- RBA
* New Mexico Bird Report
* September 19, 2005
* NMEX0509.19
- Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Pacific Loon (DeBaca)
Eared Grebe (Catron)
Neotropic Cormorant (Union)
American White Pelican (Sierra)
Great Egret (Colfax)
Green Heron (Doņa Ana, Union)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Luna_
White-faced Ibis (Catron)
white Turkey Vulture (Rio Arriba)
Greater White-fronted Goose (
Osprey (DeBaca, Catron, Sierra, Roosevelt)
Mississippi Kite (Eddy)
Northern Goshawk (Grant)
Gray Hawk (Hidalgo)
Common Black-Hawk (Chaves)
Richardson's Merlin (
Peregrine Falcon (Sierra)
Black-bellied Plover (Colfax)
Semipalmated Plover (Bernalillo)
American Avocet (Hidalgo)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Bernalillo)
Red-necked Phalarope (Colfax, Socorro, Otero)
LONG-TAILED JAEGER (Colfax)
LITTLE GULL (San Miguel)
Sabine's Gull (Colfax, San Miguel)
Common Tern (Quay, San Miguel)
Forster's Tern (Socorro)
Long-eared and Barn Owls (Colfax)
Magnificent and Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (Guadalupe NP, Texas)
Red-headed Woodpecker (Roosevelt, Sierra)
Hammond's Flycatcher (Eddy)
Eastern Phoebe (Union)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Union)
Great Crested Flycatcher (Roosevelt)
Blue-headed Vireo (Bernalillo)
Cassin's Vireo (Sierra, Roosevelt, Bernalillo)
Gray Vireo (Guadalupe NP, Texas)
Blue Jay (Quay)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Chaves)
Cactus Wren (Curry)
Carolina Wren (Guadalupe NP, Texas)
Townsend's Solitaire (Cibola)
Gray Catbird (Socorro, Eddy)
Nashville Warbler (Bernalillo, Sierra)
Black-and-White Warbler (Sierra)
Palm Warbler (Roosevelt)
American Redstart (Sierra, Roosevelt)
Blackpoll Warbler (Doņa Ana)
Northern Waterthrush (Eddy, Doņa Ana)
Hooded Warbler (Guadalupe NP, Texas)
Painted Redstart (Sierra)
Scarlet Tanager (Bernalillo, Roosevelt)
Clay-colored Sparrow (Doņa Ana, Luna)
Savannah Sparrow (Cibola)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Cibola, Bernalillo)
Painted Bunting (Roosevelt, Chaves)
Dickcissel (Roosevelt, Chaves, Sierra)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
Date: September 19, 2005
RBA phone number 505-884-3269.
compiler Patricia R. Snider
home phone number 505-884-1320.
e-mail address Pinyonjay@aol.com.
This is Pinyon Jay with the New Mexico Bird Report for September 19, 2005,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are
given for private property, please call before going. Highlights are Long-tailed
Jaeger, Sabine's Gulls, Little Gull.
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.
For past RBA's check the NMOS web page at www.nmosbirds.org. For photos of
rarities and directions to NM birding sites check hometown.aol.com/borealowl.
For Bird Records Committee and both Field Notes send reports to Dr. Sartor O.
Williams, III, 1819 Meadowview NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104.
In Rio Arriba County:
RY and SL reported an unexpected albino TURKEY VULTURE on Heron Lake
State Park for several days on September 13 from the Rio Chama Trailhead area.
In San Miguel County:
JO, MB, and NP on September 18 had a first winter LITTLE GULL and a
SABINE'S GULL on Conchas Lake. The Little was north and west of Big Mesa. JO, JP,
PM, and RV saw both gulls again September 19 with several COMMON TERNS.
In Colfax County:
DC on Stubblefield Lake on September 8 had an immature SABINE'S GULL and
a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER. On September 14 he had a light phase immature
LONG-TAILED JAEGER, the plover, and still the GREAT EGRET. JO on September 15 saw
the jaeger and gull. MB, NP, and JB saw both September 15; RV, CR, and BN had
the jaeger on September 17 with an immature and two adult Sabine's Gulls and
heard the plover fly over, with 60 of RED-NECKED PHALAROPES.
On Lake 13 of the adjacent Maxwell Refuge JO on the 15th saw another
Sabine's immature with a richardsonii MERLIN at Lake 14.
