Pied-billed Grebe (Lea)
Neotropic Cormorant (Doņa Ana)
Great and Snowy Egrets (Eddy)
Greater White-fronted Goose (Socorro)
Cackling and Canada Geese (Doņa Ana, Chaves, Lea)
Wood Duck (Catron)
Cinnamon Teal (Doņa Ana)
Canvasback (Lea)
Long-tailed Duck (Colfax)
Common Goldeneye (Sandoval)
Common Merganser (Doņa Ana)
Osprey (Sierra)
Bald Eagle (Doņa Ana)
Rough-legged Hawk (Colfax, Cibola)
Golden Eagle (Colfax)
Merlin (Lea)
Lesser Prairie-Chicken (Roosevelt)
Mountain Quail (Grant)
Long-billed Dowitcher (Socorro)
Dunlin (Otero)
Bonaparte's Gull (Sierra, Eddy)
Mew Gull (Sierra)
California Gull (Sierra)
Herring Gull (Sierra, Doņa Ana)
Thayer's and Glaucous Gulls (Sierra)
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (Sierra)
ICELAND GULL (Doņa Ana)
RUDDY Ground-Dove (Doņa Ana)
Northern Saw-whet Owl (Santa Fe)
Anna's Hummingbird (Doņa Ana)
Military Macaw escape (Doņa Ana)
White-throated Swift (Eddy)
Lewis's Woodpecker (Colfax)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sierra)
Three-toed Woodpecker (Bernalillo)
Dusky and Hammond's Flycatchers (Doņa Ana)
Eastern Phoebe (Socorro. Sandoval, Sierra)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Sierra)
Northern Shrike (Colfax)
Blue Jay (Colfax, Lea)
Winter Wren (Grant)
House Wren (Doņa Ana)
American Dipper (Sierra)
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher (Sierra)
Eastern Bluebird (Bernalillo, Sierra)
Mountain Bluebird (Doņa Ana)
Phainopepla (Socorro)
Common Yellowthroat (Doņa Ana)
American Tree Sparrow (Colfax)
Sage Sparrow (Grant)
Swamp Sparrow (Sandoval)
White-throated Sparrow (Socorro, Sierra, Doņa Ana)
Harris's Sparrow (Socorro)
Lapland Longspur (Colfax)
Rosy Finches (Bernalillo)
Red Crossbill (Bernalillo)
Evening Grosbeak (Santa Fe)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: February 8 2007
compiler Patricia R. Snider
Phone: 719-846-3174
Cell phone 505-803-1807
e-mail address _pinyonjay@aol.com_ (mailto:pinyonjay@aol.com)
I have moved to Colorado.
This is Pinyon Jay with the New Mexico Bird Report for February 8, 2007,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are
given for private property, please call before going. Highlights: ICELAND GULL,
Thayer's Gull, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, Glaucous Gull, Mew Gull,
Long-tailed Duck. Harris's Sparrows.
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) 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:
CR checked the Corrales Bosque off Romero Road on January 21. He had an
EASTERN PHOEBE south of Romero Road. A SWAMP SPARROW was along the Rio.
BH found Cochiti Lake totally frozen for the first time on January 15.
Ducks were on the Rio at the Spillway including COMMON GOLDENEYES.
In Santa Fe County:
JB had a SAW-WHET OWL calling at his home in Santa Fe on West Zia Road just
off of the Old Pecos Trail on January 23 at 8:45 p.m.
TH on January 31 saw five EVENING GROSBEAKS at Caņada de Los Alamos east of
Santa Fe.
RE on January 20 had a SAW-WHET OWL about 2.5 miles up the road to the Santa
Fe Ski Basin on the Aspen Vista Service Road. One needs to snowshoe or ski
in.
In Colfax County:
Lake 13 on the Maxwell Refuge is frozen, as is Springer Lake. Stubblefield
is 95% frozen. DC on Stubblefield Lake on February 2 saw the two female
LONG-TAILED DUCKS.
On February 3 at mile marker 8 on NM 445 north of Maxwell he found about 150
LAPLAND LONGSPURS.
