- RBA
* New Mexico Bird Report
* March 29, 2007
* NMEX0703.29
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: March 29, 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 29, 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. 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)
American Bittern (Chaves)
Cattle Egret (Sierra, Doņa Ana)
White-faced Ibis (Chaves)
Turkey Vulture (Sierra)
Greater White-fronted Goose (Socorro)
Blue-winged Teal (Socorro)
Cinnamon Teal (Doņa Ana, Luna, Sierra lines)
Common Goldeneye (Doņa Ana)
Hooded and Common Mergansers (Chaves)
Red-breasted Merganser (Colfax, Chaves)
Osprey (Sierra)
Harris's Hawk (Otero)
Common Black-Hawk (Grant)
Swainson's Hawk (Colfax, Doņa Ana, 3 county lines, Eddy)
Ferruginous and Rough-legged Hawk (Sierra, Doņa Ana, Luna lines)
Peregrine Falcon (Socorro, Doņa Ana)
Lesser Prairie Chicken (Chaves)
Chukar and Northern Bobwhite (Luna)
Ring-necked Pheasant (Luna)
Virginia Rail (Colfax)
Snowy Plover (Chaves)
Black-necked Stilt (Valencia, Socorro)
American Avocet (Sandoval, Socorro, Chaves)
Long-billed Curlew (Sierra, Chaves, Doņa Ana)
Least Sandpiper and Long-billed Dowitcher (Luna, Sierra, Doņa Ana County
lines)
Wilson's Phalarope (Socorro)
Eurasian Collared-Dove (Taos)
Burrowing Owl (Sandoval, Valencia, Chaves)
Northern Pygmy Owl (Grant, Bernalillo, Sandoval)
Long-eared Owl (Colfax, Roosevelt)
Lewis's Woodpecker (Doņa Ana)
Three-toed Woodpecker (Bernalillo)
Hammond's Flycatcher (Sierra)
Eastern Phoebe (Luna)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Roosevelt, Chaves)
Hutton's Vireo (Luna)
Bell's Vireo (Eddy)
Pinyon Jay (Grant)
Bank Swallow (Doņa Ana)
Cliff and Cave Swallows (Eddy)
Verdin (Doņa Ana)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Doņa Ana)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Chaves)
Brown Thrasher (Eddy)
Olive Warbler (Doņa Ana)
Lucy's Warbler (Sierra)
Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler (Eddy)
Painted Redstart (Grant)
Cassin's Sparrow (Roosevelt, Grant)
Sparrow species (Sierra)
Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Sierra)
Black-throated Sparrow (Sierra)
Swamp Sparrow (Sierra)
White-throated Sparrow (Sierra)
Bronzed Cowbird (Luna)
Cassin's Finch (Luna)
In Sandoval County:
CP on March 26 reported an adult PYGMY OWL high in a snag a mile up Trail
137 near Battleship Rock in the western Jemez. Mountains east of Jemez Springs.
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 San Miguel County;
A telescope will be replaced soon for the one stolen at Crane Lake on the
Las Vegas Refuge.
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.
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 downhill from the south end of the parking area to the
Meadow.
The feeders at the Crest House will come down on April 1.
In Valencia County:
At the marsh behind the Taco Bell in Belen RB on March 18 found six
BLACK-NECKED STILTS and the BURROWING OWLS are still near the Taco Bell.
In Socorro County:
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, 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 on Bitter Lake Refuge on March 19 had 75 WHITE PELICANS on the south end
and on March 22 reported two RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, lingering HOODED
MERGANSERS, SNOWY PLOVERS coming in, and single AMERICAN BITTERNS on Units 5 and
15. CW on March 25 at the refuge found a VERMILION FLYCATCHER male at the
Pajaro Blind, two BURROWING OWLS on Unit 7, two AVOCETS, 11 WHITE-FACED IBIS, a
BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER at the headquarters, two COMMON MERGANSERS, and a
LONG-BILLED CURLEW.
CW saw 29 more curlews in a field on the northeast corner of Main Street and
Pine Lodge Rd. in Roswell on March 25.
JP, WW, and LL had a 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.
