New Mexico Ornithological Society

Hotline for April 28, 2008

Hotline New Mexico
date: April 28, 2008
compiler Patricia R. Snider
Phone: 719-846-3174
Cell phone 505-803-1807
e-mail address pinyonjay@aol.com <mailto:pinyonjay@aol.com>

This is Pinyon Jay with the New Mexico Bird Report for April
28, 2008 sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological Society.
When phone numbers are given for private property, please call
before going to ask permission.

Highlights: White-tailed Kite, Golden-crowned Sparrow,
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Glossy Ibis, Worm-eating Warbler,
Long-billed Thrasher, Varied Thrush, Whimbrel, Palm and
Yellow-throated Warblers.

Places mentioned and a checklist of N.M. birds are in the N.M.
Bird Finding Guide. Check for earlier reports at
www.nmbirds.org <http://www.nmbirds.org>
or in the archives of the AZ/NM listserve. For photos of
rarities and directions to some birding sites check
hometown.aol.com/borealowl.

For the Bird Records Committee and both Field Notes please
send reports to Dr. Sartor O. Williams, III, 1819 Meadowview
NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 or to sunbittern@earthlink.net <mailto:sunbittern@earthlink.net>.

Birds Mentioned and Counties:
* tells that there is new information on this species in this
report.

American Bittern (Chaves)
Great Egret (San Miguel)
Possible Reddish Egret (*Chaves)
Cattle Egret (Chaves)
Green Heron (Sierra, Doña Ana)
Glossy Ibis (Socorro, *Chaves)
Hybrid Glossy X White-faced Ibis (*Chaves)
White-faced Ibis (*Sandoval, *Doña Ana)
Greater White-fronted Goose (Socorro)
Wood Duck (Sierra, Doña Ana, *Socorro)
Hooded Merganser (Sierra)
Osprey (Sierra, Chaves, *Cibola)
White-tailed Kite (Bernalillo)
Mississippi Kite (*Curry)
Northern Goshawk (Grant)
Gray Hawk (Hidalgo, *Eddy)
Broad-winged Hawk (Doña Ana, *San Miguel)
Ferruginous Hawk (*Doña Ana)
Peregrine Falcon (Dona Ana, *Guadalupe, *Socorro, *Eddy)
Lesser Prairie-Chicken (Chaves, Roosevelt, *Curry)
Wild Turkey (Cibola)
Montezuma Quail (Grant)
Sora (*Doña Ana
Black-bellied Plover (Eddy)
Snowy Plover (*Socorro, Chaves, *Sierra)
Semipalmated Plover (*Socorro, *Eddy)
Black-necked Stilt (San Miguel, Chaves)
Willet (*Bernalillo, Eddy, Sierra, *Curry, *Socorro)
Solitary Sandpiper (*Bernalillo)
Whimbrel (*Sandoval)
Long-billed Curlew (*Socorro, Sierra)
Marbled Godwit (*Socorro, Chaves, Eddy, *Sierra)
Sanderling (Sierra)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Chaves)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (*Eddy)
Western Sandpiper (Chaves)
Baird’s Sandpiper (*Curry)
Stilt Sandpiper (Chaves, Socorro)
Long-billed Dowitcher (Socorro)
Wilson’s Phalarope (San Miguel, Socorro, Otero)
Red-necked Phalarope (Otero)
Franklin’s Gull (*Sandoval)
Forster’s Tern (*Eddy)
White-winged Dove (Santa Fe)
Barn Owl (Sierra, *Chaves)
Flammulated Owl (Roosevelt)
Spotted Owl (Grant)
Common Poorwill (*Roosevelt)
Chimney Swift (*Roosevelt, *Eddy)
Magnificent Hummingbird (Grant)
Black-chinned Hummingbird (*Doña Ana)
Broad-tailed Hummingbird (*Cibola, *Dona Ana)
Rufous Hummingbird (Socorro)
Acorn Woodpecker (*Sierra)
Olive-sided Flycatcher (*Chaves, *Lea)
Willow Flycatcher (Otero)
Gray Flycatcher (Cibola, *Bernalillo, Chaves, Sierra,
Otero, Doña Ana, *Eddy)
Dusky Flycatcher (Roosevelt, *Sierra, *Doña Ana)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Chaves, Otero, *Socorro)
Dusky-capped Flycatcher (Eddy)
Cassin’s Kingbird (*Cibola)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Chaves, Doña Ana, *Eddy)
Hutton’s Vireo (*Sierra)
Gray Vireo (Hidalgo)
Cassin’s Vireo (Eddy, Sierra, Doña Ana. *Roosevelt, *Lea)
Plumbeous Vireo (*Cibola)
Steller’s Jay (*Bernalillo)
Bridled Titmouse (*Sierra)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (*Eddy, *Lea)
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher (Sierra)
Varied Thrush (*Sierra)
Long-billed Thrasher (*Lea(
Cedar Waxwing (*Sierra)
Olive Warbler (Grant, *Sierra)
WORM-EATING WARBLER (Eddy)
Orange-crowned Warbler (*Chaves)
Nashville Warbler (Roosevelt, *Eddy)
Virginia’s Warbler (Doña Ana, *Socorro)
Northern Parula (*Bernalillo, *Lea)
Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler (*Socorro)
Black-throated Gray Warbler (Roosevelt)
Yellow-throated Warbler (*Socorro)
Grace’s Warbler (Torrance)
Townsend’s Warbler (*Sierra, *Socorro)
Prothonotary Warbler (*Eddy)
Palm Warbler (*Socorro)
Ovenbird (Roosevelt)
Northern Waterthrush (*Lea)
MacGillivray’s Warbler (*Doña Ana
Red-faced Warbler (Grant, *Sierra)
Painted Redstart (*Sierra)
Cassin’s Sparrow (Chaves)
Clay-colored Sparrow (*Santa Fe)
Black-chinned Sparrow (Grant, *Sierra)
Grasshopper Sparrow (*Curry)
Swamp Sparrow (*Doña Ana)
Golden-crowned Sparrow (Bernalillo)
Yellow-eyed Junco (Grant)
Pyrrhuloxia (*San Miguel)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (*Bernalillo)
Indigo Bunting (*Socorro, Doña Ana, *Eddy)
Dickcissel (*Chaves)
Yellow-headed Blackbird (*Chaves)
Bronzed Cowbird (Doña Ana)
Baltimore Oriole (Eddy)
Hooded Oriole (Doña Ana)
Scott’s Oriole (Sierra, *Socorro)
Cassin’s Finch (Doña Ana, Sandoval, Santa Fe, *Eddy)
Pine Siskin (Doña Ana, Eddy)
Evening Grosbeak (*Santa Fe, Sandoval)

