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New Mexico Bird Report, Monday, February 8, 2010
Hotline New Mexico
date: February 8, 2010
compiler Patricia R. Snider
Phone: 719-846-3174
Cell phone 505-803-1807
e-mail address pinyonjay@aol.com
This is Pinyon Jay with the New Mexico Bird Report for
February 8, 2010, sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological
Society. When phone numbers are given for private property,
please call before going to ask for permission. In ranch
country do not stray off the roads.
.
Highlights: White-tailed Kite, Trumpeter Swan, Winter Wren.
ChW reported that GREAT EGRETS have been color banded with red
leg bands, from the Great Lakes. Report bands if seen to 416-
739-5846.
A star is added for new birds to the RBA today.
.
.
Places mentioned and a checklist of N.M. birds are in the N.M.
Bird Finding Guide. Check for earlier reports and database
or in the archives of the AZ/NM listserve. For photos of
rarities and directions to some birding sites check
http://sites.google.com/site/oldenettelspage.
.
For the Bird Records Committee and North American Birds and NMOS
Field Notes please send reports to Dr. Sartor O. Williams, III,
1819 Meadowview NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 or to
.
.
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Greater White-fronted Goose (Sandoval)
Light Geese (Chaves)
Ross’s Geese (*Socorro)
Trumpeter Swan (Socorro)
Eurasian Wigeon (Curry)
Greater Scaup (Chaves)
Common Goldeneye (Socorro)
Hooded Merganser (Sierra, Socorro)
Common Merganser (Socorro)
American White Pelican (Sierra)
White-faced Ibis (Valencia)
Turkey Vulture (Chaves)
American Bittern (Chaves)
Osprey (Sierra)
White-tailed Kite (*Socorro)
Harlan’s Red-tailed Hawk (Socorro)
Ferruginous Hawk (Curry)
Rough-legged Hawk (Colfax)
Golden Eagle (Colfax)
Merlin (Sierra, San Miguel)
Peregrine Falcon (Bernalillo)
Prairie Falcon (Curry)
Northern Bobwhite and Scaled Quail (Curry)
Montezuma Quail (*Grant, Otero)
Sora (*Sierra)
Common Moorhen (Sierra)
Sandhill Crane (Chaves, Socorro, Bernalillo)
Herring and California Gulls (*Sierra)
Great Horned Owl (*Curry, Grant)
Barn Owl (Curry, *Sierra)
Saw-whet Owl (Otero)
Anna’s Hummingbird (Doña Ana
Williamson’s Sapsucker (Grant)
Hybrid sapsucker (Doña Ana)
Downy Woodpecker (*Sierra, Chaves)
Hairy Woodpecker (*Sierra)
Three-toed Woodpecker (Bernalillo)
Eastern Phoebe (Doña Ana, Sierra)
Loggerhead Shrike (northeastern)
Hutton’s Vireo (Grant, *Sierra)
Western Scrub-Jay (Sierra)
Pinyon Jay (Cibola)
Bridled Titmouse (Sierra)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Doña Ana)
Brown Creeper (Grant)
Winter Wren (Grant, *Sandoval)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Grant)
Eastern Bluebird (Doña Ana, Santa Fe)
Western Bluebird (Doña Ana, Socorro, Sierra)
Mountain Bluebird (Socorro)
Gray Catbird (Socorro)
Curve-billed Thrasher (Sandoval)
Cedar Waxwing (Doña Ana)
Common Yellowthroat (*Sierra)
American Tree Sparrow (Colfax)
Black-chinned Sparrow (Grant)
Lark Bunting (Curry)
Sage Sparrow (Socorro, *Sierra)
Swamp Sparrow (Chaves, *Sierra)
Fox Sparrow (*Grant)
White-throated Sparrow (Socorro)
Golden-crowned Sparrow (Socorro)
Harris’s Sparrow (Chaves)
Slate-colored Dark-eyed Junco (Sandoval)
Yellow-eyed Junco (*Grant)
Lapland Longspur (Colfax)
Pyrrhuloxia (*Curry)
Pine Grosbeak (Bernalillo)
Rosy Finches (Bernalillo, Taos, *San Miguel)
Cassin’s Finch (Sandoval)
Pine Siskin (Curry)
American Goldfinch (Sandoval, *Curry)
Lesser Goldfinch (Sierra)
Evening Grosbeak (Sandoval)
.
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In Northeastern NM on January 30 JP, JO, LL, and WW did a Springer,
Abbott, Roy, Wagon Mound Loop and found up to four LOGGERHEAD
SHRIKES.
.
In Bernalillo County:
KH on February 1 had six LESSER SANDHILL CRANES with the
Greaters at the Los Poblanos Open Space off of Montaño.
RY on January 18 again saw the PEREGRINE on a pole on San
Antonio in Albuquerque between San Pedro and the freeway. AL
found it west of San Pedro on January 26.
The SNC team is banding ROSY FINCHES on Sundays at the Crest
House. On January 31 they banded seven BROWN-CAPPED with 89
recaptures. One female Brown-capped was originally banded as an
immature in 2004. They estimate the flock to be 150 to 200. NC
reported that a WINGS tour on January 16 had a trip to the Kiwanis
Meadow and found a male and female THREE-TOED WOODPECKER with PINE
GROSBEAKS. RV tried on January 31 but no woodpeckers, just the
grosbeaks. The road up had another snowfall on February 3 and the
Crest House will be closed on the 4th, and again on the 6th with more snow, and snow-packed road past the ski area. No banding.
.
In Chaves County:
CR on January 26 at the Kenneth Smith Bird Sanctuary in Roswell
had an adult HARRIS’S SPARROW and a DOWNY WOODPECKER. JP, WW, LL,
and JO on January 29 did not find the Harris’s, but had a SWAMP
SPARROW. There was a TURKEY VULTURE over Roswell.
JSa on the Bitter Lake Refuge Count for January 15 reported
7211 CRANES on the refuge and another 2120 off it, with 20,000
light geese. JP, WW, LL, and JO on January 29 on the refuge saw a
female GREATER SCAUP and an AMERICAN BITTERN.
.
In Cibola County:
SB found over 225 PINYON JAYS are still at Bluewater Lake.
.
In Colfax County:
JP, LL, WW, and JO on January 30 at the Maxwell Refuge had up to
three LAPLAND LONGSPURS, TREE SPARROWS, and five GOLDEN EAGLES.
North of the refuge there was a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK.
.
In Curry County:
At the Clovis Sewage Ponds the EURASIAN WIGEON was still present
for JP and WW on January 15.
JLo on January 21 at his home in se. Curry Co. had the BOBWHITES
with a lone SCALED QUAIL. On January 30 he reported a PRAIRIE
FALCON and a FERRUGINOUS HAWK. After a storm on January 28 there
was the BARN and HORNED OWLS, PINE SISKINS, two LARK BUNTINGS and
the quails. On February 7 there was the horned owl, four PYRRHULOXIAS, and two AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES.
.
In Doña Ana County:
DG reported the first nesting of an ANNA’S HUMMINGBIRD in NM
with a nest in the High Range area of Las Cruces on January 31
found by DoS (photos). A male was in the area.
JG and SV saw on January 16 at the Shalem Bridge area off N.
Valley Drive 100 CEDAR WAXWINGS, 23 WESTERN BLUEBIRDS, and a
probable RED-BREASTED X RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER in the pecan trees.
DG on January 15 saw the waxwings, bluebirds, and a RED-BREASTED
NUTHATCH. He had on January 16 the waxwings, western bluebirds,
two EASTERN BLUEBIRDS, and the hybrid sapsucker.
An EASTERN PHOEBE was along the canal across the street
from Paradise Lane near the bridge found by DG on January 12 over
the fields.
BS has had a female ANNA’S HUMMINGBIRD at his Las Cruces home
since autumn. A male showed up on January 28.
.
In Grant County:
In the Big Burro Mts. near Silver City DG on January 17 to 20
with up to eight inches of snow reported a HORNED OWL,
WILLIAMSON’S SAPSUCKER, HUTTON’S VIREO, BROWN CREEPER, WINTER WREN,
GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, and a pair of BLACK-CHINNED SPARROWS.
RSh reports that MONTEZUMA QUAIL have been more common in the
Silver City area this past year. He reported that SL had two daily
thru January at his home near San Lorenzo.
A gray FOX SPARROW was at the DZ home on January 29. KB had a
YELLOW-EYED JUNCO at her home on January 26.
.
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 Otero County:
RN on January 15 to 17 had a SAW-WHITE OWL calling in the camp
at James Canyon, two miles west of Mayhill. On January 17 they saw
a MONTEZUMA QUAIL with another dead one found.
One can walk past the gate to Stinky Lake at the Holloman Lakes,
but not drive in and can still bird there, but Lagoon G is still
off limits.
.
In San Miguel County:
CRR on February 6 had a BROWN-CAPPED ROSY FINCH at his feeder
west of Las Vegas (photos).
JP, JO, WW, and LL on January 29 at the Las Vegas Refuge saw two
MERLINS.
.
In Sandoval County:
SF again found a WINTER WREN at the Corrales Bosque at a ditch
on the Entrada entrance on February 7 (photos).
DK on January 10 saw six WHITE-FRONTED GEESE at the soccer
field in Corrales near the Post Office. JM had one there on
January 28 with Canadas.
JMc at his home in Placitas on January 31 had two EVENING
GROSBEAKS, a few AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES, a female CASSIN’S FINCH, a
SLATE-COLORED JUNCO, and a CURVE-BILLED THRASHER.
.
In Santa Fe County:
PN on January 28 had four EASTERN BLUEBIRDS in a snowstorm at
his home on the north side of Edgewood.
.
