- RBA
* New Mexico Bird Report
* February 15 2007
* NMEX0702.15
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Horned Grebe (Sierra)
Eared Grebe (Doņa Ana)
Neotropic Cormorant (Doņa Ana, Socorro)
Great and Snowy Egrets (Eddy, Doņa Ana)
White-faced Ibis (Valencia)
Greater White-fronted Goose (Socorro)
Cackling and Canada Geese (Doņa Ana, Chaves, Lea, Otero, San Miguel)
Wood Duck (Otero)
Cinnamon Teal (Valencia)
Canvasback (Lea, Doņa Ana)
Ring-necked Duck (Doņa Ana)
Long-tailed Duck (Colfax)
Common Merganser (Doņa Ana)
Osprey (Sierra)
Bald Eagle (Doņa Ana)
Harris's Hawk (Otero)
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK (Doņa Ana)
Harlan's Red-tailed Hawk (Texas)
Rough-legged Hawk (Cibola, Colfax, Socorro)
Merlin (Lea)
Black-necked Stilt (Doņa Ana)
Greater Yellowlegs and Least Sandpiper (Texas)
Dunlin (Otero, Hidalgo)
Bonaparte's Gull (Sierra, Eddy)
Mew Gull (Sierra)
California Gull (Sierra, Otero, Eddy)
Herring Gull (Sierra, Doņa Ana, Mora)
Thayer's and Glaucous Gulls (Sierra)
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (Sierra)
ICELAND GULL (Doņa Ana)
RUDDY Ground-Dove (Doņa Ana)
Burrowing Owl (Doņa Ana)
Long-eared Owl (Doņa Ana)
Short-eared Owl (Colfax)
Northern Saw-whet Owl (Santa Fe)
Anna's Hummingbird (Doņa Ana)
Lewis's Woodpecker (Colfax)
Acorn Woodpecker (Doņa Ana)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sierra, Doņa Ana)
Three-toed Woodpecker (Bernalillo)
Eastern Phoebe (Socorro. Sierra)
Northern Shrike (Colfax, Santa Fe)
Hutton's Vireo (Doņa Ana)
Blue Jay (Lea, Colfax)
American Dipper (Sierra, Colfax)
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher (Sierra)
Mountain Bluebird (Doņa Ana, Socorro)
Common Yellowthroat (Texas)
Wilson's Warbler (Doņa Ana)
Sage Sparrow (Grant)
Lark Bunting (Doņa Ana)
Swamp Sparrow (Socorro)
White-throated Sparrow (Sierra, Doņa Ana)
Golden-crowned Sparrow (Grant)
Lapland Longspur (Colfax)
Rosy Finches (Bernalillo)
Lesser Goldfinch (Bernalillo)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: February 15, 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 am now in Trinidad, Colorado.
This is Pinyon Jay with the New Mexico Bird Report for February 15, 2007,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are
given for private property, please call before going. Highlights:
Red-shouldered Hawk, 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 Santa Fe County:
` Near the junction of NM41 and US 285 near Lamy on February 10 CR and BN
saw a NORTHERN SHRIKE immature.
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.
In San Miguel County:
Only Crane Lake was open on the Las Vegas Refuge on February 10 where CR and
BN found CACKLING GEES
In Mora County:
On February 10 CR and BN found a HERRING GULL on Calley's Lake. This pond
is five miles south of Wagon Mound and was dry through most of the drought
years. Earlier it was frozen.
In Colfax County:
DC on Stubblefield Lake on February 2 saw the two female LONG-TAILED DUCKS.
CR and BN saw it on February 11.
On February 10 they saw a flying SHORT-EARED OWL that was flying along NM
445 2.5 miles before its junction with I-25 south of Raton. On February 3 at
mile marker 8 on NM 445 north of Maxwell DC found about 150 LAPLAND LONGSPURS.
DC on January 31 between the Raton Country Club on Gardiner Road saw three
LEWIS'S WOODPECKERS and a NORTHERN SHRIKE.
CR and BN ON February 10 saw a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK south of Springer.
On February 11 they saw four BLUE JAYS in Cimarron with three DIPPERS in the
Cimarron Canyon area to the west and another Northern SHRIKE in Eagle Nest.
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:
JHa saw a THREE-TOED WOODPECKER in the lower parking lot of Sandia 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 93 more banded on February 11, 74
BLACKS and 19 GRAY-CROWNED (12 were HEPBURN'S). So far this winter they have
banded 636: 473 Blacks, 156 Gray-crowned, and only seven Brown-capped. (1060
banded since January 2004).
LG reported a male LESSER GOLDFINCH at the southern end of the Corrales
Bosque on February 13.