In Sandoval County:
MLA reported 30 FRANKLIN’S GULLS in a field at Peña Blanca on
Arroyo Leyba Road past the Enchanted Farm sign on April 24.
On April 25 PF had a WHIMBREL with the gulls and WHITE-FACED
IBIS.
BV on April 20 at the north end of the Corrales Bosque saw up
to 12 CASSIN’S FINCHES and 21 EVENING GROSBEAKS.

In Santa Fe County:
JB on April 19 had in Santa Fe a WHITE-WINGED DOVE at 8800
feet! RY also had many EVENING GROSBEAKS and CASSIN’S FINCHES
on April 22.
PN had a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW at his home on the north side of
Edgewood on April 24.

In San Miguel County:
TT had a male PYRRHULOXIA on the west side road at the Las
Vegas Refuge on April 26.
BW reported an adult BROAD-WINGED HAWK over Monastery Lake
near Pecos on April 24.
At the Las Vegas Refuge at Brown’s Marsh JA on April 20 still
had dozens of WILSON’S PHALAROPES and BLACK-NECKED STILTS with
a GREAT EGRET.

In Guadalupe County:
JP reported a PEREGRINE in Santa Rosa on April 27.

In Roosevelt County:
At Milnesand the LESSER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN population is reported
to be steadily growing. WR on April 20 was at a lek with 23
males and five females. JP had a CASSIN’S VIREO in Milnesand
on April 25.
At the migrant trap west of Melrose RV, MH, and BT on April 20
found a female BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER and a male
NASHVILLE WARBLER. JP, JO, WW, and LL saw a TOWNSEND’S
WARBLER and a DUSKY FLYCATCHER on April 25. JP, WW, and JB on
April 27 had the Townsend’s and a POORWILL.
RV, MT, and MH had a DUSKY FLYCATCHER in Boone’s Draw near
Portales on April 19. On April 20 there was a FLAMMULATED OWL
while SC had an OVENBIRD.
JP reported three CHIMNEY SWIFTS at Portales on April 25.

In Curry County:
At the Clovis Sewage Ponds be sure to tell them that you are
there to bird. JP, JO, WW, and LL found a WILLET and two
BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS on April 25.
JP and WW on April 26 found five MISSISSIPPI KITES in Clovis.
They heard PRAIRIE CHICKENS and had two GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS
near Broadview on April 27.