In Sierra County:
SB on January 22 reported an OSPREY and BRIDLED TITMOUSE from
the Elephant Butte Dam Overlook. They had WHITE PELICANS on three
sites on the lake.
At Paseo del Rio Park below the dam DS and CM saw on January 24
a female HOODED MERGANSER, OSPREY, and 13 LESSER GOLDFINCHES.
At the Rock Canyon Marina on Elephant Butte Lake JP, JO, WW, and
LL on February 6 had ten HERRING and five CALIFORNIA GULLS.
At the hole in the cliff before the Las Palomas exit on February
6 the JP team saw two BARN OWLS.
They saw two SAGE SPARROWS at the South Highlands.
At Percha Dam Park SB on January 21 had a female prairie MERLIN
there, with 60 WESTERN BLUEBIRDS and two BRIDLED TITMICE. On
February 6 JP, LL, WW, and JO saw a HUTTON’S VIREO, the
YELLOWTHROAT, five MOORHENS, the sora, and both Downy and HAIRY
WOODPECKERS.
There was a SWAMP SPARROW at Riverside Park below Caballo Dam.
.
In Socorro County:
DH at the Turtle Bay Park on the NMTU campus in Socorro on
January 30 reported a CATBIRD.
JSt reports that there is no hiking east of the Rio Grande at
the Bosque del Apache refuge at least thru March for a mountain
lion study. The part of the refuge west of the rio is still open.
More CRANES seem to be at the Bernardo Refuge than at
Bosque del Apache this winter. DK and JR on January 18 had two
tan-striped WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS at the refuge near the blind
with lots of MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS.
At Bosque del Apache Refuge south of San Antonio BG and NMC saw
a HARLAN’S HAWK and three MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS. CG on January 16
said they saw a second immature TRUMPETER SWAN at the Low Flow
Channel. JP, LL, and WW on January 16 at the visitor center saw a
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. DK and JR on January 18 at the refuge had
a white striped White-throat at the Cactus Garden plus the WHITE-
TAILED KITE at the south end at mile post 41.8 on Hwy. 1. MH, BT,
RM and RV again saw the second TRUMPETER SWAN at the low flow
channel at the east end of the two-way road on January 23. It was
seen later by JP, JO, and WW, plus the WHITE-TAILED KITE at the
south end. DP on January 24 saw the swan, several HOODED
MERGANSERS, 50 MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS, the kite, 40 COMMON MERGANSERS,
a few SAGE SPARROWS, and the GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW at the feeder.
DZw saw the trumpeter on January 29 in the low flow area. RCa saw
the kite and many MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS on January 29 with two calling
HARLAN’S HAWKS. BG on February 6 had up to 30 ROSS’S GEESE. JP,
WW, LL, and JO on February 6 had the kite still south of the Marsh
Loop and the GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW at the trailers.
.
In Taos County:
JL on February 1 reported about 500 ROSY FINCHES of all three
species at the Columbine Inn at the Taos Ski Valley.
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In Valencia County:
RCa on January 29 saw WHITE-FACED IBIS at the Taco Bell Ponds in
Belen.
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Initials of Observers:
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SB, Scott Baron; KB, Karen Berkenbach; RCa, Robert Cates;
SNC, Steve and Nancy Cox; SF, Steve Fettig; CG, Carolyn Galceran;
DG, David Griffin; BG, Bill Groll; JG, John Groves;
DH, David Hawksworth; KH, Karen Herzenberg; MH, Michael Hilchey;
DK, David Krueper; JL, Jerry Lazarczyk; LL, Lane Leckman;
SL, Steve London; JLo, James Lofton; AL, Anne Lovekin;
CM, Carolyn Mangeng; JMc, Jim McPhee; NMC, Narca Moore-Craig;
JM, Jim Mosley; RM, Robert Munro; RN, Robert Nieman;
PN, Paul Noble; JO, Jerry Oldenettel; DP, Danny Paez;
JP, John Parmeter; CR, Chris Rustay; CRR, Cassidy Romolo Ruge;
JR, Janet Ruth; JSa, Jeff Sanchez; BS, Bill Seager;
RSh, Roland Shook; DS, Dale Spall; DoS, Donna Simonetti;
JSt, James Stuart; BT, Bill Talbot; RV, Raymond VanBuskirk;
SV, Steve Vinson; ChW, Chip Weselch; WW, Bill Wittman;
RY, Rob Yaksich; DZ, Dale Zimmerman; DZw, DeAnn Zwight
.
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Field Trips:
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Central Audubon in Albuquerque has Thursday field trips. All phone
numbers begin with 505. February 11 to see the cranes at the
Whitfield Wildlife Area near Belen with Linda Heinze, 565-1441;
February 18 to the Sandia Mt. foothills at the east end of Copper
with Mary Lou Arthur, 299-2565; on February 15 for longspurs and
Sage Sparrows near San Antonio with Rebecca Gracey, 242-3821.
.
The Cox banding team will be banding Rosy Finches at the Crest
House in the Sandias on Sundays at 9:30. Check for snowstorms when
planning to climb the mountain.
.
Southwestern Audubon birds Lake Roberts with Roland Shook at 575-
388-3441 on February 20.
.
Mesilla Valley Audubon on February 20 checks out Percha Dam and
Caballo Lake led by David Griffin at 575-382-2080.
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The Rio Grande Nature Center has morning bird walks on Sunday and
Saturday mornings at 9 a.m.
New Mexico Bird Report, Thursday, February 4, 2010
Hotline New Mexico
date: February 4, 2010
compiler Patricia R. Snider
Phone: 719-846-3174
Cell phone 505-803-1807
e-mail address pinyonjay@aol.com
This is Pinyon Jay with the New Mexico Bird Report for
February 4, 2010, sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological
Society. When phone numbers are given for private property,
please call before going to ask for permission. In ranch
country do not stray off the roads.
.
Highlights: White-tailed Kite, Trumpeter Swan.
ChW reported that GREAT EGRETS have been color banded with red
leg bands, from the Great Lakes. Report bands if seen to 416-
739-5846.
A star is added for new birds to the RBA today.
.
.
Places mentioned and a checklist of N.M. birds are in the N.M.
Bird Finding Guide. Check for earlier reports and database
or in the archives of the AZ/NM listserve. For photos of
rarities and directions to some birding sites check
http://sites.google.com/site/oldenettelspage.
.
For the Bird Records Committee and North American Birds and NMOS
Field Notes please send reports to Dr. Sartor O. Williams, III,
1819 Meadowview NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 or to
.
.
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Greater White-fronted Goose (Sandoval)
Geese (Socorro)
Light Geese (Chaves)
Trumpeter Swan (Socorro)
Eurasian Wigeon (Curry)
Greater Scaup (Chaves)
Common Goldeneye (Socorro)
Hooded Merganser (Sierra, Socorro)
Common Merganser (Socorro)
Red-throated Loon (Sierra)
Red-necked Grebe (Sierra)
American White Pelican (Sierra)
White-faced Ibis (Valencia)
Turkey Vulture (Chaves)
American Bittern (Chaves)
Osprey (Sierra)
White-tailed Kite (Socorro)
Harlan’s Red-tailed Hawk (Socorro)
Ferruginous Hawk (Curry)
Rough-legged Hawk (Colfax)
Golden Eagle (Colfax)
Merlin (Sierra, San Miguel)
Peregrine Falcon (Bernalillo)
Prairie Falcon (Curry)
Northern Bobwhite and Scaled Quail (Curry)
Montezuma Quail (Grant, Otero)
Sora (Sierra)
Common Moorhen (Sierra)
Sandhill Crane (Chaves, Socorro,*Bernalillo)
Dunlin (Sierra)
Thayer’s Gull (Sierra)
Great Horned Owl (Curry, Grant)
Barn Owl (Curry)
Saw-whet Owl (Otero)
Anna’s Hummingbird (Doña Ana
Williamson’s Sapsucker (Grant)
Hybrid sapsucker (Doña Ana)
Downy Woodpecker (Sierra, Chaves)
Three-toed Woodpecker (Bernalillo)
Eastern Phoebe (Doña Ana, Sierra)
Loggerhead Shrike (northeastern)
Steller’s Jay (Doña Ana)
Hutton’s Vireo (Grant)
Western Scrub-Jay (Sierra)
Pinyon Jay (*Cibola)
Bridled Titmouse (Sierra)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Doña Ana)
Brown Creeper (Sierra, Grant)
Winter Wren (Grant)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Grant)
Eastern Bluebird (Doña Ana, Santa Fe)
Western Bluebird (Doña Ana, Socorro)
Mountain Bluebird (Socorro, Doña Ana)
Gray Catbird (Socorro)
Curve-billed Thrasher (Sandoval)
Cedar Waxwing (Doña Ana, Los Alamos)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Doña Ana)
Common Yellowthroat (Sierra)
American Tree Sparrow (Colfax)
Black-chinned Sparrow (Grant)
Lark Bunting (Curry)
Sage Sparrow (Socorro)
Swamp Sparrow (Chaves)
White-throated Sparrow (Socorro)
Golden-crowned Sparrow (Socorro)
Harris’s Sparrow (Chaves)
Slate-colored Dark-eyed Junco (Sandoval)
Lapland Longspur (Colfax)
Pine Grosbeak (Bernalillo)
Rosy Finches (*Bernalillo, *Taos)
Cassin’s Finch (Sandoval)
Pine Siskin (Curry)
American Goldfinch (Sandoval)
Lesser Goldfinch (Sierra)
Evening Grosbeak (Sandoval)
.
.
In Northeastern NM on January 30 JP, JO, LL, and WW did a Springer,
Abbott, Roy, Wagon Mound Loop and found up to four LOGGERHEAD
SHRIKES.
.
In Bernalillo County:
KH on February 1 had six LESSER SANDHILL CRANES with the
Greaters at the Los Poblanos Open Space off of Montaño.
