- RBA
* New Mexico Bird Report
* March 8, 2007
* NMEX0703.08
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: March 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)
This is Pinyon Jay with the New Mexico Bird Report for March 8, 2007,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are given
for private property, please call before going.
Highlights: Western Gull, Iceland Gull, Harris's Sparrow, Lewis's
Woodpecker, Long-tailed Duck, Golden-crowned Sparrow, and Cave Swallows at new site.
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) .
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
White-faced Ibis (Valencia)
Turkey Vulture (Eddy, Doņa Ana)
Greater White-fronted Goose (Socorro)
Ross's Goose (Socorro)
Tundra Swan (Colfax)
Mexican form of Mallard (Grant)
Cinnamon Teal (Doņa Ana)
Long-tailed Duck (Colfax)
Red-breasted Merganser (Colfax)
Bald Eagle (Colfax, San Juan, Doņa Ana)
Harris's Hawk (Otero)
Ferruginous Hawk (Torrance, Doņa Ana)
Rough-legged Hawk (Socorro, Curry)
Golden Eagle (Curry)
Merlin (Socorro)
Peregrine Falcon (Hidalgo)
Montezuma Quail (Hidalgo)
Sora (Doņa Ana)
Sandhill Crane (Doņa Ana)
American Avocet Hidalgo)
Dunlin (Otero)
ICELAND and Herring Gulls (Sierra)
WESTERN Gull (Eddy)
Long-eared Owl (Doņa Ana, Hidalgo, Otero, Colfax)
Anna's Hummingbird (Doņa Ana, Texas)
Lewis's Woodpecker (Doņa Ana)
Acorn Woodpecker (Doņa Ana)
Three-toed Woodpcker (Bernalillo)
Gila Woodpecker (Hidalgo)
empidonax (Hammond's?) flycatcher (Sierra)
Eastern Phoebe (Doņa Ana)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Sierra)
Northern Shrike (Colfax)
Hutton's Vireo (Doņa Ana)
Pinyon Jay (Grant)
Tree Swallow (Doņa Ana, Sierra)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Doņa Ana, Sierra)
Cliff Swallow (Doņa Ana, Eddy)
Cave Swallow (Eddy)
Mountain Chickadee (Socorro)
Marsh Wren (Doņa Ana)
American Dipper (Sierra)
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher (Doņa Ana)
Eastern Bluebird (Grant, Doņa Ana, Valencia, Sierra)
Western and Mountain Bluebirds (Doņa Ana, Valencia, Sierra, Lea)
Crissal Thrasher (Socorro)
Cedar Waxwing (Doņa Ana)
Phainopepla (Sierra)
Common Yellowthroat (Doņa Ana)
Olive Warbler (Doņa Ana)
Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler (Sierra)
Sage Sparrow (Bernalillo, Sierra)
Lark Bunting (Sierra)
Savannah Sparrow (Doņa Ana, Sierras)
Gray Fox Sparrow (Socorro)
Swamp Sparrow (Doņa Ana)
Lincoln's Sparrow (Sierra)
White-throated Sparrow (Socorro, Sierra, Doņa Ana)
Harris's Sparrow (Doņa Ana)
Golden-crowned Sparrow (Mora)
Lapland Longspur (Colfax)
Common Grackle (Doņa Ana)
Rosy Finches (Bernalillo)
Cassin's Finch and Pine siskin (Bernalillo)
In San Juan county:
SA on March 6 had a BALD EAGLE on the Animas River near the Red Lobster in
Farmington.
In Colfax County:
DC on February 23 at Stubblefield Lake saw a NORTHERN SHRIKE near Lake 13 on
the Maxwell Refuge. On March 2 Stubblefield had 12 BALD EAGLES, still the
female LONG-TAILED DUCK, a TUNDRA SWAN, nine RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, and four
LAPLAND LONGSPURS. There has been *four LONG-EARED OWLS at the roost in the
thicket near the 't' with Hwys. A5 and A1.
In Mora County:
WW on March 3 had a GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW on Hwy. 97 at a cattle guard 4.3
miles on the road to Cherry Valley Lake east of Watrous.
In Bernalillo County:
BH snowshoed north on Sandia Crest. At 3/4 of a mile beyond the towers
there was a male THREE-TOED WOODPECKER, three CASSIN'S FINCHES, and 28 PINE
SISKINS.
BF had a SAGE SPARROW at the Three Gun Springs Canyon in the southern Sandia
Mts. on March 3.
At the Sandia Crest House east of Albuquerque there is a good number of
ROSY-FINCHES. The SNC banding team reported that 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:
UG on March 3 had the WHITE-FACED IBIS and all three bluebird species at
the marsh behind the Taco Bell in Belen.
