- RBA
* New Mexico Bird Report
* August 11, 2005
* NMEX0508.11
- Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Common Loon (Colfax)
Eared, Western and Clark's Grebes (Colfax)
Western Grebe (Catron)
BROWN PELICAN (Bernalillo)
American Bittern (Socorro)
Least Bittern (Chaves)
Great Egret (Colfax, San Miguel)
Snowy Egret (Valencia)
Cattle Egret (Colfax)
Green Heron (Luna, Sierra)
White Ibis (Socorro)
White-faced Ibis (Colfax)
ROSEATE SPOONBILL (Chaves)
Snow Goose (Socorro)
Blue-winged Teal (Lea)
Cinnamon Teal (Hidalgo)
WHITE-TAILED KITE (Hidalgo)
Harris's Hawk (Luna)
Gray Hawk (Hidalgo)
Zone-tailed Hawk (San Miguel, Sierra)
Peregrine Falcon (Colfax)
Blue Grouse (Taos)
White-tailed Ptarmigan (Taos)
Wild Turkey (Bernalillo)
Northern Bobwhite (Sandoval. Hidalgo)
Sora (Socorro)
Virginia Rail and Moorhen (Valencia)
Common Moorhen (Socorro, Chaves)
American Avocet (Luna)
Black-bellied Plover (Sierra)
Lesser Yellowlegs (Luna)
Willet (Socorro)
Spotted Sandpiper (Cibola)
Upland Sandpiper (Eddy. Chaves)
Solitary Sandpiper (Bernalillo, Catron)
Marbled Godwit (Chaves, Socorro)
Long-billed Curlew (Socorro, Bernalillo)
Sanderling (Eddy)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Valencia, Socorro)
Baird's Sandpiper (Luna, Cibola, Valencia)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Socorro)
Stilt Sandpiper (Valencia)
Wilson's Phalarope (Catron)
LAUGHING and Franklin's Gulls (Sierra)
Least Tern (Chaves)
Black Tern (Socorro)
Common Ground-Dove (Hidalgo)
Whiskered Screech-Owl (Hidalgo)
Elf Owl (Eddy)
Long-eared Owl (Grant)
Northern Saw-whet Owl (Taos)
Violet-crowned Hummingbird (Hidalgo)
Magnificent Hummingbird (Grant, Catron)
Blue-throated Hummingbird (Grant)
Anna's Hummingbird (Grant, Hidalgo)
Calliope Hummingbird (Doņa Ana, Cibola)
Calliope and Rufous Hummingbird (Catron)
RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD (Lea)
Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Doņa Ana)
Three-toed Woodpecker (Bernalillo, Cibola)
Least Flycatcher (Chaves)
Willow Flycatcher (Bernalillo)
Black Phoebe (Cibola)
Eastern Phoebe (San Miguel)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Socorro)
GREATER KISKADEE (Lea)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Cochise, Arizona by Hidalgo)
Gray Vireo (Socorro, Hidalgo)
Gray Jay (Santa Fe)
Cave Swallow (Eddy)
American Dipper (Colfax)
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher (Hidalgo)
Bendire's Thrasher (Hidalgo)
Phainopepla (Doņa Ana)
Red-faced Warbler (Hidalgo)
Botteri's and Chipping Sparrows (Hidalgo)
Cassin's and Lark Sparrows (Doņa Ana)
Timberline Brewer's Sparrow (Bernalillo)
Lark Bunting (Sierra)
Indigo Bunting (Sierra)
Varied Bunting (Hidalgo)
Painted Bunting (Grant, Chaves, Sierra)
Bronzed Cowbird (Lea)
Orchard Oriole (Chaves)
Red Crossbill (Cibola, Santa Fe)
Pine Siskin (Luna)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
Date: August 11, 2005
RBA phone number 505-884-3269.
compiler Patricia R. Snider
home phone number 505-884-1320.
e-mail address Pinyonjay@aol.com.
This is Pinyon Jay with the New Mexico Bird Report for August 11, 2005,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are given
for private property, please call before going. Highlights are Three-toed
Woodpeckers, Kiskadee, Ruby-throated Hummingbird.
