New Mexico Ornithological Society

Hotline for May 01, 2008

Hotline New Mexico
date: May 1, 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
May 1, 2008 sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological
Society. When phone numbers are given for private
property, please call before going to ask permission

Highlights: Glossy Ibis, Long-billed Thrasher, Varied
Thrush, Whimbrel, Palm, Yellow-throated, Hooded, and
Prothonotary 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 White Pelican (*Socorro)
American Bittern (*Chaves)
Great Egret (San Miguel)
Reddish Egret (*Chaves)
Green Heron (*Sierra, Doña Ana)
Yellow-crowned Night-heron (*Socorro)
Glossy Ibis (*Socorro, Chaves)
Hybrid Glossy X White-faced Ibis (Chaves)
White-faced Ibis (Doña Ana, *Chaves)
Greater White-fronted Goose (*Socorro)
Snow Goose (*Chaves)
Wood Duck (*Sierra, Doña Ana, Socorro)
Osprey (Cibola)
White-tailed Kite (Bernalillo)
Mississippi Kite (Curry, *Chaves)
Northern Goshawk (Grant)
Gray Hawk (Hidalgo, Eddy)
Common Black-Hawk (*Hidalgo)
Broad-winged Hawk (Doña Ana, San Miguel)
Peregrine Falcon (uadalupe, Socorro, Eddy, *Chaves)
Lesser Prairie-Chicken (Chaves, Roosevelt)
Montezuma Quail (Grant)
Sora (Doña Ana)
Common Moorhen (*Socorro)
Black-bellied Plover (Eddy)
Snowy Plover (Socorro, Sierra)
Willet (Bernalillo, Eddy, Sierra, Curry, Socorro, *Chaves)
Solitary Sandpiper (Bernalillo)
Whimbrel (Sandoval)
Long-billed Curlew (Socorro, Sierra)
Marbled Godwit (Socorro, *Chaves, Eddy, Sierra)
Sanderling (Sierra)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Eddy, *Chaves)
Stilt Sandpiper (*Chaves, Socorro)
Long-billed Dowitcher (*Socorro, *Chaves)
Wilson’s Phalarope (*Socorro, Otero, *Chaves)
Red-necked Phalarope (Otero)
Franklin’s Gull (Sandoval, *Chaves)
Forster’s Tern (Eddy)
Barn Owl (Chaves)
Common Poorwill (Roosevelt)
Chimney Swift (Roosevelt, Eddy)
Magnificent Hummingbird (Grant)
Black-chinned Hummingbird (Doña Ana)
Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Cibola, Sierra)
Acorn Woodpecker (Sierra)
Olive-sided Flycatcher (Lea)
Willow Flycatcher (*Otero)
Hammond’S Flycatcher (Sierra)
Gray Flycatcher (Bernalillo, *Sierra, Otero, Eddy)
Dusky Flycatcher (Roosevelt, Sierra, Doña Ana, *Otero)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Otero, *Socorro)
Dusky-capped Flycatcher (Eddy)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Chaves, Doña Ana, Eddy)
Hutton’s Vireo (Sierra)
Cassin’s Vireo (Eddy, *Sierra, Doña Ana. Roosevelt, Lea)
Steller’s Jay (Bernalillo)
Bridled Titmouse (Sierra)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Eddy, Lea)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (*Otero)
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 (Eddy)
Northern Parula (Bernalillo, Lea)
Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler (Socorro, *Otero)
Yellow-throated Warbler (*Socorro)
Townsend’s Warbler (Sierra, Socorro, Roosevelt,
Bernalillo)
Prothonotary Warbler (*Eddy)
Palm Warbler (Socorro)
American Redstart (*Sierra)
Northern Waterthrush (Lea)
Hooded Warbler (*Sierra)
Red-faced Warbler (Sierra)
Painted Redstart (Sierra)
Cassin’s Sparrow (Chaves)
Clay-colored Sparrow (Santa Fe)
Black-chinned Sparrow (*Sierra)
Grasshopper Sparrow (Curry)
Lincoln’s Sparrow (*Otero)
Swamp Sparrow (Doña Ana)
White-throated Sparrow (*Socorro)
Yellow-eyed Junco (Grant)
Pyrrhuloxia (San Miguel)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Bernalillo)
Indigo Bunting (*Socorro, Doña Ana, Eddy)
Hooded Oriole (*Doña Ana)
Scott’s Oriole (Sierra, *Socorro)
Cassin’s Finch (Doña Ana, Eddy)
Pine Siskin (*Sierra)

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.