In Torrance County:
UG on March 4 at the intersection of NM41 and 542 near Estancia at dusk had
an apparent roost of up to six FERRUGINOUS HAWKS.
In Curry County:
HAM on March 4 reported an adult ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK south of Grady at county
roads Q and 34, and an adult GOLDEN EAGLE at 34 and P roads.
In Socorro County:
At Bosque del Apache Refuge near San Antonio DC on March 5 had a tan-striped
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW at the Quail Pond, a gray FOX SPARROW, only a flock
of up to 60 ROSS'S GEESE, and a pair of VERMILION FLYCATCHERS on the east side
of the Marsh Loop. UG on March 4 had the White-throated and Fox Sparrows, a
MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE, and a CRISSAL THRASHER. GF on March 7 had a MERLIN over
the Flight Deck and the wHilt-throated Sparrow.
UG also had a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK over I-25 March 3.
In Sierra County:
At the Rock Canyon Marina tires on Elephant Butte Lake DC very early at dawn
from March 6 to 8 had the ICELAND GULL with HERRINGS. They then flew off
(to the dump?). GF also reported the second summer ICELAND Gill with six
Herrings on March 7.
At Percha Dam State Park on March 3 UG reported no sign of the DIPPER, but a
male VERMILION FLYCATCHER, an empidonax flycatcher (Hammond's?), a LINCOLN'S
SPARROW, and the WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. KS on March 5 saw over 40 WESTERN
BLUEBIRDS, and up to seven PHAINOPEPLAS. GF on March 7 had five VERMILION
Flycatchers, the Phainopeplas, one EASTERN BLUEBIRD with the Westerns, two
MYRTLE WARBLERS, a CLAY-COLORED and s gray FOX SPARROW, nd many LINCOLN'S sPARROWS
On Caballo Lake at Percha Flats KS on March 5 saw a CACKLING GOOSE and five
WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, and a COMMON MERGANSER. ROUGH-WINGED and TREE SWALLOWS
have been migrating.
1/4 mile south of Monticello near exit 89 on I-25 UG saw a big sparrow flock
with a SAGE, SAVANNAH, two LARK BUNTINGS, and a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW.
In Grant County:
The February 24 field trip to Roberts Lake produced over 100 PINYON JAYS
nearby.
EL had MEXICAN MALLARDS at the Tyrone Sewage Ponds on February 25.
CN had a few EASTERN BLUEBIRDS in a bluebird flock in the Gila Valley on
February 27.
In Hidalgo County:
JBi had a flock of AVOCETS on the playa west of Lordsburg near the Animas
exit of I-10 on February 22.
In Clanton Canyon GB reported two coveys of MONTEZUMA QUAIL on February 18 a
GILA WOODPECKER at Dunagan's Crossing. CCBr and CL on February 18 saw a
PEREGRINE FALCON at Dunagan's Crossing and two LONG-EARED OWLS in Clanton
Canyon.
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:
JN has had an adult LEWIS'S WOODPECKER at his home on Snow Road near Mesilla
since February 23. It was still present for JN and KS on March 4 and by JN
on March 6. Also found there was EASTERN, WESTERN, and MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS on
March 3. At March 6 JN had a FERRUGINOUS HAWK and about 100 SANDHILL CRANES
over, and an EASTERN PHOEBE.
JZ on March 7 found 12 COMMON GRACKLES on NM 295 a mile north of the
Mayfield High School.
KS at the Mesilla Valley Bosque Park near Mesilla on March 1 found
ROUGH-WINGED, CLIFF, and TREE SWALLOWS, a COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, up to six MARSH WRENS,
two SWAMP SPARROWS, a SORA, and three SAVANNAH SPARROWS. JN on March 6 saw
an EASTERN PHOEBE, 18 CINNAMON TEALS, the Sora, Yellowthroats, Marsh Wrens,
and Swamp Sparrows.
KS had a lone TURKEY VULTURE over Mesilla Park on March 5. He saw an adult
BALD EAGLE between Salem and Garfield.
On March 7 KS saw three BLACK-TAO;ED GNATCATCHERS in an arroyo east of the
NMSU campus.
TM had a tree full of CEDAR WAXWINGS on South Telshor in Las Cruces on March
7 eating red berries.
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. CL found it on February 24, along with
two WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS.
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.
On the Pine Tree Trail at Aguirre Springs Park east of the Organ Mts. on
February 25 JZ and MS found a MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD, a singing OLIVE WARBLER, the
two ACORN WOODPECKERS, and a pair of HUTTON'S VIREOS.
