- RBA
* New Mexico Bird Report
* March 15, 2007
* NMEX0703.15
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: March 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)
This is Pinyon Jay with the New Mexico Bird Report for March 15, 2007,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are given
for private property, please call before going.
Highlights: Iceland Gull, Mew Gull, Lewis's Woodpecker, 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:
Horned Grebe (Colfax)
Turkey Vulture (Eddy, Doņa Ana)
Greater White-fronted Goose (Sierra)
Cackling Goose (Sierra)
Tundra Swan (Colfax)
Lesser Scaup (Doņa Ana)
Long-tailed Duck (Colfax)
Common Goldeneye (Socorro)
Hooded Merganser (Doņa Ana)
Common Merganser (Sierra)
Common Black-Hawk (Grant)
Merlin (Socorro, Doņa Ana)
Peregrine Falcon (Grant)
Sora (Doņa Ana)
Black-necked Stilt (Valencia)
ICELAND and Herring Gulls (Sierra)
Mew Gull (Sierra)
Barn and Northern Pygmy Owls (Grant)
Long-eared Owl (Colfax)
Lewis's Woodpecker (Doņa Ana)
Acorn Woodpecker (Doņa Ana)
Three-toed Woodpecker (Bernalillo)
Eastern Phoebe (Doņa Ana, Sierra)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Sierra, Socorro, Grant)
Hutton's Vireo (Doņa Ana)
Pinyon Jay (Grant)
American Crow (Grant)
Cliff Swallow (Eddy)
Cave Swallow (Eddy, Doņa Ana)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Doņa Ana)
Marsh Wren (Doņa Ana)
Eastern Bluebird (Sierra)
Western Bluebird (Doņa Ana, Sierra)
Phainopepla (Sierra)
Sprague's Pipit (Hidalgo)
Common Yellowthroat (Doņa Ana)
Olive Warbler (Doņa Ana)
Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler (Sierra)
Clay-colored Sparrow (Sierra)
Savannah Sparrow (Doņa Ana)
Gray Fox Sparrow (Socorro, Sierra)
Swamp Sparrow (Doņa Ana)
Lincoln's Sparrow (Sierra)
White-throated Sparrow (Socorro, Sierra)
Lapland Longspur (Colfax)
Common Grackle (Doņa Ana)
Rosy Finches (Bernalillo)
Cassin's Finch and Pine Siskin (Bernalillo)
In Colfax County:
DC on March 2 at Stubblefield Lake had the female LONG-TAILED DUCK, a TUNDRA
SWAN, 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.
He had a HORNED GREBE on Springer Lake on March 12.
In Bernalillo County:
BH snowshoed north on Sandia Crest on March 4. At 3/4 of a mile beyond the
towers there was a male THREE-TOED WOODPECKER, three CASSIN'S FINCHES, and 28
PINE SISKINS.
At the Sandia Crest House east of Albuquerque there has been a good number
of ROSY-FINCHES, but they may leave before long. The SNC banding team
reported that so far this winter they have banded 773: 579 Blacks, 186 Gray-crowned,
and only eight Brown-capped. (1197 banded since January 2004).
In Valencia County:
At the marsh behind the Taco Bell in Belen JP reported on March 10 ten
BLACK-NECKED STILTS.
In Socorro County:
SM on March 10 saw two female COMMON GOLDENEYES at Terry Lake on the NMTU
campus in Socorro just behind the new Fine Arts Bldg. on Canyon Drive.
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, and a pair of
VERMILION FLYCATCHERS on the east side of the Marsh Loop. GF on March 7 had
a MERLIN over the Flight Deck and the White-throated Sparrow.
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 first winter ICELAND GULL with HERRINGS. They
then flew off (to the dump?). GF also reported the ICELAND Gill with six
Herrings on March 7. JP, BP, and WW saw it at 7:00 when it again flew off. DC
said on March 9 it returned to the tires at the marina at 3:30. JP and crew had
an adult MEW GULL at the marina at 11:00.