In Santa Fe County:
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. At the refuge at Brown’s
Marsh JA on April 20 saw a GREAT EGRET.
BW reported an adult BROAD-WINGED HAWK over Monastery
Lake near Pecos on April 24.

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

In Roosevelt County:
JP had a CASSIN’S VIREO in Milnesand on April 25.
At the migrant trap west of Melrose 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.
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 on
April 25.
JP and WW on April 26 found five MISSISSIPPI KITES in
Clovis.
They had two GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS near Broadview on April
27.

In Cibola County:
CJG had at the El Morro NM on April 26 his first BROAD-
TAILED HUMMINGBIRD. He had an OSPREY flying over the
Continental Divide.

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 up
the trail. The Parula was found later by JJ, but not the
grosbeak.
At the Alameda Bridge in Albuquerque JJ on April 25 had a
STELLER’S JAY.
CW, MB, and NP discovered a WHITE-TAILED KITE on April 5
in the area of the Open Space Offices. CP saw it 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 Wet-
lands. 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.
BG on April 30 has a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW in his yard in the Albuquerque North Valley near the Alameda Bridge.

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. DC
on April 23 had the glossy ibis, the SNOWY PLOVER, and
two STILT SANDPIPERS. LN reported 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 18 WILLETS on the seasonal road, while
CB saw the willets, a LONG-BILLED CURLEW, ten MARBLED
GODWITS, and the Snowy Plover. He had a western PALM
WARBLER on the seasonal road. DP on April 29 saw the
geese, male VERMILION FLYCATCHER near the Willow Deck,
and two SCOTT’S ORIOLE at the headquarters. He did not
find the YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER. [RV and MH on April 29
also missed the YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, but did see a
“scuffy” male YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON near the
entrance to the seasonal road. And on April 30 DC had
the ten white-fronted geese and the glossy ibis still in
the same places. He also had a MOORHEN at the ditch
where the one way road ends on the Farm Loop. High
counts were 948 Dowitchers and 1653 WILSON’S PHALAROPES.
At Turtle Bay Park on the NMTU campus in Socorro on April
27 JS reported two male INDIGO BUNTINGS, when CB had four
of the buntings with MYRTLE WARBLERS, while BV reported
two male and a female indigos. DP on April 29 saw four
male INDIGO BUNTINGS with 50 WHITE PELICANS flying over
the river on April 28.
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 April 16 reported four AMERICAN BITTERNS 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. JH on April
23 had several singing CASSIN’S SPARROWS at the Goose
Hill Overlook.
JSa in the refuge report for April 28 recorded one
bittern, two FRANKLIN’S GULLS, three MARBLED GODWITS, a
STILT SANDPIPER, two SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, a SNOW
GOOSE still present, one MISSISSIPPI KITE, two
PEREGRINES, with high counts of 315 ibis, 317 dowitchers,
and 1667 Wilson’s Phalaropes. JH on April 30 had 24
WILLETS on Unit 3 and 20 FRANKLIN’S GULLS on Unit 16 on
April 29.
RM on April 26 was apparently the person reporting the
REDDISH EGRET at the refuge on Unit 15, plus two AMERICAN
BITTERNS.
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 on US380. JH on April 19 had 20
at the lek, plus four SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHERS in the
rest stop area. MH, SNC, AM and LG on April 19 had about
25 chickens.
The RV group at the Waldrop rest saw an ORANGE-CROWNED
WARBLER, the flycatchers, and a BARN OWL.