JZ and MS at their home near Radium Springs have had a female ANNA'S
HUMMINGBIRD appear through February 23.
In Otero County:
At the Holloman Lakes on February 22 CL and CBr had three LONG-EARED OWLS
with the DUNLIN still seen.
They found four HARRIS'S HAWKS 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 photogaphed a first year WESTERN GULL at Brantley Lake on March 4.
RN had his first TURKEY VULTURE north of Loving on February 28 and March 1.
SW saw 28 over the north part of Carlsbad on March 4.
SW reminds that CAVE SWALLOWS have been back at the Carlsbad Caverns since
the first week of February. He found CLIFF and CAVE Swallows at an apparent
new nesting site on US 295 1.1 miles north of the road to Sitting Bull Falls
under a culvert.
In Lea County:
PM had two MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS near the entrance to Eunice Lake west of
Eunice.
In Texas:
JZ and MS located a nesting ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD on Kenyon Joyce Place on the
westside of El Paso.
INITIALS USED:
SA, Sharon Adams; GB, Gavin Bi eber; JBi, Jerry Bird; CCBr, Charles and
Chandra Britt; DC. David Cleary; SNC, Steve and Nancy Cox; BF, Bob Fisher;
GF, Gary Froehlich; UG, Urs Geiser; BH, Bill Howe; EL, Gene Lewis; CL,
Carl Lundblad; HAM, Holly Ann Marchmsn; TM, Trudy Marshall; PM, Pat
McCasland; JN, Josh Nemeth: RN, Robert Nieman; CN, Charles Nims; MS. Marcy
Scott; KS, Ken Stinnett; 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 March 15 they go to the Sandia Mts. Hawkwatch site with Pat
Frnklin-Henden; on March 22 to Bear (Oso) Canyon with Rebecca Gracey; and on March 29
at the Rio Grande Nature Center with Allison Schacht.
The next banding dates for the Sandia Crest rosy finches will be on Sundays,
March 11, March 18, and March 25.
On March 10 Sangre de Cristo Audubon will bird at the Rio Grande Nature
Center. Contact is Jim Paulscl at 501-4085.
On March 17 Southwestern Audubon will bird San Vicente Creek south of
downtown Silver City. Contact is 534-1450.
- End transcript.
* New Mexico Bird Report
* March 8, 2007
* NMEX0703.08
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: March 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)
This is Pinyon Jay with the New Mexico Bird Report for March 8, 2007,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are given
for private property, please call before going.
Highlights: Western Gull, Iceland Gull, Harris's Sparrow, Lewis's
Woodpecker, Long-tailed Duck, Golden-crowned Sparrow, and Cave Swallows at new site.
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) .
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
White-faced Ibis (Valencia)
Turkey Vulture (Eddy, Doņa Ana)
Greater White-fronted Goose (Socorro)
Ross's Goose (Socorro)
Tundra Swan (Colfax)
Mexican form of Mallard (Grant)
Cinnamon Teal (Doņa Ana)
Long-tailed Duck (Colfax)
Red-breasted Merganser (Colfax)
Bald Eagle (Colfax, San Juan, Doņa Ana)
Harris's Hawk (Otero)
Ferruginous Hawk (Torrance, Doņa Ana)
Rough-legged Hawk (Socorro, Curry)
Golden Eagle (Curry)
Merlin (Socorro)
Peregrine Falcon (Hidalgo)
Montezuma Quail (Hidalgo)
Sora (Doņa Ana)
Sandhill Crane (Doņa Ana)
American Avocet Hidalgo)
Dunlin (Otero)
ICELAND and Herring Gulls (Sierra)
WESTERN Gull (Eddy)
Long-eared Owl (Doņa Ana, Hidalgo, Otero, Colfax)
Anna's Hummingbird (Doņa Ana, Texas)
Lewis's Woodpecker (Doņa Ana)
Acorn Woodpecker (Doņa Ana)
Three-toed Woodpcker (Bernalillo)
Gila Woodpecker (Hidalgo)
empidonax (Hammond's?) flycatcher (Sierra)
Eastern Phoebe (Doņa Ana)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Sierra)
Northern Shrike (Colfax)
Hutton's Vireo (Doņa Ana)
Pinyon Jay (Grant)
Tree Swallow (Doņa Ana, Sierra)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Doņa Ana, Sierra)
Cliff Swallow (Doņa Ana, Eddy)
Cave Swallow (Eddy)
Mountain Chickadee (Socorro)
Marsh Wren (Doņa Ana)
American Dipper (Sierra)
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher (Doņa Ana)
Eastern Bluebird (Grant, Doņa Ana, Valencia, Sierra)
Western and Mountain Bluebirds (Doņa Ana, Valencia, Sierra, Lea)
Crissal Thrasher (Socorro)
Cedar Waxwing (Doņa Ana)
Phainopepla (Sierra)
Common Yellowthroat (Doņa Ana)
Olive Warbler (Doņa Ana)
Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler (Sierra)
Sage Sparrow (Bernalillo, Sierra)
Lark Bunting (Sierra)
Savannah Sparrow (Doņa Ana, Sierras)
Gray Fox Sparrow (Socorro)
Swamp Sparrow (Doņa Ana)
Lincoln's Sparrow (Sierra)
White-throated Sparrow (Socorro, Sierra, Doņa Ana)
Harris's Sparrow (Doņa Ana)
Golden-crowned Sparrow (Mora)
Lapland Longspur (Colfax)
Common Grackle (Doņa Ana)
Rosy Finches (Bernalillo)
Cassin's Finch and Pine siskin (Bernalillo)
In San Juan county:
SA on March 6 had a BALD EAGLE on the Animas River near the Red Lobster in
Farmington.