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. For past RBA's
check the NMOS web page at www.nmosbirds.org. For photos of rarities and
directions to NM birding sites check hometown.aol.com/borealowl.
For Bird Records Committee and both Field Notes send reports to Dr. Sartor O.
Williams, III, 1819 Meadowview NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104.
In Sandoval County:
TB on July 28 had an escaped BOBWHITE in Corrales on Loma Larga between
Angel Road and Villa de Paz.
In Santa Fe County:
LMo and JoO on August 4 in the parking lot of the Santa Fe Ski Basin saw
two GRAY JAYS and a flock of RED CROSSBILLS.
In Taos County:
EW had a BLUE GROUSE with two young in Santa Barbara Canyon near Peņasco
on July 31.
BW 11 miles in on Forest Road 76 off of NM 518 into Duran Canyon between
Tres Ritos and the Sipapu Ski area discovered two BLUE GROUSE and a SAW-WHET
OWL at dusk.
A team went up to the Santa Barbara Ridge and found two WHITE-TAILED
PTARMIGANS. It's a rigorous climb from 10,200 to 12,400 feet. Take NM 518 to
Angostura and then Forest Road 161 west to the trailhead parking lot. JP, JO,
and others made the climb on July 16 and found two more ptarmigans.
In San Miguel County:
EL had an EASTERN PHOEBE at Villanueva State Park August 4.
JA on July 28 had a GREAT EGRET at McAllister Lake near the Las Vegas
Refuge. It then moved to Browns Marsh on the Refuge through August 3. BW found
it back on McAllister on August 10 with a ZONE-TAILED HAWK in the Gallinas
River Canyon on the Charles R Ranch just southeast of Las Vegas.
In Colfax County:
DC on Stubblefield Lake saw EARED, WESTERN and CLARK'S GREBES and
WHITE-FACED IBIS with young. On August 8 there was also two COMMON LOONS, single
GREAT and CATTLE EGRETS, and a PEREGRINE.
He found on July 23 a DIPPER in the Tolby Campground east of Eagle Nest.
In Cibola County:
CJG at El Morro Monument this week reported a CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD with a
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER at the sewage ponds. On August 9 he saw their first ever
BLACK PHOEBE with two SPOTTED SANDPIPERS on August 8. At the Malpais Monument
center are still quite a few RED CROSSBILLS.
JT found several phases of RED CROSSBILLS in the Zuni Mountains. A
THREE-TOED WOODPECKER was in the burn area on June 28 along Forest Road 425 between
roads 180 and 480.
In Bernalillo County:
A surprise for DvC while driving east of Albuquerque in Tijeras Canyon
was a BROWN PELICAN flying over I-40 headed northeast on August 8. Will it make
it to a lake?
NC says they began banding at the Rio Grande Nature Center in Albuquerque
on August 7 and banded a WILLOW FLYCATCHER and a TIMBERLINE BREWER'S SPARROW.
DM on August 4 had two LONG-BILLED CURLEWS flying over the Airport
Parking at the Albuquerque Airport. Maybe we should check the airport grasslands
more!
MC on August 1 saw about ten TURKEYS on the Ellis Trail near its junction
with the Osha Loop Trail in the Sandia Mountains.
CR on Sandia Crest on the trail to the Kiwanis Meadows from the lower
parking lot found two THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS. On July 22 PK found them below the
Kiwanis Cabin and TG saw two on the upper trail.
MH on August 4 found a dead (and a live} MOORHEN and a dead VIRGINIA RAIL
with other critters at the Isleta Marsh, possibly road-kills.
In Valencia County:
At the Taco Bell marsh in Belen MH on August 4 had a SOLITARY SANDPIPER,
a STILT SANDPIPER, and a SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER. EL on August 6 saw 54 SNOWY
EGRETS, a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, and two Stilt Sandpipers.
In Socorro County:
On Bosque del Apache Refuge near San Antonio CB on July 22 saw an adult
WHITE IBIS. CL found it between Audio Stops 6 and 7 on August 1, and MH, LG
and CD in the Marsh Deck area on August 4. BW and JNM did not see it on August
8.
