New Mexico (Statewide) RBA
August 30, 2010
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New Mexico Rare Bird Report
August 30, 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 30, 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.
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)
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON (Curry)
GRAY HAWK (Eddy, Hidalgo)
Upland Sandpiper (Dona Ana)
LONG-TAILED JAEGER (Eddy)
COMMON-GROUND DOVE (Hidalgo)
Anna’s Hummingbird (Grant)
PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHER (Hidalgo)
Thick-billed Kingbird (Hidalgo)
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER (Roosevelt)
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER (Roosevelt)
Yellow-eyed Junco (Socorro)
CURRY County:
JP and BWi had an immature YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON at the Clovis Sewage
Ponds August 27.
DONA ANA County:
RC still has UPLAND SANDPIPERS in alfalfa fields near Dona Ana. Take the
levee road (west side of river) from the Shalem Colony Bridge and go
downstream .95 miles to the very first alfalfa field on the right.
EDDY County:
JO had an adult LONG-TAILED JAEGER at Brantley Lake north of Cheapskate
Point August 27.
SC had two GRAY HAWKS, one adult and an immature, at Rattlesnake Springs
August 17.
GRANT County:
CR had an ANNA’S HUMMINGBIRD near the Gila Wilderness Boundary close to
the Gila Bird Area August 28.
HIDALGO County:
CW had a calling PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHER, three THICK-BILLED KINGBIRDS
and two immature GRAY HAWKS in the New Mexico portion of Guadalupe Canyon
August 28.
CW had a COMMON-GROUND DOVE at Dunagan’s Crossing August 28.
SOCORRO County:
BWe had a YELLOW-EYED JUNCO near the top of Mt. Withington in the San
Mateos August 26.
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:
JP, BWi, and JO had a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER at the Melrose Trap August 28.
AK had an immature BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER at the Melrose Trap August 26.
SIERRA County:
DC reports the two BROWN PELICANS continue near North Monticello Point,
Elephant Butte Lake SP August 27.
Initials of Observers:
DC, Dave Cleary; SC, Steve Collins; RC, Richard Castetter; Steve Collins;
AK, Andy Kraynik; JO, Jerry Oldenettle; JP, John Parmeter; CR, Christopher
Rustay; MT, Michael Turner; BWe, Bill West; BWi, Bill Wittman; CW, Cole
Wolf
Field Trips:
SEPTEMBER 2
Belen Marsh and Whitfield Wildlife Conservation Area in Belen with Linda
Heinze:
565-1441, manzanogal@gmail.com Meet at 7:30 a.m. behind the Hawthorn
Suites on Gibson and University or 8:00 at the marsh, which is one mile
east from Exit 195 off
I-25. Park at the Taco Bell. Lunch at Harla May’s Fat Boy Grill on Becker
Avenue near Main Street in Belen
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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