In Colfax County:
DC on February 23 at Stubblefield Lake saw a NORTHERN SHRIKE near Lake 13 on
the Maxwell Refuge. On March 2 Stubblefield had 12 BALD EAGLES, still the
female LONG-TAILED DUCK, a TUNDRA SWAN, nine RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, and four
LAPLAND LONGSPURS. There has been *four LONG-EARED OWLS at the roost in the
thicket near the 't' with Hwys. A5 and A1.
In Mora County:
WW on March 3 had a GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW on Hwy. 97 at a cattle guard 4.3
miles on the road to Cherry Valley Lake east of Watrous.
In Bernalillo County:
BH snowshoed north on Sandia Crest. At 3/4 of a mile beyond the towers
there was a male THREE-TOED WOODPECKER, three CASSIN'S FINCHES, and 28 PINE
SISKINS.
BF had a SAGE SPARROW at the Three Gun Springs Canyon in the southern Sandia
Mts. on March 3.
At the Sandia Crest House east of Albuquerque there is a good number of
ROSY-FINCHES. The SNC banding team reported that 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:
UG on March 3 had the WHITE-FACED IBIS and all three bluebird species at
the marsh behind the Taco Bell in Belen.
In Torrance County:
UG on March 4 at the intersection of NM41 and 542 near Estancia at dusk had
an apparent roost of up to six FERRUGINOUS HAWKS.
In Curry County:
HAM on March 4 reported an adult ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK south of Grady at county
roads Q and 34, and an adult GOLDEN EAGLE at 34 and P roads.
In Socorro County:
At Bosque del Apache Refuge near San Antonio DC on March 5 had a tan-striped
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW at the Quail Pond, a gray FOX SPARROW, only a flock
of up to 60 ROSS'S GEESE, and a pair of VERMILION FLYCATCHERS on the east side
of the Marsh Loop. UG on March 4 had the White-throated and Fox Sparrows, a
MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE, and a CRISSAL THRASHER. GF on March 7 had a MERLIN over
the Flight Deck and the wHilt-throated Sparrow.
UG also had a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK over I-25 March 3.
In Sierra County:
At the Rock Canyon Marina tires on Elephant Butte Lake DC very early at dawn
from March 6 to 8 had the ICELAND GULL with HERRINGS. They then flew off
(to the dump?). GF also reported the second summer ICELAND Gill with six
Herrings on March 7.
At Percha Dam State Park on March 3 UG reported no sign of the DIPPER, but a
male VERMILION FLYCATCHER, an empidonax flycatcher (Hammond's?), a LINCOLN'S
SPARROW, and the WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. KS on March 5 saw over 40 WESTERN
BLUEBIRDS, and up to seven PHAINOPEPLAS. GF on March 7 had five VERMILION
Flycatchers, the Phainopeplas, one EASTERN BLUEBIRD with the Westerns, two
MYRTLE WARBLERS, a CLAY-COLORED and s gray FOX SPARROW, nd many LINCOLN'S sPARROWS
On Caballo Lake at Percha Flats KS on March 5 saw a CACKLING GOOSE and five
WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, and a COMMON MERGANSER. ROUGH-WINGED and TREE SWALLOWS
have been migrating.
1/4 mile south of Monticello near exit 89 on I-25 UG saw a big sparrow flock
with a SAGE, SAVANNAH, two LARK BUNTINGS, and a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW.
