New Mexico Ornithological Society

Hotline for May 05, 2008

Hotline New Mexico
date: May 5, 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
el Cinco de Mayo, 2008 sponsored by the New Mexico
Ornithological Society. When phone numbers are given for
private property, please call before going to ask
permission. In this nice weather and migrants, New
Mexican birders were out en masse.

Highlights: Glossy Ibis, Whimbrels, Yellow-throated,
Palm, Hooded, Red-faced, Kentucky, 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 Bittern (Chaves)
Great Egret (*San Miguel)
Reddish Egret (Chaves)
Cattle Egret (*Valencia)
Green Heron (Sierra)
Yellow-crowned Night-heron (*Socorro)
Glossy Ibis (*Socorro)
White-faced Ibis (Doña Ana, Chaves, *Luna, *San Miguel)
Greater White-fronted Goose (Socorro)
Wood Duck (Sierra, Socorro)
Common and Hooded Mergansers (*Bernalillo)
Osprey (*Grant)
Mississippi Kite (Chaves, *Eddy)
Northern Goshawk (Grant)
Gray Hawk (*Hidalgo, *Eddy)
Common Black-hawk (Hidalgo)
Zone-tailed Hawk (*Eddy)
Introduced Aplomado Falcon (*Socorro)
Lesser Prairie-Chicken (Chaves, Roosevelt)
Wild Turkey (*Socorro), Gould’s (*Hidalgo)
Virginia Rail (*Doña Ana)
Common Moorhen (Socorro)
American Golden-plover (*Chaves)
Semipalmated Plover (*Valencia, *Socorro, *Chaves)
Lesser Yellowlegs (*Santa Fe)
Willet (*Socorro, Chaves)
Spotted Sandpiper (*Santa Fe, *Doña Ana)
Solitary Sandpiper (Bernalillo, *Grant, *Lea)
Whimbrel (*Socorro, *Chaves)
Marbled Godwit (*Socorro, Chaves, *Santa Fe, *Curry)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (*Chaves, *Socorro)
Baird’s Sandpiper (*Chaves)
Stilt Sandpiper (Chaves)
Long-billed Dowitcher (Socorro, Chaves)
Wilson’s Phalarope (Socorro, Chaves, *San Miguel)
Red-necked Phalarope (*Chaves)
Franklin’s Gull (Chaves, *Valencia, *Socorro)
Band-tailed Pigeon (*Torrance)
Barn Owl (Chaves)
Whiskered Screech-owl (*Hidalgo)
Long-eared Owl (*Roosevelt)
Chimney Swift (*Eddy); chaetura (*Socorro)
Black-chinned Hummingbird (Doña Ana)
Anna’s Hummingbird (*Doña Ana)
Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Sierra)
Acorn Woodpecker (Sierra)
Olive-sided Flycatcher (Lea, *Doña Ana)
Greater Pewee (*Hidalgo)
Willow Flycatcher (Otero)
Hammond’S Flycatcher (Sierra)
Gray Flycatcher (Bernalillo, Otero, *Roosevelt,
Sierra, *Doña Ana)
Dusky Flycatcher (*Doña Ana, Otero, *Valencia)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Socorro)
Brown-crested Flycatcher (*Sierra)
Cassin’s Kingbird (*Doña Ana)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Chaves, Eddy, *Socorro)
White-eyed Vireo (*Roosevelt)
Cassin’s Vireo (Eddy, *Sierra, *Roosevelt, Lea)
Red-eyed Vireo (*Roosevelt)
Purple Martin (*Grant)
Cave Swallow (*Doña Ana)
Pinyon Jay (*Catron)
Mountain Chickadee (*Roosevelt)
Bridled Titmouse (Sierra)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (*Roosevelt, Eddy, Lea)
House Wren (*Roosevelt)
Marsh Wren (*Socorro, *Doña Ana)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Otero)
Eastern Bluebird (*Bernalillo)
Hermit Thrush (*Roosevelt)
Gray Catbird (*Roosevelt)
Brown Thrasher (*Roosevelt, *Eddy)
Phainopepla (*Eddy)
Cedar Waxwing (Sierra)
Olive Warbler (Grant)
WORM-EATING WARBLER (*Eddy, *Grant)
Orange-crowned Warbler (Cibola, Chaves)
Northern Parula (Bernalillo, Lea, *Roosevelt)
Yellow Warbler (*Doña Ana)
Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler (Socorro, Otero)
Yellow-throated Warbler (Socorro, *Roosevelt)
Grace’s Warbler (*Socorro)
Townsend’s Warbler (*Sierra, Socorro, *Roosevelt)
Black-throated Gray Warbler (*Roosevelt)
Prothonotary Warbler (Eddy)
Palm Warbler (*Socorro)
American Redstart (Sierra, *Roosevelt)
Kentucky Warbler (*Cibola)
Ovenbird (*Roosevelt)
Northern Waterthrush (*Lea, *Santa Fe, *Bernalillo)
MacGillivray’s Warbler (*Chaves)
Hooded Warbler (Sierra)
Red-faced Warbler (*Luna)
Painted Redstart (Sierra, *Bernalillo)
Hepatic Tanager (*Cibola, *Doña Ana, *Eddy)
Western Tanager (*Doña Ana)
Spotted Towhee (*Roosevelt)
Green-tailed Towhee (*Roosevelt)
Clay-colored Sparrow (*Roosevelt)
Black-chinned Sparrow (Sierra)
Lincoln’s Sparrow (Otero)
White-throated Sparrow (*Socorro)
Dark-eyed Junco (*Doña Ana)
Yellow-eyed Junco (Grant)
Pyrrhuloxia (San Miguel)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Bernalillo, *Roosevelt,
*Torrance, *Grant)
Indigo Bunting (Socorro, Doña Ana, Eddy, *Valencia,
*Grant)
Bronzed Cowbird (*Roosevelt)
Hooded Oriole (Doña Ana, *Grant)
Scott’s Oriole (Sierra, *Socorro)
Cassin’s Finch (*Doña Ana, Eddy, *Socorro)
American Goldfinch (*Torrance)
Lawrence’s Goldfinch (*Grant)