On August 1 CL saw a LONG-BILLED CURLEW near Audio Stop 6, a male VERMILION
FLYCATCHER near Audio Stop 7, and two SNOW GEESE still present. MH on August 4
saw two SORAS, two SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS and two PECTORAL SANDPIPERS south
of the Marsh Deck with two WILLETS and a MARBLED GODWIT on the seasonal road.
GF on August 7 had 12 BLACK TERNS at the east side of the Marsh Loop and an
AMERICAN BITTERN in the heronry at the east end of the middle road, while BW
and JNM on August 8 had one willet and a juvenile MOORHEN at the southeast
corner of the Marsh Loop.
On NM 60 west of Socorro at mile post 131.5 is a dirt road goes south
(left) into The Box cliffs. It then continues past the restroom and up into the
pinyons. JJ saw a GRAY VIREO there on July 31.
In Chaves County:
WW and GW on July 20 had a ROSEATE SPOONBILL at Bitter Lake Refuge on
Unit 15. GW had a LEAST BITTERN on the south half of Unit 15. GW found a
MOORHEN on Unit 15 on August 3. JO and LL on August 5 located four MARBLED GODWITS
on 15 and the spoonbill at the Oxbow and later on 15. He had a fly-over
UPLAND SANDPIPER and on Unit 16 there were 12 LEAST TERNS. At headquarters he
reported a male PAINTED BUNTING, a male ORCHARD ORIOLE, and a LEAST FLYCATCHER.
In Sierra County:
JO and RV on August 6 had a first winter LAUGHING GULL and a breeding
plumage BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER at North Monticello Point of Elephant Butte Lake
with an immature FRANKLIN'S GULL. On August 6 EW reported a GREEN HERON and a
PAINTED BUNTING at Paseo del Rio park below the dam.
JNM and BW on August 6 at the Ladder Ranch at the end of Animas Canyon
near Caballo Lake had a ZONE-TAILED HAWK, an INDIGO BUNTING, and many LARK
BUNTINGS.
In Catron County:
JH at Quemado Lake on August 9 had a WESTERN GREBE, a SOLITARY SANDPIPER,
and a WILSON'S PHALAROPE.
On August 4 at their ranch east of Datil there was two LARK BUNTINGS and
a SPOTTED SANDPIPER. At her feeders there about 60 RUFOUS and 12 CALLIOPE
HUMMINGBIRDS.
JP saw a male MAGNIFICENT HUMMINGBIRD at the antique shop feeder in
Mogollon on July 24.
In Grant County:
At the Grey Feathers Lodge near Lake Roberts on July 31 LGa reported a
PAINTED BUNTING.
JP on July 24 saw a female BLUE-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD and several
MAGNIFICENT HUMMINGBIRDS at the home of JDM near Lake Roberts. JO was unable to see
the Blue-throat on July 25-26.
For the last week in July DMZ have had an ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD at their
Silver City feeder. MZ heard a LONG-EARED OWL near their home on July 8.
In Hidalgo County:
On the Gray Ranch (now the Diamond A Ranch) a quarter mile south of the
intersection of the road to Clanton Canyon and County 1 DK and JR saw two
WHITE-TAILED KITES. STAY ON THE ROAD ON THE RANCH. WW saw one kite on July 22
perched
in a line of trees on the west side of 1 about 150 yards from the road. CL
sighted two on July 30.
JSt found two more kites at a second location off hwy. 1 about 14 miles south
of Animas on the east side of the road towards the XT Ranch on August 4.
This area is still off limits from the road. On August 6 JNM and BW had one kite
west of the road at mile marker 28 another hunting between markers 30 and 31.
BW and JNM also had two BOTTERI'S SPARROWS south of marker 13, a BENDIRE'S
THRASHER about three miles south of Animas, and two COMMON GROUND-DOVES at
marker 29 on the road's edge.
In Clanton Canyon at the campground CL had on July 30 an ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD
immature male and two WHISKERED SCREECH-OWLS. While hiking the canyon trail
just east of the Turkey Seep and a half mile north to Wittmore Canyon he found a
RED-FACED WARBLER.
