- RBA
* New Mexico Bird Report
* March 26, 2007
* NMEX0703.26
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: March 26, 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 26, 2007,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are given
for private property, please call before going.
Highlights: Pacific Loon, Lewis's Woodpecker, and Cave Swallows at a new
site. Rosy Finches are leaving. Lesser Prairie Chickens have begun their show.
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:
Pacific Loon (Eddy)
Horned Grebe (Colfax, Sierra)
American White Pelican (Chaves)
Turkey Vulture (Chaves)
American Bittern (Chaves)
Snowy Egret (Socorro)
Cattle Egret (Sierra)
Greater White-fronted Goose (Socorro)
Blue-winged Teal (Socorro)
Canvasback and Redhead (Doņa Ana)
Ring-necked Duck (Doņa Ana)
Lesser Scaup (Chaves)
Common Goldeneye (Socorro, Doņa Ana)
Hooded Merganser (Chaves)
Red-breasted Merganser (Colfax, Chaves)
Osprey (Sierra)
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Bernalillo)
Harris's Hawk (Otero)
Common Black-Hawk (Grant)
Swainson's Hawk (Colfax, Doņa Ana)
Peregrine Falcon (Socorro, Doņa Ana))
Lesser Prairie Chicken (Chaves)
Virginia Rail (Colfax)
Snowy Plover (Chaves)
Black-necked Stilt (Valencia, Socorro)
American Avocet (Sandoval, Socorro)
Greater Yellowlegs (Lincoln)
Long-billed Curlew (Sierra)
Wilson's Snipe (Doņa Ana)
Wilson's Phalarope (Socorro)
Eurasian Collared-Dove (Taos)
Burrowing Owl (Sandoval, Valencia)
Northern Pygmy Owls (Grant, Bernalillo)
Long-eared Owl (Colfax,, Roosevelt)
White-throated Swift (Bernalillo)
Lewis's Woodpecker (Doņa Ana)
Three-toed Woodpecker (Bernalillo)
Hammond's Flycatcher (Sierra)
Eastern Phoebe (Luna)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Roosevelt)
Hutton's Vireo (Luna)
Pinyon Jay (Grant)
American Crow (Grant)
Bank Swallow (Doņa Ana)
Cliff Swallow (Eddy)
Cave Swallow (Eddy)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Doņa Ana)
American Dipper (Colfax)
Brown Thrasher (Eddy)
Olive Warbler (Doņa Ana)
Lucy's Warbler (Sierra)
Painted Redstart (Grant)
Cassin's Sparrow (Roosevelt)
Black-throated Sparrow (Chaves)
Swamp Sparrow (Sierra)
White-throated Sparrow (Sierra)
Bronzed Cowbird (Luna)
Rosy Finches (Bernalillo)
Cassin's Finch (Luna)
In Sandoval County:
MR and GS on March 17 had nine AVOCETS on Cochiti Lake with a BURROWING OWL
on a fence along NM 16.
In Taos County;
SH had a EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE flying around Arroyo Hondo on March 18.
In Colfax County:
DC on March 16 at Stubblefield Lake had eight male RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS
and heard a calling VIRGINIA RAIL. He saw a HORNED GREBE on Lake 13 of the
adjacent Maxwell Refuge with two early SWAINSON'S HAWKS on the refuge.
There were five LONG-EARED OWLS at the roost in the thicket near the 't'
with Hwys. A5 and A1 on March 16.
And in Cimarron Canyon on March 14 there were two DIPPERS (one singing).
In Bernalillo County:
JP on March 25 had a THREE-TOED WOODPECKER on the path from the Crest
parking lot near the Kiwanis Meadow and a calling PYGMY OWL near the start of the
track that leads downhillfrom the south end of the parking area to the Meadow.
At the Sandia Crest House east of Albuquerque the ROSY-FINCHES are leaving.
SW reported he still had all three species on March 15 when a SHARP-SHINNED
HAWK caught one and a WHITE-THROATED SWIFT flew by. The feeders will come
down on April 1.