RY on January 18 again saw the PEREGRINE on a pole on San
Antonio in Albuquerque between San Pedro and the freeway. AL
found it west of San Pedro on January 26.
The SNC team is banding ROSY FINCHES on Sundays at the Crest
House. On January 31 they banded seven BROWN-CAPPED with 89
recaptures. One female Brown-capped was originally banded as an
immature in 2004. They estimate the flock to be 150 to 200. NC
reported that a WINGS tour on January 16 had a trip to the Kiwanis
Meadow and found a male and female THREE-TOED WOODPECKER with PINE
GROSBEAKS. RV tried on January 31 but no woodpeckers, just the
grosbeaks. The road up had another snowfall on February 3 and the
Crest House will be closed on the 4th.
In Chaves County:
CR on January 26 at the Kenneth Smith Bird Sanctuary in Roswell
had an adult HARRIS’S SPARROW and a DOWNY WOODPECKER. JP, WW, LL,
and JO on January 29 did not find the Harris’s, but had a SWAMP
SPARROW. There was a TURKEY VULTURE over Roswell.
JSa on the Bitter Lake Refuge Count for January 15 reported
7211 CRANES on the refuge and another 2120 off it, with 20,000
light geese. JP, WW, LL, and JO on January 29 on the refuge saw a
female GREATER SCAUP and an AMERICAN BITTERN.
.
In Cibola County:
SB found over 225 PINYON JAYS are still at Bluewater Lake.
.
In Colfax County:
JP, LL, WW, and JO on January 30 at the Maxwell Refuge had up to
three LAPLAND LONGSPURS, TREE SPARROWS, and five GOLDEN EAGLES.
North of the refuge there was a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK.
.
In Curry County:
At the Clovis Sewage Ponds the EURASIAN WIGEON was still present
for JP and WW on January 15.
JLo on January 21 at his home in se. Curry Co. had the BOBWHITES
with a lone SCALED QUAIL, and PINE SISKINS. On January 30 he
reported a PRAIRIE FALCON and a FERRUGINOUS HAWK. After a storm on
January 28 there was the BARN and HORNED OWLS, the siskins, two
LARK BUNTINGS and the quails.
.
In Doña Ana County:
DG reported the first nesting of an ANNA’S HUMMINGBIRD in NM
with a nest in the High Range area of Las Cruces on January 31
found by DoS (photos). A male was in the area.
JG and SV saw on January 16 at the Shalem Bridge area off N.
Valley Drive 100 CEDAR WAXWINGS, 23 WESTERN BLUEBIRDS, and a
probable RED-BREASTED X RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER in the pecan trees.
DG on January 15 saw the waxwings, bluebirds, and a RED-BREASTED
NUTHATCH. He had on January 16 the waxwings, western bluebirds,
two EASTERN BLUEBIRDS, and the hybrid sapsucker.
An EASTERN PHOEBE was along the canal across the street
from Paradise Lane near the bridge found by DG on January 12 over
the fields.
DG at a private home saw an adult male BLACK-THROATED BLUE
WARBLER. (photos). SV and JG saw the warbler on January 16 with a
STELLER’S JAY.
BS has had a female ANNA’S HUMMINGBIRD at his Las Cruces home
since autumn. A male showed up on January 28.
.
In Grant County:
In the Big Burro Mts. near Silver City DG on January 17 to 20
with up to eight inches of snow reported a HORNED OWL,
WILLIAMSON’S SAPSUCKER, HUTTON’S VIREO, BROWN CREEPER, WINTER WREN,
GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, and a pair of BLACK-CHINNED SPARROWS.
RSh reports that MONTEZUMA QUAIL have been more common in the
Silver City area this past year.
.
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 Los Alamos County;
DY on January 24 had seven CEDAR WAXWINGS in the White Rock part
of Los Alamos on Rover Blvd. near the turnoff to the Overlook.
.
In Otero County:
RN on January 15 to 17 had a SAW-WHITE OWL calling in the camp
at James Canyon, two miles west of Mayhill. On January 17 they saw
a MONTEZUMA QUAIL with another dead one found.
One can walk past the gate to Stinky Lake at the Holloman Lakes,
but not drive in and can still bird there, but Lagoon G is still
off limits.
.
In San Miguel County:
JP, JO, WW, and LL on January 29 at the Las Vegas Refuge saw two
MERLINS.
.
In Sandoval County:
DK on January 10 saw six WHITE-FRONTED GEESE at the soccer
field in Corrales near the Post Office. JM had one there on
January 28 with Canadas.
JMc at his home in Placitas on January 31 had two EVENING
GROSBEAKS, a few AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES, a female CASSIN’S FINCH, a
SLATE-COLORED JUNCO, and a CURVE-BILLED THRASHER.
.
In Santa Fe County:
PN on January 28 had four EASTERN BLUEBIRDS in a snowstorm at
his home on the north side of Edgewood.
.
In Sierra County:
SB on January 22 reported an OSPREY and BRIDLED TITMOUSE from
the Elephant Butte Dam Overlook. They had WHITE PELICANS on three
sites on the lake.
At Paseo del Rio Park below the dam DS and CM saw on January 24
a female HOODED MERGANSER, OSPREY, and 13 LESSER GOLDFINCHES. JP,
WW, and JO on January 23 saw a MOORHEN, and a BROWN CREEPER.
JB reported a RED-NECKED GREBE at Lost Canyon at Elephant Butte
Lake between Rock Canyon and Three Sisters. Go thru the village to
the point. It was not seen by JP on January 9. JP, WW, CW, and
LL on January 16 had the grebe with an immature RED-THROATED LOON
at Long Point Marina seen from Lost Canyon. JJ did not see the
grebe or loon on January 18.
Along the Rio Grande two miles north of the now dry Las Palomas
Marsh on a deeply rutted track JP, LL, and WW on January 16 saw the
RUSTY BLACKBIRD. LL also saw the ten DUNLINS.
At the Rock Canyon Marina on Elephant Butte Lake JP, LL, and WW
on January 16 again saw the THAYER’S GULL.
At Percha Dam Park SB
on January 21 had a female prairie MERLIN there, with 60 WESTERN
BLUEBIRDS and two BRIDLED TITMICE. JP, WW, and JO on January 23
reported six MOORHENS, a YELLOWTHROAT, DOWNY WOODPECKER, and a
SORA.
.
In Socorro County:
DH at the Turtle Bay Park on the NMTU campus in Socorro on
January 30 reported a CATBIRD.
JSt reports that there is no hiking east of the Rio Grande at
the Bosque del Apache refuge at least thru March for a mountain
lion study. The part of the refuge west of the rio is still open.
More CRANES and GEESE seem to be at the Bernardo Refuge than at
Bosque del Apache this winter. DK and JR on January 18 had two
tan-striped white-throats at the refuge near the blind with lots of
MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS.
At Bosque del Apache Refuge south of San Antonio BG and NMC saw
a HARLAN’S HAWK and three MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS. CG on January 16
said they saw a second immature TRUMPETER SWAN at the Low Flow
Channel. JP, LL, and WW on January 16 at the visitor center saw a
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. DK and JR on January 18 at the refuge had
a white striped White-throat at the Cactus Garden plus the WHITE-
TAILED KITE at the south end at mile post 41.8 on Hwy. 1. MH, BT,
RM and RV again saw the second TRUMPETER SWAN at the low flow
channel at the east end of the two-way road on January 23. It was
seen later by JP, JO, and WW, plus the WHITE-TAILED KITE at the
south end. DP on January 24 saw the swan, several HOODED
MERGANSERS, 50 MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS, the kite, 40 COMMON MERGANSERS,
a few SAGE SPARROWS, and the GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW at the feeder.
DZ saw the trumpeter on January 29 in the low flow area. RCa saw
the kite and many MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS on January 29 with two calling
HARLAN’S HAWKS.
.
In Taos County:
JL on February 1 reported about 500 ROSY FINCHES of all three
species at the Columbine Inn at the Taos Ski Valley.
.
In Valencia County:
RCa on January 29 saw WHITE-FACED IBIS at the Taco Bell Ponds in
Belen.
.
.
Initials of Observers:
.
SB, Scott Baron; JB, Jonathan Batkin; RCa, Robert Cates;
SNC, Steve and Nancy Cox; CG, Carolyn Galceran;
DG, David Griffin; BG, Bill Groll; JG, John Groves;
DH, David Hawksworth; KH, Karen Herzenberg; MH, Michael Hilchey;
JJ, Jim Joseph; DK, David Krueper; JL, Jerry Lazarczyk;
LL, Lane Leckman; JLo, James Lofton; AL, Anne Lovekin;
CM, Carolyn Mangeng; JMc, Jim McPhee; NMC, Narca Moore-Craig;
JM, Jim Mosley; RM, Robert Munro; RN, Robert Nieman;
PN, Paul Noble; JO, Jerry Oldenettel; DP, Danny Paez;
JP, John Parmeter; CR, Chris Rustay; JR, Janet Ruth;
JSa, Jeff Sanchez; RSh, Roland Shook; DS, Dale Spall;
DoS, Donna Simonetti; JSt, James Stuart; BT, Bill Talbot;
RV, Raymond VanBuskirk; SV, Steve Vinson; ChW, Chip Weselch;
WW, Bill Wittman; CW, Cole Wolf; RY, Rob Yaksich;
DY, David Yeamans, DZ, DeAnn Zwight
.
.
Field Trips:
.
Central Audubon in Albuquerque has Thursday field trips. All phone
numbers begin with 505. February 11 to see the cranes at the
Whitfield Wildlife Area near Belen with Linda Heinze, 565-1441;
February 18 to the Sandia Mt. foothills at the east end of Copper
with Mary Lou Arthur, 299-2565; on February 15 for longspurs and
Sage Sparrows near San Antonio with Rebecca Gracey, 242-3821.
