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March 4, 2010
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New Mexico Bird Report
March 4, 2010
NMEX1003.04
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Hotline New Mexico
date: March 4, 2010
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
March 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.
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Highlights: White-tailed Kite, Trumpeter Swan, Red-throated Loon,
Aplomado Falcon.
Predictions are for a great wildflower show on the desert this
spring.
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
At _http://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
_http://sites.google.com/site/oldenettelspage_
(http://sites.google.com/site/oldenettelspage) .
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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
_sunbittern@earthlink.net_ (mailto:sunbittern@earthlink.net) .
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Birds Mentioned and Counties:
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Trumpeter Swan (Socorro)
Cinnamon Teal (Sierra)
Canvasback (*Socorro)
Common Goldeneye (Sierra, Bernalillo, Colfax)
Hooded Merganser (Colfax)
Common Merganser (Colfax, Sierra)
Red-breasted Merganser (Sierra)
Red-throated Loon (Sierra)
Pacific and Common Loons (San Miguel)
Horned Grebe (San Miguel)
Red-necked Grebe (Sierra)
American White Pelican (San Miguel)
White-tailed Kite (Socorro)
Osprey (Sierra)
Bald Eagle (Colfax, Sierra, *San Miguel)
Northern Goshawk (Mora)
Ferruginous Hawk (Colfax, Hidalgo)
Rough-legged Hawk (Colfax)
Golden Eagle (Colfax)
Aplomado Falcon (*Doña Ana)
Merlin (Torrance, Sierra, Colfax)
Peregrine Falcon (Hidalgo)
Prairie Falcon (Curry, Colfax)
Northern Bobwhite and Scaled Quail (Curry)
Montezuma Quail (Grant)
Common Moorhen (Sierra, Luna)
Sandhill Crane (Santa Fe)
Long-billed Curlew (Luna)
Least Sandpiper (Sierra)
Dunlin and Dowitchers (Socorro)
Ring-billed Gull (Bernalillo)
California Gull (Sierra, Bernalillo)
Great Horned Owl (Curry)
Barn Owl (Sierra, Curry)
Long-eared Owl (Chaves)
Short-eared Owl (Socorro)
White-throated Swift (Sierra)
Williamson’s Sapsucker (Sierra)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (San Miguel)
Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers (Sierra, Luna)
Hammond’s Flycatcher (Sierra)
Eastern Phoebe (Chaves, Sierra)
Hutton’s Vireo (Sierra)
Tree Swallow (Socorro, Sierra, *Hidalgo)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Sierra, Doña Ana)
Cliff Swallow (Sierra)
Cave Swallow (Doña Ana)
Chihuahuan Raven (Torrance)
Mountain Chickadee (Guadalupe)
Bridled Titmouse (Sierra)
Cactus Wren (Bernalillo)
Carolina Wren (Guadalupe)
Eastern Bluebird (Sierra)
Gray Catbird (*Socorro)
Sage Thrasher (Hidalgo)
Cedar Waxwing (*Socorro)
Common Yellowthroat (Sierra)
American Tree Sparrow (Colfax)
Black-chinned Sparrow (Sierra)
Black-throated Sparrow (Sierra)
Lark Bunting (Luna)
Swamp Sparrow (Chaves, Sierra)
Golden-crowned Sparrow (Socorro)
McCown’s and Lapland Longspurs (Torrance)
Chestnut-collared Longspur (Luna)
Northern Cardinal (Guadalupe)
Pyrrhuloxia (Curry)
Rosy Finches (Bernalillo)
Red Crossbill (*Los Alamos)
Pine Siskin (Curry)
American Goldfinch (Curry)
Evening Grosbeak (*Santa Fe)
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In Bernalillo County:
At the Alameda Bridge on February 26 JJ had two female
COMMON GOLDENEYES between the dam and the bridge. BH on February
28 had an adult CALIFORNIA GULL with 270 RING-BILLS.
JL on February 18 reported five CACTUS WRENS at the Copper
Avenue Open Space in the Sandias.
The SNC team is banding ROSY FINCHES on Sundays at the Crest
House. They estimate the flock to be 150 to 200. On
February 28 they banded only two BROWN-CAPPED with 124
recaptures. The road up was clear, but there is ice in walking
from the parking lot into the Crest House.
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In Chaves County:
At the Bitter Lake Refuge DH on February 15 at the Oxbow Trail
found a SWAMP SPARROW, an EASTERN PHOEBE, and a LONG-EARED OWL.