DC on January 31 between the Raton Country Club on Gardiner Road saw a
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, three LEWIS'S WOODPECKERS and a NORTHERN SHRIKE with over 90
TREE SPARROWS.
DC south of Maxwell on January 29 had the GOLDEN EAGLE on I-25 south of
Maxwell.
DC had on January 29 a BLUE JAY at the Ponil Creek bridge on US 64 in
Cimarron and at the NM 21 bridge there two more jays.
In Cibola County:
CJG on February 4 found a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK south of I-40 on NM 53 at San
Rafael.
In Bernalillo County:
CW saw on January 21 about 45 RED CROSSBILLS between the Capulin Springs
Picnic area and the Crest House. JHa saw a THREE-TOED WOODPECKER in the lower
parking lot of Sandia Crest on January 29. LM found a large flock of EASTERN
BLUEBIRDS a mile up the road to the Crest on January 29.
At the Sandia Crest House east of Albuquerque there is a good number of
ROSY-FINCHES. The SNC banding team reported 45 more banded on February 4, 28
BLACKS, one BROWN-CAPPED, and 16 GRAY-CROWNED (six were HEPBURN'S). So far this
winter they have banded 543: 399 Blacks, 137 Gray-crowned, and only seven
Brown-capped. (967 banded since January 2004).
In Roosevelt County:
JB saw a pair of LESSER PRAIRIE CHICKENS at Milnesand on February 1.
In Chaves County:
JH on Bitter Lake Refuge on Unit 5 January 29 saw about 25 CACKLING GEESE
with Canadas.
In Socorro County:
At Bosque del Apache Refuge near San Antonio JP, HS, and WW saw the EASTERN
PHOEBE at the Flight Deck on February 3 with 90 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS
present. On January 29 JNM and BW had an immature HARRIS'S SPARROW at the Norton
Blind.
BW and JNM on February 4 in a field north of the San Acacia exit on I-25 saw
a WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE with Canadas.
JS had a PHAINOPEPLA at his birdbath in Socorro January 29.
JO has had three WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS at his home in Luis Lopez south of
Socorro. They were still present on January 18 with the HARRIS'S SPARROW.
JP saw the Harris's Sparrow on January 20.
In Catron County:
BM had two WOOD DUCKS at her Glenwood home on January 21.
In Sierra County:
At Percha Dam State Park CL found the DIPPER still present on February 4 at
the dam with the immature YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER with EASTERN BLUEBIRDS.
South of the park was the regular VERMILION FLYCATCHER and an EASTERN PHOEBE.
CL on Caballo Lake on February 4 found an immature GLAUCOUS GULL at the
Percha Flats area with one BONAPARTE'S GULL and a HERRING GULL. DK on February 7
did not see the Glaucous, but found the Bonaparte's with many Ring-bills.
GF on February 7 also saw a HORNED GREBE.
CL had an OSPREY at the Oxbow Lake in Truth or Consequences on February 4.
At Paseo del Rio Park below the Elephant Butte dam JP, WW, and HS on February
3 had a male BLACK-TAILED GNATCATCHER and a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW.
At Elephant Butte Lake's Rock Canyon Marina on February 3 JP, HS, and WW saw
22 HERRING GULLS (mostly adults), two adult CALIFORNIA GULLS, the adult
THAYER'S GULL, an adult MEW GULL, and the adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL. The
only ones CL saw on February 4 were nine HERRINGS with the Ring-bills. GF on
the 7th found 18 Herrings and the Thayer's, while DK on February 7 saw the
Black-backed, 19 Herrings, three adult Californias, the Thayer's, and the adult
Mew.
In Grant County:
At the Gila Bird Farm near Cliff on January 21 EW reported a WINTER WREN..
BNo had up to ten MONTEZUMA QUAIL on the Mountain Loop Trail near Gomez Peak
in the Gila NF on January 16.
RS had found SAGE SPARROWS along Fuller Road which goes from the county line
on NM 464 to US 70 at mile post 9.5.