.
On Saturday, February 6, Sangre de Cristo Audubon explores Bosque
del Apache Refuge with Linda Mowbray, 505-989-8295 and Mary Ristow
820-0906.
.
On the weekend of February 6-7 Central Audubon goes to the Maxwell
and Las Vegas Refuges with Sei Tokuda, 505-266-2480.
.
The Cox banding team will be banding Rosy Finches at the Crest
House in the Sandias on Sundays at 9:30. Check for snowstorms when
planning to climb the mountain.
.
Southwestern Audubon birds Lake Roberts with Roland Shook at 575-
388-3441 on February 20.
.
Mesilla Valley Audubon on February 20 checks out Percha Dam and
Caballo Lake led by David Griffin at 575-382-2080.
.
There are bird walks on February 6 at the Mesilla Vallley Bosque
State Park. Meet at the park.
.
The Rio Grande Nature Center has morning bird walks on Sunday and
Saturday mornings at 9 a.m.
New Mexico Bird Report, Monday, February 1, 2010
Hotline New Mexico
date: February 1, 2010
compiler Patricia R. Snider
Phone: 719-846-3174
Cell phone 505-803-1807
e-mail address pinyonjay@aol.com
This is Pinyon Jay with the New Mexico Bird Report for
February 1, 2010, sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological
Society. When phone numbers are given for private property,
please call before going to ask for permission. In ranch
country do not stray off the roads.
.
Highlights: White-tailed Kite, Thayer’s Gull, Trumpeter Swan.
Montane species seem to be invading the lowlands.
ChW reported that GREAT EGRETS have been color banded with red
leg bands, from the Great Lakes. Report bands if seen to 416-
739-5846.
A star is added for new birds to the RBA today.
.
.
Places mentioned and a checklist of N.M. birds are in the N.M.
Bird Finding Guide. Check for earlier reports and database
or in the archives of the AZ/NM listserve. For photos of
rarities and directions to some birding sites check
http://sites.google.com/site/oldenettelspage
..
For the Bird Records Committee and North American Birds and NMOS
Field Notes please send reports to Dr. Sartor O. Williams, III,
1819 Meadowview NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 or to
.
.
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Greater White-fronted Goose (*Sandoval)
Geese (Socorro)
Light Geese (Chaves)
Trumpeter Swan (*Socorro)
Eurasian Wigeon (Curry)
Greater Scaup (*Chaves)
Common Goldeneye (Socorro)
Hooded Merganser (Sierra, Socorro)
Common Merganser (Socorro)
Red-breasted Merganser (Sierra)
Red-throated Loon (Sierra)
Red-necked Grebe (Sierra)
American White Pelican (Sierra)
White-faced Ibis (*Valencia)
Turkey Vulture (*Chaves)
American Bittern (*Chaves)
Osprey (Sierra)
White-tailed Kite (Socorro)
Bald Eagle (Sierra)
Harlan’s Red-tailed Hawk (Socorro)
Ferruginous Hawk (*Curry)
Rough-legged Hawk (*Colfax)
Golden Eagle (*Colfax)
Aplomado Falcon (Socorro)
Merlin (Sierra, *San Miguel)
Peregrine Falcon (Bernalillo)
Prairie Falcon (*Curry)
Northern Bobwhite and Scaled Quail (*Curry)
Montezuma Quail (Grant, Otero)
Sora (Sierra)
Common Moorhen (Sierra)
Sandhill Crane (Chaves, Socorro)
Dunlin (Sierra)
Bonaparte’s Gull (Sierra)
California and Herring Gulls (Sierra)
Thayer’s Gull (Sierra)
Great Horned Owl (*Curry)
Barn Owl (*Curry)
Long-eared Owl (Sierra)
Saw-whet Owl (Otero)
Anna’s Hummingbird (*Doña Ana
Williamson’s Sapsucker (*Grant)
Hybrid sapsucker (Doña Ana)
Downy Woodpecker (Sierra, Chaves)
Three-toed Woodpecker (Bernalillo)
Dusky Flycatcher (Sierra)
Eastern Phoebe (Doña Ana, Sierra)
Loggerhead Shrike (*northeastern)
Steller’s Jay (Doña Ana)
Hutton’s Vireo (*Grant)
Western Scrub-Jay (Sierra)
Bridled Titmouse (Sierra)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Doña Ana)
Brown Creeper (Sierra, *Grant)
Winter Wren (*Grant)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Sierra, *Grant)
Eastern Bluebird (Sierra, Doña Ana, *Santa Fe)
Western Bluebird (Doña Ana, Socorro. Sierra)
Mountain Bluebird (Socorro, Doña Ana)
Hermit Thrush (Torrance)
Varied Thrush (Doña Ana)
Gray Catbird (*Socorro)
Curve-billed Thrasher (*Sandoval)
Cedar Waxwing (Doña Ana, Los Alamos)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Doña Ana)
Common Yellowthroat (Sierra, Socorro)
American Tree Sparrow (*Colfax)
Black-chinned Sparrow (*Grant)
Lark Bunting (*Curry)
Sage Sparrow (Socorro)
Swamp Sparrow (*Chaves)
White-throated Sparrow (Socorro)
Golden-crowned Sparrow (Socorro)
Harris’s Sparrow (Chaves)
Slate-colored Dark-eyed Junco (*Sandoval)
Lapland Longspur (*Colfax)
Rusty Blackbird (Sierra)
Pine Grosbeak (*Bernalillo)
Rosy Finches (*Bernalillo)
Cassin’s Finch (*Sandoval)
Pine Siskin (*Curry)
American Goldfinch (*Sandoval)
Lesser Goldfinch (Sierra)
Evening Grosbeak (*Sandoval)
.
.
In Northeastern NM on January 30 JP, JO, LL, and WW did a Springer,
Abbott, Roy, Wagon Mound Loop and found up to four LOGGERHEAD
SHRIKES.
.
In Bernalillo County:
RY on January 18 again saw the PEREGRINE on a pole on San
Antonio in Albuquerque between San Pedro and the freeway. AL
found it west of San Pedro on January 26.
The SNC team is banding ROSY FINCHES on Sundays at the Crest
House. On January 31 they banded seven BROWN-CAPPED with 89
recaptures. They estimate the flock to be 150 to 200. NC reported
that a WINGS tour on January 16 had a trip to the Kiwanis Meadow
and found a male and female THREE-TOED WOODPECKER with PINE
GROSBEAKS. RV tried on January 31 but no woodpeckers, just the
grosbeaks. The road up was clear, but watch for black ice.
.
In Chaves County:
CR on January 26 at the Kenneth Smith Bird Sanctuary in Roswell
had an adult HARRIS’S SPARROW and a DOWNY WOODPECKER. JP, WW, LL,
and JO on January 29 did not find the Harris’s, but had a SWAMP
SPARROW. There was a TURKEY VULTURE over Roswell.
JSa on the Bitter Lake Refuge Count for January 15 reported
7211 CRANES on the refuge and another 2120 off it, with 20,000
light geese. JP, WW, LL, and JO on January 29 on the refuge saw a
female GREATER SCAUP and an AMERICAN BITTERN.
.
In Colfax County:
JP, LL, WW, and JO on January 30 at the Maxwell Refuge had up to
three LAPLAND LONGSPURS, TREE SPARROWS, and five GOLDEN EAGLES.
North of the refuge there was a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK.
.
In Curry County:
At the Clovis Sewage Ponds the EURASIAN WIGEON was still present
for JP and WW on January 15.
JLo on January 21 at his home in se. Curry Co. had the BOBWHITES
with a lone SCALED QUAIL, and PINE SISKINS. On January 30 he
reported a PRAIRIE FALCON and a FERRUGINOUS HAWK. After a storm on
January 28 there was the BARN and HORNED OWLS, the siskins, two
LARK BUNTINGS and the quails.
.
In Doña Ana County:
DG reported the first nesting of an ANNA’S HUMMINGBIRD in NM
with a nest in the High Range area of Las Cruces on January 31
found by DoS (photos). A male was in the area.
JG and SV saw on January 16 at the Shalem Bridge area off N.
Valley Drive 100 CEDAR WAXWINGS, 23 WESTERN BLUEBIRDS, and a
probable RED-BREASTED X RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER in the pecan trees.
DG on January 15 saw the waxwings, bluebirds, and a RED-BREASTED
NUTHATCH. He had on January 16 the waxwings, western bluebirds,
two EASTERN BLUEBIRDS, and the hybrid sapsucker. RC has not seen
the Varied Thrush in several days on January 27.
An EASTERN PHOEBE was along the canal across the street
from Paradise Lane near the bridge. DG re-found the phoebe on
January 12 over the fields.
DG at a private home saw an adult male BLACK-THROATED BLUE
WARBLER. (photos). SV and JG saw the warbler on January 16 with a
STELLER’S JAY.
BS has had a female ANNA’S HUMMINGBIRD at his Las Cruces home
since autumn. A male showed up on January 28.
.
In Grant County:
In the Big Burro Mts. near Silver City DG on January 17 to 20
with up to eight inches of snow reported a HORNED OWL,
WILLIAMSON’S SAPSUCKER, HUTTON’S VIREO, BROWN CREEPER, WINTER WREN,
GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, and a pair of BLACK-CHINNED SPARROWS.
RSh reports that MONTEZUMA QUAIL have been more common in the
Silver City area this past year.
.
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 Los Alamos County;
DY on January 24 had seven CEDAR WAXWINGS in the White Rock part
of Los Alamos on Rover Blvd. near the turnoff to the Overlook.
.
