- RBA
* New Mexico Bird Report
* April 2, 2007
* NMEX0704.02
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: April 2, 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 April 2, 2007,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are given
for private property, please call before going.
Highlights: Zone-tailed Hawk, 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:
Horned Grebe (Colfax, Sierra)
American Bittern (Chaves, Doņa Ana)
Cattle Egret (Sierra, Doņa Ana)
White-faced Ibis (Chaves)
Turkey Vulture (Sierra)
Greater White-fronted Goose (Socorro)
Snow and Ross's Geese (Colfax)
Lesser Scaup (Doņa Ana)
Common Goldeneye (Doņa Ana)
Common Merganser (Chaves, Grant)
Hooded Merganser (Chaves)
Red-breasted Merganser (Colfax, Chaves)
Osprey (Sierra, Grant)
Northern Harrier (Doņa ana)
Harris's Hawk (Otero)
Common Black-Hawk (Grant, Hidalgo)
Swainson's Hawk (Doņa Ana, 3 county lines, Eddy, Hidalgo)
Zone-tailed Hawk (Socorro, Hidalgo, Grant)
Ferruginous and Rough-legged Hawk (Sierra, Doņa Ana, Luna lines)
Golden Eagle (Grant)
Peregrine Falcon (Doņa Ana, Hidalgo, Otero)
Lesser Prairie Chicken (Chaves)
Chukar and Northern Bobwhite (Luna)
Ring-necked Pheasant (Luna)
Snowy Plover (Chaves)
Black-necked Stilt (Valencia, Socorro)
Lesser Yellowlegs (Socorro)
Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs (Doņa Ana)
Long-billed Curlew (Sierra, Chaves, Doņa Ana)
Least Sandpiper and Long-billed Dowitcher (Luna, Sierra, Doņa Ana County
lines)
Wilson's Snipe (Doņa Ana)
Wilson's Phalarope (Socorro, Hidalgo)
Herring Gull (Colfax)
Franklin's Gull (Colfax, Socorro, Hidalgo)
Bonaparte's Gull (Socorro)
Barn Owl (Colfax, Grant)
Western and Whiskered Screech-Owls (Hidalgo)
Elf Owl (Hidalgo, Grant)
Burrowing Owl (Valencia, Chaves)
Northern Pygmy Owl (Grant, Bernalillo, Sandoval)
Long-eared Owl (Colfax, Roosevelt)
Rufous and Magnificent Hummingbirds (Grant)
Black-chinned Hummingbird (Grant,, Doņa Ana))
Williamson's Sapsucker (Hidalgo)
Arizona Woodpecker (Hidalgo
Lewis's Woodpecker (Doņa Ana)
Three-toed Woodpecker (Bernalillo)
Hammond's Flycatcher (Sierra)
Eastern Phoebe (Luna)
Gray Flycatcher (Hidalgo)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Roosevelt, Chaves)
Cassin's Vireo (Doņa Ana)
Hutton's Vireo (Luna, Sierra, Doņa Ana))
Cliff and Cave Swallows (Eddy)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Chaves)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Doņa Ana)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Chaves)
Sage Thrasher (Hidalgo)
Brown Thrasher (Eddy)
Cedar Waxwing (Santa Fe))
Olive Warbler (Doņa Ana, Sierra)
Lucy's Warbler (Sierra, Grant)
Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler (Eddy)
Painted Redstart (Grant)
Cassin's Sparrow (Roosevelt, Grant)
Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Sierra)
Swamp Sparrow (Sierra)
White-throated Sparrow (Sierra, Doņa Ana)
Chestnut-collared longspur (Colfax)
Yellow-headed Blackbird (Colfax)
Bronzed Cowbird (Luna)
Hooded and Scott's Orioles (Grant, Doņa ana))
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.
In Santa Fe County:
RE had a small group of CEDAR WAXWINGS near the Randall Davey Audubon Center
in Santa Fe.
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 April 1 at Stubblefield Lake had two male RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS,
four HORNED GREBES in breeding plumage, an immature BALD EAGLE, and a HERRING
and a FRANKLIN'S GULL.
At Springer Lake he found seven CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPURS, three SNOW
GEESE, a ROSS'S GOOSE, and three YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS.
There was one LONG-EARED OWL at the roost in the thicket near the 't' with
Hwys. A5 and A1 on March 16, plus a BARN OWL.
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.