At Percha Dam State Park on March 3 UG reported a male VERMILION FLYCATCHER
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, and many LINCOLN'S SPARROWS. DC on
March 9 saw the five WHITE-FRONTED GEESE in the fields by the park. JP, BP,
and WW on March 10 saw two WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS there.
JP, BP, and WW on March 10 saw another WHITE-THROATED SPARROW at Paseo del
Rio Park below Elephant Butte Dam and an EASTERN PHOEBE at the Oxbow Lake in
Truth or Consequences.
On Caballo Lake at Percha Flats KS on March 5 saw a CACKLING GOOSE and five
WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, and a COMMON MERGANSER.
In Grant County
EW saw an early VERMILION FLYCATCHER on February 24 and had up to 150 PINYON
JAYS over nearby Mogollon Creek on March 2. MF had a PYGMY OWL on March 4
on the Gila Bird Farm near the creek near Cliff and reported the first BLACK
HAWK returned on March 10. CF had a PEREGRINE FALCON there on March 4.
DZ found CROWS in Silver City in March.
LC had a BARN OWL in Mangas Springs on March 11.*
In Hidalgo County:
EL and JBi on the road near Cloverdale (on the off-limits Gray Ranch?) had
on March 6 and saw a SPRAGUE'S PIPIT.
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 on March 13 with the
VERMILION FLYCATCHER. Also found there was WESTERN BLUEBIRDS and SWAMP SPARROWS.
On March 6 JN had an EASTERN PHOEBE.
JN saw a MERLIN ON March 12 on the chemistry building on the NMSU campus.
CBr on March 10 again saw the two HOODED MERGANSERS along the ditch on the
south side of Mesilla Hills Drive between Calle del Norte and Bilbo Lane.
JZ and MS on March 10 and 11 checked out the Corralitos playa west of Las
Cruces and found two female LESSER SCAUPS.
MS saw a CAVE SWALLOW over their home near Radium Springs.
In Fillmore Canyon in the western Organ Mts. CBr found a female OLIVE
WARBLER, AND five RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES. JN on March 13 and found singing
BLACK-CHINNED SPARROWS.
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 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, the Sora,
Yellowthroats, Marsh Wrens, and Swamp Sparrows.
KS had a lone TURKEY VULTURE over Mesilla Park on March 5.
LS and BR on March 11 at La Mesa saw a TURKEY VULTURE.
On the Pine Tree Trail at Aguirre Springs Park east of the Organ Mts. on
February 25 JZ and MS found a singing OLIVE WARBLER, the two ACORN WOODPECKERS,
and a pair of HUTTON'S VIREOS.
In Otero County:
At the Holloman Lakes near Alamogordo the "no access" signs are for hunters
only. The entire shore is open to birding. A board has been installed for
birders to list their sightings.
In Eddy County:
RN had his first TURKEY VULTURE north of Loving on February 28. SW saw 28
over the north part of Carlsbad on March 4.
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.
INITIALS USED:
JBi, Jerry Bird; CBr, Charles Britt; LC, Laura Casas; DC. David Cleary;
SNC, Steve and Nancy Cox; GF, Gary Froehlich; MCF, Carol and Mike Fugagli;
UG, Urs Geiser; BH, Bill Howe; EL, Gene Lewis; CL, Carl Lundblad; SM,
Sonia Mendoza; JN, Josh Nemeth: RN, Robert Nieman; BP, Ben Parmeter; JP,
John Parmeter; BR, Barbara Rodriguez; LS, Lorraine Schulte; MS. Marcy
Scott; KS, Ken Stinnett; SW, Steve West; WW, Bill Wittman; EW, Eleanor
Wootten; JZ, Jimmy Zabriskie, DZ, Dale Zimmerman.
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 22 the trip is 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 18, and perhaps March 25, if they are still present.
On Saturday, March 17 Southwestern Audubon will bird San Vicente Creek south
of downtown Silver City. Contact is 534-1450.
On Saturday, March 24 Mesilla Valley Audubon will explore the Holloman
Lakes. Contact is Walt Whitford at 521-1358.
