New Mexico (Statewide) RBA
August 23, 2010
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New Mexico Rare Bird Report
August 23, 2010
Compiler: Matt J. Baumann
Phone: 505-264-1052
e-mail address: mb687@yahoo.com
This is the New Mexico Rare Bird Report for August 23, 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.
Highlights: Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Tricolored Heron
Places mentioned in the report, a checklist of N.M. birds, and more
locations on uncommon and specialty species can be found in the N.M. Bird
Finding Guide. You can purchase the NM Bird Finding Guide and check for
earlier reports and database at http://www.nmbirds.org/. A more complete,
updated version of the checklist can be found at http://www.nmbirds.org/wp-
content/checklist-of-new-mexico-bird-species-1-april-2009final1.pdf. For
prior records of species in New Mexico, search the online archive of the
NMOS Field Notes at http://nhnm.unm.edu/partners/nmos/index.html or refer
to prior RBA’s and reports on the AZ/NM listserv at
http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdwg05.html. For photos of
rarities and directions to some birding sites, check
http://sites.google.com/site/oldenettelspage or the New Mexico Rarities
Group on Flickr at http://www.flickr.com/groups/nmrarities/.
The following link provides a list of the review species in New Mexico
http://www.nmbirds.org/wp-content/reviewlist20072.pdf. Details for any of
these species or species not on the checklist should be sent to Dr. Sartor
O. Williams, III, 1819 Meadowview NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 or to
sunbittern@earthlink.net. Details will be used for the Bird Records
Committee, North American Birds and the NMOS Field Notes.
Birds Mentioned and Counties:
BROWN PELICAN (Sierra)
Little Blue Heron (Valencia)
Tricolored Heron (Chaves)
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON (Sierra)
GRAY HAWK (Eddy)
Black-bellied Plover (Chaves)
WHIMBREL (Chaves)
Sanderling (Sierra)
COMMON GROUND-DOVE (Eddy, Hidalgo)
Thick-billed Kingbird (Hidalgo)
Northern Parula (Guadalupe, Hidalgo)
Black-and-white Warbler (Roosevelt)
Hooded Warbler (Roosevelt)
CHAVES County:
On a survey at Bitter Lake NWR August 18, JS had a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER,
WHIMBREL, and the continuing TRICOLORED HERON.
EDDY County:
SC had two GRAY HAWKS, one adult and an immature, at Rattlesnake Springs
August 17. MB and NP had a COMMON-GROUND DOVE August 15.
GUADALUPE County:
BW and JNM had a NORTHERN PARULA at mm 5 on hwy 91 south of Santa Rosa
August 18.
HIDALGO County:
In the New Mexico portion of Guadalupe Canyon, MT and BT had a NORTHERN
PARULA, one THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD, and a COMMON-GROUND DOVE
**Private land owners in Hidalgo County do not allow for birding on their
property, so one must stay only on public roads there except in the
Coronado National Forest or as explained in the New Mexico Bird Finding
Guide.
OTERO County:
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.
ROOSEVELT County:
CB had a HOODED WARBLER and a BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER at the Melrose Trap
August 19.
SIERRA County:
CR had an immature YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON at North Monticello Point,
Elephant Butte SP, August 14. JP had the continuing BROWN PELICANS at
North Monticello Point August 21.
JP and BW had a SANDERLING on Long Point, Elephant Butte Lake SP, August
21.
VALENCIA County:
DP reported a LITTLE BLUE HERON at Belen Marsh August 20. A search on the
night of the 20th did not turn up the bird but I could be in the area.
Initials of Observers:
MB, Matt Baumann; MH, Michael Hilchey; JNM, Jim Nelson-Moore; JP, John
Parmeter; NP, Nick Pederson; CR, Dennis Prichard; Christopher Rustay; JS,
Jeff Sanchez; BT, Bill Talbot; MT, Michael Turner; BW, Bill West
Field Trips:
AUGUST 26
Sulfur and La Cienega Canyons in the Sandias with Sally Burke, 792-1788.
Meet at 8:00 a.m. at the Four Hills shopping center on Central and west of
Tramway, near the Hollywood Video to car pool. Very little walking
involved. (Parking fee or pass required.)
The Rio Grande Nature Center has morning bird walks on Sunday and Saturday
mornings at 8:00 a.m. from the pond at the parking lot.
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 8AM.
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