In Valencia County:
JP and WW on February 10 again saw the WHITE-FACED IBIS with three CINNAMON
TEALS at the marsh behind the Taco Bell in Belen.
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. LS reported MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS on
February 10 on the north end of the Farm Loop. MSc on February 11 saw four
NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS, a Rough-legged Hawk on the east side of the Marsh Loop,
and a SWAMP SPARROW on the two-way road.
JNM and BW on February 4 in a field north of the San Acacia exit on I-25 saw
a WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE with Canadas.
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. JP and WW saw the Dipper
on February 9. South of the park was 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. 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. 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. On February 10 JP and WW found only ten HERRING GULLS. On February 11
BH, GF, and PM saw the Thayer's and TWO Mew Gulls with 21 Herrings.
In Grant County:
CPS reported a GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW just north of the Spirit Lodge.
RS has 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:
On February 3 RS photographed a DUNLIN at the playa west of Lordsburg near
the Animas exit.
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:
CL, MS, and JZ had an adult RED-SHOULDERED HAWK (photos) on February 11
along the Rio Grande north of their home near Radium Springs. From NM 185 at
mile 12.5 take an unmarked road going west (it's the first road north of Francis
Way). Go west .1 mile to the levee. Hike along the Rio for about 1/4 mile.
JPa found a first winter ICELAND GULL on the Sunland Park racetrack pond.
It seems to appear in the late afternoon. One needs to get permission to look
for it from the casino's office. 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 reported the Iceland at 5:30 p.m. on
February 7 with an adult HERRING almost hidden among the many Ring-bills. JP and WW
on February 9 did not find the rarer gulls. At the Rio there were 14
BLACK-NECKED STILTS and two BURROWING OWLS.
At the Leasburg State Park MS, and JZ found the YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER
still present on February 10. They saw it with JP and WW February 9. CL had it
on February 11.
CL on February 9 saw a WILSON'S WARBLER a mile north of the Mesilla Dam.
CL found 25 to 30 LONG-EARED OWLS roost at Randal's Pool on the west side of
the Rio near Sunland Park in a dense thicket.
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 on February 5 found 22 SNOWY EGRETS and two COMMON
MERGANSERS. JZ and MS had both geese species and nine NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS on
February 10. JP and WW also saw the Cackling Goose on February 9.
At the Corralitos Ranch pond west of Las Cruces JZ and MS on February 10 had
an EARED GREBE, CANVASBACKS, and RING-NECKED DUCKS. The pond can be seen
from the road, but one needs permission from Brian Foster to bird on the ranch.
CCBr on the Pine Tree Trail at Aguirre Springs Park east of the Organ Mts.
on February 10 saw two ACORN WOODPECKERS and a HUTTON'S VIREO. They had 150
LARK BUNTINGS on Dyer Road.
JZ and MS on the levee about a mile south of where Kit Carson Blvd. ends at
the levee on February 4 six WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS.
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, seen by CL on February 11.
In Otero County:
JB found the DUNLIN still present at the Holloman Lakes on February 2. CL
and CBr saw it on February 6 and 13. They saw a CALIFORNIA GULL there on
February 12.
At the sewage ponds in Tularosa they found a CACKLING GOOSE and four WOOD
DUCKS. Four HARRIS'S HAWKS were a mile south of Tularosa.
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:
SW had a CALIFORNIA GULL at Brantley Lake on February 6.
SW found a high count of 33 GREAT EGRETS near Six-Mile Dam near Otis on
February 3.
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 count of 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.
In Texas near the border:
CCBr on February 10 at the Fort Bliss Sewage Ponds found a HARLAN'S HAWK,
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, and a LEAST SANDPIPER.
INITIALS USED:
JB, Jonathan Batkin; CCBr, Charles and Chandra Britt; DC, David Cleary;
SNC, Steve and Nancy Cox; GF, Gary Froehlich: LG, Larry Gorbet; CJG, C.J.
Grimes; JHa, James Haw; JH, Jeff Howland; BH, Bill Howe; DK, David
Krueper; CL, Carl Lundblad; PM, Pat McCasland; PM, Paul McConnell; JNM, Jim
Nelson-Moore; BN, Bruce Neville; JO, Jerry Oldenettel; JP, John Parmeter;
JPa, James Paton; CR, Chris Rustay; LS, Lorraine Schulte; MS. Marcy Scott;
MSc, Myron Scott; RS, Robert Shantz; HS, Heidi Simms; CPS, Carolyn and
Phil Snow; 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 February 22 the new Albuquerque Open Space Visitor Center will be
birded with Alice Weis.