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 CL had the four WHITE-FRONTED
GEESE on March 23. JP and WW on March 31 saw 30 BLACK-NECKED STILTS, 12
FRANKLIN'S GULLS, a BONAPARTE'S GULLS, a LESSER YELLOWLEGS, and two WILSON'S
PHALAROPES. JN at the refuge on March 30 had a ZONE-TAILED HAWK adult near the
Willow Deck.
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 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, 11 WHITE-FACED
IBIS, a BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER at the headquarters, and two COMMON MERGANSERS.
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 RUFOUS-CROWNED and many
other sparrows and a roost of up to 30 TURKEY VULTURES.
A Emory Pass in the Black Range on the county line with Grant County JP and
WW on March 30 had OLIVE WARBLER and HUTTON'S VIREO.
In Grant County:
At Redrock on March 30 JP and WW had the BLACK HAWK, an OSPREY, many of the
summer visitors, and on the way to Virden a GOLDEN EAGLE.
DBe had BLACK HAWK on March 26 to 30 in Silver City.
CA and JNe had a HOODED ORIOLE at their home on March 19 and BN saw another
on March 26 and 28.
On March 27 LM had a singing CASSIN'S SPARROW at the City of Rocks State
Park.
On March 27 EW had two male BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRDS at her feeder near
Cliff and an ELF OWL at the Mogollon Creek Campground.
CF had the first LUCY'S WARBLER at the Gila Bird Farm on March 17. JBi had
a ZONE-TAILED HAWK over his Silver City yard on March 25.
EL had a COMMON MERGANSER at the Tyrone Sewage Ponds on March 25..
JP and WW at the Iron Creek Campground in the Black Range had a singing
PAINTED REDSTART on March 30.
JDM at her home at Roberts Lake had a RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD male on March 19
and a male MAGNIFICENT HUMMINGBIRD March 22.
In Hidalgo County:
JP and WW on March 30 at the Lordsburg sewage ponds had a WILSON'S
PHALAROPE. On March 31 they saw four FRANKLIN'S GULLS and a PEREGRINE FALCON.
At Virden there were two BLACK HAWKS, a ZONE-TAILED HAWK, SWAINSON'S HAWK, a
LEWIS'S WOODPECKER, a calling HOODED ORIOLE, and a SCOTT'S ORIOLE.
In Clanton Canyon on March 31 they saw three WESTERN SCREECH-OWLS, a
WHISKERED OWL, an ELF OWL, a GRAY FLYCATCHER, two WILLIAMSON'S SAPSUCKERS, five
ARIZONA WOODPECKERS, and several HUTTON'S VIREOS.
North of Lordsburg on March 30 JP and WW had several SAGE THRASHERS.
RS on March 26 and 28 had BARN OWLS in Steeple Rock Canyon north of Virden.
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 along the Mimbres River Road.
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, 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.
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 19.
In Fillmore Canyon in the western Organ Mts. CBr found a female OLIVE
WARBLER and five RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES.
CBr at the Uva's Dairy playa on March 28 had GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS
and 12 LESSER SCAUPS.
CL on March 29 had a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW at the La Cueva picnic area near
Dripping Springs, a CASSIN'S VIREO at Mesilla Park, and an OSPREY at Burn
Lake. He had the AMERICAN BITTERN at the Mesilla Bosque Park on March 31 with
two SWAMP SPARROWS.
LS had a male BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD and a HOODED ORIOLE at her Las
Cruces feeder on March 29.
KS on April 1 at the Mesilla Valley Park had the AMERICAN BITTERN, seven
HARRIERS together, and four COMMON MERGANSERS.
CL on April 1 on the Pine Tree Trail at Aguirre State Park had two HUTTON'S
VIREOS with 16 SNIPES at Swan Pond north of Radium Springs.
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 25 reported a male MYRTLE WARBLER, and a
dark morph SWAINSON'S HAWK. SRW on March 18 saw a BROWN THRASHER there.
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:
CA, Connie Adler; DBe, David Beatty; JBi, Jerry Bird; CBr, Charles Britt;
DC. David Cleary; JDM, Joan Day-Martin; RE, Richard Ellenberg; CF, Carol
Fugagli; David Griffin; DH, David Hawksworth; SWH, Sue and Wally Hill;
JH, Jeff Howland; EL, Gene Lewis; CL, Carl Lundblad; LM, Larry Malone;
JNe, Judith Nelson; JN, Josh Nemeth: BN, Bill Norris; JP, John Parmeter;
CP, Chadette Pfaff; LS, Lorraine Schulte; MS, Marcy Scott; RS, Robert
Shantz; KS, Ken Stinnett; 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 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 April 21 Southwestern Audubon will go down Separ Road for early migrants.
