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New Mexico Bird Report, Thursday, September 2, 2010
New Mexico Bird Report
September 2, 2010
Compiler: Matt J. Baumann
Phone: 505-264-1052
e-mail address: mb687@yahoo.com
This is the New Mexico Bird Report for September 2, 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.
Places mentioned in the report, a checklist of N.M. birds, and more locations on uncommon and specialty species can be found in the N.M. Bird Finding Guide. You can purchase the NM Bird Finding Guide and check for earlier reports and database at http://www.nmbirds.org/. A more complete, updated version of the checklist can be found at http://www.nmbirds.org/wp-content/checklist-of-new-mexico-bird-species-1-april-2009final1.pdf. For prior records of species in New Mexico, search the online archive of the NMOS Field Notes at http://nhnm.unm.edu/partners/nmos/index.html or refer to prior RBA’s and reports on the AZ/NM listserv at http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdwg05.html. For photos of rarities and directions to some birding sites, check http://sites.google.com/site/oldenettelspage or the New Mexico Rarities Group on Flickr at http://www.flickr.com/groups/nmrarities/.
The following link provides a list of the review species in New Mexico http://www.nmbirds.org/wp-content/reviewlist20072.pdf. Details for any of these species or species not on the checklist should be sent to Dr. Sartor O. Williams, III, 1819 Meadowview NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 or to sunbittern@earthlink.net. Details will be used for the Bird Records Committee, North American Birds and the NMOS Field Notes.
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
BROWN PELICAN (Sierra)
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON (Curry)
GRAY HAWK (Eddy, Hidalgo)
Upland Sandpiper (Dona Ana)
LONG-TAILED JAEGER (Eddy)
COMMON-GROUND DOVE (Hidalgo)
Anna’s Hummingbird (Grant)
American Three-toed Woodpecker (Bernalillo)
PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHER (Hidalgo)
Thick-billed Kingbird (Hidalgo)
Eastern Kingbird (Santa Fe)
BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER (Catron)
Yellow-eyed Junco (Socorro)
BERNALILLO County:
KC had two THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS on the Kiwanis Meadow Trail about 40 yards from the lower crest parking area August 31.
CATRON County:
RD had a male BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER at their home 20 miles south of Datil August 30.
CURRY County:
JP and BWi had an immature YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON at the Clovis Sewage Ponds August 27.
DONA ANA County:
RC still has UPLAND SANDPIPERS in alfalfa fields near Dona Ana. Take the levee road (west side of river) from the Shalem Colony Bridge and go downstream .95 miles to the very first alfalfa field on the right.
EDDY County:
JO had an adult LONG-TAILED JAEGER at Brantley Lake north of Cheapskate Point August 27.
SC had two GRAY HAWKS, one adult and an immature, at Rattlesnake Springs August 17.
GRANT County:
CR had an ANNA’S HUMMINGBIRD near the Gila Wilderness Boundary close to the Gila Bird Area August 28.
HIDALGO County:
CW had a calling PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHER, three THICK-BILLED KINGBIRDS and two immature GRAY HAWKS in the New Mexico portion of Guadalupe Canyon August 28.
CW had a COMMON-GROUND DOVE at Dunagan’s Crossing August 28.
SANTA FE County:
SF had an EASTERN KINGBIRD at the Randall Davey Audubon Center August 28.
SOCORRO County:
BWe had a YELLOW-EYED JUNCO near the top of Mt. Withington in the San Mateos August 26.
OTERO County:
One can walk past the gate to Stinky Lake at the Holloman Lakes, but not drive in and can still bird there. MT on June 3 reported Lagoon G still closed, with many of the salt cedars removed.
SIERRA County:
DC reports that one BROWN PELICAN continue near North Monticello Point, Elephant Butte Lake SP August 30.