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In Colfax County:
At the Maxwell Refuge on February 15 JJ found FERRUGINOUS HAWKS,
25 BALD EAGLES, and six GOLDEN EAGLES. These hawks were also at
Springer Lake with a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK seen. SF and TH on February
16 had a dark morph FERRUGINOUS HAWK along NM 505 near Stubblefield
Lake. NH and CB on February 27 had a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK south of
Springer near mile marker 396 on I-25. In the area were four
FERRUGINOUS HAWKS (one dark morph), adult and immature BALD EAGLES,
one GOLDEN EAGLE, a MERLIN and a PRAIRIE FALCON.
Springer Lake was still frozen, Stubblefield mostly so, and a
hole on Lake 13 with lots of waterfowl, including a HOODED
MERGANSER, many male AMERICAN GOLDENEYES, and COMMON MERGANSERS.
There also was two TREE SPARROWS at Springer Lake.
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In Curry County:
JLo at his home in se. county had on February 21 had the
BOBWHITE covey with the lone SCALED QUAIL, the HORNED and
BARN OWLS, PINE SISKINS, three PYRRHULOXIAS, 24 AMERICAN
GOLDFINCHES, and a PRAIRIE FALCON.
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In Doña Ana County:
On February 26 DG, AT, CJG and others saw an unbanded adult male
APLOMADO FALCON at the Mesilla Valley Bosque Park and East Levee
Road south of Mesilla, but its source is unknown whether from
Mexico or introduced as the young were not banded. (photos). It
was reported again by CJG, DG, and AT on February 27. RC saw it
early on February 28 when crows apparently chased it and it has not
been seen again.
At their yard near Radium Springs JZ reported eight ROUGH-WINGED
SWALLOWS and one CAVE SWALLOW (photo) on February 25.
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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 Guadalupe County:
DH on February 17 again saw the CAROLINA WREN singing at the
Pecos River bridge in Santa Rosa. Also seen were two CARDINALS and
the MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE.
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In Hidalgo County:
TG on March 2 at the Rancho Hidalgo, seven miles west of
Animas, had two TREE SWALLOWS.
RS on February 14 had a PEREGRINE south of Animas. The pond at
the exit of I-10 is full of water. Four FERRUGINOUS HAWKS were
flying north of Cotton City.
JP and WW on February 26 had a PEREGRINE in Virden.
They had a SAGE THRASHER on NM 464 north of Lordsburg on
February 27.
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 March 1 saw at least seven RED CROSSBILLS at his home in
Los Alamos.
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In Luna County:
On February 26 JP and WW had 11 LONG-BILLED CURLEWS and many
CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPURS on the Hermanas Grade Road south of
Deming. There were a few LARK BUNTINGS at Pancho Villa Park and
the MOORHEN at Pecan Park and a HAIRY WOODPECKER at the Mountain
View Cemetery in Deming.
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In Mora County:
RHu in the Sapello River Valley reported a GOSHAWK at the
western end of NM 266 west of San Ignacio on February 15.
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In Otero County:
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 Miguel County:
RHu on March 1 had a BALD EAGLE at an elk carcass north of hwy.
266 a mile west of Las Tusas.
JP on February 13 had an immature PACIFIC LOON, six COMMON
LOONS, one HORNED GREBE, with a WHITE PELICAN at the dam at Conchas
Lake. The immature YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER was still at the
engineers homes.
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In Santa Fe County:
RY found EVENING GROSBEAKS in Santa Fe at St. Francis east to
Galisteo, between Cordova and Columbia, present for two weeks.
They were still seen on March 2.
PN at his home on the north side of Edgewood on February 22 had
four SANDHILL CRANES fly low over his home.
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In Sierra County:
DC on February 24 along the Rio south of Williamsburg saw 19
female type COMMON GOLDENEYES, four male CINNAMON TEALS, 24
WHITE-THROATED SWIFTS, and two CLIFF SWALLOWS.
DG at the Palomas Marsh on February 20 saw ROUGH-WINGED
SWALLOWS and a HAMMOND’S FLYCATCHER.
DC advises that water is being released from Elephant Butte Lake
into Caballo Lake. DG reports that Caballo in now quite high.
At Elephant Butte Lake on February 16 DC had the RED-NECKED
GREBE again off Lost Canyon Point (not seen on February 20), an
OSPREY at North Monticello Point, and a WILLIAMSON’S SAPSUCKER at
a small playground above the Dam Site. He reported the BLACK-
CHINNED with two BLACK-THROATED SPARROWS on February 20 at the dam
site.