RV, CR, and BN saw seven LONG-EARD OWLS and seven BARN OWLS on Ridge Road off
of the Laguna Madre Road on the refuge September 17.
DC on September 7 had another immature SABINE'S GULL on the Vermejo
Ranch. One was there on September 13.
In Union County:
JO on September 15 at Clayton Lake saw a NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, GREEN
HERON, and EASTERN PHOEBE. At Seneca he found two VERMILION FLYCATCHERS.
In Quay County:
DC on September 16 at Ute Lake had three COMMON TERNS and several BLUE
JAYS at the lake and in Logan.
In Cibola County:
CJG at El Morro Monument had the first TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE September 10
with a SAVANNAH SPARROW. On September 14 SB had a ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK at
the El Morro visitor center in currant bushes.
In Bernalillo County:
WW had a NASHVILLE WARBLER on the Bill Spring Trail in the Sandia Mts. (from
the Doc Long Picnic Area) on September 12. HS had a CASSIN'S VIREO on the
trail on September 14.
NC reported they banded a BLUE-HEADED VIREO on September 18 at the Rio Grande
Nature Center in Albuquerque. On September 17 LG, MH, and others reported an
adult male SCARLET TANAGER at the center in the morning. It was not found by
others in the afternoon.
JO had two PECTORAL SANDPIPERS at the ponds at Tramway and 4th in
Albuquerque on September 14. BV on September 18 had one Pectoral and a SEMIPALMATED
PLOVER there.
BV also had a female ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK at the Isleta Lakes on the
west side of the largest lake on September 18.
In DeBaca County:
At the Bosque Redondo Park near Fort Sumner BW reports that much of the
understory brush has been removed, so few birds.
On September 13 WW at Sumner Lake had a PACIFIC LOON and an OSPREY.
In Roosevelt County:
At the migrant trap 11 mile west of Melrose JO and JP reported on
September 10 two DICKCISSELS, a female AMERICAN REDSTART, and a CASSIN'S VIREO. On
September 15 DC reported one GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER and a RED-HEADED
WOODPECKER with two immature PAINTED BUNTINGS. JS and GP on September 17 saw an
OSPREY there with a female-plumaged SCARLET TANAGER. JB on September 18 with JO,
JP, WW, and LL had the crested flycatcher and a redstart. Later with JNM and
AF there was a Dickcissel and an adult Western PALM WARBLER.
In Curry County:
JNM and BW on September 7 just north of Melrose and just west of NM 209
had a CACTUS WREN.
In Socorro County:
On Bosque del Apache Refuge near San Antonio on September 5 JS found a
CATBIRD where the Seasonal Road's eastbound leg turns north. CL on September 18
saw a RED-NECKED PHALAROPE and FORSTER'S TERN.
In Chaves County:
JHo on September 14 had a good migration at Bitter Lake head-quarters with
two DICKCISSELS, a PAINTED BUNTING, and a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH.
JO on September 13 had a COMMON BLACK-HAWK about ten miles east of Elk a
half mile west of the junction of US83 and NM24.
In Sierra County:
At Percha State Park LS on September 11 had an OSPREY and PEREGRINE. On
September 14 JO saw a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER. The same day CL and DSP saw the
adult woodpecker, two Peregrines, a NASHVILLE WARBLER, and a PAINTED REDSTART.
On September 18 CL found a BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, two Nashvilles, a
CASSIN'S VIREO, and a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW.
On South Monticello Point of Elephant Butte Lake on September 18 CL had
an OSPREY and 200 WHITE PELICANS.
In Catron County:
On September 7 JH had at Quemado Lake three OSPREYS, two EARED GREBES,
and two WHITE-FACED IBIS.
In Grant County:
DB had a GOSHAWK in a pine near the Little Walnut Picnic Area in Silver
City on September 7.
In Hidalgo County:
DB had 15 AMERICAN AVOCETS in the playa west of Lordsburg on September 4.
He had a GRAY HAWK south of Animas on county 1 at the Dunagan Crossing
(where one had been several years ago).
In Luna County:
LM on September 14 had a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON fly over his Deming
yard with a COMMON GROUND-DOVE. At the sewage plant there he found five
WHITE-FRONTED GEESE and a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW September 1.