In Otero County:
RN on January 15 to 17 had a SAW-WHITE OWL calling in the camp
at James Canyon, two miles west of Mayhill. On January 17 they saw
a MONTEZUMA QUAIL with another dead one found.
One can walk past the gate to Stinky Lake at the Holloman Lakes,
but not drive in and can still bird there, but Lagoon G is still
off limits.
.
In San Miguel County:
JP, JO, WW, and LL on January 29 at the Las Vegas Refuge saw two
MERLINS.
.
In Sandoval County:
DK on January 10 saw six WHITE-FRONTED GEESE at the soccer
field in Corrales near the Post Office. JP saw them on January 22.
JM had one there on January 28 with Canadas.
JMc at his home in Placitas on January 31 had two EVENING
GROSBEAKS, a few AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES, a female CASSIN’S FINCH, a
SLATE-COLORED JUNCO, and a CURVE-BILLED THRASHER.
.
In Santa Fe County:
PN on January 28 had four EASTERN BLUEBIRDS in a snowstorm at
his home on the north side of Edgewood.
.
In Sierra County:
DB on January 22 reported an OSPREY and BRIDLED TITMOUSE from
the Elephant Butte Dam Overlook. They had WHITE PELICANS on three
sites on the lake.
At Paseo del Rio Park below the dam DS and CM saw on January 24
a female HOODED MERGANSER, OSPREY, and 13 LESSER GOLDFINCHES. JP,
WW, and JO on January 23 saw a MOORHEN, and a BROWN CREEPER.
JB reported a RED-NECKED GREBE at Lost Canyon at Elephant Butte
Lake between Rock Canyon and Three Sisters. Go thru the village to
the point. It was not seen by JP on January 9, but they did see a
BONAPARTE’S GULL and four RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS. JP, WW, CW, and
LL on January 16 had the grebe with an immature RED-THROATED LOON
at Long Point Marina seen from Lost Canyon. JJ did not see the
grebe or loon on January 18.
Along the Rio Grande two miles north of the now dry Las Palomas
Marsh on a deeply rutted track JP, LL, and WW on January 16 saw the
RUSTY BLACKBIRD. LL also saw the ten DUNLINS.
JP, LL, AND WW on January 16 saw a male richardsonii MERLIN in
the town of Truth or Consequences.
At the Rock Canyon Marina on Elephant Butte Lake JP, LL, and WW
on January 16 again saw the THAYER’S, ten HERRING and two
CALIFORNIA GULLS.
At Percha Dam Park DG on January 15 in the north woods saw 16
BROWN CREEPERS, an immature BALD EAGLE, 80 WESTERN BLUEBIRDS, four
EASTERN BLUEBIRDS, an EASTERN PHOEBE, and one DUSKY FLYCATCHER.
ChB on January 15 had two phoebes, up to eight GOLDEN-CR0WNED
KINGLETS, with two LONG-EARED OWLS in the woods to the north. DB
on January 21 had a female prairie MERLIN there, with 60 WESTERN
BLUEBIRDS and two BRIDLED TITMICE. JP, WW, and JO on January 23
reported six MOORHENS, a YELLOWTHROAT, DOWNY WOODPECKER, and a
SORA.
.
In Socorro County:
DH at the Turtle Bay Park on the NMTU campus in Socorro on
January 30 reported a CATBIRD.
JSt reports that there is no hiking east of the Rio Grande at
the Bosque del Apache refuge at least thru March for a mountain
lion study. The part of the refuge west of the rio is still open.
More CRANES and GEESE seem to be at the Bernardo Refuge than at
Bosque del Apache this winter. SF and TH on January 16 had a
HARLAN’S HAWK dark morph on the loop at the Bernardo Refuge
(details, photos). Also they saw a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW near the
observation tower. DK and JR on January 18 had two tan-striped
white-throats at the refuge near the blind with lots of MOUNTAIN
BLUEBIRDS.
At Bosque del Apache Refuge south of San Antonio BG, NMC and RD
saw a HARLAN’S HAWK, the immature APLOMADO, and three MOUNTAIN
BLUEBIRDS. CG on January 16 said they saw a second immature
TRUMPETER SWAN at the Low Flow Channel. JP, LL, and WW on January
16 at the visitor center saw a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. JJ on
January 17 had a female YELLOWTHROAT on the east side of the Marsh
Overlook Loop Trail. DK and JR on January 18 at the refuge had a
white striped White-throat at the Cactus Garden plus the WHITE-
TAILED KITE at the south end at mile post 41.8 on Hwy. 1. MH, BT,
RM and RV again saw the second TRUMPETER SWAN at the low flow
channel at the east end of the two-way road on January 23. It was
seen later by JP, JO, and WW, plus the WHITE-TAILED KITE at the
south end. DP on January 24 saw the swan, several HOODED
MERGANSERS, 50 MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS, the kite, 40 COMMON MERGANSERS,
a few SAGE SPARROWS, and the GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW at the feeder.
DZ saw the trumpeter on January 29 in the low flow area. RCa saw
the kite and many MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS on January 29 with two calling
HARLAN’S HAWKS.
.
In Torrance County:
ES had a HERMIT THRUSH at his home at 61 Sunglow Loop west of
highway 217.
.
In Valencia County:
RCa on January 29 saw WHITE-FACED IBIS at the Taco Bell Ponds in
Belen.
.
.
Initials of Observers:
.
SB, Scott Baron; JB, Jonathan Batkin; ChB, Charles Black;
RCa, Robert Cates; SNC, Steve and Nancy Cox; RD, Rod Drewien;
SF, Steve Fettig; CG, Carolyn Galceran; DG, David Griffin;
BG, Bill Groll; JG, John Groves; DH, David Hawksworth;
MH, Michael Hilchey; TH, Terry Hodapp; JJ, Jim Joseph;
DK, David Krueper; LL, Lane Leckman; JLo, James Lofton;
AL, Anne Lovekin; CM, Carolyn Mangeng; JMc, Jim McPhee;
NMC, Narca Moore-Craig; JM, Jim Mosley; RM, Robert Munro;
RN, Robert Nieman; PN, Paul Noble; JO, Jerry Oldenettel;
DP, Danny Paez; JP, John Parmeter; CR, Chris Rustay;
JR, Janet Ruth; JSa, Jeff Sanchez; RSh, Roland Shook;
DS, Dale Spall; DoS, Donna Simonetti; ES, Ed Stevens;
JSt, James Stuart; BT, Bill Talbot; RV, Raymond VanBuskirk;
SV, Steve Vinson; ChW, Chip Weselch; WW, Bill Wittman;
CW, Cole Wolf; RY, Rob Yaksich; DY, David Yeamans,
DZ, DeAnn Zwight
.
.
Field Trips:
.
Central Audubon in Albuquerque has Thursday field trips. All phone
numbers begin with 505. On February 4 to Sandia Crest for the
finches with the Boettchers, 281-6726; February 11 to see the
cranes at the Whitfield Wildlife Area near Belen with Linda Heinze,
565-1441; February 18 to the Sandia Mt. foothills at the east end
of Copper with Mary Lou Arthur, 299-2565; on February 15 for
longspurs and Sage Sparrows near San Antonio with Rebecca Gracey,
242-3821.
.
On Saturday, February 6, Sangre de Cristo Audubon explores Bosque
del Apache Refuge with Linda Mowbray, 505-989-8295 and Mary Ristow
820-0906.
.
On the weekend of February 6-7 Central Audubon goes to the Maxwell
and Las Vegas Refuges with Sei Tokuda, 505-266-2480.
.
The Cox banding team will be banding Rosy Finches at the Crest
House in the Sandias on Sundays at 9:30. Check for snowstorms when
planning to climb the mountain.
.
Southwestern Audubon birds Lake Roberts with Roland Shook at 575-
388-3441 on February 20.
.
Mesilla Valley Audubon on February 20 checks out Percha Dam and
Caballo Lake led by David Griffin at 575-382-2080.
.
There are bird walks on February 6 at the Mesilla Vallley Bosque
State Park. Meet at the park.
.
The Rio Grande Nature Center has morning bird walks on Sunday and
Saturday mornings at 9 a.m.
New Mexico Bird Report, Thursday, January 28, 2010
Hotline New Mexico
date: January 28, 2010
compiler Patricia R. Snider
Phone: 719-846-3174
Cell phone 505-803-1807
e-mail address pinyonjay@aol.com
This is Pinyon Jay with the New Mexico Bird Report for
January 28, 2010, sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological
Society. When phone numbers are given for private property,
please call before going to ask for permission. In ranch
country do not stray off the roads.
.
Highlights: White-tailed Kite, Thayer’s Gull, Red-necked Grebe,
Red-throated Loon, Black-throated Blue Warbler.
Montane species seem to be invading the lowlands.
ChW reported that GREAT EGRETS have been color banded with red
leg bands, from the Great Lakes. Report bands if seen to 416-
739-5846.
A star is added for new birds to the RBA today.
.
.
Places mentioned and a checklist of N.M. birds are in the N.M.
Bird Finding Guide. Check for earlier reports and database
or in the archives of the AZ/NM listserve. For photos of
rarities and directions to some birding sites check
http://sites.google.com/site/oldenettelspage
..
For the Bird Records Committee and North American Birds and NMOS
Field Notes please send reports to Dr. Sartor O. Williams, III,
1819 Meadowview NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 or to
.
.
