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New Mexico Bird Report 
June 14, 2010 
NMEX106.14 
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Hotline New Mexico 
date:  June 14, 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  
June 14, 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:  Brown  Pelican, Common Black-Hawks, Black-capped Vireo,  
Yellow Grosbeak, Laughing Gull, Veery. 
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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, 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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Canvasback (*San Miguel) 
Brown  Pelican (Grant) 
American White Pelican (Sierra) 
Least  Bittern (DeBaca) 
Cattle  Egret (Sierra) 
Dusky  Grouse (Rio Arriba) 
Osprey  (Sierra) 
White-tailed Kite (Luna, Hidalgo) 
Mississippi Kite (Eddy, Torrance, *Union) 
Harris’s Hawk (Otero) 
Common  Black-Hawk (Sandoval, Guadalupe, Catron) 
Gray  Hawk (Eddy) 
Zone-tailed Hawk (Grant) 
Common Moorhen (Sierra) 
Snowy  Plover (Chaves) 
Mountain Plover (Rio Arriba, Santa Fe, *Union) 
Spotted Sandpiper (Mora) 
Long-billed Curlew (*Curry, Santa Fe, *Union) 
White-rumped Sandpiper (DeBaca, Curry) 
Wilson’s Phalarope (*San Miguel) 
Laughing Gull (*Sierra) 
California Gull (Sierra) 
Least  Tern (Chaves) 
Band-tailed Pigeon (Mora, Sierra) 
Common  Ground-Dove (Hidalgo) 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Eddy, Sierra) 
Barn  Owl (*Sierra) 
Burrowing Owl (Bernalillo, Sierra) 
Monk  Parakeet (Bernalillo) 
Lesser  Nighthawk (Sierra) 
Whip-poor-will (*San Miguel) 
Lewis’s Woodpecker (Mora) 
Acorn  Woodpecker (Santa Fe) 
Ladder-backed Woodpecker leucistic (*Sierra) 
Three-toed Woodpecker (San Miguel, Taos)) 
Gray  Flycatcher (Mora) 
Dusky  Flycatcher (Sierra) 
Black  Phoebe (San Juan) 
Brown-crested Flycatcher (Sierra) 
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Chaves, *San Miguel) 
White-eyed Vireo (Sierra) 
Gray Vireo (San Juan, Rio Arriba) 
Black-capped Vireo (Eddy) 
Bell’s Vireo (Sierra, Roosevelt, Hidalgo) 
Yellow-throated Vireo (Guadalupe, *Bernalillo) 
Red-eyed Vireo (Sierra, Eddy) 
Purple Martin (Mora) 
Cave Swallow (*Chaves) 
Gray Jay (Taos) 
Western Scrub-Jay (Hidalgo) 
Carolina Wren (Guadalupe) 
American Dipper (Taos) 
Veery (Rio Arriba, *Taos) 
Swainson’s Thrush (Roosevelt, *Taos) 
Gray Catbird (Roosevelt, Mora, Rio Arriba, *San Miguel) 
Brown Thrasher (Roosevelt) 
Curve-billed Thrasher (Valencia) 
Cedar  Waxwing (Sandoval, Mora, Bernalillo, Socorro) 
Lucy’s  Warbler (Hidalgo) 
Townsend’s Warbler (Grant) 
Hooded  Warbler (*San Miguel) 
Red-faced Warbler (Grant) 
Cassin’s Sparrow (Sierra, *Santa Fe) 
Savannah Sparrow (Sierra) 
Fox  Sparrow gray (Rio Arriba) 
Northern Cardinal (Guadalupe, *Sierra) 
Yellow  Grosbeak (Hidalgo) 
Indigo  Bunting (Sierra) 
Indigo  X Lazuli Bunting (San Juan) 
Dickcissel (Santa Fe) 
Bobolink (Santa Fe) 
Eastern Meadowlark (Sierra) 
Bronzed Cowbird (Sierra, Roosevelt, *Grant) 
Hooded  Oriole (*Sierra) 
Pine  Grosbeak (Taos. Rio Arriba) 
Red  Crossbill (*San Miguel) 
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In  Bernalillo County: 
CW on June 10 had a YELLOW-THROATED VIREO  on the southwest  
corner  of Roma and Hermosa southeast of Carlisle. 
At the Rio Grande Nature Center KH reported two CEDAR  
WAXWINGS on May 30. 
JR at Alameda and Corrales Roads saw a  MONK PARAKEET which was  
nesting near the McDonalds.  
DZ on June 5 reported a BURROWING OWL at  the Sandia Casino. 
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In  Catron County: 
SH on May 29 at US 189 north of Glenwood  had a BLACK HAWK. 
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In  Chaves County: 
SW along the Eddy-Chaves Co. border again  found two pairs of  
CAVE  SWALLOWS and a nest 1.9 miles north of the co. line on US 285. 
At the Bitter Lake refuge CR and SD saw the five LEAST TERNS  
and  many SNOWY PLOVERS on May 30. 
At the Mesa Rest stop they found two SCISSOR-TAILED  FLYCATCHERS. 