On August 7 in the New Mexico part of Guadalupe Canyon BW and JNM
reported a serious flash flood had recently passed through. They had many VARIED
BUNTINGS, six to eight VIOLET-CROWNED HUMMINGBIRDS, two GRAY HAWKS near the
ranch, three GRAY VIREOS north of the road before the orchard, and a calling (pet?)
BOBWHITE.
GS saw 113 CHIPPING SPARROWS northwest of Animas on August 5 with two
CINNAMON TEAL in a ten square foot puddle at the playas north of Animas and west
of Lordsburg.
RS had a BLACK-TAILED GNATCATCHER in Steeple Rock Canyon a quarter mile
above the crossing of NM 92 north of Virden July 31.
In Cochise County, Arizona:
Along Stateline Road near the junction with Portal Road on August 9 KK
and SK had a SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER, apparently on the Arizona side.
In Luna County:
West of Deming and south on NM 418 JNM and BW on August 6 saw a HARRIS'S
HAWK just past mile marker 5 at Pearl Onion Road.
LM at the Deming sewage plant on July 23 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS and a LESSER
YELLOWLEGS. On July 28 there were seven AVOCETS. He had a GREEN HERON on
July 28 at the Pecan Park pond, while the PINE SISKIN was still present at the
Mountain View Cemetery.
In Doņa Ana County:
DG at his Las Cruces home had two returning LARK SPARROWS and a male
PHAINOPEPLA on July 29, singing CASSIN'S SPARROWS July 25 to 28, a BROAD-TAILED
HUMMINGBIRD male on August 3, and CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRDS from Jul 21 to 29.
MS reports that their feeders near Radium Springs have been busy with
about 150 hummingbirds, including eight to ten CALLIOPES.
In Otero County:
At the Holloman Lakes near Alamogordo CL reports that the 'no access'
signs are for hunters only. The entire shore is open to birding.
In Eddy County:
JO on August 2 had a SANDERLING on Chesapeake Point of Brantley Lake near
Carlsbad and six UPLAND SANDPIPERS in mowed hayfields north of Loving.
Brantley Lake has good shorebird habitat.
SW has found CAVE SWALLOWS under four culverts south of Whites City and
one on the south edge of Carlsbad.
SW reports there are ELF OWLS in the Guadalupe Mts. at Dark Canyon, Rocky
Arroyo, and Last Chance Canyon.
In Lea County:
A report came from PM that on July 1 there was a KISKADEE in his yard in
Eunice. Call him at 394-2600. JO had it on August 1 with an immature eastern
type BRONZED COWBIRD. PM reports it still there on August 7. JO had five
BLUE-WINGED TEAL on Stephens Lake west of Eunice.
In Jal on August 1 JO had another immature eastern BRONZED COWBIRD in the
eastern sector and an immature male RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD at feeders at
1012 Oak Street.
Initials Used:
JA, Jan Arrott; TB, Terry Brownell; CB, Celestyn Brozek; DC, David Cleary;
DvC; Davra Clayton; MC, Mike Coltrin; NC, Nancy Cox; CD, Carol Davis;
JDM, Joan Day-Martin; GF, Gary Froehlich; LGa, Linda Galloway; LG, Larry
Gorbet; DG, David Griffin; CJG, C.J. Grimes; TG, Turtle-Bear Guillermo; JH,
Joan Hardie; MH, Michael Hilchey; JJ, Jim Joseph; KK, Keith Kamper; SK, Scott
Kennedy; PK, Paul Kinslow; DK, David Krueper; LL, Lane Leckman; EL, Gene
Lewis; CL, Carl Lundblad; LM, Larry Malone; PM, Pat McCasland; DM, David
Mehlman; LMo, Linda Mowbray; JNM, Jim Nelson-Moore; JO, Jerry Oldenettel;
JoO, Jo Osterhouse; JP, John Parmeter; CR, Chris Rustay; JR, Janet Ruth;
MS, Marcy Scott; RS, Robert Shantz; GS, Greg Smith; JSt, James Stuart; JT,
John Trochet; RV, Raymond Vanbuskirk; GW, Gordon Warrick; EW, Eric Weisman;
BW, Bill West; SW, Steve West; EW, Elizabeth Winter; WW, Bill Wittman,
DMZ, Dale and Marian Zimmerman.