The next banding dates for the Sandia Crest rosy finches will be on Sundays
February 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 15 2007
* NMEX0702.15
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Horned Grebe (Sierra)
Eared Grebe (Doņa Ana)
Neotropic Cormorant (Doņa Ana, Socorro)
Great and Snowy Egrets (Eddy, Doņa Ana)
White-faced Ibis (Valencia)
Greater White-fronted Goose (Socorro)
Cackling and Canada Geese (Doņa Ana, Chaves, Lea, Otero, San Miguel)
Wood Duck (Otero)
Cinnamon Teal (Valencia)
Canvasback (Lea, Doņa Ana)
Ring-necked Duck (Doņa Ana)
Long-tailed Duck (Colfax)
Common Merganser (Doņa Ana)
Osprey (Sierra)
Bald Eagle (Doņa Ana)
Harris's Hawk (Otero)
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK (Doņa Ana)
Harlan's Red-tailed Hawk (Texas)
Rough-legged Hawk (Cibola, Colfax, Socorro)
Merlin (Lea)
Black-necked Stilt (Doņa Ana)
Greater Yellowlegs and Least Sandpiper (Texas)
Dunlin (Otero, Hidalgo)
Bonaparte's Gull (Sierra, Eddy)
Mew Gull (Sierra)
California Gull (Sierra, Otero, Eddy)
Herring Gull (Sierra, Doņa Ana, Mora)
Thayer's and Glaucous Gulls (Sierra)
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (Sierra)
ICELAND GULL (Doņa Ana)
RUDDY Ground-Dove (Doņa Ana)
Burrowing Owl (Doņa Ana)
Long-eared Owl (Doņa Ana)
Short-eared Owl (Colfax)
Northern Saw-whet Owl (Santa Fe)
Anna's Hummingbird (Doņa Ana)
Lewis's Woodpecker (Colfax)
Acorn Woodpecker (Doņa Ana)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sierra, Doņa Ana)
Three-toed Woodpecker (Bernalillo)
Eastern Phoebe (Socorro. Sierra)
Northern Shrike (Colfax, Santa Fe)
Hutton's Vireo (Doņa Ana)
Blue Jay (Lea, Colfax)
American Dipper (Sierra, Colfax)
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher (Sierra)
Mountain Bluebird (Doņa Ana, Socorro)
Common Yellowthroat (Texas)
Wilson's Warbler (Doņa Ana)
Sage Sparrow (Grant)
Lark Bunting (Doņa Ana)
Swamp Sparrow (Socorro)
White-throated Sparrow (Sierra, Doņa Ana)
Golden-crowned Sparrow (Grant)
Lapland Longspur (Colfax)
Rosy Finches (Bernalillo)
Lesser Goldfinch (Bernalillo)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: February 15, 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 am now in Trinidad, Colorado.
This is Pinyon Jay with the New Mexico Bird Report for February 15, 2007,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are
given for private property, please call before going. Highlights:
Red-shouldered Hawk, 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 Santa Fe County:
` Near the junction of NM41 and US 285 near Lamy on February 10 CR and BN
saw a NORTHERN SHRIKE immature.
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.
In San Miguel County:
Only Crane Lake was open on the Las Vegas Refuge on February 10 where CR and
BN found CACKLING GEES
In Mora County:
On February 10 CR and BN found a HERRING GULL on Calley's Lake. This pond
is five miles south of Wagon Mound and was dry through most of the drought
years. Earlier it was frozen.
In Colfax County:
DC on Stubblefield Lake on February 2 saw the two female LONG-TAILED DUCKS.
CR and BN saw it on February 11.
On February 10 they saw a flying SHORT-EARED OWL that was flying along NM
445 2.5 miles before its junction with I-25 south of Raton. On February 3 at
mile marker 8 on NM 445 north of Maxwell DC found about 150 LAPLAND LONGSPURS.
DC on January 31 between the Raton Country Club on Gardiner Road saw three
LEWIS'S WOODPECKERS and a NORTHERN SHRIKE.
CR and BN ON February 10 saw a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK south of Springer.
On February 11 they saw four BLUE JAYS in Cimarron with three DIPPERS in the
Cimarron Canyon area to the west and another Northern SHRIKE in Eagle Nest.
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:
JHa saw a THREE-TOED WOODPECKER in the lower parking lot of Sandia 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 93 more banded on February 11, 74
BLACKS and 19 GRAY-CROWNED (12 were HEPBURN'S). So far this winter they have
banded 636: 473 Blacks, 156 Gray-crowned, and only seven Brown-capped. (1060
banded since January 2004).
LG reported a male LESSER GOLDFINCH at the southern end of the Corrales
Bosque on February 13.
