- RBA
* New Mexico Bird Report
* March 19, 2007
* NMEX0703.19
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: March 19, 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 19, 2007,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are given
for private property, please call before going.
Highlights: Pacific Loon, Iceland Gull, Mew Gull, Lewis's Woodpecker, and
Cave Swallows at a new site. Rosy Finches seem to be leaving.
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)
Pied-billed, Eared, Western, and Clark's Grebes (Colfax)
Horned Grebe (Colfax)
Turkey Vulture (Eddy, Doņa Ana)
Greater White-fronted Goose (Sierra)
Lesser Scaup (Chaves)
Common Goldeneye (Socorro)
Hooded Merganser (Doņa Ana)
Red-breasted Merganser (Colfax)
Bald Eagle (Colfax)
Common Black-Hawk (Grant)
Swainson's Hawk (Colfax)
Merlin (Socorro)
Peregrine Falcon (Grant)
Lesser Prairie Chicken (Chaves)
Virginia Rail (Colfax)
Sora (Doņa Ana)
Sandhill Crane (Sandoval)
Black-necked Stilt (Valencia)
American Avocet (Sandoval)
ICELAND and Herring Gulls (Sierra)
Mew Gull (Sierra)
Burrowing Owl (Sandoval, Valencia)
Barn and Northern Pygmy Owls (Grant)
Great Horned Owl (Colfax)
Long-eared Owl (Colfax)
Lewis's Woodpecker (Doņa Ana)
Three-toed Woodpecker (Bernalillo)
Eastern Phoebe (Doņa Ana, Sierra)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Sierra, Socorro, Grant)
Pinyon Jay (Grant)
American Crow (Grant)
Cliff Swallow (Eddy)
Cave Swallow (Eddy, Doņa Ana)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Doņa Ana)
Marsh Wren (Doņa Ana)
American Dipper (Colfax)
Eastern Bluebird (Sierra)
Western Bluebird (Doņa Ana, Sierra)
Phainopepla (Sierra)
Common Yellowthroat (Doņa Ana)
Olive Warbler (Doņa Ana)
Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler (Sierra)
Clay-colored Sparrow (Sierra)
Gray Fox Sparrow (Socorro, Sierra)
Swamp Sparrow (Doņa Ana)
White-throated Sparrow (Socorro, Sierra)
Common Grackle (Doņa Ana)
Rosy Finches (Bernalillo)
Cassin's Finch (Bernalillo)
In Sandovel County:
MR and GS on March 17 had nine AVOCETS on Cochiti Lake with a flock of
SANDHILL CRANES flying north, and a BURROWING OWL on a fence along NM 16.
In Colfax County:
DC on March 16 at Stubblefield Lake had all four grebes returned, eight male
RED-BREASTED MERGAMSERS, an immature BALD EAGLE, 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 four LONG-EARED OWLS at the roost in the thicket near the 't' with
Hwys. A5 and A1. Five were seen on March 16 with a HORNED OWL.
He had a HORNED GREBE on Springer Lake on March 12.
And in Cimarron Canyon on March 14 there were two DIPPERS (one singing).
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 and three CASSIN'S FINCHES.
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). Nancy says
that on March 18 no more were banded and only small flocks were seen. So
their banding for the season is over. The feeders will come down on April 1.
In Valencia County:
At the marsh behind the Taco Bell in Belen JP reported on March 10 ten
BLACK-NECKED STILTS. RB on March 18 found the stilts and the BURROWING OWLS are
still near the Taco Bell.
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 Chaves County:
JP reported a high count of 87 LESSER SCAUPS on Bitter Lake Refuge on March
17.
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.
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. 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.
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:
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.
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.
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, and a SORA. JN on
March 6 saw an EASTERN PHOEBE, the Sora, Yellowthroats, Marsh Wrens, and Swamp
Sparrows.
LS and BR on March 11 at La Mesa saw a TURKEY VULTURE.
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:
JP, WW, and LL found a PACIFIC LOON at the Six-Mile Dam near Otis on March
16.
SW saw 28 TURKEY VULTURES 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:
RB, Rees Bevan; 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; LL. Lane Leckman; CL, Carl Lundblad; SM,
Sonia Mendoza; JN, Josh Nemeth: BP, Ben Parmeter; JP, John Parmeter; MR,
Mary Ristow; BR, Barbara Rodriguez; LS, Lorraine Schulte; MS. Marcy Scott;
KS, Ken Stinnett; GS, Gail Szpatura; 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.
On Saturday, March 24 Mesilla Valley Audubon will explore the Holloman
Lakes. Contact is Walt Whitford at 521-1358.
- End transcript.