In Sierra County:
DC found a male VARIED THRUSH at the Paseo del Rio park
below Elephant Butte dam on April 25 between the two
ponds and the river. JL on April 23 had a GRAY FLY-
CATCHER there.
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 State Park on April 21 DC had a TOWNSEND’S
WARBLER and a DUSKY FLYCATCHER. JL on April 21 saw a
male SCOTT’S ORIOLE; and on April 28 a GREEN HERON,
CASSIN’S VIREO, and a female AMERICAN REDSTART. On April
28 he had north of Percha Dam a TOWNSEND’S WARBLER, a
HAMMOND’S FLYCATCHER, and two WOOD DUCKS.
DP on April 29 at Percha Dam saw a male HOODED WARBLER
along the river at the north end. DC saw the Hooded
Warbler male on April 26.
At Elephant Butte SP DC saw a LONG-BILLED CURLEW, eight
WILLETS, and a SANDERLING on April 23. He saw a SNOWY
PLOVER and 15 MARBLED GODWITS there on April 25.
DC at the Luchini Trail near the Elephant Lake h.q. had
three BLACK-TAILED GNATCATCHERS on April 23.
At the Lions Beach Campground DC on April 23 he had three
gnatcatchers and a male TOWNSEND’S WARBLER.
JL at his home saw CEDAR WAXWINGS, a BROAD-TAILED
HUMMINGBIRD, male SCOTT’S ORIOLE on April 28, and PINE
SISKINS.

In Grant County:
FL on April 17 had a male MAGNIFICENT HUMMINGBIRD at the
Spirit Canyon Lodge at Lake Roberts.
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 few OLIVE WARBLERS, and four
YELLOW-EYED JUNCOS.
The Hummingbird Festival at Lake Roberts has been
canceled this year.

In Hidalgo County:
RS on April 30 recorded a BLACK HAWK on Hwy. 92 south of
Virden.
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 HERONS
and a CASSIN’S VIREO at the Mesilla Dam. On April 24 he
saw a DUSKY FLYCATCHER, SORA, and two SWAMP SPARROWS.
JG on April 20 saw a dark morph BROAD-WINGED HAWK in
Mesilla Park.
At their home near Radium Springs MS recorded a pair of
HOODED OIOLES and up to 40 BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRDS.
On April 16 at her Las Cruces home LS had a HOODED
ORIOLE. She still had the male on April 28.

In Otero County:
On Otero Mesa on April 28 DG reported quite a few
migrating BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS. At Stone Well he has
seen MYRTLE WARBLER, DUSKY and WILLOW FLYCATCHERS, and
LINCOLN’S SPARROW.
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:
RM on April 26 at Brantley Lake had a male PROTHONOTARY
WARBLER, but missed the one at Rattlesnake springs.
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
and a FORSTER’S TERN.
At Rattlesnake Springs SW on April 22 found a DUSKY-
CAPPED FLYCATCHER and a GRAY HAWK. On April 22 DG had
a WORM-EATING WARBLER near the chinaberry grove, the gray
hawk, 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 Carlsbad
home on April 25.

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; BG, Bill Groll; JG, John Groves; MH,
Michael Hilchey; SH, Sue Hill; JH, Jeff Howland; JJ,
Jim Joseph; JL, Joe LaFleur; FL, Fran Land; LL, Lane
Leckman; AM, Ashli Maruster; RM, Robert Munro; 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;
JSa, Jeff Sanchez; LS, Lorraine Schulte; MS, Marcy
Scott; RS, Robert Shantz; JS, John Shipman; KS, Ken
Stinnett; BT, Bill Talbot; CT, Christopher Taylor; TT,
Tom Taylor; RV, Raymond VanBuskirk; BV, Brad Vaughn;
BW, Bill West; SW, Steve West; WW, Bill Wittman;
CW, Cole Wolf.

Field Trips:

Central Audubon in Albuquerque has Thursday field trips.
May 8-9 ia their Birdathon;
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, Riverside Park, and Animas Canyon. Contact Dave
at djcleary@windstream.net <mailto:djcleary@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 505501-4085.

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

On Saturday, May 17, Central Audubon will check out the
Quarai Ruins led by Cole Wolf and Jim Mosley. For
information call Cole at 505-553-4831.

Sunday, May 25, Central Audubon will bird Orilla Verde
near Pilar. Contact is Jerry Friedman at 505-753-1946.

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.