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* New Mexico Bird Report
* March 15, 2007
* NMEX0703.15
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: March 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)
This is Pinyon Jay with the New Mexico Bird Report for March 15, 2007,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are given
for private property, please call before going.
Highlights: Iceland Gull, Mew Gull, Lewis's Woodpecker, 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:
Horned Grebe (Colfax)
Turkey Vulture (Eddy, Doņa Ana)
Greater White-fronted Goose (Sierra)
Cackling Goose (Sierra)
Tundra Swan (Colfax)
Lesser Scaup (Doņa Ana)
Long-tailed Duck (Colfax)
Common Goldeneye (Socorro)
Hooded Merganser (Doņa Ana)
Common Merganser (Sierra)
Common Black-Hawk (Grant)
Merlin (Socorro, Doņa Ana)
Peregrine Falcon (Grant)
Sora (Doņa Ana)
Black-necked Stilt (Valencia)
ICELAND and Herring Gulls (Sierra)
Mew Gull (Sierra)
Barn and Northern Pygmy Owls (Grant)
Long-eared Owl (Colfax)
Lewis's Woodpecker (Doņa Ana)
Acorn Woodpecker (Doņa Ana)
Three-toed Woodpecker (Bernalillo)
Eastern Phoebe (Doņa Ana, Sierra)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Sierra, Socorro, Grant)
Hutton's Vireo (Doņa Ana)
Pinyon Jay (Grant)
American Crow (Grant)
Cliff Swallow (Eddy)
Cave Swallow (Eddy, Doņa Ana)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Doņa Ana)
Marsh Wren (Doņa Ana)
Eastern Bluebird (Sierra)
Western Bluebird (Doņa Ana, Sierra)
Phainopepla (Sierra)
Sprague's Pipit (Hidalgo)
Common Yellowthroat (Doņa Ana)
Olive Warbler (Doņa Ana)
Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler (Sierra)
Clay-colored Sparrow (Sierra)
Savannah Sparrow (Doņa Ana)
Gray Fox Sparrow (Socorro, Sierra)
Swamp Sparrow (Doņa Ana)
Lincoln's Sparrow (Sierra)
White-throated Sparrow (Socorro, Sierra)
Lapland Longspur (Colfax)
Common Grackle (Doņa Ana)
Rosy Finches (Bernalillo)
Cassin's Finch and Pine Siskin (Bernalillo)
In Colfax County:
DC on March 2 at Stubblefield Lake had the female LONG-TAILED DUCK, a TUNDRA
SWAN, 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.
He had a HORNED GREBE on Springer Lake on March 12.
In Bernalillo County:
BH snowshoed north on Sandia Crest on March 4. At 3/4 of a mile beyond the
towers there was a male THREE-TOED WOODPECKER, three CASSIN'S FINCHES, and 28
PINE SISKINS.
At the Sandia Crest House east of Albuquerque there has been a good number
of ROSY-FINCHES, but they may leave before long. The SNC banding team
reported that so far this winter they have banded 773: 579 Blacks, 186 Gray-crowned,
and only eight Brown-capped. (1197 banded since January 2004).
In Valencia County:
At the marsh behind the Taco Bell in Belen JP reported on March 10 ten
BLACK-NECKED STILTS.
In Socorro County:
SM on March 10 saw two female COMMON GOLDENEYES at Terry Lake on the NMTU
campus in Socorro just behind the new Fine Arts Bldg. on Canyon Drive.
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, and a pair of
VERMILION FLYCATCHERS on the east side of the Marsh Loop. GF on March 7 had
a MERLIN over the Flight Deck and the White-throated Sparrow.
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 first winter ICELAND GULL with HERRINGS. They
then flew off (to the dump?). GF also reported the ICELAND Gill with six
Herrings on March 7. JP, BP, and WW saw it at 7:00 when it again flew off. DC
said on March 9 it returned to the tires at the marina at 3:30. JP and crew had
an adult MEW GULL at the marina at 11:00.
