- RBA
* New Mexico Bird Report
* February 19, 2007
* NMEX0702.19
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Horned Grebe (Sierra)
Neotropic Cormorant (Doņa Ana)
Great Egret (Eddy)
White-faced Ibis (Valencia)
Greater White-fronted Goose (Socorro)
Cackling and Canada Geese (Doņa Ana, Lea, Otero, San Miguel)
Wood Duck (Otero)
Cinnamon Teal (Valencia)
Canvasback (Lea)
Long-tailed Duck (Colfax)
Common Merganser (Doņa Ana)
Hooded 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 (Colfax, Socorro, Hidalgo))
Golden Eagle (Hidalgo)
Merlin (Lea)
Montezuma Quail (Hidalgo)
Black-necked Stilt (Doņa Ana)
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, Hidalgo)
Long-eared Owl (Doņa Ana, Hidalgo)
Short-eared Owl (Colfax)
Anna's Hummingbird (Doņa Ana)
Lewis's Woodpecker (Colfax)
Acorn Woodpecker (Doņa Ana)
Gila and Arizona Woodpeckers (Hidalgo)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sierra, Doņa Ana)
Black Phoebe (Cibola)
Eastern Phoebe (Socorro. Sierra, Doņa Ana)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Doņa Ana)
Northern Shrike (Colfax, Santa Fe)
Hutton's Vireo (Doņa Ana)
Blue Jay (Lea, Colfax)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Doņa Ana)
American Dipper (Sierra, Colfax)
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher (Sierra)
Mountain Bluebird (Doņa Ana, Socorro)
Hermit Thrush (Doņa Ana)
Common Yellowthroat (Doņa Ana)
Wilson's Warbler (Doņa Ana)
Sage Sparrow (Grant)
Baird's Sparrow (Hidalgo)
Swamp Sparrow (Socorro, Doņa Ana)
White-throated Sparrow (Sierra, Doņa Ana)
Harris's Sparrow (Doņa Ana)
Rosy Finches (Bernalillo, CIBOLA)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: February 19, 2007
compiler Patricia R. Snider
Phone: 719-846-3174
Cell phone 505-803-1807
e-mail address _pinyonjay@aol.com_ (mailto:pinyonjay@aol.com)
This is Pinyon Jay with the New Mexico Bird Report for February 19, 2007,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are
given for private property, please call before going. Highlights:
Red-shouldered Hawk, Thayer's Gull, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, Mew Gulls, 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.
In San Miguel County:
Only Crane Lake was open on the Las Vegas Refuge on February 10 where CR and
BN found CACKLING GEESE.
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. 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.
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 17 on the saddle between Mount Taylor and La Mosca Peak at
10,700 feet saw a flock of up to 20 ROSY FINCHES.
Near the county bldg. In Grants at dusk he heard a calling BLACK PHOEBE.
In Bernalillo County:
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).
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 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 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 GF on the 7th found 18 Herrings
and the Thayer's, while DK on February 7 saw the adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED
GULL, 19 Herrings, three adult CALIFORNIAS, the THAYER'S, and the adult Mew.
On February 11 BH, GF, and PM saw the Thayer's and TWO MEW GULLS with 21
Herrings.
In Grant County:
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:
In Clanton Canyon GB reported two coveys of MONTEZUMA QUAIL, a few ARIZONA
WOODPECKERS, and a LONG-EARED OWL on February 18. In the grasslands around
Cloverdale there was a GOLDEN EAGLE, a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, both longspurs, and
four BAIRD'S SPARROWS.& There was a GILA WOODPECKER at Dunagan's Crossing and
a BURROWING OWL just south of Animas. Some of these areas may be on the
off-limits Gray Ranch.
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.
It was seen there by MB and NP on February 15. To get to 185 take the
Radium Springs exit 19 off I-25
A first winter ICELAND GULL has been 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, and there have no later reports.
At the Rio there were 14 BLACK-NECKED STILTS and two BURROWING OWLS for CL.