In Santa Fe County:
At the NM Penitentiary on May 4 JB had a MARBLED GODWIT
under a sprinkler. He had at the Marty Sanchez Golf
Course a LESSER YELLOWLEGS and a SPOTTED SANDPIPER with a
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH at Cerrillos.

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 May 2 had two GREAT EGRETS with many WILSON’S
PHALAROPES and three WHITE-FACED IBIS.

In Roosevelt County:
At the migrant trap west of Melrose JS on May 2 had a
CASSIN’S VIREO, a GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE, two HOUSE WRENS,
and a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH. CW, NP, MB, JO, JP, WW on
May 3 had a YELLOW-THROATED WARLBER on the south end, a
male NORTHERN PARULA, male BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER,
the vireo, and the nuthatch. JO and AF on May 4 had the
Yellow-throated, singing Parula, OVENBIRD, BROWN
THRASHER, CATBIRD, two LONG-EARED OWLS, ROSE-BREASTED
GROSBEAK, the nuthatch, a CASSIN’S VIREO, up to 150
HERMIT THRUSHES and 20 SPOTTED TOWHEES.
The group at Boones Draw on May 3 near Portales found a
male BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, WHITE-EYED VIREO, a
TOWNSEND’S WARBLER, MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE, CASSIN’S VIREO,
two GRAY FLYCATCHERS, and a BRONZED COWBIRD. JO on May 4
had an AMERICAN REDSTART, RED-EYED VIREO, two TOWNSEND’S
WARBLERS, and three CASSIN’S VIREOS.
At Pep on May 3 JP reported a singing CLAY-COLORED
SPARROW.

In Curry County:
At the Clovis Sewage Ponds be sure to tell them that you
are there to bird. JO found a MARBLED GODWIT on the
ponds on May 2.

In Cibola County:
CJG had at the El Morro NM on May 3 a HEPATIC TANAGER and
an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER. On May 4 SB found a KENTUCKY
WARBLER on the Inscription Trail (photos by CJG). It was still there in the morning of May 5.

In Bernalillo County:
DP on May 2 on the west side of the Rio Grande in Albu-
querque a half mile on the path from the Montaño Bridge
near a mile 4 sign found a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH in a wet
area near the Rio, plus a female EASTERN BLUEBIRD and a
female COMMON MERGANSER.
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. On May 2 DP on the
parking lot pond had a male HOODED MERGANSER. DH on May
4 saw a RED-FACED WARBLER on the Bosque Trail ¾ of the
way to the new bridge.
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.

In Valencia County:
DH on May 3 had a SEMIPALMATGED PLOVER at the Taco Bell
marsh in Belen. BV on May 4 had the plover and a
FRANKLIN’S GULL with a pair of INDIGO BUNTINGS and a
DUSKY FLYCATCHER at the Belen Bosque plus another
Franklin’s and 13 CATTLE EGRETS on NM 314 south of the
Bernalillo Co. line.