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 Doņa Ana County:
JPa found a first winter ICELAND GULL on the Sunland Park racetrack pond
December 5. It stays with a HERRING GULL and seems to appear in the late
afternoon. JP advises that one needs to get permission to look for it from the
casino's office near the Jackpot Grill. JB says that the racetrack does NOT
want ANY birders there when the horses are racing on Tuesdays, Fridays,
Saturdays, and Sundays beginning at 12:15 p.m. DK again repoted the Iceland at 5:30
p.m. on February 7 with an adult Herring almost hidden among the many
Ring-bills. On January 14 JY reported the escaped MILITARY MACAW seen again in the
area.
At the southern day use area at the Leasburg State Park CL on February 3 saw
a calling DUSKY FLYCATCHER and two HOUSE WRENS and a COMMON MERGANSER on
Swan Pond with four CANADA GEESE.
At Garfield CL on February 4 saw a large flock of MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS.
MS and JZ on Burn Lake in Las Cruces saw the CACKLING GOOSE with 35 Canadas
on February 3. CL also saw the Cackling there on February 3 with a
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT.
JZ and MS on the levee about a mile south of where Kit Carson Blvd. Ends at
the levee had a HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER ON February 4 along with six
WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS.
From Mesquite to Vado on January 23 CL found seven CINNAMON TEAL, a COMMON
YELLOWTHROAT, and a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW.
JZ and MS at their home near Radium Springs had a female ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD
appear through February 3. A female RUDDY GROUND-DOVE came to their yard and
has been seen occasionally through February 3. Also present has been a BALD
EAGLE flying along the Rio.
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. JB found the DUNLIN still present on February
2.
In Eddy County:
SW had a CALIFORNIA GULL at Brantley Lake on February 6.
SW found a high count of 33 GREAT EGRETS with a SNOWY EGRET near Six-Mile
Dam near Otis on February 3.
On February 1 south of Whites City JB saw a flock of 20 WHITE-THROATED
SWIFTS.
In Lea County:
PM on February 2 had a BLUE JAY at the intersection of Texas Ave. and 8th
St. in Eunice.
SW on February 4 at Jal Lake had a high counts of 12 PIED-BILLED GREBES and
22 CANVASBACKS. At Maddox Lake west of Hobbs there were another 40
Canvasbacks and a CACKLING GOOSE with 17 Canadas. A MERLIN was at the Cooper
Cemetery
north of Jal.
INITIALS USED:
JB, Jonathan Batkin; JB, Jim Black; DC, David Cleary; SNC, Steve and
Nancy Cox; RE, Richard Ellenberg; GF, Gary Froehlich: CJG, C.J. Grimes; JHa,
James Haw; BH, Bill Howe; JH, Jeff Howland; TH, Theresa Hyde; DK, David
Krueper; CL, Carl Lundblad; PM, Pat McCasland; BM. Beth Menczer; LM,
Linda Mowbray; JNM, Jim Nelson-Moore; BNo, Bill Norris; JO, Jerry Oldenettel;
JP, John Parmeter; JPa, James Paton; CR, Chris Rustay; MS. Marcy Scott;
RS, Robert Shantz; JS, John Shipman; HS, Heidi Simms; BW, Bill West; SW,
Steve West; WW, Bill Wittman; CW, Cole Wolf; EW, Eleanor Wootten; JY,
John Yerger; 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. They explore on February 15 Embudo Canyon with Jeanine Zenge, and on
February 22 the new Albuquerque Open Space Visitor Center with Alice Weis.
The next banding dates for the Sandia Crest rosy finches will be on Sundays,
February 11, 18, and 25.
On Saturday, February 24, Southwest Audubon will bird the Lake Roberts area.
Contact is 534-1450.
On February 24, Mesilla Valley Audubon will bird the Uvas Valley Area, the
Nutt Grasslands, and the Macho Creek drainage north of Cook's Peak. Contact
is Walt Whitford at 521-1358.
- End transcript.