In Grant County:
The February 24 field trip to Roberts Lake produced over 100 PINYON JAYS
nearby.
EL had MEXICAN MALLARDS at the Tyrone Sewage Ponds on February 25.
CN had a few EASTERN BLUEBIRDS in a bluebird flock in the Gila Valley on
February 27.
In Hidalgo County:
JBi had a flock of AVOCETS on the playa west of Lordsburg near the Animas
exit of I-10 on February 22.
In Clanton Canyon GB reported two coveys of MONTEZUMA QUAIL on February 18 a
GILA WOODPECKER at Dunagan's Crossing. CCBr and CL on February 18 saw a
PEREGRINE FALCON at Dunagan's Crossing and two LONG-EARED OWLS in Clanton
Canyon.
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:
JN has had an adult LEWIS'S WOODPECKER at his home on Snow Road near Mesilla
since February 23. It was still present for JN and KS on March 4 and by JN
on March 6. Also found there was EASTERN, WESTERN, and MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS on
March 3. At March 6 JN had a FERRUGINOUS HAWK and about 100 SANDHILL CRANES
over, and an EASTERN PHOEBE.
JZ on March 7 found 12 COMMON GRACKLES on NM 295 a mile north of the
Mayfield High School.
KS at the Mesilla Valley Bosque Park near Mesilla on March 1 found
ROUGH-WINGED, CLIFF, and TREE SWALLOWS, a COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, up to six MARSH WRENS,
two SWAMP SPARROWS, a SORA, and three SAVANNAH SPARROWS. JN on March 6 saw
an EASTERN PHOEBE, 18 CINNAMON TEALS, the Sora, Yellowthroats, Marsh Wrens,
and Swamp Sparrows.
KS had a lone TURKEY VULTURE over Mesilla Park on March 5. He saw an adult
BALD EAGLE between Salem and Garfield.
On March 7 KS saw three BLACK-TAO;ED GNATCATCHERS in an arroyo east of the
NMSU campus.
TM had a tree full of CEDAR WAXWINGS on South Telshor in Las Cruces on March
7 eating red berries.
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. CL found it on February 24, along with
two WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS.
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.
On the Pine Tree Trail at Aguirre Springs Park east of the Organ Mts. on
February 25 JZ and MS found a MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD, a singing OLIVE WARBLER, the
two ACORN WOODPECKERS, and a pair of HUTTON'S VIREOS.
JZ and MS at their home near Radium Springs have had a female ANNA'S
HUMMINGBIRD appear through February 23.
In Otero County:
At the Holloman Lakes on February 22 CL and CBr had three LONG-EARED OWLS
with the DUNLIN still seen.
They found four HARRIS'S HAWKS 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 photogaphed a first year WESTERN GULL at Brantley Lake on March 4.
RN had his first TURKEY VULTURE north of Loving on February 28 and March 1.
SW saw 28 over the north part of Carlsbad on March 4.
SW reminds that CAVE SWALLOWS have been back at the Carlsbad Caverns since
the first week of February. He found CLIFF and CAVE Swallows at an apparent
new nesting site on US 295 1.1 miles north of the road to Sitting Bull Falls
under a culvert.
In Lea County:
PM had two MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS near the entrance to Eunice Lake west of
Eunice.
In Texas:
JZ and MS located a nesting ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD on Kenyon Joyce Place on the
westside of El Paso.
INITIALS USED:
SA, Sharon Adams; GB, Gavin Bi eber; JBi, Jerry Bird; CCBr, Charles and
Chandra Britt; DC. David Cleary; SNC, Steve and Nancy Cox; BF, Bob Fisher;
GF, Gary Froehlich; UG, Urs Geiser; BH, Bill Howe; EL, Gene Lewis; CL,
Carl Lundblad; HAM, Holly Ann Marchmsn; TM, Trudy Marshall; PM, Pat
McCasland; JN, Josh Nemeth: RN, Robert Nieman; CN, Charles Nims; MS. Marcy
Scott; KS, Ken Stinnett; 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 March 15 they go to the Sandia Mts. Hawkwatch site with Pat
Frnklin-Henden; on March 22 to Bear (Oso) Canyon with Rebecca Gracey; and on March 29
at the Rio Grande Nature Center with Allison Schacht.
The next banding dates for the Sandia Crest rosy finches will be on Sundays,
March 11, March 18, and March 25.
On March 10 Sangre de Cristo Audubon will bird at the Rio Grande Nature
Center. Contact is Jim Paulscl at 501-4085.
On March 17 Southwestern Audubon will bird San Vicente Creek south of
downtown Silver City. Contact is 534-1450.
- End transcript.