In Valencia County:
At the marsh behind the Taco Bell in Belen RB on March 18 found the six
BLACK-NECKED STILTS and found the BURROWING OWLS are still near the Taco Bell.
SW had two stilts on March 16.
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 SW still had the four
WHITE-FRONTED GEESE on March 17 and CL saw them on March 23. JP and WW on March 24
saw a PEREGRINE FALCON, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, three SNOWY EGRETS, BLACK-NECKED
STILTS, AVOCETS, and two WILSON'S PHALAROPES.
In Roosevelt County:
At the migrant trap 11 miles west of Melrose on March 25 DH found a
LONG-EARED OWL and a VERMILION FLYCATCHER with CASSIN'S SPARROWS singing nearby.
In Chaves County:
JH reported a high count of 235 LESSER SCAUPS on Bitter Lake Refuge on March
17. On March 19 there was 75 WHITE PELICANS on the south end. JH on April
22 reported two RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, lingering HOODED MERGANSERS, SNOWY
PLOVERS coming in, and single AMERICAN BITTERNS on Units 5 and 15.
JP, WW, and LL had good LESSER PRAIRIE CHICKEN show with 22 present on March
17 north of the Waldrop Road Rest (40 miles east of Roswell) on the
Mescalero Sands.
On March 20 SW had a TURKEY VULTURE and a BLACK-THROATED SPARROW on the
eastern edge of the county.
In Lincoln County:
SW on March 17 saw a GREATER YELLOWLEGS at the sewage ponds in Capitan.
In Sierra County:
At the Rock Canyon Marina on Elephant Butte Lake JP and WW on March 24 saw
only a HORNED GREBE.
At Percha Dam State Park JP and WW on March 24 saw a HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER,
one LONG-BILLED CURLEW, several LUCY'S WARBLERS, the two WHITE-THROATED
SPARROWS, and one SWAMP SPARROW.
JP at the Oxbow Lake in Truth or Consequences reported on March 24 two
CATTLE EGRETS with two OSPREYS flying over the town.
In Grant County:
DB had a singing PAINTED REDSTART on March 16 and 17 in the Lower Gallinas
Campground in the Black Range east of San Lorenzo.
EW 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.
DZ found CROWS in Silver City in March.
In Hidalgo County:
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 Luna County:
LM on March 19 in Deming at the Mounain View Cemetery saw a CASSIN'S FINCH,
HUTTON'S VIREO, and EASTERN PHOEBE. At the Pecan Park trailer area there was
a BRONZED COWBIRD.
In Doņa Ana County:
WSH found a COMMON GOLDENEYE, seen by DG, and photographed by JZ and MS on
March 22 four miles south of Hatch on the Rio Grande. CL had a pair that
afternoon at the NM 154 bridge with a BANK SWALLOW at the Blue Moon in Radium
Springs and at the entrance pond at Leasburg Park three CANVASBACKS and two
REDHEADS.
CL on March 25 south of Garfield had a PEREGRINE FALCON, a dark morph
SWAINSON'S HAWK, with two light morphs along the Rio Grande.
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 and again on March 19.
In Fillmore Canyon in the western Organ Mts. CBr found a female OLIVE
WARBLER and five RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES.
At the Mesilla Valley Bosque Park near Mesilla on March 17 JN found MARSH
WRENS, SWAMP SPARROWS, many VERDINS, 15 RING-NECKED DUCKS, and a SNIPE.
In Otero County:
CL had a PEREGRINE FALCON along US 82 between Alamogordo and Cloudcroft on
March 22.
CL and CBr on March 20 had a HARRIS'S HAWK over US54 ten miles south of
Alamogordo.
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:
JP, WW, and LL found a PACIFIC LOON at the Six-Mile Dam near Otis on March
16.
SRW on March 18 at Rattlesnake Springs saw a BROWN THRASHER.