Initials of Observers:
RC, Richard Castetter DC, Dave Cleary; KC, Ken Cole; SC, Steve Collins; RD, Renee Dodson; SF, Suzanne Fahey; AK, Andy Kraynik; JO, Jerry Oldenettle; JP, John Parmeter; CR, Christopher Rustay; MT, Michael Turner; BWe, Bill West; BWi, Bill Wittman; CW, Cole Wolf
Field Trips:
SEPTEMBER 2
Belen Marsh and Whitfield Wildlife Conservation Area in Belen with Linda Heinze:
565-1441, manzanogal@gmail.com Meet at 7:30 a.m. behind the Hawthorn Suites on Gibson and University or 8:00 at the marsh, which is one mile east from Exit 195 off
I-25. Park at the Taco Bell. Lunch at Harla May’s Fat Boy Grill on Becker Avenue near Main Street in Belen
The Rio Grande Nature Center has morning bird walks on Sunday and Saturday mornings at 8:30 a.m. from the pond at the parking lot.
From May on there will be Tuesday morning bird walks in the Sandias by the Forest Service. Meet at the Ranger Station in Tijeras at 8AM.
New Mexico Rare Bird Report, Monday, August 30, 2010
New Mexico Rare Bird Report
August 30, 2010
Compiler: Matt J. Baumann
Phone: 505-264-1052
e-mail address: mb687@yahoo.com
This is the New Mexico Rare Bird Report for August 30, 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.
Places mentioned in the report, a checklist of N.M. birds, and more locations on uncommon and specialty species can be found in the N.M. Bird Finding Guide. You can purchase the NM Bird Finding Guide and check for earlier reports and database at http://www.nmbirds.org/. A more complete, updated version of the checklist can be found at http://www.nmbirds.org/wp-content/checklist-of-new-mexico-bird-species-1-april-2009final1.pdf. For prior records of species in New Mexico, search the online archive of the NMOS Field Notes at http://nhnm.unm.edu/partners/nmos/index.html or refer to prior RBA’s and reports on the AZ/NM listserv at http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdwg05.html. For photos of rarities and directions to some birding sites, check http://sites.google.com/site/oldenettelspage or the New Mexico Rarities Group on Flickr at http://www.flickr.com/groups/nmrarities/.
The following link provides a list of the review species in New Mexico http://www.nmbirds.org/wp-content/reviewlist20072.pdf. Details for any of these species or species not on the checklist should be sent to Dr. Sartor O. Williams, III, 1819 Meadowview NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 or to sunbittern@earthlink.net. Details will be used for the Bird Records Committee, North American Birds and the NMOS Field Notes.
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
BROWN PELICAN (Sierra)
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON (Curry)
GRAY HAWK (Eddy, Hidalgo)
Upland Sandpiper (Dona Ana)
LONG-TAILED JAEGER (Eddy)
COMMON-GROUND DOVE (Hidalgo)
Anna’s Hummingbird (Grant)
PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHER (Hidalgo)
Thick-billed Kingbird (Hidalgo)
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER (Roosevelt)
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER (Roosevelt)
Yellow-eyed Junco (Socorro)
CURRY County:
JP and BWi had an immature YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON at the Clovis Sewage Ponds August 27.
DONA ANA County:
RC still has UPLAND SANDPIPERS in alfalfa fields near Dona Ana. Take the levee road (west side of river) from the Shalem Colony Bridge and go downstream .95 miles to the very first alfalfa field on the right.
EDDY County:
JO had an adult LONG-TAILED JAEGER at Brantley Lake north of Cheapskate Point August 27.
SC had two GRAY HAWKS, one adult and an immature, at Rattlesnake Springs August 17.
GRANT County:
CR had an ANNA’S HUMMINGBIRD near the Gila Wilderness Boundary close to the Gila Bird Area August 28.
HIDALGO County:
CW had a calling PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHER, three THICK-BILLED KINGBIRDS and two immature GRAY HAWKS in the New Mexico portion of Guadalupe Canyon August 28.
CW had a COMMON-GROUND DOVE at Dunagan’s Crossing August 28.
SOCORRO County:
BWe had a YELLOW-EYED JUNCO near the top of Mt. Withington in the San Mateos August 26.
OTERO County:
One can walk past the gate to Stinky Lake at the Holloman Lakes, but not drive in and can still bird there. MT on June 3 reported Lagoon G still closed, with many of the salt cedars removed.