In Doņa Ana County:
MS reported a DICKCISSEL in their yard near Radium Springs on September
10, with a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW on September 7 and about 50 hummers still at
their feeders. They had a first fall BLACKPOLL WARBLER briefly in the yard
September 16, with Dickcissels and the sparrows still present.
At Swan Pond MS and JZ on September 7 had adult and immature GREEN
HERONS.
In Otero County:
At the Holloman Lakes near Alamogordo CL reports that the 'no access'
signs are for hunters only. The entire shore is open to birding. He had over 30
RED-NECKED PHALAROPES there September 16.
In Eddy County:
At Rattlesnake Springs on September 11 DG saw a CATBIRD with a NORTHERN
WATERTHRUSH, the catbird, and a MISSISSIPPI KITE September 12.
DG at the Carlsbad Caverns had a HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER on September 11.
In McKittrick Canyon, Guadalupe Park, Texas, near the New Mexico line:
DG on September 14 had GRAY VIREO, MAGNIFICENT and a male RUBY-THROATED
HUMMINGBIRDS, two male HOODED WARBLERS, and a CAROLINA WREN.
Initials Used:
JB, Jonathan Batkin; MB, Matt Baumann; DB, David Beatty; SB, Sarah
Beckwith; DC, David Cleary; NC, Nancy Cox; AF, Andy Fenner; LG, Larry Gorbet;
DG, David Griffin; CJG, C. J. Grimes; JH, Joan Hardie; MH, Michael Hilchey;
JHo, Jeff Howland; LL, Lane Leckman; SL, Siscily Lederman; CL, Carl
Lundblad; LM, Larry Malone; PM, Paul McConnell; JNM, Jim Nelson-Moore; BN, Bruce
Neville; JO, Jerry Oldenettel; DSP, Danny and Sally Paez; GP, Gary Parker;
JP, John Parmeter; NP, Nick Pederson; CR, Chris Rustay; LS, Lorraine
Schulte; HS, Hart Schwarz; MS, Marcy Scott; JS, John Shipman; BV, Brad Vaughn;
BW, Bill West; WW, Bill Wittman; RY, Rob Yaksich; 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. September 22 they bird the Quarai Ruins and the Manzanitas with the
Boettchers; and on September 29 the trip is to Ponderosa with Rebecca Gracey. On
October 6 Nancy Phillips will lead a trip to Otero Canyon.
On Saturday, September 24, Sangre de Cristo will bird the Las Vegas Refuge.
Contact is Tom Taylor at 983-8260.
On Saturday, September 24, Central will go to the Melrose Trap and places
beyond. Contact is Sonia Santa Anna at 797-7309.
On Saturday, September 24, Dave Cleary will lead a trip on the Maxwell Refuge
and Stubblefield Lake. Meet at 8 at Lake 13. Lunch in Cimarron and then
along the Cimarron River near the Gravel Pit Lakes. No charge. Contact him at
375-2971.
On the weekend of September 24-25 Mesilla Valley explores the area of Bitter
Lake Refuge with Bottomless Lakes and the Dexter Fish Hatchery near Roswell.
Contact is Walt Whitford at 521-1358.
The Farmington group has Tuesday morning walks at the Riverside Nature
Center. Contact Paul Kaufman at pkkaufman@emypeople.net.
The weekend of October 1-2 Central will go to the Clabber Hill Ranch near
Conchas Lake, visiting Sumner Lake, the Melrose trap, and Bosque Redondo Park on
the way. The return may be via the Las Vegas Refuge. Leader is Celestyn
Brozek at 925-8611.
On Saturday, October 1, Southwestern Audubon will lead a Kids' Walk led by
Tricia Hurley at the Gila Cliff Dwellings, contact 534-0879. The adults will
hike along the West Fork of the Gila from the cliff dwellings led by David
Beatty. Call the monument at 536-9461.
On Sunday, October 2 Sangre de Cristo will take the rocky, steep climb in the
Manzanos to the Hawk Watch site, a one mile hike. Leaders are Lonnie Howard
at 995-9799 or Gail Szapatura, 471-4496.
The Sevilleta Refuge Open House will be October 15-16. Hart Schwarz will
lead a trip into Pinyon Canyon of the Los Pinos Mts. on Saturday. More details
later. Advance registration is required, call Kim at 864-4021.
The feeders at Sandia Crest will go up on October 26.