At Percha Dam State Park on March 3 UG reported a male VERMILION FLYCATCHER
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, and many LINCOLN'S SPARROWS. DC on
March 9 saw the five WHITE-FRONTED GEESE in the fields by the park. JP, BP,
and WW on March 10 saw two WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS there.
JP, BP, and WW on March 10 saw another WHITE-THROATED SPARROW at Paseo del
Rio Park below Elephant Butte Dam and an EASTERN PHOEBE at the Oxbow Lake in
Truth or Consequences.
On Caballo Lake at Percha Flats KS on March 5 saw a CACKLING GOOSE and five
WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, and a COMMON MERGANSER.
In Grant County
EW saw an early VERMILION FLYCATCHER on February 24 and had up to 150 PINYON
JAYS over nearby Mogollon Creek on March 2. MF had a PYGMY OWL on March 4
on the Gila Bird Farm near the creek near Cliff and reported the first BLACK
HAWK returned on March 10. CF had a PEREGRINE FALCON there on March 4.
DZ found CROWS in Silver City in March.
LC had a BARN OWL in Mangas Springs on March 11.*
In Hidalgo County:
EL and JBi on the road near Cloverdale (on the off-limits Gray Ranch?) had
on March 6 and saw a SPRAGUE'S PIPIT.
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 on March 13 with the
VERMILION FLYCATCHER. Also found there was WESTERN BLUEBIRDS and SWAMP SPARROWS.
On March 6 JN had an EASTERN PHOEBE.
JN saw a MERLIN ON March 12 on the chemistry building on the NMSU campus.
CBr on March 10 again saw the two HOODED MERGANSERS along the ditch on the
south side of Mesilla Hills Drive between Calle del Norte and Bilbo Lane.
JZ and MS on March 10 and 11 checked out the Corralitos playa west of Las
Cruces and found two female LESSER SCAUPS.
MS saw a CAVE SWALLOW over their home near Radium Springs.
In Fillmore Canyon in the western Organ Mts. CBr found a female OLIVE
WARBLER, AND five RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES. JN on March 13 and found singing
BLACK-CHINNED SPARROWS.
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 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, the Sora,
Yellowthroats, Marsh Wrens, and Swamp Sparrows.
KS had a lone TURKEY VULTURE over Mesilla Park on March 5.
LS and BR on March 11 at La Mesa saw a TURKEY VULTURE.
On the Pine Tree Trail at Aguirre Springs Park east of the Organ Mts. on
February 25 JZ and MS found a singing OLIVE WARBLER, the two ACORN WOODPECKERS,
and a pair of HUTTON'S VIREOS.
In Otero County:
At the Holloman Lakes near Alamogordo the "no access" signs are for hunters
only. The entire shore is open to birding. A board has been installed for
birders to list their sightings.
In Eddy County:
RN had his first TURKEY VULTURE north of Loving on February 28. SW saw 28
over the north part of Carlsbad on March 4.
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.
INITIALS USED:
JBi, Jerry Bird; CBr, Charles Britt; LC, Laura Casas; DC. David Cleary;
SNC, Steve and Nancy Cox; GF, Gary Froehlich; MCF, Carol and Mike Fugagli;
UG, Urs Geiser; BH, Bill Howe; EL, Gene Lewis; CL, Carl Lundblad; SM,
Sonia Mendoza; JN, Josh Nemeth: RN, Robert Nieman; BP, Ben Parmeter; JP,
John Parmeter; BR, Barbara Rodriguez; LS, Lorraine Schulte; MS. Marcy
Scott; KS, Ken Stinnett; SW, Steve West; WW, Bill Wittman; EW, Eleanor
Wootten; JZ, Jimmy Zabriskie, DZ, Dale Zimmerman.
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 22 the trip is 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 18, and perhaps March 25, if they are still present.
On Saturday, March 17 Southwestern Audubon will bird San Vicente Creek south
of downtown Silver City. Contact is 534-1450.
On Saturday, March 24 Mesilla Valley Audubon will explore the Holloman
Lakes. Contact is Walt Whitford at 521-1358.
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