In Cibola County:
CJG had at the El Morro NM his first CASSIN’S KINGBIRD,
PLUMBEOUS VIREO, and BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD. He had an
OSPREY flying over the Continental Divide.
East of the El Morro NM CJG had on April 19 three TURKEYS.
On APRIL 19 at El Malpais NM there was several GRAY
FLYCATCHERS.

In Bernalillo County:
DP on April 27 found a NORTHERN PARULA and a female ROSE-
BREASTED GROSBEAK in the San Antonio Open Space behind the San
Antonio Church on NM 14 a few hundred yards on the trail. The
Parula was found later by JJ, but not the grosbeak.
CW found the GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW again on April 20 on the
north side of the Alameda Bridge in Albuquerque near the
picnic area. JJ on April 25 had a STELLER’S JAY at the
bridge.
CW, MB, and NP discovered a WHITE-TAILED KITE on April 5 in
the area of the Open Space Offices. Drive on I-25 to south of
Rio Bravo. Go east on Bobby Foster Rd. Immediately after you
pass over the freeway turn left onto Los Picaros Rd. Go
straight on it a mile or two until you reach the Open Space
offices. On the left (north) side of the road is a frisbee
golf field. Scope the trees in this area as well as up canyon
(east) for it. JM saw it April 17, CP on April 18.
At the Rio Grande Nature Center JJ on April 27 saw a SOLITARY
SANDPIPER on the parking lot pond and a GRAY FLYCATCHER at the
Herb Garden.
JP on April 20 found four WILLETS at the Tramway Wetlands. JJ
on April 26 saw 19 Willets present. CW on April 20 found that
due to the earlier dredging there was lots of water and no
mudflats.
CB on April 27 saw a TOWNSEND’S WARBLER in Albuquerque’s
Altura Park.

In Torrance County:
HS on April 16 had his first GRACE’S WARBLER at Tajique in the
Manzano Mts. There is a forest fire in the mountains going
towards Manzano and Torreon.

In Socorro County:
At the Bosque del Apache Refuge near San Antonio on April 19
DC found ten WHITE-FRONTED GEESE on the Seasonal Road and a
GLOSSY IBIS at the south end of the Marsh Loop. DG and LS on
April 19 found a male RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD at the Boy Scout
Deck. DC on April 23 had the glossy ibis north of Audio Stop
5, the SNOWY PLOVER, and two STILT SANDPIPERS, with high
counts of 1109 WILSON’S PHALAROPES and 518 DOWITCHERS. LN
reported the ibis at the south end of the Marsh Loop and a
PEREGRINE at the Flight Deck with a SCOTT’S ORIOLE at the
Quail Pond on April 23. On April 27 BV had a YELLOW-THROATED
WARBLER (white-lored) and a male VERMILION FLYCATCHER near the
Norton Blind with 18 WILLETS on the seasonal road, while CB
saw the willets, a LONG-BILLED CURLEW, ten MARBLED GODWITS,
five SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, and the Snowy Plover. He had a
western PALM WARBLER on the seasonal road.
At Turtle Bay Park on the NMTU campus in Socorro on April 27
JS reported two male INDIGO BUNTINGS and a VIRGINIA’S WARBLER,
CB had four of the buntings and the warbler with MYRTLE
WARBLERS, while BV reported two male and a female indigos.
JO at his home near Luis Lopez south of Socorro on April 27 had a WOOD DUCK and a TOWNSEND’S WARBLER.

In Chaves County:
JSa on the Bitter Lake Refuge count of April 16 recorded a
PECTORAL SANDPIPER on Unit 6, four MARBLED GODWITS, a CATTLE
EGRET, two STILT SANDPIPERS, and an OSPREY, with high counts
of 247 BLACK-NECKED STILTS, 624 WESTERN SANDPIPERS, and 82
SNOWY PLOVERS. Four AMERICAN BITTERNS were on Unit 6 and one
on Unit 15. RV, MH, and BT on April 19 saw a hybrid GLOSSY X
WHITE-FACED IBIS on Unit 16. They had a GRAY FLYCATCHER at
the headquarters, while on April 19 MH reported a male
VERMILION FLYCATCHER there. JH on April 23 had several
CASSIN’S SPARROWS at the Goose Hill Overlook. RV, BT, CW,
MB, NP, and JB on April 26 at the refuge saw an OLIVE-SIDED
FLYCATHER at headquarters and godwits. RV reported that there
was a report of a REDDISH EGRET present. JP on April 26
recorded one godwit, the ibis and the hybrid, with a
DICKCISSEL flying over.
CT on April 5 found up to 50 LESSER PRAIRIE CHICKENS in the
Mesacalero Sands leks near the Waldrop Rest Stop 40 miles east
of Roswell. JH on April 19 had 20 chickens at the lek, plus
four SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHERS in the rest stop area. MH,
SNC, AM and LG on April 19 had about 25 of the chickens.
The RV group at the Waldrop rest saw an ORANGE-CROWNED and
YELLOW WARBLER, the flycatchers, a YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD,
and a BARN OWL