- End transcript
* New Mexico Bird Report
* September 19, 2005
* NMEX0509.19
- Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Pacific Loon (DeBaca)
Eared Grebe (Catron)
Neotropic Cormorant (Union)
American White Pelican (Sierra)
Great Egret (Colfax)
Green Heron (Doņa Ana, Union)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Luna_
White-faced Ibis (Catron)
white Turkey Vulture (Rio Arriba)
Greater White-fronted Goose (
Osprey (DeBaca, Catron, Sierra, Roosevelt)
Mississippi Kite (Eddy)
Northern Goshawk (Grant)
Gray Hawk (Hidalgo)
Common Black-Hawk (Chaves)
Richardson's Merlin (
Peregrine Falcon (Sierra)
Black-bellied Plover (Colfax)
Semipalmated Plover (Bernalillo)
American Avocet (Hidalgo)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Bernalillo)
Red-necked Phalarope (Colfax, Socorro, Otero)
LONG-TAILED JAEGER (Colfax)
LITTLE GULL (San Miguel)
Sabine's Gull (Colfax, San Miguel)
Common Tern (Quay, San Miguel)
Forster's Tern (Socorro)
Long-eared and Barn Owls (Colfax)
Magnificent and Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (Guadalupe NP, Texas)
Red-headed Woodpecker (Roosevelt, Sierra)
Hammond's Flycatcher (Eddy)
Eastern Phoebe (Union)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Union)
Great Crested Flycatcher (Roosevelt)
Blue-headed Vireo (Bernalillo)
Cassin's Vireo (Sierra, Roosevelt, Bernalillo)
Gray Vireo (Guadalupe NP, Texas)
Blue Jay (Quay)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Chaves)
Cactus Wren (Curry)
Carolina Wren (Guadalupe NP, Texas)
Townsend's Solitaire (Cibola)
Gray Catbird (Socorro, Eddy)
Nashville Warbler (Bernalillo, Sierra)
Black-and-White Warbler (Sierra)
Palm Warbler (Roosevelt)
American Redstart (Sierra, Roosevelt)
Blackpoll Warbler (Doņa Ana)
Northern Waterthrush (Eddy, Doņa Ana)
Hooded Warbler (Guadalupe NP, Texas)
Painted Redstart (Sierra)
Scarlet Tanager (Bernalillo, Roosevelt)
Clay-colored Sparrow (Doņa Ana, Luna)
Savannah Sparrow (Cibola)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Cibola, Bernalillo)
Painted Bunting (Roosevelt, Chaves)
Dickcissel (Roosevelt, Chaves, Sierra)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
Date: September 19, 2005
RBA phone number 505-884-3269.
compiler Patricia R. Snider
home phone number 505-884-1320.
e-mail address Pinyonjay@aol.com.
This is Pinyon Jay with the New Mexico Bird Report for September 19, 2005,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are
given for private property, please call before going. Highlights are Long-tailed
Jaeger, Sabine's Gulls, Little Gull.
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.
For past RBA's check the NMOS web page at www.nmosbirds.org. For photos of
rarities and directions to NM birding sites check hometown.aol.com/borealowl.
For Bird Records Committee and both Field Notes send reports to Dr. Sartor O.
Williams, III, 1819 Meadowview NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104.
In Rio Arriba County:
RY and SL reported an unexpected albino TURKEY VULTURE on Heron Lake
State Park for several days on September 13 from the Rio Chama Trailhead area.
In San Miguel County:
JO, MB, and NP on September 18 had a first winter LITTLE GULL and a
SABINE'S GULL on Conchas Lake. The Little was north and west of Big Mesa. JO, JP,
PM, and RV saw both gulls again September 19 with several COMMON TERNS.
In Colfax County:
DC on Stubblefield Lake on September 8 had an immature SABINE'S GULL and
a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER. On September 14 he had a light phase immature
LONG-TAILED JAEGER, the plover, and still the GREAT EGRET. JO on September 15 saw
the jaeger and gull. MB, NP, and JB saw both September 15; RV, CR, and BN had
the jaeger on September 17 with an immature and two adult Sabine's Gulls and
heard the plover fly over, with 60 of RED-NECKED PHALAROPES.
On Lake 13 of the adjacent Maxwell Refuge JO on the 15th saw another
Sabine's immature with a richardsonii MERLIN at Lake 14.