* New Mexico Bird Report
* August 11, 2005
* NMEX0508.11
- Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Common Loon (Colfax)
Eared, Western and Clark's Grebes (Colfax)
Western Grebe (Catron)
BROWN PELICAN (Bernalillo)
American Bittern (Socorro)
Least Bittern (Chaves)
Great Egret (Colfax, San Miguel)
Snowy Egret (Valencia)
Cattle Egret (Colfax)
Green Heron (Luna, Sierra)
White Ibis (Socorro)
White-faced Ibis (Colfax)
ROSEATE SPOONBILL (Chaves)
Snow Goose (Socorro)
Blue-winged Teal (Lea)
Cinnamon Teal (Hidalgo)
WHITE-TAILED KITE (Hidalgo)
Harris's Hawk (Luna)
Gray Hawk (Hidalgo)
Zone-tailed Hawk (San Miguel, Sierra)
Peregrine Falcon (Colfax)
Blue Grouse (Taos)
White-tailed Ptarmigan (Taos)
Wild Turkey (Bernalillo)
Northern Bobwhite (Sandoval. Hidalgo)
Sora (Socorro)
Virginia Rail and Moorhen (Valencia)
Common Moorhen (Socorro, Chaves)
American Avocet (Luna)
Black-bellied Plover (Sierra)
Lesser Yellowlegs (Luna)
Willet (Socorro)
Spotted Sandpiper (Cibola)
Upland Sandpiper (Eddy. Chaves)
Solitary Sandpiper (Bernalillo, Catron)
Marbled Godwit (Chaves, Socorro)
Long-billed Curlew (Socorro, Bernalillo)
Sanderling (Eddy)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Valencia, Socorro)
Baird's Sandpiper (Luna, Cibola, Valencia)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Socorro)
Stilt Sandpiper (Valencia)
Wilson's Phalarope (Catron)
LAUGHING and Franklin's Gulls (Sierra)
Least Tern (Chaves)
Black Tern (Socorro)
Common Ground-Dove (Hidalgo)
Whiskered Screech-Owl (Hidalgo)
Elf Owl (Eddy)
Long-eared Owl (Grant)
Northern Saw-whet Owl (Taos)
Violet-crowned Hummingbird (Hidalgo)
Magnificent Hummingbird (Grant, Catron)
Blue-throated Hummingbird (Grant)
Anna's Hummingbird (Grant, Hidalgo)
Calliope Hummingbird (Doņa Ana, Cibola)
Calliope and Rufous Hummingbird (Catron)
RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD (Lea)
Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Doņa Ana)
Three-toed Woodpecker (Bernalillo, Cibola)
Least Flycatcher (Chaves)
Willow Flycatcher (Bernalillo)
Black Phoebe (Cibola)
Eastern Phoebe (San Miguel)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Socorro)
GREATER KISKADEE (Lea)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Cochise, Arizona by Hidalgo)
Gray Vireo (Socorro, Hidalgo)
Gray Jay (Santa Fe)
Cave Swallow (Eddy)
American Dipper (Colfax)
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher (Hidalgo)
Bendire's Thrasher (Hidalgo)
Phainopepla (Doņa Ana)
Red-faced Warbler (Hidalgo)
Botteri's and Chipping Sparrows (Hidalgo)
Cassin's and Lark Sparrows (Doņa Ana)
Timberline Brewer's Sparrow (Bernalillo)
Lark Bunting (Sierra)
Indigo Bunting (Sierra)
Varied Bunting (Hidalgo)
Painted Bunting (Grant, Chaves, Sierra)
Bronzed Cowbird (Lea)
Orchard Oriole (Chaves)
Red Crossbill (Cibola, Santa Fe)
Pine Siskin (Luna)
- Transcript
hotline: New Mexico
Date: August 11, 2005
RBA phone number 505-884-3269.
compiler Patricia R. Snider
home phone number 505-884-1320.
e-mail address Pinyonjay@aol.com.
This is Pinyon Jay with the New Mexico Bird Report for August 11, 2005,
sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are given
for private property, please call before going. Highlights are Three-toed
Woodpeckers, Kiskadee, Ruby-throated Hummingbird.