In Sierra County:
At the Rock Canyon Marina on Elephant Butte Lake JP and WW on March 24 saw 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.
KS on March 24 on Animas Creek near Caballo Lake saw BLACK-THROATED,
RUFOUS-CROWNED, and many other sparrows and a roost of up to 30 TURKEY VULTURES.
In Grant County:
On March 27 LM had a singing CASSIN'S SPARROW at the City of Rocks State
Park.
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 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.
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.
LM reports that Katfish Kove is no longer open to birders. He says four
CHUKARS, three BOBWHITES, and a RING-NECKED PHEASANT were introduced in the
county.
At the county line of Sierra, Doņa Ana, and Luna Counties from Nutt to Hatch
KS ON March 24 at a pond had up to 40 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 30 LEAST
SANDPIPERS, 25 CINNAMON TEAL, with two FERRUGINOUS HAWKS, A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, one
SWAINSON'S HAWK.
In Doņa Ana County:
CL on March 26 had 33 LONG-BILLED CURLEWS and 27 CATTLE EGRETS about three
miles south of Mesilla on NM 28.
WSH and DG found a COMMON GOLDENEYE. It was 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.
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. 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, and many VERDINS.
In Otero County:
CL had a PEREGRINE FALCON along US 82 between Alamogordo and Cloudcroft on
March 22.
CL and CBr on March 20 saw 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:
CW at Rattlesnake Springs on March 35 reported a singing eastern BELL'S
VIREO, a male MYRTLE WARBLER, and a dark morph SWAINSON'S HAWK. SRW on March 18
saw a BROWN THRASHER there.
JP, WW, and LL found a PACIFIC LOON at the Six-Mile Dam near Otis on March
16.
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;
MF, 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; JN, Josh Nemeth: JP, John Parmeter; CP,
Chadette Pfaff; MR, Mary Ristow; MS, Marcy Scott; KS, Ken Stinnett; GS, Gail
Szpatura; SRW, Steve and Renee West; WW, Bill Wittman; CW, Cole Wolf; EW,
Eleanor Wootten; 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 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.
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.
* New Mexico Bird Report
* March 29, 2007
* NMEX0703.29
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: March 29, 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 29, 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. 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)
American Bittern (Chaves)
Cattle Egret (Sierra, Doņa Ana)
White-faced Ibis (Chaves)
Turkey Vulture (Sierra)
Greater White-fronted Goose (Socorro)
Blue-winged Teal (Socorro)
Cinnamon Teal (Doņa Ana, Luna, Sierra lines)
Common Goldeneye (Doņa Ana)
Hooded and Common Mergansers (Chaves)
Red-breasted Merganser (Colfax, Chaves)
Osprey (Sierra)
Harris's Hawk (Otero)
Common Black-Hawk (Grant)
Swainson's Hawk (Colfax, Doņa Ana, 3 county lines, Eddy)
Ferruginous and Rough-legged Hawk (Sierra, Doņa Ana, Luna lines)
Peregrine Falcon (Socorro, Doņa Ana)
Lesser Prairie Chicken (Chaves)
Chukar and Northern Bobwhite (Luna)
Ring-necked Pheasant (Luna)
Virginia Rail (Colfax)
Snowy Plover (Chaves)
Black-necked Stilt (Valencia, Socorro)
American Avocet (Sandoval, Socorro, Chaves)
Long-billed Curlew (Sierra, Chaves, Doņa Ana)
Least Sandpiper and Long-billed Dowitcher (Luna, Sierra, Doņa Ana County
lines)
Wilson's Phalarope (Socorro)
Eurasian Collared-Dove (Taos)
Burrowing Owl (Sandoval, Valencia, Chaves)
Northern Pygmy Owl (Grant, Bernalillo, Sandoval)
Long-eared Owl (Colfax, Roosevelt)
Lewis's Woodpecker (Doņa Ana)
Three-toed Woodpecker (Bernalillo)
Hammond's Flycatcher (Sierra)
Eastern Phoebe (Luna)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Roosevelt, Chaves)
Hutton's Vireo (Luna)
Bell's Vireo (Eddy)
Pinyon Jay (Grant)
Bank Swallow (Doņa Ana)
Cliff and Cave Swallows (Eddy)
Verdin (Doņa Ana)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Doņa Ana)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Chaves)
Brown Thrasher (Eddy)
Olive Warbler (Doņa Ana)
Lucy's Warbler (Sierra)
Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler (Eddy)
Painted Redstart (Grant)
Cassin's Sparrow (Roosevelt, Grant)
Sparrow species (Sierra)
Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Sierra)
Black-throated Sparrow (Sierra)
Swamp Sparrow (Sierra)
White-throated Sparrow (Sierra)
Bronzed Cowbird (Luna)
Cassin's Finch (Luna)
In Sandoval County:
CP on March 26 reported an adult PYGMY OWL high in a snag a mile up Trail
137 near Battleship Rock in the western Jemez. Mountains east of Jemez Springs.