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Greater White-fronted Goose (Sandoval)
Geese (Socorro)
Light Geese (Chaves)
Trumpeter Swan (Socorro)
Eurasian Wigeon (Curry)
Common Goldeneye (Socorro)
Hooded Merganser (Sierra, Socorro)
Common Merganser (Socorro)
Red-breasted Merganser (Sierra)
Red-throated Loon (Sierra)
Common Loon (San Juan)
Red-necked Grebe (Sierra)
Horned Grebe (DeBaca)
American White Pelican (Sierra, *Doña Ana)
Osprey (Sierra)
White-tailed Kite (Socorro)
Bald Eagle (Sierra)
Harlan’s Red-tailed Hawk (Socorro)
Aplomado Falcon (Socorro)
Merlin (Sierra, Bernalillo)
Peregrine Falcon (*Bernalillo)
Northern Bobwhite and Scaled Quail (Curry)
Montezuma Quail (Grant, Otero)
Sora (Sierra)
Common Moorhen (Sierra)
Sandhill Crane (Chaves, Socorro)
Dunlin (Sierra)
Bonaparte’s Gull (Sierra)
California and Herring Gulls (Sierra)
Thayer’s Gull (Sierra)
Great Horned Owl (Curry)
Long-eared Owl (Sierra)
Saw-whet Owl (Otero)
Hybrid sapsucker (Doña Ana)
Downy Woodpecker (Sierra, Valencia, *Chaves)
Three-toed Woodpecker (Bernalillo)
Dusky Flycatcher (Sierra)
Eastern Phoebe (Doña Ana, Sierra)
Steller’s Jay (Doña Ana)
Western Scrub-Jay (Sierra)
Bridled Titmouse (Sierra)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Doña Ana)
Brown Creeper (Sierra)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Sierra)
Eastern Bluebird (Sierra, Doña Ana)
Western Bluebird (Doña Ana, Socorro. Sierra)
Mountain Bluebird (Sierra, Socorro, Doña Ana)
Hermit Thrush (*Torrance)
Varied Thrush (*Doña Ana)
Cedar Waxwing (Doña Ana, Los Alamos)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Doña Ana)
Common Yellowthroat (Sierra, Socorro)
American Tree Sparrow (San Miguel)
Sage Sparrow (Socorro)
White-throated Sparrow (Socorro)
Golden-crowned Sparrow (Bernalillo, Socorro)
Harris’s Sparrow (*Chaves)
Pine Grosbeak (Bernalillo)
Rosy Finches (Bernalillo, Taos)
Pine Siskin (Curry)
Lesser Goldfinch (Sierra)
.
.
In Bernalillo County:
RY on January 18 again saw the PEREGRINE on a pole on San
Antonio in Albuquerque between San Pedro and the freeway. AL
found it west of San Pedro on January 26.
DM had a richardsonii MERLIN on January 18 at the Los Poblanos
Open Space.
In Embudito Canyon in the west Sandias HS had a GOLDEN-CROWNED
SPARROW in the canyon on January 13.
The SNC team is banding ROSY FINCHES on Sundays at the Crest
House. NC reported that a WINGS tour on January 16 had a trip to
the Kiwanis Meadow and found a male and female THREE-TOED
WOODPECKERS with PINE GROSBEAKS. Due to heavy snow the road
up and Crest House were closed on January 24, and there was no
banding.
.
In Chaves County:
CR on January 26 at the Kenneth Smith Bird Sanctuary in Roswell
had an adult HARRIS’S SPARROW and a DOWNY WOODPECKER.
JSa on the Bitter Lake Refuge Count for January 15 reported
7211 CRANES on the refuge and another 2120 off it, with 20,000
light geese.
.
In Curry County:
At the Clovis Sewage Ponds the EURASIAN WIGEON was still present
for JP and WW on January 15.
JLo on January 21 at his home in se. Curry Co. still has the
HORNED OWL at his home, plus the BOBWHITE with a lone SCALED QUAIL,
with PINE SISKINS.
.
In DeBaca County:
JP and WW on January 15 near Fort Sumner at Sumner Lake saw four
HORNED GREBES.
.
In Doña Ana County:
RC and KS reported a male VARIED THRUSH near Las Cruces at the
Shalem Colony Bridge off N. Valley Drive on the west side of the
bridge (park on the east side). This is private homes, and the one
at 1550 does not want visitors. Walk the levee road toward the
Organ Mts. to 100 yards downstream past the red no hunting sign.
RC saw the thrush again on January 15 along with the EASTERN PHOEBE
in the same place. JD and SV saw the thrush on January 16 with 100
CEDAR WAXWINGS, 23 WESTERN BLUEBIRDS, and a probable RED-BREASTED X
RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER in the pecan trees. DG on January 15 missed
the thrush, but saw the waxwings and bluebirds, a RED-BREASTED
NUTHATCH. He missed it again on January 16 (fifth time!) but had
the waxwings, western bluebirds, two EASTERN BLUEBIRDS, and the
hybrid sapsucker. RC has not seen the thrush in several days on
January 27.
RC also had an EASTERN PHOEBE along the canal across the street
from Paradise Lane near the bridge. DG re-found the phoebe on
January 12 over the fields.
DG at a private home saw an adult male BLACK-THROATED BLUE
WARBLER. (photos). SV and JG saw the warbler on January 16 with a
STELLER’S JAY. DG saw it January 15.
RC at his home had four WHITE PELICANS fly over on January 28.
.
In Grant County:
RSh reports that MONTEZUMA QUAIL have been more common in the
Silver City area this past year.
.
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 Los Alamos County;
DY on January 24 had seven CEDAR WAXWINGS in the White Rock part
of Los Alamos on Rover Blvd. near the turnoff to the Overlook.
.
In Otero County:
RN on January 15 to 17 had a SAW-WHITE OWL calling in the camp
at James Canyon, two miles west of Mayhill. On January 17 they saw
a MONTEZUMA QUAIL with another dead one found.
One can walk past the gate to Stinky Lake at the Holloman Lakes,
but not drive in and can still bird there, but Lagoon G is still
off limits.
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In San Juan County:
ChB on January 13 on Morgan Lake found ten COMMON LOONS.
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In Sandoval County:
DK on January 10 saw six WHITE-FRONTED GEESE at the soccer
field in Corrales near the Post Office. JP saw them on January 22.
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In Sierra County:
DB on January 22 reported an OSPREY and BRIDLED TITMOUSE from
the Elephant Butte Dam Overlook. They had WHITE PELICANS on three
sites on the lake.
At Paseo del Rio Park below the dam DS and CM saw on January 24
a female HOODED MERGANSER, OSPREY, and 13 LESSER GOLDFINCHES. JP,
WW, and JO on January 23 saw a MOORHEN, and a BROWN CREEPER.
JB reported a RED-NECKED GREBE at Lost Canyon at Elephant Butte
Lake between Rock Canyon and Three Sisters. Go thru the village to
the point. It was at the boat harbor. It was not seen by JP on
January 9, but they did see a BONAPARTE’S GULL and four RED-
BREASTED MERGANSERS. JP, WW, CW, and LL on January 16 had the
grebe with an immature RED-THROATED LOON at Long Point Marina seen
from Lost Canyon. JJ did not see the grebe or loon on January 18.
Along the Rio Grande two miles north of the now dry Las Palomas
Marsh on a deeply rutted track JP, LL, and WW on January 16 saw the
RUSTY BLACKBIRD. LL also saw the ten DUNLINS.
JP, LL, AND WW on January 16 saw a male richardsonii MERLIN in
the town of Truth or Consequences.
At the Rock Canyon Marina on Elephant Butte Lake JP, LL, and WW
on January 16 again saw the THAYER’S, ten HERRING and two
CALIFORNIA GULLS.
At Percha Dam Park DG on January 15 in the north woods saw 16
BROWN CREEPERS, an immature BALD EAGLE, 80 WESTERN BLUEBIRDS, four
EASTERN BLUEBIRDS, an EASTERN PHOEBE, and one DUSKY FLYCATCHER.
ChB on January 15 had two phoebes, up to eight GOLDEN-CR0WNED
KINGLETS, with two LONG-EARED OWLS in the woods to the north. DB
on January 21 had a female prairie MERLIN there, with 60 WESTERN
BLUEBIRDS and two BRIDLED TITMICE. JP, WW, and JO on January 23
reported six MOORHENS, a YELLOWTHROAT, DOWNY WOODPECKER, and a
SORA.
.
In Socorro County:
JSt reports that there is no hiking east of the Rio Grande at
the Bosque del Apache refuge at least thru March for a mountain
lion study. The part of the refuge west of the rio is still open.
More CRANES and GEESE seem to be at the Bernardo Refuge than at
Bosque del Apache this winter. SF and TH on January 16 had a
HARLAN’S HAWK dark morph on the loop at the Bernardo Refuge
(details, photos). Also they saw a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW near the
observation tower. DK and JR on January 18 had two tan-striped
white-throats at the refuge near the blind with lots of MOUNTAIN
BLUEBIRDS.
At Bosque del Apache Refuge south of San Antonio BG, NMC and RD
saw a HARLAN’S HAWK, the immature APLOMADO, and three MOUNTAIN
BLUEBIRDS. CG on January 16 said they saw a second immature
TRUMPETER at the Low Flow Channel. JP, LL, and WW on January 16 at
the visitor center saw a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. JJ on January 17
had a female YELLOWTHROAT on the east side of the Marsh Overlook
Loop Trail. DK and JR on January 18 at the refuge had a white
striped White-throat at the Cactus Garden plus the WHITE-TAILED
KITE at the south end at mile post 41.8 on Hwy. 1. MH, BT, RM and
RV again saw the second TRUMPETER SWAN at the low flow channel at
the east end of the two-way road on January 23. It was seen later
by JP, JO, and WW, plus the WHITE-TAILED KITE at the south end. DP
on January 24 saw the swan, several HOODED MERGANSERS, 50 MOUNTAIN
BLUEBIRDS, the kite, 40 COMMON MERGANSERS, a few SAGE SPARROWS, and
the GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW at the feeder.
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In Taos County:
GB at the Taos Ski Area at the Kandahar Condos advises that
numbers of ROSY FINCHES have arrived there.