ROOSEVELT County:
JP, BWi, and JO had a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER at the Melrose Trap August 28.
AK had an immature BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER at the Melrose Trap August 26.
SIERRA County:
DC reports the two BROWN PELICANS continue near North Monticello Point, Elephant Butte Lake SP August 27.
Initials of Observers:
DC, Dave Cleary; SC, Steve Collins; RC, Richard Castetter; Steve Collins; AK, Andy Kraynik; JO, Jerry Oldenettle; JP, John Parmeter; CR, Christopher Rustay; MT, Michael Turner; BWe, Bill West; BWi, Bill Wittman; CW, Cole Wolf
Field Trips:
SEPTEMBER 2
Belen Marsh and Whitfield Wildlife Conservation Area in Belen with Linda Heinze:
565-1441, manzanogal@gmail.com Meet at 7:30 a.m. behind the Hawthorn Suites on Gibson and University or 8:00 at the marsh, which is one mile east from Exit 195 off
I-25. Park at the Taco Bell. Lunch at Harla May’s Fat Boy Grill on Becker Avenue near Main Street in Belen
The Rio Grande Nature Center has morning bird walks on Sunday and Saturday mornings at 8:00 a.m. from the pond at the parking lot.
From May on there will be Tuesday morning bird walks in the Sandias by the Forest Service. Meet at the Ranger Station in Tijeras at 8AM.
New Mexico Bird Report, Thursday, August 26, 2010
New Mexico Bird Report
August 26, 2010
Compiler: Matt J. Baumann
Phone: 505-264-1052
e-mail address: mb687@yahoo.com
This is the New Mexico Bird Report for August 26, 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: Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Tricolored Heron
Places mentioned in the report, a checklist of N.M. birds, and more locations on uncommon and specialty species can be found in the N.M. Bird Finding Guide. You can purchase the NM Bird Finding Guide and check for earlier reports and database at http://www.nmbirds.org/. A more complete, updated version of the checklist can be found at http://www.nmbirds.org/wp-content/checklist-of-new-mexico-bird-species-1-april-2009final1.pdf. For prior records of species in New Mexico, search the online archive of the NMOS Field Notes at http://nhnm.unm.edu/partners/nmos/index.html or refer to prior RBA’s and reports on the AZ/NM listserv at http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdwg05.html. For photos of rarities and directions to some birding sites, check http://sites.google.com/site/oldenettelspage or the New Mexico Rarities Group on Flickr at http://www.flickr.com/groups/nmrarities/.
The following link provides a list of the review species in New Mexico http://www.nmbirds.org/wp-content/reviewlist20072.pdf. Details for any of these species or species not on the checklist should be sent to Dr. Sartor O. Williams, III, 1819 Meadowview NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 or to sunbittern@earthlink.net. Details will be used for the Bird Records Committee, North American Birds and the NMOS Field Notes.
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
BROWN PELICAN (Sierra)
Little Blue Heron (Valencia)
Tricolored Heron (Chaves)
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON (Sierra)
GRAY HAWK (Eddy)
Black-bellied Plover (Chaves)
Upland Sandpiper (Dona Ana)
WHIMBREL (Chaves)
Baird’s Sandpiper (Bernalillo)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Bernalillo)
Sanderling (Sierra)
COMMON GROUND-DOVE (Eddy, Hidalgo)
Thick-billed Kingbird (Hidalgo)
Northern Parula (Guadalupe, Hidalgo)
Black-and-white Warbler (Roosevelt)
Hooded Warbler (Roosevelt)
BERNALILLO County:
MO had a PECTORAL and a BAIRD’S SANDPIPER at Tramway Wetlands August 25.
CHAVES County:
On a survey at Bitter Lake NWR August 18, JS had a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, WHIMBREL, and the continuing TRICOLORED HERON.
DONA ANA County:
RC had three UPLAND SANDPIPERS in an alfalfa field south of Shalem Colony Bridge in Dona Ana August 25.
EDDY County:
SC had two GRAY HAWKS, one adult and an immature, at Rattlesnake Springs August 17. MB and NP had a COMMON-GROUND DOVE August 15.