* New Mexico Bird Report
* February 8 2007
* NMEX0702.08
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Horned Grebe (Sierra)
Pied-billed Grebe (Lea)
Neotropic Cormorant (Doņa Ana)
Great and Snowy Egrets (Eddy)
Greater White-fronted Goose (Socorro)
Cackling and Canada Geese (Doņa Ana, Chaves, Lea)
Wood Duck (Catron)
Cinnamon Teal (Doņa Ana)
Canvasback (Lea)
Long-tailed Duck (Colfax)
Common Goldeneye (Sandoval)
Common Merganser (Doņa Ana)
Osprey (Sierra)
Bald Eagle (Doņa Ana)
Rough-legged Hawk (Colfax, Cibola)
Golden Eagle (Colfax)
Merlin (Lea)
Lesser Prairie-Chicken (Roosevelt)
Mountain Quail (Grant)
Long-billed Dowitcher (Socorro)
Dunlin (Otero)
Bonaparte's Gull (Sierra, Eddy)
Mew Gull (Sierra)
California Gull (Sierra)
Herring Gull (Sierra, Doņa Ana)
Thayer's and Glaucous Gulls (Sierra)
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (Sierra)
ICELAND GULL (Doņa Ana)
RUDDY Ground-Dove (Doņa Ana)
Northern Saw-whet Owl (Santa Fe)
Anna's Hummingbird (Doņa Ana)
Military Macaw escape (Doņa Ana)
White-throated Swift (Eddy)
Lewis's Woodpecker (Colfax)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sierra)
Three-toed Woodpecker (Bernalillo)
Dusky and Hammond's Flycatchers (Doņa Ana)
Eastern Phoebe (Socorro. Sandoval, Sierra)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Sierra)
Northern Shrike (Colfax)
Blue Jay (Colfax, Lea)
Winter Wren (Grant)
House Wren (Doņa Ana)
American Dipper (Sierra)
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher (Sierra)
Eastern Bluebird (Bernalillo, Sierra)
Mountain Bluebird (Doņa Ana)
Phainopepla (Socorro)
Common Yellowthroat (Doņa Ana)
American Tree Sparrow (Colfax)
Sage Sparrow (Grant)
Swamp Sparrow (Sandoval)
White-throated Sparrow (Socorro, Sierra, Doņa Ana)
Harris's Sparrow (Socorro)
Lapland Longspur (Colfax)
Rosy Finches (Bernalillo)
Red Crossbill (Bernalillo)
Evening Grosbeak (Santa Fe)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: February 8 2007
compiler Patricia R. Snider
Phone: 719-846-3174
Cell phone 505-803-1807
e-mail address _pinyonjay@aol.com_ (mailto:pinyonjay@aol.com)
I have moved to Colorado.
This is Pinyon Jay with the New Mexico Bird Report for February 8, 2007,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are
given for private property, please call before going. Highlights: ICELAND GULL,
Thayer's Gull, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, Glaucous Gull, Mew Gull,
Long-tailed Duck. Harris's Sparrows.
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) 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:
CR checked the Corrales Bosque off Romero Road on January 21. He had an
EASTERN PHOEBE south of Romero Road. A SWAMP SPARROW was along the Rio.
BH found Cochiti Lake totally frozen for the first time on January 15.
Ducks were on the Rio at the Spillway including COMMON GOLDENEYES.
In Santa Fe County:
JB had a SAW-WHET OWL calling at his home in Santa Fe on West Zia Road just
off of the Old Pecos Trail on January 23 at 8:45 p.m.
TH on January 31 saw five EVENING GROSBEAKS at Caņada de Los Alamos east of
Santa Fe.
RE on January 20 had a SAW-WHET OWL about 2.5 miles up the road to the Santa
Fe Ski Basin on the Aspen Vista Service Road. One needs to snowshoe or ski
in.
In Colfax County:
Lake 13 on the Maxwell Refuge is frozen, as is Springer Lake. Stubblefield
is 95% frozen. DC on Stubblefield Lake on February 2 saw the two female
LONG-TAILED DUCKS.