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In Torrance County:
ES had a HERMIT THRUSH at his home at 61 Sunglow Loop west of
highway 217.
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In Valencia County:
LLa had a DOWNY WOODPECKER at her home east of Laguna Pueblo on
January 20.
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Initials of Observers:
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GB, Gil Bachmann; JB, Jonathan Batkin; ChB, Charles Black;
RC, Rick Castetter; SNC, Steve and Nancy Cox; RD, Rod Drewien;
SF, Steve Fettig; CG, Carolyn Galceran; DG, David Griffin;
BG, Bill Groll; JG, John Groves; MH, Michael Hilchey;
TH, Terry Hodapp; JJ, Jim Joseph; DK, David Krueper;
LL, Lane Leckman; LLa, Linda Lawrence; JLo, James Lofton;
AL, Anne Lovekin; CM, Carolyn Mangeng; DM, David Mehlman;
NMC, Narca Moore-Craig; RM, Robert Munro; RN, Robert Nieman;
JO, Jerry Oldenettel; DP, Danny Paez; JP, John Parmeter;
CR, Chris Rustay; JR, Janet Ruth; JSa, Jeff Sanchez;
HS, Hans Schenk; RSh, Roland Shook; DS, Dale Spall;
ES, Ed Stevens; JSt, James Stuart; KS, Kevin Suter;
BT, Bill Talbot; RV, Raymond VanBuskirk; SV, Steve Vinson;
ChW, Chip Weselch; WW, Bill Wittman; CW, Cole Wolf;
RY, Rob Yaksich; David Yeamans.
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Field Trips:
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Central Audubon in Albuquerque has Thursday field trips. All phone
numbers begin with 505. On February 4 to Sandia Crest for the
finches with the Boettchers, 281-6726; February 11 to see the
cranes at the Whitfield Wildlife Area near Belen with Linda Heinze,
565-1441; February 18 to the Sandia Mt. foothills at the east end
of Copper with Mary Lou Arthur, 299-2565; on February 15 for
longspurs and Sage Sparrows near San Antonio with Rebecca Gracey,
242-3821.
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On Saturday, February 6, Sangre de Cristo Audubon explores Bosque
del Apache Refuge with Linda Mowbray, 505-989-8295 and Mary Ristow
820-0906.
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On the weekend of February 6-7 Central Audubon goes to the Maxwell
and Las Vegas Refuges with Sei Tokuda, 505-266-2480.
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The Cox banding team will be banding Rosy Finches at the Crest
House in the Sandias on Sundays at 9:30. Check for snowstorms when
planning to climb the mountain.
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On Sunday, January 31, Central will check the Sandia Mountains for
owls, three-toed woodpeckers, and rosy finches. Contact is Raymond
VanBuskirk at 505-217-8514.
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Southwestern Audubon birds Lake Roberts with Roland Shook at 575-
388-3441 on February 20.
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Mesilla Valley Audubon on February 20 checks out Percha Dam and
Caballo Lake led by David Griffin at 575-382-2080.
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There are bird walks on February 6 at the Mesilla Vallley Bosque
State Park. Meet at the park.
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The Rio Grande Nature Center has morning bird walks on Sunday and
Saturday mornings at 9 a.m.
New Mexico Bird Report, Monday, January 25, 2010
Hotline New Mexico
date: January 25, 2010
compiler Patricia R. Snider
Phone: 719-846-3174
Cell phone 505-803-1807
e-mail address pinyonjay@aol.com
This is Pinyon Jay with the New Mexico Bird Report for
January 25, 2010, sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological
Society. When phone numbers are given for private property,
please call before going to ask for permission. In ranch
country do not stray off the roads.
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Highlights: White-tailed Kite, Northern Shrike, Varied Thrush,
Thayer’s Gull, Red-necked Grebe, Red-throated Loon, Black-throated
Blue Warbler.
Montane species seem to be invading the lowlands.
ChW reported that GREAT EGRETS have been color banded with red
leg bands, from the Great Lakes. Report bands if seen to 416-
739-5846.
A star is added for new birds to the RBA today.
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Places mentioned and a checklist of N.M. birds are in the N.M.
Bird Finding Guide. Check for earlier reports and database
or in the archives of the AZ/NM listserve. For photos of
rarities and directions to some birding sites check
http://sites.google.com/site/oldenettelspage
..
For the Bird Records Committee and North American Birds and NMOS
Field Notes please send reports to Dr. Sartor O. Williams, III,
1819 Meadowview NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 or to
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Birds Mentioned and Counties:
Greater White-fronted Goose (*Sandoval)
Geese (Socorro)
Light Geese (Chaves)
Ross’s Goose (Sierra)
Trumpeter Swan (*Socorro)
Eurasian Wigeon (Curry)
Common Goldeneye (Socorro)
Hooded Merganser (*Sierra, *Socorro)
Common Merganser (San Miguel, *Socorro)
Red-breasted Merganser (Sierra, San Miguel)
Red-throated Loon (Sierra)
Common Loon (San Miguel, San Juan)
Red-necked Grebe (Sierra)
Horned Grebe (DeBaca)
American White Pelican (*Sierra)
Osprey (*Sierra)
White-tailed Kite (*Socorro)
Bald Eagle (Sierra)
Harlan’s Red-tailed Hawk (Socorro)
Aplomado Falcon (Socorro)
Merlin (*Sierra, Bernalillo)
Peregrine Falcon (Bernalillo)
Prairie Falcon (Doña Ana)
Northern Bobwhite and Scaled Quail (*Curry)
Montezuma Quail (Grant, Otero)
Sora (*Sierra)
Common Moorhen (*Sierra)
Sandhill Crane (Chaves, Socorro)
Dunlin (Sierra)
Bonaparte’s Gull (Sierra)
California and Herring Gulls (Sierra)
Thayer’s Gull (Sierra)
Great Horned Owl (DeBaca, *Curry)
Long-eared Owl (Bernalillo, Sierra)
Saw-whet Owl (Otero)
White-throated Swift (Doña Ana)
Hybrid sapsucker (Doña Ana)
Hairy Woodpecker (Sierra)
Downy Woodpecker (*Sierra, Valencia)
Three-toed Woodpecker (Bernalillo)
Dusky Flycatcher (Sierra)
Eastern Phoebe (Doña Ana, Sierra)
Northern Shrike (Rio Arriba)
Steller’s Jay (Doña Ana)
Western Scrub-Jay (Doña Ana, Sierra)
Mountain Chickadee (Curry)
Bridled Titmouse (*Sierra)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Doña Ana. Curry)
Brown Creeper (*Sierra)
Winter Wren eastern (Sandoval)
Marsh Wren (Sierra)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Doña Ana, Sierra)
Eastern Bluebird (Sierra, Curry, Doña Ana, Sandoval)
Western Bluebird (Doña Ana, Socorro. Sandoval, *Sierra)
Mountain Bluebird (Sierra, *Socorro, Doña Ana, Sandoval)
Varied Thrush (Doña Ana)
Gray Catbird (Santa Fe)
Cedar Waxwing (Doña Ana, Sandoval, *Los Alamos)
Orange-crowned Warbler (Doña Ana)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Doña Ana)
Common Yellowthroat (*Sierra, Socorro)
American Tree Sparrow (San Miguel)
Field Sparrow (Roosevelt)
Lark Bunting (Doña Ana)
Sage Sparrow (*Socorro)
White-throated Sparrow (Socorro)
Golden-crowned Sparrow (Bernalillo, *Socorro)
Pyrrhuloxia (Sierra, *Curry)
Rusty Blackbird (Sierra)
Pine Grosbeak (Bernalillo)
Rosy Finches (Bernalillo, Taos)
Pine Siskin (*Curry)
Lesser Goldfinch (Doña Ana, *Sierra)
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In Bernalillo County:
RY on January 18 again saw the PEREGRINE on a pole on San
Antonio in Albuquerque between San Pedro and the freeway.
SB on January 17 near the entrance to the Petroglyph NM Boca
Negra Canyon saw a MERLIN perched on a pole. DM had another
(richardsonii)on January 18 at the Los Poblanos Open Space.
RM at the San Antonio Open Space near Cedar Crest on January 13
had a LONG-EARED OWL beyond the last acequia crossing. The area is
behind the San Antonio de Padua church off NM14. It can be muddy.
In Embudito Canyon in the west Sandias HS had a GOLDEN-CROWNED
SPARROW in the canyon on January 13.
The SNC team is banding ROSY FINCHES on Sundays at the Crest
House. The team banded five Blacks, four Brown-capped, and a
Gray-crowned from a flock of 75. NC reported that a WINGS tour
had a trip to the Kiwanis Meadow and found a male and female THREE-
TOED WOODPECKERS with PINE GROSBEAKS. Due to heavy snow the road
up and Crest House were closed on January 24, and there was no
banding.
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In Chaves County:
JSa on the Bitter Lake Refuge Count for January 15 reported
7211 CRANES on the refuge and another 2120 off it, with 20,000
light geese.
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In Curry County:
At the Clovis Sewage Ponds the EURASIAN WIGEON was still present
for JP and WW on January 15.
At Ned Houk Park north of Clovis JP and WW on January 15 had a
MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, and four EASTERN
BLUEBIRDS.
JLo on January 21 at his home in se. Curry Co. still has the
HORNED OWL at his home, plus the BOBWHITE with a lone SCALED QUAIL,
with two PYRRHULOXIAS and PINE SISKINS.
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In DeBaca County:
JP and WW on January 15 had a HORNED OWL at Bosque Redondo Park
near Fort Sumner. At Sumner Lake they saw four HORNED GREBES.
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In Doña Ana County:
NMC on January 11 reported along NM 26 at mile 19 east of Nutt a
WHITE-TAILED KITE.