JZ and MS on February 17 had a HARRIS'S SPARROW 4.5 miles north of Hatch on
B.B. Romig Rd. near an ostrich farm.
At the Leasburg State Park MS and JZ found the YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER
still present on February 10. CL had it on February 11. At nearby Swan Pond on
February 16 CL found a male HOODED MERGANSER. On February 17 JZ and MS found
three females of the mergansers.
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. JZ found the roost on
February 16.
JN had another EASTERN PHOEBE near his home west of Mesilla and found the
VERMILION FLYCATCHER had returned after a brief absence on February 16.
At Garfield CL on February 4 saw a large flock of MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS.
CBr at the Mesiila ValLey Bosque Park (Old Refuge) on February 16 had two
female HOODED MERGANSERS, one or two ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS, a couple of
YELLOWTHROATS, four SWAMP SPARROWS, an EASTERN PHOEBE, and five HERMIT THRUSHES.
MS and JZ on Burn Lake in Las Cruces saw the CACKLING GOOSE with 35 Canadas
on February 3. CL on February 5 found two COMMON MERGANSERS. JZ and MS had
both geese species and nine NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS on February 10.
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.
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:
CL and CBr saw the DUNLIN still present at the Holloman Lakes on February
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.
INITIALS USED:
MB, Matt Baumann; GB, Gwvin Bieber; CCBr, Charles and Chandra Britt; DC,
David Cleary; SNC, Steve and Nancy Cox; GF, Gary Froehlich: CJG, C.J.
Grimes; BH, Bill Howe; DK, David Krueper; CL, Carl Lundblad; PM, Pat
McCasland; PM, Paul McConnell; JNM, Jim Nelson-Moore; JN, Josh Nemeth: BN,
Bruce Neville; JO, Jerry Oldenettel; JP, John Parmeter; NP, Nick Pederson;
CR, Chris Rustay; LS, Lorraine Schulte; MS. Marcy Scott; MSc, Myron Scott;
RS, Robert Shantz; HS, Heidi Simms; 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 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 19, 2007
* NMEX0702.19
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Horned Grebe (Sierra)
Neotropic Cormorant (Doņa Ana)
Great Egret (Eddy)
White-faced Ibis (Valencia)
Greater White-fronted Goose (Socorro)
Cackling and Canada Geese (Doņa Ana, Lea, Otero, San Miguel)
Wood Duck (Otero)
Cinnamon Teal (Valencia)
Canvasback (Lea)
Long-tailed Duck (Colfax)
Common Merganser (Doņa Ana)
Hooded 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 (Colfax, Socorro, Hidalgo))
Golden Eagle (Hidalgo)
Merlin (Lea)
Montezuma Quail (Hidalgo)
Black-necked Stilt (Doņa Ana)
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, Hidalgo)
Long-eared Owl (Doņa Ana, Hidalgo)
Short-eared Owl (Colfax)
Anna's Hummingbird (Doņa Ana)
Lewis's Woodpecker (Colfax)
Acorn Woodpecker (Doņa Ana)
Gila and Arizona Woodpeckers (Hidalgo)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sierra, Doņa Ana)
Black Phoebe (Cibola)
Eastern Phoebe (Socorro. Sierra, Doņa Ana)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Doņa Ana)
Northern Shrike (Colfax, Santa Fe)
Hutton's Vireo (Doņa Ana)
Blue Jay (Lea, Colfax)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Doņa Ana)
American Dipper (Sierra, Colfax)
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher (Sierra)
Mountain Bluebird (Doņa Ana, Socorro)
Hermit Thrush (Doņa Ana)
Common Yellowthroat (Doņa Ana)
Wilson's Warbler (Doņa Ana)
Sage Sparrow (Grant)
Baird's Sparrow (Hidalgo)
Swamp Sparrow (Socorro, Doņa Ana)
White-throated Sparrow (Sierra, Doņa Ana)
Harris's Sparrow (Doņa Ana)
Rosy Finches (Bernalillo, CIBOLA)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: February 19, 2007
compiler Patricia R. Snider
Phone: 719-846-3174
Cell phone 505-803-1807
e-mail address _pinyonjay@aol.com_ (mailto:pinyonjay@aol.com)
This is Pinyon Jay with the New Mexico Bird Report for February 19, 2007,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are
given for private property, please call before going. Highlights:
Red-shouldered Hawk, Thayer's Gull, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, Mew Gulls, 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.