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In  Curry County: 
JLo at his home in se. county had LONG-BILLED CURLEWS  being 
heard  daily through June 10. 
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In  DeBaca County: 
JP and WW had a LEAST BITTERN calling on May 30 at the Bosque  
Redondo Park near Fort Sumner. 
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In  Eddy County: 
At Rattlesnake Springs on May 29 CR and  SD did see the GRAY HAWK  
and a  fly over MISSISSIPPI KITE. 
CR and SD on May 31 at the Sitting Bull  Falls east of Carlsbad  
had a  singing BLACK-CAPPED VIREO about .2 mile downstream from the  
picnic  area by walking down the road.  The  park is closed from 5:30  
to  8:30. 
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In  Grant County: 
LM on May 28 saw a BROWN PELICAN at  Roberts Lake. 
DCo on May 25 at Emory Pass in the Black  Range had a ZONE-TAILED  
HAWK,  TOWNSEND’S WARBLER, and two RED-FACED WARBLERS. 
EL had a BRONZED COWBIRD at his Silver  City home through May 30. 
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In  Guadalupe County: 
On May 22 JP and WW found one Black Hawk at the bridge in Santa  
Rosa  and a CARDINAL. 
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In  Hidalgo County: 
NMC and RS on June 5 had a report from MM of a YELLOW GROSBEAK  
briefly on Stateline Road near Rodeo,  which then flew into AZ. 
SOW on May 28 had a WHITE-TAILED KITE just north of the Animas  
store.  On NM 9 at a  low spot in the Playas Valley he saw a BELL’S  
VIREO,  a calling COMMON GROUND-DOVE, two LUCY’S WARBLERS, and a  
SCRUB  JAY in this mesquite area at mile marker 26. 
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  Luna County: 
SOW on May 26 on NM 9 five miles west of  Columbus had a WHITE- 
TAILED  KITE near an old railroad bridge. 
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In  Mora County: 
RHu in the Sapello River Valley on the  Pritzlaff Ranch near San  
Ignacio on on May 28 recorded BAND-TAILED PIGEONS and CEDAR  
WAXWINGS with LEWIS’S WOODPECKER, GRAY FLYCATCHER, PURPLE MARTIN,  
and a  CATBIRD.  On June 3 there were  SPOTTED SANDPIPERS. 
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In  Otero County: 
MT in Alamogordo on June 3 had two  HARRIS’S HAWKS near the  
Airport. 
One can walk past the gate to Stinky Lake  at the Holloman Lakes,  
but  not drive in and can still bird there.  MT on June 3 reported   
Lagoon G still closed, with many of the salt cedars  removed. 
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In Rio  Arriba County: 
ChB on June 7 at Apache Creek at the top  of Cumbre Pass, but  
found  a singing gray FOX SPARROW, four PINE GROSBEAKS, and a displaying 
DUSKY  GROUSE. 
JP and WW on June 4 at the Elkhorn Lodge in Chama saw a CATBIRD.  
ChB  had a singing VEERY on June 7 in willow thickets behind the 
Vista  del Sol Motel in Chama. 
JP and WW had four MOUNTAIN PLOVERS about  20 miles north of Tres  
Piedras on June 5. 
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In  Roosevelt County: 
At the migrant trap 11 miles west of  Melrose  
On May  22 JP and WW saw a BRONZED COWBIRD, a CATBIRD, and a  
SWAINSON’S THRUSH.  On  May 30 JP and WW reported only a  
BELL’S  VIREO of the eastern type. 
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In San  Juan County; 
At Animas Park in Farmington on June 4 JP  and WW found a BLACK  
PHOEBE  and a hybrid INDIGO x LAZULI BUNTING male. 
Along US 64 at the Rio Arriba border with  San Juan there was a  
GRAY  VIREO. 
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In San  Miguel County: 
CR on 12 in Gallinas had a WHIP-POOR-WILL  with many RED  
CROSSBILLS in the area. 
At McAllister Lake near Las Vegas CR on  June 12 had 24 WILSON’S  
PHALAROPES and a male CANVASBACK. 
Near Variadero on June 13 CR had a pair  of SCISSOR-TAILED  
FLYCATCHERS. 
ChB on June 10 reported a singing HOODED  WARBLER below the dam  
at  Montezuma near Las Vegas with nesting CATBIRDS. 
PN on May 31 in the Panchuela area on the way to Jacks Creek  
area in the Pecos Wilderness had a THREE-TOED  WOODPECKER. 
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In  Sandoval County: 
JMc and SO on May 16 along the Rio Grande  at Algodones saw a  
BLACK  HAWK in flight a mile north of the Diversion Dam.  Two CEDAR  
WAXWINGS were in the area.  On June 6 they again saw the two  
waxwings and the black hawk a mile north of the dam. 
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In  Santa Fe County: 
JB on May 29 found ACORN WOODPECKERS on  Borrego Mesa near  
Cordova on Forest Rd. 306 in young oaks in the area of the 2002  
Borrego Fire area (photo).  He saw three there on May 30. 
And on May 27 JB had a female BOBOLINK at  the north end of the  
pond  on Caja del Rio Rd. and Wildlife Way (photo). 