RV, CR, and BN saw seven LONG-EARD OWLS and seven BARN OWLS on Ridge Road off
of the Laguna Madre Road on the refuge September 17.
DC on September 7 had another immature SABINE'S GULL on the Vermejo
Ranch. One was there on September 13.
In Union County:
JO on September 15 at Clayton Lake saw a NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, GREEN
HERON, and EASTERN PHOEBE. At Seneca he found two VERMILION FLYCATCHERS.
In Quay County:
DC on September 16 at Ute Lake had three COMMON TERNS and several BLUE
JAYS at the lake and in Logan.
In Cibola County:
CJG at El Morro Monument had the first TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE September 10
with a SAVANNAH SPARROW. On September 14 SB had a ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK at
the El Morro visitor center in currant bushes.
In Bernalillo County:
WW had a NASHVILLE WARBLER on the Bill Spring Trail in the Sandia Mts. (from
the Doc Long Picnic Area) on September 12. HS had a CASSIN'S VIREO on the
trail on September 14.
NC reported they banded a BLUE-HEADED VIREO on September 18 at the Rio Grande
Nature Center in Albuquerque. On September 17 LG, MH, and others reported an
adult male SCARLET TANAGER at the center in the morning. It was not found by
others in the afternoon.
JO had two PECTORAL SANDPIPERS at the ponds at Tramway and 4th in
Albuquerque on September 14. BV on September 18 had one Pectoral and a SEMIPALMATED
PLOVER there.
BV also had a female ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK at the Isleta Lakes on the
west side of the largest lake on September 18.
In DeBaca County:
At the Bosque Redondo Park near Fort Sumner BW reports that much of the
understory brush has been removed, so few birds.
On September 13 WW at Sumner Lake had a PACIFIC LOON and an OSPREY.
In Roosevelt County:
At the migrant trap 11 mile west of Melrose JO and JP reported on
September 10 two DICKCISSELS, a female AMERICAN REDSTART, and a CASSIN'S VIREO. On
September 15 DC reported one GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER and a RED-HEADED
WOODPECKER with two immature PAINTED BUNTINGS. JS and GP on September 17 saw an
OSPREY there with a female-plumaged SCARLET TANAGER. JB on September 18 with JO,
JP, WW, and LL had the crested flycatcher and a redstart. Later with JNM and
AF there was a Dickcissel and an adult Western PALM WARBLER.
In Curry County:
JNM and BW on September 7 just north of Melrose and just west of NM 209
had a CACTUS WREN.
In Socorro County:
On Bosque del Apache Refuge near San Antonio on September 5 JS found a
CATBIRD where the Seasonal Road's eastbound leg turns north. CL on September 18
saw a RED-NECKED PHALAROPE and FORSTER'S TERN.
In Chaves County:
JHo on September 14 had a good migration at Bitter Lake head-quarters with
two DICKCISSELS, a PAINTED BUNTING, and a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH.
JO on September 13 had a COMMON BLACK-HAWK about ten miles east of Elk a
half mile west of the junction of US83 and NM24.
In Sierra County:
At Percha State Park LS on September 11 had an OSPREY and PEREGRINE. On
September 14 JO saw a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER. The same day CL and DSP saw the
adult woodpecker, two Peregrines, a NASHVILLE WARBLER, and a PAINTED REDSTART.
On September 18 CL found a BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, two Nashvilles, a
CASSIN'S VIREO, and a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW.
On South Monticello Point of Elephant Butte Lake on September 18 CL had
an OSPREY and 200 WHITE PELICANS.
In Catron County:
On September 7 JH had at Quemado Lake three OSPREYS, two EARED GREBES,
and two WHITE-FACED IBIS.
In Grant County:
DB had a GOSHAWK in a pine near the Little Walnut Picnic Area in Silver
City on September 7.
In Hidalgo County:
DB had 15 AMERICAN AVOCETS in the playa west of Lordsburg on September 4.
He had a GRAY HAWK south of Animas on county 1 at the Dunagan Crossing
(where one had been several years ago).
In Luna County:
LM on September 14 had a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON fly over his Deming
yard with a COMMON GROUND-DOVE. At the sewage plant there he found five
WHITE-FRONTED GEESE and a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW September 1.