RC and KS reported a male VARIED THRUSH near Las Cruces at the
Shalem Colony Bridge off N. Valley Drive on the west side of the
bridge (park on the east side). This is private homes, and the one
at 1550 does not want visitors. Walk the levee road toward the
Organ Mts. to 100 yards downstream past the red no hunting sign in
privet shrubs. RC saw the thrush at 1550 in a small berried Indian
holly and then it flew across the Rio to brush n the west side.
DG on January 11 had 13 SCRUB JAYS and five GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS
in the pines. RC saw the thrush again on January 15 along with the
EASTERN PHOEBE in the same place. JD and SV saw the thrush on
January 16 with 100 CEDAR WAXWINGS, 23 WESTERN BLUEBIRDS, and a
probable RED-BREASTED X RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER in the pecan trees. DG
on January 15 missed the thrush, but saw ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER,
the waxwings and bluebirds, a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, and WHITE-
THROATED SWIFTS. He missed it again on January 16 (fifth time!)
but had the waxwings, western bluebirds, two EASTERN BLUEBIRDS, and
the hybrid sapsucker.
RC also had an EASTERN PHOEBE along the canal across the street
from Paradise Lane near the bridge in a cleared field. DG re-found
the phoebe on January 12 over the fields.
DG at a private home saw an adult male BLACK-THROATED BLUE
WARBLER. (photos). SV and JG saw the warbler on January 16 with a
STELLER’S JAY. DG saw it January 15.
DG at his Las Cruces home had 73 LESSER GOLDFINCHES January 12.
On January 15 DG had two LARK BUNTINGS near his home.
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In Grant County:
RSh reports that MONTEZUMA QUAIL have been more common in the
Silver City area this past year.
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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.
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In Los Alamos County;
DY on January 24 had seven CEDAR WAXWINGS in the White Rock part
of Los Alamos on Rover Blvd. near the turnoff to the Overlook.
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In Otero County:
RN on January 15 to 17 had a SAW-WHITE OWL calling in the camp
at James Canyon, two miles west of Mayhill. On January 17 they saw
a MONTEZUMA QUAIL with another dead one found.
One can walk past the gate to Stinky Lake at the Holloman Lakes,
but not drive in and can still bird there, but Lagoon G is still
off limits.
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In Rio Arriba County:
ChB on January 8 along US64 west of Lumberton had two NORTHERN
SHRIKES.
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In Roosevelt County:
JP and WW at the migrant trap west of Melrose on January 15
found only one FIELD SPARROW.
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In San Juan County:
ChB on January 13 on Morgan Lake found ten COMMON LOONS.
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In San Miguel County:
LM and TW on January 16 had at Conchas Lake a COMMON
LOON and hundreds of male COMMON and RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS.
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In Sandoval County:
At the La Entrada entrance to the Corrales Bosque on January 17
JP had the eastern WINTER WREN between barrels 2.7 and 2.8. DK and
JR on January 17 still saw WAXWINGS and all three BLUEBIRDS.
DK on January 10 saw six WHITE-FRONTED GEESE at the soccer
field in Corrales near the Post Office. DK and JR on January 17
again saw these six geese. JP saw them on January 22.
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In Santa Fe County:
JW at his Santa Fe home has had a CATBIRD since October, seen
January 10. Phone 471-8392.
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In Sierra County:
DB on January 22 reported an OSPREY and BRIDLED TITMOUSE from
the Elephant Butte Dam Overlook. They had WHITE PELICANS on three
sites on the lake.
At Paseo del Rio Park below the dam DS and CM saw on January 24
a female HOODED MERGANSER, OSPREY, and 13 LESSER GOLDFINCHES. JP,
WW, and JO on January 23 saw a MOORHEN, and a BROWN CREEPER.
JB reported a RED-NECKED GREBE at Lost Canyon at Elephant Butte
Lake between Rock Canyon and Three Sisters. Go thru the village to
the point. It was at the boat harbor. It was not seen by JP on
January 9, but they did see a BONAPARTE’S GULL and four RED-
BREASTED MERGANSERS. JP, WW, CW, and LL on January 16 had the
grebe with an immature RED-THROATED LOON at Long Point Marina seen
from Lost Canyon. JJ did not see the grebe or loon on January 18.
DC along the Rio Grande two miles north of the now dry Las
Palomas Marsh on a deeply rutted track had a male RUSTY BLACKBIRD.
He marked the spot with red flagging. JP, WW, and LL on January 9
missed the blackbird, but found ten DUNLINS in the area. DG at the
marsh on January 15 had a MARSH WREN. JP, LL, and WW on January 16
saw the blackbird. LL also saw the ten DUNLINS.
JP, LL, and WW on January 16 saw a male richardsonii MERLIN in
the town of Truth or Consequences.
At the Rock Canyon Marina on Elephant Butte Lake JP and WW found
an adult THAYER’S GULL. JP, LL, and WW on January 16 again saw the
Thayer’s, ten HERRING and two CALIFORNIA GULLS and an OSPREY.
At Percha Dam Park JP, LL, and WW on January 16 found a HAIRY
WOODPECKER. DG on January 15 in the north woods saw 16 BROWN
CREEPERS, an immature BALD EAGLE, 80 WESTERN BLUEBIRDS, four
EASTERN BLUEBIRDS, an EASTERN PHOEBE, and one DUSKY FLYCATCHER.
ChB on January 15 had two phoebes, up to eight GOLDEN-CR0WNED
KINGLETS, with two LONG-EARED OWLS in the woods to the north. DB
on January 21 had a female prairie MERLIN there, with 60 WESTERN
BLUEBIRDS and two BRIDLED TITMICE. JP, WW, and JO on January 23
reported six MOORHENS, a YELLOWTHROAT, DOWNY WOODPECKER, and a
SORA.
DG again saw the six ROSS’S GEESE at the dairy south of Percha
on January 15.
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In Socorro County:
JSt reports that there is no hiking east of the Rio Grande at
the Bosque del Apache refuge at least thru March for a mountain
lion study. The part of the refuge west of the rio is still open.
More CRANES and GEESE seem to be at the Bernardo Refuge than at
Bosque del Apache this winter. SF and TH on January 16 had a
HARLAN’S HAWK dark morph on the loop at the Bernardo Refuge
(details, photos). Also they saw a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW near the
observation tower. DK and JR on January 18 had two tan-striped
white-throats at the refuge near the blind with lots of MOUNTAIN
BLUEBIRDS.
At Bosque del Apache Refuge south of San Antonio BG, NMC and RD
saw a HARLAN’S HAWK, the immature APLOMADO, and three MOUNTAIN
BLUEBIRDS. BG on January 11 saw the GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW still
at the window feeder at the visitor center. CG on January 16 said
they saw a second immature TRUMPETER at the Low Flow Channel. JP,
LL, and WW on January 16 at the visitor center saw a WHITE-THROATED
SPARROW, but not the golden-crowned. JJ on January 17 had a female
YELLOWTHROAT on the east side of the Marsh Overlook Loop Trail. DK
and JR on January 18 at the refuge had a white striped White-throat
at the Cactus Garden plus the KITE at the south end at mile post
41.8 on Hwy. 1. MH, BT, RM and RV again saw the second TRUMPETER
SWAN at the low flow channel at the east end of the two-way road on
January 23. It was seen later by JP, JO, and WW, plus the WHITE-
TAILED KITE at the south end. DP on January 24 saw the swan,
Several HOODED MERGANSERS, 50 MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS, the kite, 40 COMMON MERGANSERS, a few SAGE SPARROWS, and the Golden-crowned Sparrow at the feeder.
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In Taos County:
GB at the Taos Ski Area at the Kandahar Condos advises that
numbers of ROSY FINCHES have arrived there.
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In Valencia County:
LLa had a DOWNY WOODPECKER at her home east of Laguna Pueblo on
January 20.
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Initials of Observers:
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GB, Gil Bachmann; JB, Jonathan Batkin; ChB, Charles Black;
RC, Rick Castetter; DC, David Cleary; SC, Scott Baron;
SNC, Steve and Nancy Cox; RD, Rod Drewien; SF, Steve Fettig;
CG, Carolyn Galceran; DG, David Griffin; BG, Bill Groll;
JG, John Groves; MH, Michael Hilchey; TH, Terry Hodapp;
JJ, Jim Joseph; DK, David Krueper; LL, Lane Leckman;
LLa, Linda Lawrence; JLo, James Lofton; CM, Carolyn Mangeng;
DM, David Mehlman; NMC, Narca Moore-Craig; LM, Linda Mowbray;
RM, Robert Munro; RN, Robert Nieman; JO, Jerry Oldenettel;
DP, Danny Paez; JP, John Parmeter; JR, Janet Ruth;
JSa, Jeff Sanchez; HS, Hans Schenk; RSh, Roland Shook;
DS, Dale Spail; JSt, James Stuart; KS, Kevin Suter;
BT, Bill Talbot; RV, Raymond VanBuskirk; SV, Steve Vinson;
JW, Jim Walters; ChW, Chip Weselch; WW, Bill Wittman;
TW, Tracy Wohl; CW, Cole Wolf; RY, Rob Yaksich;
David Yeamans.
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Field Trips:
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Central Audubon in Albuquerque has Thursday field trips. All phone
numbers begin with 505. On January 28 to the Alameda Open Space
with Judy Liddell, 271-0912.
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The Cox banding team will be banding Rosy Finches at the Crest
House in the Sandias on Sundays at 9:30. Check for snowstorms when
planning to climb the mountain.
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On Sunday, January 31, Central will check the Sandia Mountains for
owls, three-toed woodpeckers, and rosy finches. Contact is Raymond
VanBuskirk at 505-217-8514.
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The Rio Grande Nature Center has morning bird walks on Sunday and
Saturday mornings at 9 a.m.