SW 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:
DB, Dan Battaglia; RB, Rees Bevan; CBr, Charles Britt; DC. David Cleary;
MCF, Carol and Mike Fugagli;
DG, David Griffin; SH, Steve Hanks; DH, David Hawksworth; SWH, Sue and
Wally Hill; JH, Jeff Howland; LL. Lane Leckman; CL, Carl Lundblad; LM,
Larry Malone; SM, Sonia Mendoza; JN, Josh Nemeth: JP, John Parmeter; MR, Mary
Ristow; MS, Marcy Scott; GS, Gail Szpatura; SRW, Steve and Renee 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 29 the trip is at the Rio Grande Nature Center with Allison
Schacht (342-1837). On April 5 they bird Rinconada Canyon with Lannois Neely
(890-7881); April 12 is to Belen and the Isleta Marshes with Judy Liddell
(271-0912); on April 19 they go to Bosque del Apache Refuge with Mary Lou Arthur
(299-2565); and on April 26 a hike in Otero Canyon with Rebecca Gracey
(242-3821).
On Saturday, March 24 Mesilla Valley Audubon will explore the Holloman
Lakes. Contact is Walt Whitford at 521-1358.
On April 7 the Gila Native Plant Society will have a birding field trip up
Gold Gulch Road into the Big Burro Mts for mountain migrants. Contact is
Donna Stevens at _donnastevens@axnex.net_ (mailto:donnastevens@axnex.net) .
The annual Lesser Prairie Chicken Festival at Milnesand will be April 13 to
15. More details later on field trips.
The Bird Migration Sensation at Percha Dam State Park (which includes
Caballo and Elephant Butte Lakes) will be April 20-21.
There will be a birding breakfast, identification bird hikes. Contact is
the park at 743-3942.
On Saturday, April 29 Central Audubon will go to Bitter Lake Refuge.
Contact Chris Rustay at 255-7786.5
On April 28 Mesilla Valley Audubon will bird La Luz Canyon in the Sacramento
Mts. Contact is Walt Whitford at 521-1358 or _wlawhit@zianet.com_
(mailto:wlawhit@zianet.com) .
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* New Mexico Bird Report
* March 26, 2007
* NMEX0703.26
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: March 26, 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 26, 2007,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are given
for private property, please call before going.
Highlights: Pacific Loon, Lewis's Woodpecker, and Cave Swallows at a new
site. Rosy Finches are leaving. Lesser Prairie Chickens have begun their show.
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:
Pacific Loon (Eddy)
Horned Grebe (Colfax, Sierra)
American White Pelican (Chaves)
Turkey Vulture (Chaves)
American Bittern (Chaves)
Snowy Egret (Socorro)
Cattle Egret (Sierra)
Greater White-fronted Goose (Socorro)
Blue-winged Teal (Socorro)
Canvasback and Redhead (Doņa Ana)
Ring-necked Duck (Doņa Ana)
Lesser Scaup (Chaves)
Common Goldeneye (Socorro, Doņa Ana)
Hooded Merganser (Chaves)
Red-breasted Merganser (Colfax, Chaves)
Osprey (Sierra)
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Bernalillo)
Harris's Hawk (Otero)
Common Black-Hawk (Grant)
Swainson's Hawk (Colfax, Doņa Ana)
Peregrine Falcon (Socorro, Doņa Ana))
Lesser Prairie Chicken (Chaves)
Virginia Rail (Colfax)
Snowy Plover (Chaves)
Black-necked Stilt (Valencia, Socorro)
American Avocet (Sandoval, Socorro)
Greater Yellowlegs (Lincoln)
Long-billed Curlew (Sierra)
Wilson's Snipe (Doņa Ana)
Wilson's Phalarope (Socorro)
Eurasian Collared-Dove (Taos)
Burrowing Owl (Sandoval, Valencia)
Northern Pygmy Owls (Grant, Bernalillo)
Long-eared Owl (Colfax,, Roosevelt)
White-throated Swift (Bernalillo)
Lewis's Woodpecker (Doņa Ana)
Three-toed Woodpecker (Bernalillo)
Hammond's Flycatcher (Sierra)
Eastern Phoebe (Luna)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Roosevelt)
Hutton's Vireo (Luna)
Pinyon Jay (Grant)
American Crow (Grant)
Bank Swallow (Doņa Ana)
Cliff Swallow (Eddy)
Cave Swallow (Eddy)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Doņa Ana)
American Dipper (Colfax)
Brown Thrasher (Eddy)
Olive Warbler (Doņa Ana)
Lucy's Warbler (Sierra)
Painted Redstart (Grant)
Cassin's Sparrow (Roosevelt)
Black-throated Sparrow (Chaves)
Swamp Sparrow (Sierra)
White-throated Sparrow (Sierra)
Bronzed Cowbird (Luna)
Rosy Finches (Bernalillo)
Cassin's Finch (Luna)
In Sandoval County:
MR and GS on March 17 had nine AVOCETS on Cochiti Lake with a BURROWING OWL
on a fence along NM 16.