On February 3 at mile marker 8 on NM 445 north of Maxwell he found about 150
LAPLAND LONGSPURS.
DC on January 31 between the Raton Country Club on Gardiner Road saw a
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, three LEWIS'S WOODPECKERS and a NORTHERN SHRIKE with over 90
TREE SPARROWS.
DC south of Maxwell on January 29 had the GOLDEN EAGLE on I-25 south of
Maxwell.
DC had on January 29 a BLUE JAY at the Ponil Creek bridge on US 64 in
Cimarron and at the NM 21 bridge there two more jays.
In Cibola County:
CJG on February 4 found a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK south of I-40 on NM 53 at San
Rafael.
In Bernalillo County:
CW saw on January 21 about 45 RED CROSSBILLS between the Capulin Springs
Picnic area and the Crest House. JHa saw a THREE-TOED WOODPECKER in the lower
parking lot of Sandia Crest on January 29. LM found a large flock of EASTERN
BLUEBIRDS a mile up the road to the Crest on January 29.
At the Sandia Crest House east of Albuquerque there is a good number of
ROSY-FINCHES. The SNC banding team reported 45 more banded on February 4, 28
BLACKS, one BROWN-CAPPED, and 16 GRAY-CROWNED (six were HEPBURN'S). So far this
winter they have banded 543: 399 Blacks, 137 Gray-crowned, and only seven
Brown-capped. (967 banded since January 2004).
In Roosevelt County:
JB saw a pair of LESSER PRAIRIE CHICKENS at Milnesand on February 1.
In Chaves County:
JH on Bitter Lake Refuge on Unit 5 January 29 saw about 25 CACKLING GEESE
with Canadas.
In Socorro County:
At Bosque del Apache Refuge near San Antonio JP, HS, and WW saw the EASTERN
PHOEBE at the Flight Deck on February 3 with 90 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS
present. On January 29 JNM and BW had an immature HARRIS'S SPARROW at the Norton
Blind.
BW and JNM on February 4 in a field north of the San Acacia exit on I-25 saw
a WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE with Canadas.
JS had a PHAINOPEPLA at his birdbath in Socorro January 29.
JO has had three WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS at his home in Luis Lopez south of
Socorro. They were still present on January 18 with the HARRIS'S SPARROW.
JP saw the Harris's Sparrow on January 20.
In Catron County:
BM had two WOOD DUCKS at her Glenwood home on January 21.
In Sierra County:
At Percha Dam State Park CL found the DIPPER still present on February 4 at
the dam with the immature YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER with EASTERN BLUEBIRDS.
South of the park was the regular VERMILION FLYCATCHER and an EASTERN PHOEBE.
CL on Caballo Lake on February 4 found an immature GLAUCOUS GULL at the
Percha Flats area with one BONAPARTE'S GULL and a HERRING GULL. DK on February 7
did not see the Glaucous, but found the Bonaparte's with many Ring-bills.
GF on February 7 also saw a HORNED GREBE.
CL had an OSPREY at the Oxbow Lake in Truth or Consequences on February 4.
At Paseo del Rio Park below the Elephant Butte dam JP, WW, and HS on February
3 had a male BLACK-TAILED GNATCATCHER and a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW.
At Elephant Butte Lake's Rock Canyon Marina on February 3 JP, HS, and WW saw
22 HERRING GULLS (mostly adults), two adult CALIFORNIA GULLS, the adult
THAYER'S GULL, an adult MEW GULL, and the adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL. The
only ones CL saw on February 4 were nine HERRINGS with the Ring-bills. GF on
the 7th found 18 Herrings and the Thayer's, while DK on February 7 saw the
Black-backed, 19 Herrings, three adult Californias, the Thayer's, and the adult
Mew.
In Grant County:
At the Gila Bird Farm near Cliff on January 21 EW reported a WINTER WREN..
BNo had up to ten MONTEZUMA QUAIL on the Mountain Loop Trail near Gomez Peak
in the Gila NF on January 16.