In Valencia County:
JP and WW on February 10 again saw the WHITE-FACED IBIS with three CINNAMON
TEALS at the marsh behind the Taco Bell in Belen.
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. LS reported MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS on
February 10 on the north end of the Farm Loop. MSc on February 11 saw four
NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS, a Rough-legged Hawk on the east side of the Marsh Loop,
and a SWAMP SPARROW on the two-way road.
JNM and BW on February 4 in a field north of the San Acacia exit on I-25 saw
a WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE with Canadas.
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. JP and WW saw the Dipper
on February 9. South of the park was 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. 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. 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. On February 10 JP and WW found only ten HERRING GULLS. On February 11
BH, GF, and PM saw the Thayer's and TWO Mew Gulls with 21 Herrings.
In Grant County:
CPS reported a GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW just north of the Spirit Lodge.
RS has 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:
On February 3 RS photographed a DUNLIN at the playa west of Lordsburg near
the Animas exit.
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:
CL, MS, and JZ had an adult RED-SHOULDERED HAWK (photos) on February 11
along the Rio Grande north of their home near Radium Springs. From NM 185 at
mile 12.5 take an unmarked road going west (it's the first road north of Francis
Way). Go west .1 mile to the levee. Hike along the Rio for about 1/4 mile.
JPa found a first winter ICELAND GULL on the Sunland Park racetrack pond.
It seems to appear in the late afternoon. One needs to get permission to look
for it from the casino's office. 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 reported the Iceland at 5:30 p.m. on
February 7 with an adult HERRING almost hidden among the many Ring-bills. JP and WW
on February 9 did not find the rarer gulls. At the Rio there were 14
BLACK-NECKED STILTS and two BURROWING OWLS.
At the Leasburg State Park MS, and JZ found the YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER
still present on February 10. They saw it with JP and WW February 9. CL had it
on February 11.
CL on February 9 saw a WILSON'S WARBLER a mile north of the Mesilla Dam.
CL found 25 to 30 LONG-EARED OWLS roost at Randal's Pool on the west side of
the Rio near Sunland Park in a dense thicket.
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 on February 5 found 22 SNOWY EGRETS and two COMMON
MERGANSERS. JZ and MS had both geese species and nine NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS on
February 10. JP and WW also saw the Cackling Goose on February 9.
At the Corralitos Ranch pond west of Las Cruces JZ and MS on February 10 had
an EARED GREBE, CANVASBACKS, and RING-NECKED DUCKS. The pond can be seen
from the road, but one needs permission from Brian Foster to bird on the ranch.
CCBr on the Pine Tree Trail at Aguirre Springs Park east of the Organ Mts.
on February 10 saw two ACORN WOODPECKERS and a HUTTON'S VIREO. They had 150
LARK BUNTINGS on Dyer Road.
JZ and MS on the levee about a mile south of where Kit Carson Blvd. ends at
the levee on February 4 six WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS.
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, seen by CL on February 11.
In Otero County:
JB found the DUNLIN still present at the Holloman Lakes on February 2. CL
and CBr saw it on February 6 and 13. They saw a CALIFORNIA GULL there on
February 12.
At the sewage ponds in Tularosa they found a CACKLING GOOSE and four WOOD
DUCKS. Four HARRIS'S HAWKS were a mile south of Tularosa.
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:
SW had a CALIFORNIA GULL at Brantley Lake on February 6.
SW found a high count of 33 GREAT EGRETS near Six-Mile Dam near Otis on
February 3.
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 count of 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.
In Texas near the border:
CCBr on February 10 at the Fort Bliss Sewage Ponds found a HARLAN'S HAWK,
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, and a LEAST SANDPIPER.
INITIALS USED:
JB, Jonathan Batkin; CCBr, Charles and Chandra Britt; DC, David Cleary;
SNC, Steve and Nancy Cox; GF, Gary Froehlich: LG, Larry Gorbet; CJG, C.J.
Grimes; JHa, James Haw; JH, Jeff Howland; BH, Bill Howe; DK, David
Krueper; CL, Carl Lundblad; PM, Pat McCasland; PM, Paul McConnell; JNM, Jim
Nelson-Moore; BN, Bruce Neville; JO, Jerry Oldenettel; JP, John Parmeter;
JPa, James Paton; CR, Chris Rustay; LS, Lorraine Schulte; MS. Marcy Scott;
MSc, Myron Scott; RS, Robert Shantz; HS, Heidi Simms; CPS, Carolyn and
Phil Snow; 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 February 22 the new Albuquerque Open Space Visitor Center will be
birded with Alice Weis.
The next banding dates for the Sandia Crest rosy finches will be on Sundays
February 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.
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