Contact is 534-1450.
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
* April 2, 2007
* NMEX0704.02
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: April 2, 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 April 2, 2007,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are given
for private property, please call before going.
Highlights: Zone-tailed Hawk, 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:
Horned Grebe (Colfax, Sierra)
American Bittern (Chaves, Doņa Ana)
Cattle Egret (Sierra, Doņa Ana)
White-faced Ibis (Chaves)
Turkey Vulture (Sierra)
Greater White-fronted Goose (Socorro)
Snow and Ross's Geese (Colfax)
Lesser Scaup (Doņa Ana)
Common Goldeneye (Doņa Ana)
Common Merganser (Chaves, Grant)
Hooded Merganser (Chaves)
Red-breasted Merganser (Colfax, Chaves)
Osprey (Sierra, Grant)
Northern Harrier (Doņa ana)
Harris's Hawk (Otero)
Common Black-Hawk (Grant, Hidalgo)
Swainson's Hawk (Doņa Ana, 3 county lines, Eddy, Hidalgo)
Zone-tailed Hawk (Socorro, Hidalgo, Grant)
Ferruginous and Rough-legged Hawk (Sierra, Doņa Ana, Luna lines)
Golden Eagle (Grant)
Peregrine Falcon (Doņa Ana, Hidalgo, Otero)
Lesser Prairie Chicken (Chaves)
Chukar and Northern Bobwhite (Luna)
Ring-necked Pheasant (Luna)
Snowy Plover (Chaves)
Black-necked Stilt (Valencia, Socorro)
Lesser Yellowlegs (Socorro)
Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs (Doņa Ana)
Long-billed Curlew (Sierra, Chaves, Doņa Ana)
Least Sandpiper and Long-billed Dowitcher (Luna, Sierra, Doņa Ana County
lines)
Wilson's Snipe (Doņa Ana)
Wilson's Phalarope (Socorro, Hidalgo)
Herring Gull (Colfax)
Franklin's Gull (Colfax, Socorro, Hidalgo)
Bonaparte's Gull (Socorro)
Barn Owl (Colfax, Grant)
Western and Whiskered Screech-Owls (Hidalgo)
Elf Owl (Hidalgo, Grant)
Burrowing Owl (Valencia, Chaves)
Northern Pygmy Owl (Grant, Bernalillo, Sandoval)
Long-eared Owl (Colfax, Roosevelt)
Rufous and Magnificent Hummingbirds (Grant)
Black-chinned Hummingbird (Grant,, Doņa Ana))
Williamson's Sapsucker (Hidalgo)
Arizona Woodpecker (Hidalgo
Lewis's Woodpecker (Doņa Ana)
Three-toed Woodpecker (Bernalillo)
Hammond's Flycatcher (Sierra)
Eastern Phoebe (Luna)
Gray Flycatcher (Hidalgo)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Roosevelt, Chaves)
Cassin's Vireo (Doņa Ana)
Hutton's Vireo (Luna, Sierra, Doņa Ana))
Cliff and Cave Swallows (Eddy)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Chaves)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Doņa Ana)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Chaves)
Sage Thrasher (Hidalgo)
Brown Thrasher (Eddy)
Cedar Waxwing (Santa Fe))
Olive Warbler (Doņa Ana, Sierra)
Lucy's Warbler (Sierra, Grant)
Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler (Eddy)
Painted Redstart (Grant)
Cassin's Sparrow (Roosevelt, Grant)
Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Sierra)
Swamp Sparrow (Sierra)
White-throated Sparrow (Sierra, Doņa Ana)
Chestnut-collared longspur (Colfax)
Yellow-headed Blackbird (Colfax)
Bronzed Cowbird (Luna)
Hooded and Scott's Orioles (Grant, Doņa ana))
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.
In Santa Fe County:
RE had a small group of CEDAR WAXWINGS near the Randall Davey Audubon Center
in Santa Fe.
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 April 1 at Stubblefield Lake had two male RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS,
four HORNED GREBES in breeding plumage, an immature BALD EAGLE, and a HERRING
and a FRANKLIN'S GULL.
At Springer Lake he found seven CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPURS, three SNOW
GEESE, a ROSS'S GOOSE, and three YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS.
There was one LONG-EARED OWL at the roost in the thicket near the 't' with
Hwys. A5 and A1 on March 16, plus a BARN OWL.
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.
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 CL had the four WHITE-FRONTED
GEESE on March 23. JP and WW on March 31 saw 30 BLACK-NECKED STILTS, 12
FRANKLIN'S GULLS, a BONAPARTE'S GULLS, a LESSER YELLOWLEGS, and two WILSON'S
PHALAROPES. JN at the refuge on March 30 had a ZONE-TAILED HAWK adult near the
Willow Deck.