In Torrance County:
TH on May 1 saw a male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK at his home
in the Manzano Mts. north of Mountainview. 12 BAND-
TAILED PIGEONS have been present with a male AMERICAN
GOLDFINCH.

In Socorro County:
At the Bosque del Apache Refuge near San Antonio on April
27 BV had a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER on the seasonal road,
while CB saw a western PALM WARBLER there. DP on April
29 saw a male VERMILION FLYCATCHER near the Willow Deck.
On April 29 RV and MH saw a 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 (seasonal road and bottom of
Marsh Loop). 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. RC on April
25 saw the introduced APLOMADO FALCON at the main lake.
JO on May 1 saw a MARBLED GODWIT and the night-heron in
the ditch at the seasonal road entrance. DH on May 3 saw the heron and the SCOTT’S ORIOLE pair in the Cactus
Garden, and a SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER at the northeast
corner of the Farm Loop. He and MH had a GRACE’S WARBLER
on the seasonal road near the Chupadera Deck. MH on
May 3 also found a PALM WARBLER on the seasonal road
after it turns to the northeast, the Grace’s, scissor-
tailed, heron and the GLOSSY IBIS on the east side of the Marsh Loop. CW, MB, and NP on May 2 had two SEMIPALMATED
SANDPIPERS near the heronry, several WILLETS, three
MARBLED GODWITS, and 12 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS. A CHAETURA
SWIFT (species?) flew over at dusk. CR on May 3 found
two WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS at the Norton Blind and 14
TURKEYS on the Marsh Loop.
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 males and a female Indigos. DP on April 29 saw four
male INDIGO BUNTINGS. MH on May 3 had a pair of
TOWNSEND’S WARBLERS, a MARSH WEREN, a male CASSIN’S
FINCH, and a FRANKLIN’S GULL.
JO at his home near Luis Lopez south of Socorro on April
27 had a WOOD DUCK and a TOWNSEND’S WARBLER.
CR had a WHIMBREL on May 3 at Riverine Park in Socorro.

In Chaves County:
JSa in the refuge report for April 28 recorded one
AMERICAN BITTERN, two FRANKLIN’S GULLS, three MARBLED
GODWITS, a STILT SANDPIPER, two SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS,
one MISSISSIPPI KITE, with high counts of 315 IBIS, 317
DOWITCHERS, and 1667 WILSON’S PHALAROPES. JH on April 29
had 24 WILLETS on Unit 3 and 20 FRANKLIN’S GULLS on Unit 16. On May 3 JP found a WHIMBREL on the southeast corner
of the tour loop. LM and JoO on May 3 at the refuge
recorded a GOLDEN PLOVER on Unit 15 and two RED-NECKED
PHALAROPES at the Oxbow Slough. There was a SEMIPALMATED
PLOVER, SEMIPALMATED and BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS, and a
MACGILLIVRAY’S WARBLER.
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 on April 26 in Kingston 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 JL on April 28 saw 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. DC
on May 1 at Percha saw two TOWNSEND’S WARBLERS and three
GRAY FLYCATCHERS. 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.
DC on May 2 had two BROWN-CRESTED FLYCATCHERS at the
creek crossing in upper LAS Animas “Canyon with a
TOWNSEND’S WARBLER. A CASSIN’S VIREO was just before one
makes the right turn to the crossing.
JL at his home saw CEDAR WAXWINGS, a BROAD-TAILED
HUMMINGBIRD, and a male SCOTT’S ORIOLE on April 28.

In Catron County:
BH had large numbers of PINYON JAYS in Luna by the San
Francisco River.

In Grant County:
JBi on May 1 had a WORM-EATING WARBLER south of Silver
City along the lower San Vicente Creek (photo).
MF had a LAWRENCE’S GOLDFINCH at the Iron Bridge near
Gila on April 26. JBi had two male ROSE-BREASTED
GROSBEAKS there on April 28. RSh had an OSPREY near the
bridge.
The Lawrence’s at the Bayard home of DM stayed till April
25. He had a HOODED ORIOLE on April 25.
In the Burro Mountains south of Silver City on Jack’s
Peak DG on April 18 had an adult GOSHAWK, a few OLIVE
WARBLERS, and four YELLOW-EYED JUNCOS.
On April 29 there were PURPLE MARTINS near Roberts Lake.
CA had a male INDIGO BUNTING in her yard on April 23.
RSh at Bill Evans Lake near Cliff on April 25 had a
SOLITARY SANDPIPER.
The Hummingbird Festival at Lake Roberts has been
canceled this year.