In Sierra County:
DC found a male VARIED THRUSH at the Paseo del Rio park below
the Elephant Butte dam on April 25 between the two ponds and
the river.
DC on April 26 at Emory Pass in the Black Range saw an OLIVE
WARBLER with a HUTTON’S VIREO and a RED-FACED WARBLER on the
switchbacks to the east. In Kingston he had a PAINTED
REDSTART and a BRIDLED TITMOUSE. On Forest Road 157 there was
Two BLACK-CHINNED SPARROWS and an ACORN WOODPECKER.
at Percha Dam Park DC on April 19 had a female HOODED
MERGANSER. On April 21 he had a TOWNSEND’S WARBLER and a
DUSKY FLYCATCHER. JL on April 21 saw two WOOD DUCKS, a GREEN
HERON, a CASSIN’S VIREO, and a male SCOTT’S ORIOLE. He had a
BARN OWL in the grove to the north.
Below Elephant Butte Dam at Paseo del Rio Park on April 14 JL
saw four WOOD DUCKS. DC on April 22 at the park saw an OSPREY
and a GRAY FLYCATCHER.
At Elephant Butte SP DC saw a LONG-BILLED CURLEW, 12 MARBLED
GODWITS, eight WILLETS, and a SANDERLING on April 23. He saw
a SNOWY PLOVER and 15 MARBHLED GODWITS there on April 25.
At the Lions Beach Campground DC on April 23 had three of the
gnatcatchers and a male TOWNSEND’S WARBLER.
DC at the Luchini Trail near the Elephant Lake h.q. had a
BLACK-TAILED GNATCATCHER again. He had three on April 23.
At his home JL had a female CASSIN’S FINCH on April 21-22 and
CEDAR WAXWINGS.

In Grant County:
FL on April 17 had a male MAGNIFICENT HUMMINGBIRD at the
Spirit Canyon Lodge at Lake Roberts. FL had a SPOTTED OWL
near the east end of the lake on April 11 at night.
In the Burro Mountains south of Silver City on Jack’s Peak DG
on April 18 had an adult GOSHAWK, a pair of MONTEZUMA QUAIL, a
RED-FACED WARBLER, a few OLIVE WARBLERS, singing BLACK-CHINNED
SPARROWS, and four YELLOW-EYED JUNCOS.
The Hummingbird Festival at Lake Roberts has been canceled
this year.

In Hidalgo County:
In Guadalupe Canyon east of Douglas on April 5 JP, LL, WW, CW,
MB, and NP found two GRAY VIREOS singing. Three GRAY HAWKS
were in the NM part.
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 Doña Ana County:
KS and SH on April 19 at the Mesilla Valley Bosque SP found a
SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER (photos) just north of the visitor
center.
JN on April 23 saw three WOOD DUCKs, three GREEN HERON, a
PEREGRINE, two GRAY FLYCATCHERS, and a CASSIN’S VIREO at the
Mesilla Dam. On April 24 he saw two MACGRILLIVRAY’S WARBLERS,
the two flycatchers, a DUSKY FLYCATCHER, SORA, two SWAMP SPARROWS, and a FERRUGINOUS HAWK.
JG on April 20 saw a dark morph BROAD-WINGED HAWK in Mesilla
Park.
At their home near Radium Springs MS recorded over 1500 WHITE-FACED IBIS flying over with a pair of HOODED ORIOLES, up to 40 BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRDS and one BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD.
On April 16 at her Las Cruces home LS had a HOODED ORIOLE and
a BRONZED COWBIRD. She still had the oriole male on April 21.
At his home in northeast Las Cruces DG on April 17 saw a
VIRGINIA’S WARBLER with 12 PINE SISKINS still present.

In Otero County:
At the Holloman Lakes near Alamogordo the lakes are open to
birding, but permission is needed from Holloman AF Base to
bird the Lake G area to the north.
JN on April 19 saw over 300 WILSON’S PHALAROPES with one
‘ratty’ male RED-NECKED PHALAROPE.
On April 19 JN at the White Sands NM saw a male VERMILION
FLYCATCHER, a GRAY and a WILLOW FLYCATCHER.

