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March 8, 2010
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New Mexico Bird Report
March 8, 2010
NMEX1003.08
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Hotline New Mexico
date: March 8, 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 8, 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: Trumpeter Swan, Red-throated Loon
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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Light geese (*Chaves)
Trumpeter Swan (Socorro)
Cinnamon Teal (Sierra, *Bernalillo, *Chaves)
Canvasback (Socorro)
Common Goldeneye (Sierra, Bernalillo, Colfax, *Chaves, *Sandoval)
Hooded Merganser (Colfax, *Sierra)
Common Merganser (Colfax, *Chaves)
Red-breasted Merganser (Sierra)
Red-throated Loon (Sierra)
Neotropic Cormorant (*Bernalillo)
Great Egret (*Socorro)
Turkey Vulture (*Bernalillo, *Grant)
Osprey (Sierra)
Northern Harrier (*Chaves)
Bald Eagle (Colfax, San Miguel)
Northern Goshawk (Mora)
Harris’s Red-tailed Hawk (*Lea)
Ferruginous Hawk (Colfax, *Luna)
Rough-legged Hawk (Colfax)
Golden Eagle (Colfax, *Luna)
Aplomado Falcon (Doña Ana)
Merlin (Sierra, Colfax, *Chaves)
Peregrine Falcon (Hidalgo)
Prairie Falcon (Curry, Colfax, *Luna)
Northern Bobwhite and Scaled Quail (Curry)
Montezuma Quail (Grant)
Sora (*Sierra)
Common Moorhen (*Sierra, Luna)
Sandhill Crane (*Chaves, *Curry)
Greater Yellowlegs (*Hidalgo)
Long-billed Curlew (Luna)
Peeps (*Chaves)
Ring-billed Gull (Bernalillo, *Sierra)
California Gull (Sierra, Bernalillo)
Greater Roadrunner (*Curry)
Great Horned Owl (Curry, *Roosevelt, *Eddy)
Barn Owl (Sierra, Curry, *Chaves)
Long-eared Owl (Chaves)
Short-eared Owl (Socorro)
White-throated Swift (Sierra)
Anna’s Hummingbird (*Doña Ana)
Williamson’s Sapsucker (Sierra)
Red-naped Sapsucker (*Sierra)
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)
Mountain Chickadee (Guadalupe)
Bridled Titmouse (*Sierra)
Brown Creeper (*Sierra)
Carolina Wren (Guadalupe)
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher (*Sierra)
Eastern Bluebird (Sierra)
Gray Catbird (*Socorro)
Cedar Waxwing (Socorro)
Common Yellowthroat (Sierra)
American Tree Sparrow (Colfax)
Field Sparrow (*Lea)
Black-chinned Sparrow (Sierra)
Black-throated Sparrow (Sierra)
Lark Bunting (Luna)
Swamp Sparrow (Chaves, Sierra)
White-throated Sparrow (*Grant)
Yellow-eyed Junco (*Grant)
Chestnut-collared Longspur (Luna, *Lea)
Northern Cardinal (Guadalupe)
Pyrrhuloxia (Curry, *Bernalillo)
Red-winged Blackbird (*Curry)
Yellow-headed Blackbird (*Sierra)
Rosy Finches (Bernalillo)
Red Crossbill (Los Alamos)
Pine Siskin (Curry)
American Goldfinch (*Curry)
Evening Grosbeak (Santa Fe)
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In Bernalillo County:
DH on March 4 had a PYRRHULOXIA in eastside bosque levee by the
3SE marker, a mile south of Bridge St. It was seen by JP, WW, and
LL on March 6.
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. BH and JP on March 5
saw an adult NEOTROPIC CORMORANT south of the bridge near the pump
house with six CINNAMON TEAL.
CB and NH on March 5 reported two flying TURKEY VULTURES over
Cedar Crest, east of the Sandias, for the first of spring.
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.
For the March 4 count at the refuge JSa reported 19,000 light
geese, 1342 CRANES (with 1670 off refuge), 24 CINNAMON TEAL, six
COMMON GOLDENEYES, one COMMON MERGANSER, 15 PEEPS, 15 HARRIERS, two
BARN OWLS, and two MERLINS, one on Unit 6 and the other on the
refuge farm.
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In Colfax County:
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 was on Lake 13 with lots of waterfowl, including a HOODED
MERGANSER, many male COMMON 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, and a PRAIRIE FALCON.
He reported CRANES over his home in small flocks almost daily by
March 5. He had a ROADRUNNER, a dozen AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES, and a
male REDWING BLACKBIRD.
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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.
The nesting ANNA’S HUMMINGBIRD in Las Cruces fledged one young.
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 Eddy County:
DZw found a GREAT HORNED OWL at Rattlesnake Springs on March 5
by the stream near the pond.
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In Grant County:
EL had the first TURKEY VULTURES over his Silver City home on
February 26 and 27.
DZ had a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW at his home on 20 to 28
February.
KB still had the YELLOW-EYED JUNCO at her home through February
28. It was banded by DG.
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. He had two GREATER YELLOWLEGS
at the pond by the Animas exit 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 Lea County:
ChB on March 6 at Crossroads had three FIELD SPARROWS, six
CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPURS, and a HARRIS’S HAWK.
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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 24 RS had a GOLDEN EAGLE along NM9 east of Hachita
with a PRAIRIE FALCON and FERRUGINOUS HAWK at the Muir Road.
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 Roosevelt County:
DZw on March 7 had a GREAT HORNED OWL at the migrant trap 11
miles west of Melrose.
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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.
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In Sandoval County:
LJ reported on March 4 there was a male COMMON GOLDENEYE in the
Corrales ditch near La Entrada.
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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.
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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 DC found 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.
At Paseo del Rio Park below the dam JP reported a MOORHEN and
two HOODED MERGANSERS on March 6.
At the South Highlands at the lake JP, WW, and LL had two BLACK-
TAILED GNATCATCHERS.
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. JP reported only RING-
BILLED GULLS on March 6.
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
YELLOWTHROAT, 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, and a
MERLIN. SF on March 6 had a SORA at the pond in the campground
(photos). JP, LL, and WW on March 6 found a RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER,
HUTTON’S VIREO, BROWN CREEPER, BRIDLED TITMICE with six YELLOW-
HEADED BLACKBIRDS to the south.
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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. JP, WW, and LL had one CATBIRD on March 6.
At Bosque del Apache Refuge south of San Antonio SH on February
18 saw the TRUMPETER SWAN. JSt on the 18th saw a flying swan
(species?) near the Chupadera Deck. JP reported eight
TREE SWALLOWS on February 20. JP reported the first GREAT EGRETS
on March 6.
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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Initials of Observers:
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KB, Karen Berkenbach; ChB, Charles Black; CB, Celestyn Brozek;
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; BH, Bill Howe;
RHu, Rob Hunt; JJ, Jim Joseph; LL, Lane Leckman;
EL, Gene Lewis; JL, Judith Liddell; JLo, James Lofton;
JO, Jerry Oldenettel; JP, John Parmeter; JSa, Jeff Sanchez;
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;
JZ, Jimmy Zabriskie; DZ, Dale Zimmerman; DZw, DeAnn Zwight.
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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 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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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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