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. For past RBA's
check the NMOS web page at www.nmosbirds.org. For photos of rarities and
directions to NM birding sites check hometown.aol.com/borealowl.
For Bird Records Committee and both Field Notes send reports to Dr. Sartor O.
Williams, III, 1819 Meadowview NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104.
In Sandoval County:
TB on July 28 had an escaped BOBWHITE in Corrales on Loma Larga between
Angel Road and Villa de Paz.
In Santa Fe County:
LMo and JoO on August 4 in the parking lot of the Santa Fe Ski Basin saw
two GRAY JAYS and a flock of RED CROSSBILLS.
In Taos County:
EW had a BLUE GROUSE with two young in Santa Barbara Canyon near Peņasco
on July 31.
BW 11 miles in on Forest Road 76 off of NM 518 into Duran Canyon between
Tres Ritos and the Sipapu Ski area discovered two BLUE GROUSE and a SAW-WHET
OWL at dusk.
A team went up to the Santa Barbara Ridge and found two WHITE-TAILED
PTARMIGANS. It's a rigorous climb from 10,200 to 12,400 feet. Take NM 518 to
Angostura and then Forest Road 161 west to the trailhead parking lot. JP, JO,
and others made the climb on July 16 and found two more ptarmigans.
In San Miguel County:
EL had an EASTERN PHOEBE at Villanueva State Park August 4.
JA on July 28 had a GREAT EGRET at McAllister Lake near the Las Vegas
Refuge. It then moved to Browns Marsh on the Refuge through August 3. BW found
it back on McAllister on August 10 with a ZONE-TAILED HAWK in the Gallinas
River Canyon on the Charles R Ranch just southeast of Las Vegas.
In Colfax County:
DC on Stubblefield Lake saw EARED, WESTERN and CLARK'S GREBES and
WHITE-FACED IBIS with young. On August 8 there was also two COMMON LOONS, single
GREAT and CATTLE EGRETS, and a PEREGRINE.
He found on July 23 a DIPPER in the Tolby Campground east of Eagle Nest.
In Cibola County:
CJG at El Morro Monument this week reported a CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD with a
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER at the sewage ponds. On August 9 he saw their first ever
BLACK PHOEBE with two SPOTTED SANDPIPERS on August 8. At the Malpais Monument
center are still quite a few RED CROSSBILLS.
JT found several phases of RED CROSSBILLS in the Zuni Mountains. A
THREE-TOED WOODPECKER was in the burn area on June 28 along Forest Road 425 between
roads 180 and 480.
In Bernalillo County:
A surprise for DvC while driving east of Albuquerque in Tijeras Canyon
was a BROWN PELICAN flying over I-40 headed northeast on August 8. Will it make
it to a lake?
NC says they began banding at the Rio Grande Nature Center in Albuquerque
on August 7 and banded a WILLOW FLYCATCHER and a TIMBERLINE BREWER'S SPARROW.
DM on August 4 had two LONG-BILLED CURLEWS flying over the Airport
Parking at the Albuquerque Airport. Maybe we should check the airport grasslands
more!
MC on August 1 saw about ten TURKEYS on the Ellis Trail near its junction
with the Osha Loop Trail in the Sandia Mountains.
CR on Sandia Crest on the trail to the Kiwanis Meadows from the lower
parking lot found two THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS. On July 22 PK found them below the
Kiwanis Cabin and TG saw two on the upper trail.
MH on August 4 found a dead (and a live} MOORHEN and a dead VIRGINIA RAIL
with other critters at the Isleta Marsh, possibly road-kills.
In Valencia County:
At the Taco Bell marsh in Belen MH on August 4 had a SOLITARY SANDPIPER,
a STILT SANDPIPER, and a SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER. EL on August 6 saw 54 SNOWY
EGRETS, a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, and two Stilt Sandpipers.
In Socorro County:
On Bosque del Apache Refuge near San Antonio CB on July 22 saw an adult
WHITE IBIS. CL found it between Audio Stops 6 and 7 on August 1, and MH, LG
and CD in the Marsh Deck area on August 4. BW and JNM did not see it on August
8.