In Hidalgo County:
SOW and HW in Clanton Canyon south of Animas had a
WHISKERED SCREECH-OWL in the campground on April 30 with
GOULD’S TURKEYS at Blair Well at the canyon mouth and at
the Oak Grove on May 1. A GREATER PEWEE was singing at
the Geronimo Seep on May 1.
They had an adult GRAY HAWK on the Diamond A Ranch land
on April 30 near Cloverdale. Remember thou shalt not get
an inch off the road to look for it.
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 Luna County:
DB had a RED-FACED WARBLER in the Mountain View Cemetery
in Deming on April 24 with 15 WHITE-FACED IBIS at Pecan
Park.

In Doña Ana County:
LS on May 3 at the La Mesa Bosque saw SPOTTED SANDPIPERS
and a male WESTERN TANAGER.
JN on May 4 at the Mesilla Valley Bosque Park had a
VIRGINIA RAIL, a male ANNA’S HUMMINGBIRD, OLIVE-SIDED
DUSKY, and GRAY FLYCATCHERS, a male HEPATIC TANAGER, and
MARSH WRENS with a few CAVE SWALLOWS.
At their home near Radium Springs MS recorded a pair of
HOODED OIOLES and up to 40 BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRDS.
MS on May 2 in the yard saw a male WESTERN TANAGER,
YELLOW WARBLER, a DARK-EYED JUNCO, a female CASSIN’S
FINCH with a CASSIN’S KINGBIRD on May 3. The pair of Hooded Oriole were still seen on May 2-3.
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.

In Eddy County:
RM on April 26 at Brantley Lake had a male PROTHONOTARY
WARBLER.
At Rattlesnake Springs on April 22 DG had a WORM-EATING
WARBLER near the chinaberry grove and the GRAY HAWK. JP,
JO, WW, and LL on April 26 saw a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER in the desert near the rest rooms 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. SW on May 3 found few
warblers, his first CHIMNEY SWIFT over, the gray and a
ZONE-TAILED HAWK, a PHAINOPEPLA, and a female HEPATIC
TANAGER. WW on April 30 had a WORM-EATING WARBLER just
north of the main pond with a BROWN THRASHER. A SOLITARY
SANDPIPER was at the adjacent Washington Ranch.
ReW on May 4 had a MISSISSIPPI KITE in Carlsbad.

In Lea County:
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. CW, JP, and group had the waterthrush on May 3.

Initials of Observers:
CA, Connie Adler; JA, Jan Arrott; JB, Jonathan Batkin;
MB, Matt Baumann; DB, David Beatty; SB, Sarah Beckwith;
CB, Celestyn Brozek; RC, Robert Cates; DC, David
Cleary; SNC, Steve and Nancy Cox; AF, Andy Fenner; MF,
Mike Fugagli; LG, Larry Gorbet; DG, David Griffin;
CJG, C.J. Grimes; DH, David Hawksworth; BH, Brian
Heap; MH, Michael Hilchey; JH, Jeff Howland; TH,
Tyler Huning; JJ, Jim Joseph; JL, Joe LaFleur; LL,
Lane Leckman; AM, Ashli Maruster; DM, David Morehead;
LM, Linda Mowbray; RM, Robert Munro; JN, Josh Nemeth;
JO, Jerry Oldenettel; JoO, Jo Osterhouse; DP. Danny
Paez; JP, John Parmeter; NP, Nick Pederson; CR, Chris
Rustay; JSa, Jeff Sanchez; LS, Lorraine Schulte; MS,
Marcy Scott; RS, Robert Shantz; JS, John Shipman; RSh,
Roland Shook; BT, Bill Talbot; CT, Christopher Taylor;
TT, Tom Taylor; RV, Raymond VanBuskirk; BV, Brad
Vaughn; HW, Hira Walker; ReW, Renee West; SW, Steve
West; SOW, Sandy Williams; WW, Bill Wittman; and
CW, Cole Wolf.

Field Trips:

Central Audubon in Albuquerque has Thursday field trips.
May 8-9 is their Birdathon; on May 15 to Hondo Canyon in
the southern Sandias with Mary Lou Arthur, 299-2565.

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.

On Saturday, May 24, Mesilla Valley Audubon will explore
around the homes for migrants in Mesilla at the Dam,
canals, and driveways to Mesilla Park. Contact is David
Griffin at 575-382-2080.

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.