GUADALUPE County:
BW and JNM had a NORTHERN PARULA at mm 5 on hwy 91 south of Santa Rosa August 18.
HIDALGO County:
In the New Mexico portion of Guadalupe Canyon, MT and BT had a NORTHERN PARULA, one THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD, and a COMMON-GROUND DOVE
**Private land owners in Hidalgo County do not allow for birding on their property, so one must stay only on public roads there except in the Coronado National Forest or as explained in the New Mexico Bird Finding Guide.
OTERO County:
One can walk past the gate to Stinky Lake at the Holloman Lakes, but not drive in and can still bird there. MT on June 3 reported Lagoon G still closed, with many of the salt cedars removed.
ROOSEVELT County:
CB had a HOODED WARBLER and a BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER at the Melrose Trap August 19.
SIERRA County:
CR had an immature YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON at North Monticello Point, Elephant Butte SP, August 14. JP had the continuing BROWN PELICANS at North Monticello Point August 21.
JP and BW had a SANDERLING on Long Point, Elephant Butte Lake SP, August 21.
VALENCIA County:
DP reported a LITTLE BLUE HERON at Belen Marsh August 20. No further reports have come in since this date.
Initials of Observers:
MB, Matt Baumann; RC, Richard Castetter; MH, Michael Hilchey; MO, Matt O’Donnell; JNM, Jim Nelson-Moore; JP, John Parmeter; NP, Nick Pederson; CR, Dennis Prichard; Christopher Rustay; JS, Jeff Sanchez; BT, Bill Talbot; MT, Michael Turner; BW, Bill West
Field Trips:
AUGUST 26
Sulfur and La Cienega Canyons in the Sandias with Sally Burke, 792-1788.
Meet at 8:00 a.m. at the Four Hills shopping center on Central and west of Tramway, near the Hollywood Video to car pool. Very little walking involved. (Parking fee or pass required.)
The Rio Grande Nature Center has morning bird walks on Sunday and Saturday mornings at 8:00 a.m. from the pond at the parking lot.
From May on there will be Tuesday morning bird walks in the Sandias by the Forest Service. Meet at the Ranger Station in Tijeras at 8AM.
New Mexico Rare Bird Report, Monday, August 23, 2010
New Mexico Rare Bird Report
August 23, 2010
Compiler: Matt J. Baumann
Phone: 505-264-1052
e-mail address: mb687@yahoo.com
This is the New Mexico Rare Bird Report for August 23, 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: Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Tricolored Heron
Places mentioned in the report, a checklist of N.M. birds, and more locations on uncommon and specialty species can be found in the N.M. Bird Finding Guide. You can purchase the NM Bird Finding Guide and check for earlier reports and database at http://www.nmbirds.org/. A more complete, updated version of the checklist can be found at http://www.nmbirds.org/wp-content/checklist-of-new-mexico-bird-species-1-april-2009final1.pdf. For prior records of species in New Mexico, search the online archive of the NMOS Field Notes at http://nhnm.unm.edu/partners/nmos/index.html or refer to prior RBA’s and reports on the AZ/NM listserv at http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdwg05.html. For photos of rarities and directions to some birding sites, check http://sites.google.com/site/oldenettelspage or the New Mexico Rarities Group on Flickr at http://www.flickr.com/groups/nmrarities/.
The following link provides a list of the review species in New Mexico http://www.nmbirds.org/wp-content/reviewlist20072.pdf. Details for any of these species or species not on the checklist should be sent to Dr. Sartor O. Williams, III, 1819 Meadowview NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 or to sunbittern@earthlink.net. Details will be used for the Bird Records Committee, North American Birds and the NMOS Field Notes.
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
BROWN PELICAN (Sierra)
Little Blue Heron (Valencia)
Tricolored Heron (Chaves)
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON (Sierra)
GRAY HAWK (Eddy)
Black-bellied Plover (Chaves)
WHIMBREL (Chaves)
Sanderling (Sierra)
COMMON GROUND-DOVE (Eddy, Hidalgo)
Thick-billed Kingbird (Hidalgo)
Northern Parula (Guadalupe, Hidalgo)
Black-and-white Warbler (Roosevelt)
Hooded Warbler (Roosevelt)
CHAVES County:
On a survey at Bitter Lake NWR August 18, JS had a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, WHIMBREL, and the continuing TRICOLORED HERON.