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 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, 11 WHITE-FACED
IBIS, a BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER at the headquarters, and two COMMON MERGANSERS.
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 RUFOUS-CROWNED and many
other sparrows and a roost of up to 30 TURKEY VULTURES.
A Emory Pass in the Black Range on the county line with Grant County JP and
WW on March 30 had OLIVE WARBLER and HUTTON'S VIREO.
In Grant County:
At Redrock on March 30 JP and WW had the BLACK HAWK, an OSPREY, many of the
summer visitors, and on the way to Virden a GOLDEN EAGLE.
DBe had BLACK HAWK on March 26 to 30 in Silver City.
CA and JNe had a HOODED ORIOLE at their home on March 19 and BN saw another
on March 26 and 28.
On March 27 LM had a singing CASSIN'S SPARROW at the City of Rocks State
Park.
On March 27 EW had two male BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRDS at her feeder near
Cliff and an ELF OWL at the Mogollon Creek Campground.
CF had the first LUCY'S WARBLER at the Gila Bird Farm on March 17. JBi had
a ZONE-TAILED HAWK over his Silver City yard on March 25.
EL had a COMMON MERGANSER at the Tyrone Sewage Ponds on March 25..
JP and WW at the Iron Creek Campground in the Black Range had a singing
PAINTED REDSTART on March 30.
JDM at her home at Roberts Lake had a RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD male on March 19
and a male MAGNIFICENT HUMMINGBIRD March 22.
In Hidalgo County:
JP and WW on March 30 at the Lordsburg sewage ponds had a WILSON'S
PHALAROPE. On March 31 they saw four FRANKLIN'S GULLS and a PEREGRINE FALCON.
At Virden there were two BLACK HAWKS, a ZONE-TAILED HAWK, SWAINSON'S HAWK, a
LEWIS'S WOODPECKER, a calling HOODED ORIOLE, and a SCOTT'S ORIOLE.
In Clanton Canyon on March 31 they saw three WESTERN SCREECH-OWLS, a
WHISKERED OWL, an ELF OWL, a GRAY FLYCATCHER, two WILLIAMSON'S SAPSUCKERS, five
ARIZONA WOODPECKERS, and several HUTTON'S VIREOS.
North of Lordsburg on March 30 JP and WW had several SAGE THRASHERS.
RS on March 26 and 28 had BARN OWLS in Steeple Rock Canyon north of Virden.
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 along the Mimbres River Road.
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, 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.
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 19.
In Fillmore Canyon in the western Organ Mts. CBr found a female OLIVE
WARBLER and five RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES.
CBr at the Uva's Dairy playa on March 28 had GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS
and 12 LESSER SCAUPS.
CL on March 29 had a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW at the La Cueva picnic area near
Dripping Springs, a CASSIN'S VIREO at Mesilla Park, and an OSPREY at Burn
Lake. He had the AMERICAN BITTERN at the Mesilla Bosque Park on March 31 with
two SWAMP SPARROWS.
LS had a male BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD and a HOODED ORIOLE at her Las
Cruces feeder on March 29.
KS on April 1 at the Mesilla Valley Park had the AMERICAN BITTERN, seven
HARRIERS together, and four COMMON MERGANSERS.
CL on April 1 on the Pine Tree Trail at Aguirre State Park had two HUTTON'S
VIREOS with 16 SNIPES at Swan Pond north of Radium Springs.
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 25 reported a male MYRTLE WARBLER, and a
dark morph SWAINSON'S HAWK. SRW on March 18 saw a BROWN THRASHER there.
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:
CA, Connie Adler; DBe, David Beatty; JBi, Jerry Bird; CBr, Charles Britt;
DC. David Cleary; JDM, Joan Day-Martin; RE, Richard Ellenberg; CF, Carol
Fugagli; David Griffin; DH, David Hawksworth; SWH, Sue and Wally Hill;
JH, Jeff Howland; EL, Gene Lewis; CL, Carl Lundblad; LM, Larry Malone;
JNe, Judith Nelson; JN, Josh Nemeth: BN, Bill Norris; JP, John Parmeter;
CP, Chadette Pfaff; LS, Lorraine Schulte; MS, Marcy Scott; RS, Robert
Shantz; KS, Ken Stinnett; 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 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 April 21 Southwestern Audubon will go down Separ Road for early migrants.
Contact is 534-1450.
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) .
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