DC on February 24 at the Marina del Sur area of Elephant Butte
Lake had a RED-THROATED LOON and three male RED-BREASTED
MERGANSERS.
At the Rock Canyon Marina on Elephant Butte Lake on February 27
JP and WW had a CALIFORNIA GULL adult.
At the hole in the cliff before the Las Palomas exit two BARN
OWLS were seen. JP saw them again on February 20.
At Percha Dam Park on February 20 JP, LL, and WW saw a HUTTON’S
VIREO, YELLOWTHROAT, two BRIDLED TITMICE, an EASTERN PHOEBE north
of the dam, two ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS, four MOORHENS, two HAIRY and
a DOWNY WOODPECKER, and a HAMMOND’S FLYCATCHER. The same day DG
had a TREE SWALLOW with five Rough-winged, EASTERN BLUEBIRD, a
flyover BALD EAGLE, and a MERLIN.
MP at Riverside Park below Caballo Dam on February 20 saw an
OSPREY, LEAST SANDPIPER, and COMMON MERGANSER.
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In Socorro County:
AG on March 2 at the Turtle Bay Park on the NMTU campus in
Socorro had two CATBIRDS, a CEDAR WAXWING flock, and a female
CANVASBACK.
At Bosque del Apache Refuge south of San Antonio JP, WW, LL,
and JO on February 12 had the WHITE-TAILED KITE south of the Marsh
Loop and the GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW at the trailers. DC on
February 13 had two DUNLINS with Dowitchers best seen along NM 1.
SH on February 18 saw the TRUMPETER SWAN. JSt on the 18th saw a
flying wan (species?) near the Chupadera Deck. JP reported eight
TREE SWALLOWS on February 20.
RV on February 17 had a flying SHORT-EARED OWL a half mile south
of the JO home on Farm to Market Road near Luis Lopez.
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.
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In Torrance County:
CR on February 14 had CHIHUAHUAN RAVENS in the northern part of
the county. He had a MERLIN along hwy. 542 near Willard with a
MCCOWN’S and a LAPLAND LONGSPUR.
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Initials of Observers:
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CB, Celestyn Brozik; RC, Rick Castetter; DC, David Cleary;
SNC, Steve and Nancy Cox; SF, Steve Fettig; CJG, C.J. Goin;
TG, Tony Godfrey; AG, Ashli Gorbet; DG, David Griffin;
SH, Sherry Hagen; DH, David Hawksworth; NH, Nancy Hetrick;
TH, Terry Hodapp; BH, Bill Howe; RHu, Rob Hunt;
JJ, Jim Joseph; LL, Lane Leckman; JL, Judith Liddell;
JLo, James Lofton; PN, Paul Noble; JO, Jerry Oldenettel;
JP, John Parmeter; MP, Mark Pendleton; CR, Chris Rustay;
RS, Robert Shantz; RSh, Roland Shook; JSt, James Stuart;
AT, Al Trompler; RV, Raymond VanBuskirk; ChW, Chip Weselch;
WW, Bill Wittman; RY, Rob Yaksich; DY, David Yeamans;
and JZ, Jimmy Zabriskie.
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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 March 4 to the Corrales Bosque with
Lannois Neely, 890-7881; on March 11 in Embudo Canyon with Judy
Liddell, 271-0912; on March 18 to the Rio Grande Nature Center with
Sei Tokuda, 266-2480; and March 25 the Pueblo Montaño Picnic Area
with Gale Owings, 255-8333.
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On Saturday, March 7, Sangre de Cristo Audubon will bird at the Rio
Grande Nature Center led by Adele Caruthers, 505-984-3279.
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Mesilla Valley Audubon will bird the Holloman Lakes and White Sands
NM on March 20. Contact is David Griffin 575-382-2080.
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On Saturday, March 20 Southwestern Audubon will do Spring Canyon
near Deming. Leader is Larry Malone; contact is 575-388-3441.
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Central Audubon will have a field trip on Saturday, March 27 to
Percha Dam, Caballo Lake, Animas Canyon and Elephant Butte Lake
with Cole Wolf, _colejwolf@gmail.com_ (mailto:colejwolf@gmail.com) .
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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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The Mesilla Valley Bosque Park will have a Bird Walk on March 6 and
on April 3, first Saturdays., beginning at 8:15.
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The Rio Grande Nature Center has morning bird walks on Sunday and
Saturday mornings at 9 a.m.
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