EDDY County:
SC had two GRAY HAWKS, one adult and an immature, at Rattlesnake Springs August 17. MB and NP had a COMMON-GROUND DOVE August 15.
GUADALUPE County:
BW and JNM had a NORTHERN PARULA at mm 5 on hwy 91 south of Santa Rosa August 18.
HIDALGO County:
In the New Mexico portion of Guadalupe Canyon, MT and BT had a NORTHERN PARULA, one THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD, and a COMMON-GROUND DOVE
**Private land owners in Hidalgo County do not allow for birding on their property, so one must stay only on public roads there except in the Coronado National Forest or as explained in the New Mexico Bird Finding Guide.
OTERO County:
One can walk past the gate to Stinky Lake at the Holloman Lakes, but not drive in and can still bird there. MT on June 3 reported Lagoon G still closed, with many of the salt cedars removed.
ROOSEVELT County:
CB had a HOODED WARBLER and a BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER at the Melrose Trap August 19.
SIERRA County:
CR had an immature YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON at North Monticello Point, Elephant Butte SP, August 14. JP had the continuing BROWN PELICANS at North Monticello Point August 21.
JP and BW had a SANDERLING on Long Point, Elephant Butte Lake SP, August 21.
VALENCIA County:
DP reported a LITTLE BLUE HERON at Belen Marsh August 20. A search on the night of the 20th did not turn up the bird but I could be in the area.
Initials of Observers:
MB, Matt Baumann; MH, Michael Hilchey; JNM, Jim Nelson-Moore; JP, John Parmeter; NP, Nick Pederson; CR, Dennis Prichard; Christopher Rustay; JS, Jeff Sanchez; BT, Bill Talbot; MT, Michael Turner; BW, Bill West
Field Trips:
AUGUST 26
Sulfur and La Cienega Canyons in the Sandias with Sally Burke, 792-1788.
Meet at 8:00 a.m. at the Four Hills shopping center on Central and west of Tramway, near the Hollywood Video to car pool. Very little walking involved. (Parking fee or pass required.)
The Rio Grande Nature Center has morning bird walks on Sunday and Saturday mornings at 8:00 a.m. from the pond at the parking lot.
From May on there will be Tuesday morning bird walks in the Sandias by the Forest Service. Meet at the Ranger Station in Tijeras at 8AM.
New Mexico Bird Report, Thursday, August 19, 2010
New Mexico Rare Bird Report
August 19, 2010
Compiler: Matt J. Baumann
Phone: 505-264-1052
e-mail address: mb687@yahoo.com
This is the New Mexico Bird Report for August 19, 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.
Places mentioned in the report, a checklist of N.M. birds, and more locations on uncommon and specialty species can be found in the N.M. Bird Finding Guide. You can purchase the NM Bird Finding Guide and check for earlier reports and database at http://www.nmbirds.org/. A more complete, updated version of the checklist can be found at http://www.nmbirds.org/wp-content/checklist-of-new-mexico-bird-species-1-april-2009final1.pdf. For prior records of species in New Mexico, search the online archive of the NMOS Field Notes at http://nhnm.unm.edu/partners/nmos/index.html or refer to prior RBA’s and reports on the AZ/NM listserv at http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdwg05.html. For photos of rarities and directions to some birding sites, check http://sites.google.com/site/oldenettelspage or the New Mexico Rarities Group on Flickr at http://www.flickr.com/groups/nmrarities/.
The following link provides a list of the review species in New Mexico http://www.nmbirds.org/wp-content/reviewlist20072.pdf. Details for any of these species or species not on the checklist should be sent to Dr. Sartor O. Williams, III, 1819 Meadowview NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 or to sunbittern@earthlink.net. Details will be used for the Bird Records Committee, North American Birds and the NMOS Field Notes.