On August 1 CL saw a LONG-BILLED CURLEW near Audio Stop 6, a male VERMILION
FLYCATCHER near Audio Stop 7, and two SNOW GEESE still present. MH on August 4
saw two SORAS, two SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS and two PECTORAL SANDPIPERS south
of the Marsh Deck with two WILLETS and a MARBLED GODWIT on the seasonal road.
GF on August 7 had 12 BLACK TERNS at the east side of the Marsh Loop and an
AMERICAN BITTERN in the heronry at the east end of the middle road, while BW
and JNM on August 8 had one willet and a juvenile MOORHEN at the southeast
corner of the Marsh Loop.
On NM 60 west of Socorro at mile post 131.5 is a dirt road goes south
(left) into The Box cliffs. It then continues past the restroom and up into the
pinyons. JJ saw a GRAY VIREO there on July 31.
In Chaves County:
WW and GW on July 20 had a ROSEATE SPOONBILL at Bitter Lake Refuge on
Unit 15. GW had a LEAST BITTERN on the south half of Unit 15. GW found a
MOORHEN on Unit 15 on August 3. JO and LL on August 5 located four MARBLED GODWITS
on 15 and the spoonbill at the Oxbow and later on 15. He had a fly-over
UPLAND SANDPIPER and on Unit 16 there were 12 LEAST TERNS. At headquarters he
reported a male PAINTED BUNTING, a male ORCHARD ORIOLE, and a LEAST FLYCATCHER.
In Sierra County:
JO and RV on August 6 had a first winter LAUGHING GULL and a breeding
plumage BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER at North Monticello Point of Elephant Butte Lake
with an immature FRANKLIN'S GULL. On August 6 EW reported a GREEN HERON and a
PAINTED BUNTING at Paseo del Rio park below the dam.
JNM and BW on August 6 at the Ladder Ranch at the end of Animas Canyon
near Caballo Lake had a ZONE-TAILED HAWK, an INDIGO BUNTING, and many LARK
BUNTINGS.
In Catron County:
JH at Quemado Lake on August 9 had a WESTERN GREBE, a SOLITARY SANDPIPER,
and a WILSON'S PHALAROPE.
On August 4 at their ranch east of Datil there was two LARK BUNTINGS and
a SPOTTED SANDPIPER. At her feeders there about 60 RUFOUS and 12 CALLIOPE
HUMMINGBIRDS.
JP saw a male MAGNIFICENT HUMMINGBIRD at the antique shop feeder in
Mogollon on July 24.
In Grant County:
At the Grey Feathers Lodge near Lake Roberts on July 31 LGa reported a
PAINTED BUNTING.
JP on July 24 saw a female BLUE-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD and several
MAGNIFICENT HUMMINGBIRDS at the home of JDM near Lake Roberts. JO was unable to see
the Blue-throat on July 25-26.
For the last week in July DMZ have had an ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD at their
Silver City feeder. MZ heard a LONG-EARED OWL near their home on July 8.
In Hidalgo County:
On the Gray Ranch (now the Diamond A Ranch) a quarter mile south of the
intersection of the road to Clanton Canyon and County 1 DK and JR saw two
WHITE-TAILED KITES. STAY ON THE ROAD ON THE RANCH. WW saw one kite on July 22
perched
in a line of trees on the west side of 1 about 150 yards from the road. CL
sighted two on July 30.
JSt found two more kites at a second location off hwy. 1 about 14 miles south
of Animas on the east side of the road towards the XT Ranch on August 4.
This area is still off limits from the road. On August 6 JNM and BW had one kite
west of the road at mile marker 28 another hunting between markers 30 and 31.
BW and JNM also had two BOTTERI'S SPARROWS south of marker 13, a BENDIRE'S
THRASHER about three miles south of Animas, and two COMMON GROUND-DOVES at
marker 29 on the road's edge.
In Clanton Canyon at the campground CL had on July 30 an ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD
immature male and two WHISKERED SCREECH-OWLS. While hiking the canyon trail
just east of the Turkey Seep and a half mile north to Wittmore Canyon he found a
RED-FACED WARBLER.