* New Mexico Bird Report
* March 19, 2007
* NMEX0703.19
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
date: March 19, 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 19, 2007,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are given
for private property, please call before going.
Highlights: Pacific Loon, Iceland Gull, Mew Gull, Lewis's Woodpecker, and
Cave Swallows at a new site. Rosy Finches seem to be leaving.
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)
Pied-billed, Eared, Western, and Clark's Grebes (Colfax)
Horned Grebe (Colfax)
Turkey Vulture (Eddy, Doņa Ana)
Greater White-fronted Goose (Sierra)
Lesser Scaup (Chaves)
Common Goldeneye (Socorro)
Hooded Merganser (Doņa Ana)
Red-breasted Merganser (Colfax)
Bald Eagle (Colfax)
Common Black-Hawk (Grant)
Swainson's Hawk (Colfax)
Merlin (Socorro)
Peregrine Falcon (Grant)
Lesser Prairie Chicken (Chaves)
Virginia Rail (Colfax)
Sora (Doņa Ana)
Sandhill Crane (Sandoval)
Black-necked Stilt (Valencia)
American Avocet (Sandoval)
ICELAND and Herring Gulls (Sierra)
Mew Gull (Sierra)
Burrowing Owl (Sandoval, Valencia)
Barn and Northern Pygmy Owls (Grant)
Great Horned Owl (Colfax)
Long-eared Owl (Colfax)
Lewis's Woodpecker (Doņa Ana)
Three-toed Woodpecker (Bernalillo)
Eastern Phoebe (Doņa Ana, Sierra)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Sierra, Socorro, Grant)
Pinyon Jay (Grant)
American Crow (Grant)
Cliff Swallow (Eddy)
Cave Swallow (Eddy, Doņa Ana)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Doņa Ana)
Marsh Wren (Doņa Ana)
American Dipper (Colfax)
Eastern Bluebird (Sierra)
Western Bluebird (Doņa Ana, Sierra)
Phainopepla (Sierra)
Common Yellowthroat (Doņa Ana)
Olive Warbler (Doņa Ana)
Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler (Sierra)
Clay-colored Sparrow (Sierra)
Gray Fox Sparrow (Socorro, Sierra)
Swamp Sparrow (Doņa Ana)
White-throated Sparrow (Socorro, Sierra)
Common Grackle (Doņa Ana)
Rosy Finches (Bernalillo)
Cassin's Finch (Bernalillo)
In Sandovel County:
MR and GS on March 17 had nine AVOCETS on Cochiti Lake with a flock of
SANDHILL CRANES flying north, and a BURROWING OWL on a fence along NM 16.
In Colfax County:
DC on March 16 at Stubblefield Lake had all four grebes returned, eight male
RED-BREASTED MERGAMSERS, an immature BALD EAGLE, 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 four LONG-EARED OWLS at the roost in the thicket near the 't' with
Hwys. A5 and A1. Five were seen on March 16 with a HORNED OWL.
He had a HORNED GREBE on Springer Lake on March 12.
And in Cimarron Canyon on March 14 there were two DIPPERS (one singing).
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 and three CASSIN'S FINCHES.
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). Nancy says
that on March 18 no more were banded and only small flocks were seen. So
their banding for the season is over. The feeders will come down on April 1.
In Valencia County:
At the marsh behind the Taco Bell in Belen JP reported on March 10 ten
BLACK-NECKED STILTS. RB on March 18 found the stilts and the BURROWING OWLS are
still near the Taco Bell.
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 Chaves County:
JP reported a high count of 87 LESSER SCAUPS on Bitter Lake Refuge on March
17.
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.
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. 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.
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:
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.
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.
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, and a SORA. JN on
March 6 saw an EASTERN PHOEBE, the Sora, Yellowthroats, Marsh Wrens, and Swamp
Sparrows.
LS and BR on March 11 at La Mesa saw a TURKEY VULTURE.
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:
JP, WW, and LL found a PACIFIC LOON at the Six-Mile Dam near Otis on March
16.
SW saw 28 TURKEY VULTURES 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:
RB, Rees Bevan; 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; LL. Lane Leckman; CL, Carl Lundblad; SM,
Sonia Mendoza; JN, Josh Nemeth: BP, Ben Parmeter; JP, John Parmeter; MR,
Mary Ristow; BR, Barbara Rodriguez; LS, Lorraine Schulte; MS. Marcy Scott;
KS, Ken Stinnett; GS, Gail Szpatura; 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.
On Saturday, March 24 Mesilla Valley Audubon will explore the Holloman
Lakes. Contact is Walt Whitford at 521-1358.
- End transcript.