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 San Miguel County;
A telescope will be replaced soon for the one stolen at Crane Lake on the
Las Vegas Refuge.
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.
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 downhill from the south end of the parking area to the
Meadow.
The feeders at the Crest House will come down on April 1.
In Valencia County:
At the marsh behind the Taco Bell in Belen RB on March 18 found six
BLACK-NECKED STILTS and the BURROWING OWLS are still near the Taco Bell.
In Socorro County:
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, 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 on Bitter Lake Refuge on March 19 had 75 WHITE PELICANS on the south end
and on March 22 reported two RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, lingering HOODED
MERGANSERS, SNOWY PLOVERS coming in, and single AMERICAN BITTERNS on Units 5 and
15. CW on March 25 at the refuge found a VERMILION FLYCATCHER male at the
Pajaro Blind, two BURROWING OWLS on Unit 7, two AVOCETS, 11 WHITE-FACED IBIS, a
BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER at the headquarters, two COMMON MERGANSERS, and a
LONG-BILLED CURLEW.
CW saw 29 more curlews in a field on the northeast corner of Main Street and
Pine Lodge Rd. in Roswell on March 25.
JP, WW, and LL had a 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.
In Sierra County:
At the Rock Canyon Marina on Elephant Butte Lake JP and WW on March 24 saw 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.
KS on March 24 on Animas Creek near Caballo Lake saw BLACK-THROATED,
RUFOUS-CROWNED, and many other sparrows and a roost of up to 30 TURKEY VULTURES.
In Grant County:
On March 27 LM had a singing CASSIN'S SPARROW at the City of Rocks State
Park.
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 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.
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.
LM reports that Katfish Kove is no longer open to birders. He says four
CHUKARS, three BOBWHITES, and a RING-NECKED PHEASANT were introduced in the
county.
At the county line of Sierra, Doņa Ana, and Luna Counties from Nutt to Hatch
KS ON March 24 at a pond had up to 40 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 30 LEAST
SANDPIPERS, 25 CINNAMON TEAL, with two FERRUGINOUS HAWKS, A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, one
SWAINSON'S HAWK.
In Doņa Ana County:
CL on March 26 had 33 LONG-BILLED CURLEWS and 27 CATTLE EGRETS about three
miles south of Mesilla on NM 28.
WSH and DG found a COMMON GOLDENEYE. It was 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.
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. 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, and many VERDINS.
In Otero County:
CL had a PEREGRINE FALCON along US 82 between Alamogordo and Cloudcroft on
March 22.
CL and CBr on March 20 saw 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:
CW at Rattlesnake Springs on March 35 reported a singing eastern BELL'S
VIREO, a male MYRTLE WARBLER, and a dark morph SWAINSON'S HAWK. SRW on March 18
saw a BROWN THRASHER there.
JP, WW, and LL found a PACIFIC LOON at the Six-Mile Dam near Otis on March
16.
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;
MF, 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; JN, Josh Nemeth: JP, John Parmeter; CP,
Chadette Pfaff; MR, Mary Ristow; MS, Marcy Scott; KS, Ken Stinnett; GS, Gail
Szpatura; SRW, Steve and Renee West; WW, Bill Wittman; CW, Cole Wolf; EW,
Eleanor Wootten; 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 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.
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.