In Doņa Ana County:
MS reported a DICKCISSEL in their yard near Radium Springs on September
10, with a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW on September 7 and about 50 hummers still at
their feeders. They had a first fall BLACKPOLL WARBLER briefly in the yard
September 16, with Dickcissels and the sparrows still present.
At Swan Pond MS and JZ on September 7 had adult and immature GREEN
HERONS.
In Otero County:
At the Holloman Lakes near Alamogordo CL reports that the 'no access'
signs are for hunters only. The entire shore is open to birding. He had over 30
RED-NECKED PHALAROPES there September 16.
In Eddy County:
At Rattlesnake Springs on September 11 DG saw a CATBIRD with a NORTHERN
WATERTHRUSH, the catbird, and a MISSISSIPPI KITE September 12.
DG at the Carlsbad Caverns had a HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER on September 11.
In McKittrick Canyon, Guadalupe Park, Texas, near the New Mexico line:
DG on September 14 had GRAY VIREO, MAGNIFICENT and a male RUBY-THROATED
HUMMINGBIRDS, two male HOODED WARBLERS, and a CAROLINA WREN.
Initials Used:
JB, Jonathan Batkin; MB, Matt Baumann; DB, David Beatty; SB, Sarah
Beckwith; DC, David Cleary; NC, Nancy Cox; AF, Andy Fenner; LG, Larry Gorbet;
DG, David Griffin; CJG, C. J. Grimes; JH, Joan Hardie; MH, Michael Hilchey;
JHo, Jeff Howland; LL, Lane Leckman; SL, Siscily Lederman; CL, Carl
Lundblad; LM, Larry Malone; PM, Paul McConnell; JNM, Jim Nelson-Moore; BN, Bruce
Neville; JO, Jerry Oldenettel; DSP, Danny and Sally Paez; GP, Gary Parker;
JP, John Parmeter; NP, Nick Pederson; CR, Chris Rustay; LS, Lorraine
Schulte; HS, Hart Schwarz; MS, Marcy Scott; JS, John Shipman; BV, Brad Vaughn;
BW, Bill West; WW, Bill Wittman; RY, Rob Yaksich; 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. September 22 they bird the Quarai Ruins and the Manzanitas with the
Boettchers; and on September 29 the trip is to Ponderosa with Rebecca Gracey. On
October 6 Nancy Phillips will lead a trip to Otero Canyon.
On Saturday, September 24, Sangre de Cristo will bird the Las Vegas Refuge.
Contact is Tom Taylor at 983-8260.
On Saturday, September 24, Central will go to the Melrose Trap and places
beyond. Contact is Sonia Santa Anna at 797-7309.
On Saturday, September 24, Dave Cleary will lead a trip on the Maxwell Refuge
and Stubblefield Lake. Meet at 8 at Lake 13. Lunch in Cimarron and then
along the Cimarron River near the Gravel Pit Lakes. No charge. Contact him at
375-2971.
On the weekend of September 24-25 Mesilla Valley explores the area of Bitter
Lake Refuge with Bottomless Lakes and the Dexter Fish Hatchery near Roswell.
Contact is Walt Whitford at 521-1358.
The Farmington group has Tuesday morning walks at the Riverside Nature
Center. Contact Paul Kaufman at pkkaufman@emypeople.net.
The weekend of October 1-2 Central will go to the Clabber Hill Ranch near
Conchas Lake, visiting Sumner Lake, the Melrose trap, and Bosque Redondo Park on
the way. The return may be via the Las Vegas Refuge. Leader is Celestyn
Brozek at 925-8611.
On Saturday, October 1, Southwestern Audubon will lead a Kids' Walk led by
Tricia Hurley at the Gila Cliff Dwellings, contact 534-0879. The adults will
hike along the West Fork of the Gila from the cliff dwellings led by David
Beatty. Call the monument at 536-9461.
On Sunday, October 2 Sangre de Cristo will take the rocky, steep climb in the
Manzanos to the Hawk Watch site, a one mile hike. Leaders are Lonnie Howard
at 995-9799 or Gail Szapatura, 471-4496.
The Sevilleta Refuge Open House will be October 15-16. Hart Schwarz will
lead a trip into Pinyon Canyon of the Los Pinos Mts. on Saturday. More details
later. Advance registration is required, call Kim at 864-4021.
The feeders at Sandia Crest will go up on October 26.
- End transcript