In Taos County;
SH had a EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE flying around Arroyo Hondo on March 18.
In Colfax County:
DC on March 16 at Stubblefield Lake had eight male RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS
and heard a calling VIRGINIA RAIL. He saw a HORNED GREBE on Lake 13 of the
adjacent Maxwell Refuge with two early SWAINSON'S HAWKS on the refuge.
There were five LONG-EARED OWLS at the roost in the thicket near the 't'
with Hwys. A5 and A1 on March 16.
And in Cimarron Canyon on March 14 there were two DIPPERS (one singing).
In Bernalillo County:
JP on March 25 had a THREE-TOED WOODPECKER on the path from the Crest
parking lot near the Kiwanis Meadow and a calling PYGMY OWL near the start of the
track that leads downhillfrom the south end of the parking area to the Meadow.
At the Sandia Crest House east of Albuquerque the ROSY-FINCHES are leaving.
SW reported he still had all three species on March 15 when a SHARP-SHINNED
HAWK caught one and a WHITE-THROATED SWIFT flew by. The feeders will come
down on April 1.
In Valencia County:
At the marsh behind the Taco Bell in Belen RB on March 18 found the six
BLACK-NECKED STILTS and found the BURROWING OWLS are still near the Taco Bell.
SW had two stilts on March 16.
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 SW still had the four
WHITE-FRONTED GEESE on March 17 and CL saw them on March 23. JP and WW on March 24
saw a PEREGRINE FALCON, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, three SNOWY EGRETS, BLACK-NECKED
STILTS, AVOCETS, and two WILSON'S PHALAROPES.
In Roosevelt County:
At the migrant trap 11 miles west of Melrose on March 25 DH found a
LONG-EARED OWL and a VERMILION FLYCATCHER with CASSIN'S SPARROWS singing nearby.
In Chaves County:
JH reported a high count of 235 LESSER SCAUPS on Bitter Lake Refuge on March
17. On March 19 there was 75 WHITE PELICANS on the south end. JH on April
22 reported two RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, lingering HOODED MERGANSERS, SNOWY
PLOVERS coming in, and single AMERICAN BITTERNS on Units 5 and 15.
JP, WW, and LL had good LESSER PRAIRIE CHICKEN show with 22 present on March
17 north of the Waldrop Road Rest (40 miles east of Roswell) on the
Mescalero Sands.
On March 20 SW had a TURKEY VULTURE and a BLACK-THROATED SPARROW on the
eastern edge of the county.
In Lincoln County:
SW on March 17 saw a GREATER YELLOWLEGS at the sewage ponds in Capitan.
In Sierra County:
At the Rock Canyon Marina on Elephant Butte Lake JP and WW on March 24 saw
only a HORNED GREBE.
At Percha Dam State Park JP and WW on March 24 saw a HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER,
one LONG-BILLED CURLEW, several LUCY'S WARBLERS, the two WHITE-THROATED
SPARROWS, and one SWAMP SPARROW.
JP at the Oxbow Lake in Truth or Consequences reported on March 24 two
CATTLE EGRETS with two OSPREYS flying over the town.