On August 7 in the New Mexico part of Guadalupe Canyon BW and JNM
reported a serious flash flood had recently passed through. They had many VARIED
BUNTINGS, six to eight VIOLET-CROWNED HUMMINGBIRDS, two GRAY HAWKS near the
ranch, three GRAY VIREOS north of the road before the orchard, and a calling (pet?)
BOBWHITE.
GS saw 113 CHIPPING SPARROWS northwest of Animas on August 5 with two
CINNAMON TEAL in a ten square foot puddle at the playas north of Animas and west
of Lordsburg.
RS had a BLACK-TAILED GNATCATCHER in Steeple Rock Canyon a quarter mile
above the crossing of NM 92 north of Virden July 31.
In Cochise County, Arizona:
Along Stateline Road near the junction with Portal Road on August 9 KK
and SK had a SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER, apparently on the Arizona side.
In Luna County:
West of Deming and south on NM 418 JNM and BW on August 6 saw a HARRIS'S
HAWK just past mile marker 5 at Pearl Onion Road.
LM at the Deming sewage plant on July 23 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS and a LESSER
YELLOWLEGS. On July 28 there were seven AVOCETS. He had a GREEN HERON on
July 28 at the Pecan Park pond, while the PINE SISKIN was still present at the
Mountain View Cemetery.
In Doņa Ana County:
DG at his Las Cruces home had two returning LARK SPARROWS and a male
PHAINOPEPLA on July 29, singing CASSIN'S SPARROWS July 25 to 28, a BROAD-TAILED
HUMMINGBIRD male on August 3, and CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRDS from Jul 21 to 29.
MS reports that their feeders near Radium Springs have been busy with
about 150 hummingbirds, including eight to ten CALLIOPES.
In Otero County:
At the Holloman Lakes near Alamogordo CL reports that the 'no access'
signs are for hunters only. The entire shore is open to birding.
In Eddy County:
JO on August 2 had a SANDERLING on Chesapeake Point of Brantley Lake near
Carlsbad and six UPLAND SANDPIPERS in mowed hayfields north of Loving.
Brantley Lake has good shorebird habitat.
SW has found CAVE SWALLOWS under four culverts south of Whites City and
one on the south edge of Carlsbad.
SW reports there are ELF OWLS in the Guadalupe Mts. at Dark Canyon, Rocky
Arroyo, and Last Chance Canyon.
In Lea County:
A report came from PM that on July 1 there was a KISKADEE in his yard in
Eunice. Call him at 394-2600. JO had it on August 1 with an immature eastern
type BRONZED COWBIRD. PM reports it still there on August 7. JO had five
BLUE-WINGED TEAL on Stephens Lake west of Eunice.
In Jal on August 1 JO had another immature eastern BRONZED COWBIRD in the
eastern sector and an immature male RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD at feeders at
1012 Oak Street.
Initials Used:
JA, Jan Arrott; TB, Terry Brownell; CB, Celestyn Brozek; DC, David Cleary;
DvC; Davra Clayton; MC, Mike Coltrin; NC, Nancy Cox; CD, Carol Davis;
JDM, Joan Day-Martin; GF, Gary Froehlich; LGa, Linda Galloway; LG, Larry
Gorbet; DG, David Griffin; CJG, C.J. Grimes; TG, Turtle-Bear Guillermo; JH,
Joan Hardie; MH, Michael Hilchey; JJ, Jim Joseph; KK, Keith Kamper; SK, Scott
Kennedy; PK, Paul Kinslow; DK, David Krueper; LL, Lane Leckman; EL, Gene
Lewis; CL, Carl Lundblad; LM, Larry Malone; PM, Pat McCasland; DM, David
Mehlman; LMo, Linda Mowbray; JNM, Jim Nelson-Moore; JO, Jerry Oldenettel;
JoO, Jo Osterhouse; JP, John Parmeter; CR, Chris Rustay; JR, Janet Ruth;
MS, Marcy Scott; RS, Robert Shantz; GS, Greg Smith; JSt, James Stuart; JT,
John Trochet; RV, Raymond Vanbuskirk; GW, Gordon Warrick; EW, Eric Weisman;
BW, Bill West; SW, Steve West; EW, Elizabeth Winter; WW, Bill Wittman,
DMZ, Dale and Marian Zimmerman.