In Eddy County:
SW at the Loving Sewage Ponds on April 21 had a BLACK-BELLIED
PLOVER.
At Brantley Lake on April 19 MH, BT, and RV had WILLETS and
MARBLED GODWITS. JP reported only a PEREGRINE on April 25.
On April 26 he saw a SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, a SEMIPALMATED
PLOVER, and a FORSTER’S TERN.
At Rattlesnake Springs SW on April 22 found a DUSKY-CAPPED
FLYCATCHER and the GRAY HAWK. On April 22 DG had a WORM-
EATING WARBLER near the chinaberry grove, the gray hawk,
SISKINS, and a GRAY FLYCATCHER. JP, JO, WW, and LL on April
26 saw a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER in the desert near the rest
rooms, a NASHVILLE WARBLER, and the hawk with at the adjacent
Washington Ranch a male INDIGO BUNTING, a pair of CASSIN’S
FINCHES, a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, and a SCISSOR-TAILED
FLYCATCHER.
RN had his first two CHIMHEY SWIFTS over his Caarlsbad home on
April 25.
ReW on April 13 had a male BALTIMORE ORIOLE at their home in
Carlsbad.

In Lea County:
JO had a LONG-BILLED THRASHER along NM 206 at Crossroads on
April 25 (photo). Later on April 25 it was seen by JP, WW, and LL. RV, BT, and CW did not find it on April 26.
JP reported an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER in Tatum on April 25.
At the sewage ponds in Tatum on April 26 RV, BT, CW, MB, NP,
and JB had a NORTHERTN PARULA, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, CASSIN'S
VIREO and a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH.

Initials of Observers:

JA, Jan Arrott; MLA, Mary Lou Arthur; JB, Jonathan Batkin;
MB, Matt Baumann; CB, Celestyn Brozek; DC, David Cleary;
SNC, Steve and Nancy Cox; PF, Pat Franklin; LG, Larry
Gorbet; DG, David Griffin; CJG, C.J. Grimes; JG, John
Grove; MH, Michael Hilchey; SH, Sue Hill; JH, Jeff
Howland; JJ, Jim Joseph; JL, Joe LaFleur; FL, Fran Land;
LL, Lane Leckman; AM, Ashli Maruster; JM, Jim Mosley; LN,
Lannois Neely; JN, Josh Nemeth; RN, Robert Nieman; PN, Paul
Noble; JO, Jerry Oldenettel; DP. Danny Paez; JP, John
Parmeter; CP, Cathy Pasterczyk; NP, Nick Pederson; WR, Wes
Robertson; JSa, Jeff Sanchez; LS, Lorraine Schulte; HS,
Hart Schwarz; MS, Marcy Scott; JS, John Shipman; KS, Ken
Stinnett; BT, Bill Talbot; CT, Christopher Taylor; TT, Tom
Taylor; RV, Raymond VanBuskirk; BV, Brad Vaughn; BW, Bill
West; ReW, Renee West; SW, Steve West; WW, Bill Wittman;
CW, Cole Wolf; RY, Rob Yaksich.

Field Trips:

Central Audubon in Albuquerque has Thursday field trips. May
1 is to the Coronado State Monument at Bernalillo with Lannois
Neely, 890-7881, on May 15 to Hondo Canyon in the southern
Sandias with Mary Lou Arthur, 299-2565.

On Saturday, May 3, Dave Cleary will lead a hike as a pre-
Sierra Co. Count (May 10). Meet at Paseo del Rio Park at
7:30 a.m. They will check Percha Dam, Caballo Lake and
Riverside Park, and Animas Canyon. Contact Dave at
dccleary@windstream.net <mailto:dccleary@windstream.net>.

Sangre de Cristo Audubon will have a weekend trip to Carlsbad
on May 2 to 4 birding at Rattlesnake Springs, Sitting Bull
Falls, and the Guadalupe Mts. Contact is Jim Paulsel at 505-
501-4085,

Saturday, May 10 is North American Bird Count Day for each
county. Contact the leader of your county. Contact to find
your county leader is Steve West at lobo@swwmail.net <mailto:lobo@swwmail.net> or 575-
885-3636.

The Rio Grande Nature Center in Albuquerque has Saturday and
Sunday morning hikes at 8:30 a.m. through May. There is a
parking fee.

The Randall Davey Audubon Center in Santa Fe on Upper Canyon
Road has Saturday morning bird walks beginning at 8:30 until
9:30.