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
BROWN PELICAN (Sierra)
Tricolored Heron (Chaves)
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON (Sierra)
White-tailed Kite (Dona Ana)
Common Black-Hawk (Bernalillo, Lincoln)
Harris’s Hawk (Dona Ana)
GRAY HAWK (Eddy)
Black-bellied Plover (Sierra)
Upland Sandpiper (*Dona Ana)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Valencia)
LAUGHING GULL (Eddy)
Least Tern (Socorro)
COMMON GROUND-DOVE (Eddy)
American Three-toed Woodpecker (Bernalillo)
Bendire’s Thrasher (Santa Fe)
Townsend’s Warbler (Grant)
Hermit Warbler (Grant)
Black-and-white Warbler (Socorro)
Northern Waterthrush (Roosevelt)
Painted Bunting (Chaves)
BERNALILLO County:
CR had a COMMON BLACK-HAWK at the I-25 bridge over the river August 15.
Bosque Bill had the continuing THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS at the Lower Ellis trail head in the Sandia Mountains August 15.
CHAVES County:
JP had an immature TRICOLORED HERON at Bitter Lake NWR, at the oxbow July 30.
MB and NP had a male PAINTED BUNTING at Bitter Lake NWR near the old refuge headquarters August 14.
DONA ANA County:
CJG had a WHITE-TAILED KITE at the Mesilla Valley August 18.
CR had an UPLAND SANDPIPER flyover Santa Teresa August 15 along with a HARRIS’S HAWK.
EDDY County:
MB and NP had an immature LAUGHING GULL at Brantley Lake August 14. It was on the point across from Cheapskate. The bird was still present the morning of the 15th.
SC had two GRAY HAWKS, one adult and an immature, at Rattlesnake Springs August 17. MB and NP had a COMMON-GROUND DOVE August 15.
GRANT County:
DG had a female HERMIT WARBLER, a female, and two male TOWNSEND’S WARBLERS near Emory Pass in the Black Range August 14 on the Grant/Sierra county line.
HIDALGO County:
**Private land owners in Hidalgo County do not allow for birding on their property, so one must stay only on public roads there except in the Coronado National Forest or as explained in the New Mexico Bird Finding Guide.
LINCOLN County:
MB and NP had a COMMON-BLACK HAWK in between Lincoln and Capitan, about 3 miles west of Lincoln.
OTERO County:
One can walk past the gate to Stinky Lake at the Holloman Lakes, but not drive in and can still bird there. MT on June 3 reported Lagoon G still closed, with many of the salt cedars removed.
ROOSEVELT County:
NP had two NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH at the Melrose Trap August 14.
SANTA FE County:
PLN had a BENDIRE’S THRASHER near his home in north Edgewood August 18.
SIERRA County:
CR had an immature YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, and the continuing BROWN PELICANS at North Monticello Point, Elephant Butte SP, August 14.
SOCORRO County:
CR had a LEAST TERN at Bosque del Apache NWR August 15 at the Boardwalk Lagoon.
MO had a female BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER on Bosque del Apache NWR August 12. The bird was along the seasonal road near the intersection of the seasonal road and the farm loop.
VALENCIA County:
DH had a SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER at Belen Marsh August 14. MB and NP had three there August 15.
Initials of Observers:
MB, Matt Baumann; SC, Steve Collins; DG, Dave Griffin; CJG, C.J. Goin; DH, Dave Hawksworth; PLN, Paul L. Noble; MO, Matt O’Donnell; JP, John Parmeter; NP, Nick Pederson; CR, Christopher Rustay; MT, Michael Turner; SW, Steve West
Field Trips:
AUGUST 19
Corrales bosque with Rebecca Gracey: 242-3821, maryrebeccagracey@gmail.com
Meet at 7:00 a.m. in the shopping center north of NM 528/Alameda Road and east of Coors/Corrales Road near Little Anita’s restaurant. The group will walk 1.5 to 2 miles. Lunch afterwards at Village Pizza in Corrales.
The Rio Grande Nature Center has morning bird walks on Sunday and Saturday mornings at 8:00 a.m. from the pond at the parking lot.
From May on there will be Tuesday morning bird walks in the Sandias by the Forest Service. Meet at the Ranger Station in Tijeras at 8AM.