In Grant County:
DB had a singing PAINTED REDSTART on March 16 and 17 in the Lower Gallinas
Campground in the Black Range east of San Lorenzo.
EW 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.
DZ found CROWS in Silver City in March.
In Hidalgo County:
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 Luna County:
LM on March 19 in Deming at the Mounain View Cemetery saw a CASSIN'S FINCH,
HUTTON'S VIREO, and EASTERN PHOEBE. At the Pecan Park trailer area there was
a BRONZED COWBIRD.
In Doņa Ana County:
WSH found a COMMON GOLDENEYE, seen by DG, and photographed by JZ and MS on
March 22 four miles south of Hatch on the Rio Grande. CL had a pair that
afternoon at the NM 154 bridge with a BANK SWALLOW at the Blue Moon in Radium
Springs and at the entrance pond at Leasburg Park three CANVASBACKS and two
REDHEADS.
CL on March 25 south of Garfield had a PEREGRINE FALCON, a dark morph
SWAINSON'S HAWK, with two light morphs along the Rio Grande.
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 and again on March 19.
In Fillmore Canyon in the western Organ Mts. CBr found a female OLIVE
WARBLER and five RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES.
At the Mesilla Valley Bosque Park near Mesilla on March 17 JN found MARSH
WRENS, SWAMP SPARROWS, many VERDINS, 15 RING-NECKED DUCKS, and a SNIPE.
In Otero County:
CL had a PEREGRINE FALCON along US 82 between Alamogordo and Cloudcroft on
March 22.
CL and CBr on March 20 had a HARRIS'S HAWK over US54 ten miles south of
Alamogordo.
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:
JP, WW, and LL found a PACIFIC LOON at the Six-Mile Dam near Otis on March
16.
SRW on March 18 at Rattlesnake Springs saw a BROWN THRASHER.
SW 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:
DB, Dan Battaglia; RB, Rees Bevan; CBr, Charles Britt; DC. David Cleary;
MCF, Carol and Mike Fugagli;
DG, David Griffin; SH, Steve Hanks; DH, David Hawksworth; SWH, Sue and
Wally Hill; JH, Jeff Howland; LL. Lane Leckman; CL, Carl Lundblad; LM,
Larry Malone; SM, Sonia Mendoza; JN, Josh Nemeth: JP, John Parmeter; MR, Mary
Ristow; MS, Marcy Scott; GS, Gail Szpatura; SRW, Steve and Renee 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 29 the trip is at the Rio Grande Nature Center with Allison
Schacht (342-1837). On April 5 they bird Rinconada Canyon with Lannois Neely
(890-7881); April 12 is to Belen and the Isleta Marshes with Judy Liddell
(271-0912); on April 19 they go to Bosque del Apache Refuge with Mary Lou Arthur
(299-2565); and on April 26 a hike in Otero Canyon with Rebecca Gracey
(242-3821).
On Saturday, March 24 Mesilla Valley Audubon will explore the Holloman
Lakes. Contact is Walt Whitford at 521-1358.
On April 7 the Gila Native Plant Society will have a birding field trip up
Gold Gulch Road into the Big Burro Mts for mountain migrants. Contact is
Donna Stevens at _donnastevens@axnex.net_ (mailto:donnastevens@axnex.net) .
The annual Lesser Prairie Chicken Festival at Milnesand will be April 13 to
15. More details later on field trips.
The Bird Migration Sensation at Percha Dam State Park (which includes
Caballo and Elephant Butte Lakes) will be April 20-21.
There will be a birding breakfast, identification bird hikes. Contact is
the park at 743-3942.
On Saturday, April 29 Central Audubon will go to Bitter Lake Refuge.
Contact Chris Rustay at 255-7786.5
On April 28 Mesilla Valley Audubon will bird La Luz Canyon in the Sacramento
Mts. Contact is Walt Whitford at 521-1358 or _wlawhit@zianet.com_
(mailto:wlawhit@zianet.com) .
- End transcript.