RS had found SAGE SPARROWS along Fuller Road which goes from the county line
on NM 464 to US 70 at mile post 9.5.
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 Doņa Ana County:
JPa found a first winter ICELAND GULL on the Sunland Park racetrack pond
December 5. It stays with a HERRING GULL and seems to appear in the late
afternoon. JP advises that one needs to get permission to look for it from the
casino's office near the Jackpot Grill. JB says that the racetrack does NOT
want ANY birders there when the horses are racing on Tuesdays, Fridays,
Saturdays, and Sundays beginning at 12:15 p.m. DK again repoted the Iceland at 5:30
p.m. on February 7 with an adult Herring almost hidden among the many
Ring-bills. On January 14 JY reported the escaped MILITARY MACAW seen again in the
area.
At the southern day use area at the Leasburg State Park CL on February 3 saw
a calling DUSKY FLYCATCHER and two HOUSE WRENS and a COMMON MERGANSER on
Swan Pond with four CANADA GEESE.
At Garfield CL on February 4 saw a large flock of MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS.
MS and JZ on Burn Lake in Las Cruces saw the CACKLING GOOSE with 35 Canadas
on February 3. CL also saw the Cackling there on February 3 with a
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT.
JZ and MS on the levee about a mile south of where Kit Carson Blvd. Ends at
the levee had a HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER ON February 4 along with six
WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS.
From Mesquite to Vado on January 23 CL found seven CINNAMON TEAL, a COMMON
YELLOWTHROAT, and a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW.
JZ and MS at their home near Radium Springs had a female ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD
appear through February 3. A female RUDDY GROUND-DOVE came to their yard and
has been seen occasionally through February 3. Also present has been a BALD
EAGLE flying along the Rio.
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. JB found the DUNLIN still present on February
2.
In Eddy County:
SW had a CALIFORNIA GULL at Brantley Lake on February 6.
SW found a high count of 33 GREAT EGRETS with a SNOWY EGRET near Six-Mile
Dam near Otis on February 3.
On February 1 south of Whites City JB saw a flock of 20 WHITE-THROATED
SWIFTS.
In Lea County:
PM on February 2 had a BLUE JAY at the intersection of Texas Ave. and 8th
St. in Eunice.
SW on February 4 at Jal Lake had a high counts of 12 PIED-BILLED GREBES and
22 CANVASBACKS. At Maddox Lake west of Hobbs there were another 40
Canvasbacks and a CACKLING GOOSE with 17 Canadas. A MERLIN was at the Cooper
Cemetery
north of Jal.
INITIALS USED:
JB, Jonathan Batkin; JB, Jim Black; DC, David Cleary; SNC, Steve and
Nancy Cox; RE, Richard Ellenberg; GF, Gary Froehlich: CJG, C.J. Grimes; JHa,
James Haw; BH, Bill Howe; JH, Jeff Howland; TH, Theresa Hyde; DK, David
Krueper; CL, Carl Lundblad; PM, Pat McCasland; BM. Beth Menczer; LM,
Linda Mowbray; JNM, Jim Nelson-Moore; BNo, Bill Norris; JO, Jerry Oldenettel;
JP, John Parmeter; JPa, James Paton; CR, Chris Rustay; MS. Marcy Scott;
RS, Robert Shantz; JS, John Shipman; HS, Heidi Simms; BW, Bill West; SW,
Steve West; WW, Bill Wittman; CW, Cole Wolf; EW, Eleanor Wootten; JY,
John Yerger; 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. They explore on February 15 Embudo Canyon with Jeanine Zenge, and on
February 22 the new Albuquerque Open Space Visitor Center with Alice Weis.
The next banding dates for the Sandia Crest rosy finches will be on Sundays,
February 11, 18, and 25.
On Saturday, February 24, Southwest Audubon will bird the Lake Roberts area.
Contact is 534-1450.
On February 24, Mesilla Valley Audubon will bird the Uvas Valley Area, the
Nutt Grasslands, and the Macho Creek drainage north of Cook's Peak. Contact
is Walt Whitford at 521-1358.
- End transcript.