In San Miguel County:
Only Crane Lake was open on the Las Vegas Refuge on February 10 where CR and
BN found CACKLING GEESE.
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. 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.
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 17 on the saddle between Mount Taylor and La Mosca Peak at
10,700 feet saw a flock of up to 20 ROSY FINCHES.
Near the county bldg. In Grants at dusk he heard a calling BLACK PHOEBE.
In Bernalillo County:
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).
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 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 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 GF on the 7th found 18 Herrings
and the Thayer's, while DK on February 7 saw the adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED
GULL, 19 Herrings, three adult CALIFORNIAS, the THAYER'S, and the adult Mew.
On February 11 BH, GF, and PM saw the Thayer's and TWO MEW GULLS with 21
Herrings.
In Grant County:
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:
In Clanton Canyon GB reported two coveys of MONTEZUMA QUAIL, a few ARIZONA
WOODPECKERS, and a LONG-EARED OWL on February 18. In the grasslands around
Cloverdale there was a GOLDEN EAGLE, a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, both longspurs, and
four BAIRD'S SPARROWS.& There was a GILA WOODPECKER at Dunagan's Crossing and
a BURROWING OWL just south of Animas. Some of these areas may be on the
off-limits Gray Ranch.
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.
It was seen there by MB and NP on February 15. To get to 185 take the
Radium Springs exit 19 off I-25
A first winter ICELAND GULL has been 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, and there have no later reports.
At the Rio there were 14 BLACK-NECKED STILTS and two BURROWING OWLS for CL.
JZ and MS on February 17 had a HARRIS'S SPARROW 4.5 miles north of Hatch on
B.B. Romig Rd. near an ostrich farm.
At the Leasburg State Park MS and JZ found the YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER
still present on February 10. CL had it on February 11. At nearby Swan Pond on
February 16 CL found a male HOODED MERGANSER. On February 17 JZ and MS found
three females of the mergansers.
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. JZ found the roost on
February 16.
JN had another EASTERN PHOEBE near his home west of Mesilla and found the
VERMILION FLYCATCHER had returned after a brief absence on February 16.
At Garfield CL on February 4 saw a large flock of MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS.
CBr at the Mesiila ValLey Bosque Park (Old Refuge) on February 16 had two
female HOODED MERGANSERS, one or two ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS, a couple of
YELLOWTHROATS, four SWAMP SPARROWS, an EASTERN PHOEBE, and five HERMIT THRUSHES.
MS and JZ on Burn Lake in Las Cruces saw the CACKLING GOOSE with 35 Canadas
on February 3. CL on February 5 found two COMMON MERGANSERS. JZ and MS had
both geese species and nine NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS on February 10.
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.
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:
CL and CBr saw the DUNLIN still present at the Holloman Lakes on February
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.
INITIALS USED:
MB, Matt Baumann; GB, Gwvin Bieber; CCBr, Charles and Chandra Britt; DC,
David Cleary; SNC, Steve and Nancy Cox; GF, Gary Froehlich: CJG, C.J.
Grimes; BH, Bill Howe; DK, David Krueper; CL, Carl Lundblad; PM, Pat
McCasland; PM, Paul McConnell; JNM, Jim Nelson-Moore; JN, Josh Nemeth: BN,
Bruce Neville; JO, Jerry Oldenettel; JP, John Parmeter; NP, Nick Pederson;
CR, Chris Rustay; LS, Lorraine Schulte; MS. Marcy Scott; MSc, Myron Scott;
RS, Robert Shantz; HS, Heidi Simms; 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 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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