Also on May 27 at Galisteo JB had a  DICKCISSEL singing 150 yards  
below  the bridge.  
RG had two LONG-BILLED CURLEWS on Simmons  Rd. on June 3 with a  
MOUNTAIN PLOVER on White Lakes Rd. 
PN near his home at the north edge of  Edgewood had a singing  
CASSIN’S SPARROW. 
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In  Sierra County: 
DC on June 8 at the Rock Canyon Marina  saw a LAUGHING GULL, and  
five  immature CALIFORNIA GULLS.  The gull  was not seen June 11. 
DC on June 7 again saw the BARN OWL in  the ledge near the Las  
Palomas exit near mile marker 71 along I-25.  He saw three on  
June13. 
Going south from Williamsburg along the  rio DC on May 31 had a  
WHITE-EYED VIREO (photo).  There was a flock of 184 LESSER  
NIGHTHAWKS and two singing BELL’S VIREOS.  He saw the White-eyed  
Vireo  again on June 4 .1 mile from the red tape.  He also had 143  
nighthawks.  He did  not see the vireo on June 11. 
Later on May 31 at Animas Creek DC saw  six BROWN-CRESTED  
FLYCATCHERS and a HOODED ORIOLE. 
DC at the Hillsboro Park had a  YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO and a male  
HOODED  ORIOLE.  On June 2 along NM 37 south  of Hillsboro there were  
five  skylarking CASSIN’S SPARROWS, two BURROWING OWLS, and six  
EASTERN MEADOWLARKS.  At Hillsboro on June 13 he had three HOODED  
ORIOLES and a CARDINAL male at the west end of town at an empty  
home.  Along Walnut  St. in Kingston at the stream  
crossing there was ten BAND-TAILED PIGEONS. 
DC on June 7 at Percha Dam Park had two  MOORHENS at the pond,  
and a  pair of BROWN-CRESTED FLYCATCHERS in a new location.  AM on  
June 9  again saw the leucistic LADDER-BACKED WOODPECKER at Percha  
Dam. 
At the Monticello Points on June 3 DC saw a CATTLE  
EGRET,  WHITE PELICAN, SAVANNAH SPARROW, and a male INDIGO BUNTING. 
At Paseo del Rio Park below Elephant  Butte Dam DC on May 18 at  
the  park had a RED-EYED VIREO (photo), at DUSKY FLYCATCHER, two  
vocal  BELL’S VIREOS, and four BRONZED COWBIRDS.  
On  June 1 there DC had an OSPREY, two Bell’s Vireos, and six  
cowbirds. 
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In  Socorro County: 
CB on June 5 had at least two CEDAR  WAXWINGS at the Turtle Bay  
Park  on the NMTU campus in Socorro. 
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In  Taos County: 
JP and WW on June 5 at the Taos Ski  Valley saw a GRAY JAY, a  
male  THREE-TOED WOODPECKER, a singing PINE GROSBEAK, and a DIPPER.  
JP on June 12 north of the Sipapu Ski  Area did not find the  
Veery,  but had Swainson’s Thrush. 
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In  Torrance County: 
CR and SD on May 31 had an immature  MISSISSIPPI KITE at Encino. 
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In  Union County: 
CR on June 9 had six LONG-BILLED CURLEWS  in Amistad.  He found  
the  area was very green.  He had  MOUNTAIN PLOVERS north of  
Grenville with one south of Grenville.  And he again found four  
MISSISSIPPI KITES in Clayton near the courthouse with one  immature. 
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Initials of Observers: 
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JB,  Jonathan Batkin;  ChB, Charles  Black;  CB, Celestyn Brozek;   
DC,  David Cleary;  DCo, Dan  Coleman;  NMC, Narca  Moore-Craig;   
SD,  Steve Drilling;  RG, Rebecca  Gracey;  SH, Stuart Healy;   
KH,  Haren Herzenberg;  RHu, Rob  Hunt;  EL, Gene Lewis;   
JLo,  James Lofton;  LM, Larry  Malone;  JMc, Jim McPhee;   
MM,  Mel Moe;  AM, Amy Morrison;  PN, Paul Noble;   
SO,  Steve O’Neill;  JO, Jerry  Oldenettel;  JP, John Parmeter;   
CR,  Chris Rustay;  JR, Janet Ruth;  RS, Roland Shook;   
SW,  Steve West;  MT, Michael  Turner;  SOW, Sartor Williams;   
CW,  Christopher Witt;  WW, Bill  Wittman;  DZ, 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 June 17 to the Sandia Peak Ski Area and  
Balsam  Glade cnic Area in the Sandias with Gale Owings, 255-8333. 
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Mesilla Valley Audubon on June 19 will do the Pine Tree Trail at  
Aguirre Springs for a five mile hike up 1000 feet.  Register by  
June  17.  Contact is David Griffin at  575-382-2080. 
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The  Rio Grande Nature Center has morning bird walks on Sunday and  
Saturday mornings at 8:30 a.m. from the pond at the parking  lot. 
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From  May on there will be Tuesday morning bird walks in the Sandias  
by the  Forest Service.  Meet at the Ranger  Station in Tijeras at 8. 
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