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June 25, 2009
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*New Mexico Bird Report
*June 25, 2009
*NMEX0906.25
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Hotline New Mexico
date: June 25, 2009
compiler Patricia R. Snider
Phone: 719-846-3174
Cell phone 505-803-1807
e-mail address _pinyonjay@aol.com_ (mailto:pinyonjay@aol.com)
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This is Pinyon Jay with the New Mexico Bird Report for June 25,
2009, 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, Mississippi Kites, Brown
Pelicans, Arctic Tern, Magnificent Hummingbird, Black-capped
Vireo.
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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 both 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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Western Grebe (Bernalillo)
Brown Pelican (Guadalupe, San Juan
Little Blue Heron (Socorro)
Green-tailed Teal (Rio Arriba)
Ring-necked Duck (Chaves)
Hooded Merganser (Colfax)
Mississippi Kite (Eddy)
White-tailed Kite (Hidalgo)
Northern Harrier (Eddy)
Gray Hawk (Eddy)
Zone-tailed Hawk (Grant)
Montezuma Quail (Sierra, Grant)
Virginia Rail and Sora (Santa Fe)
Common Moorhen (Socorro)
Snowy Plover (Chaves, Colfax, Eddy)
Greater Yellowlegs (Rio Arriba)
Marbled Godwit (Sierra)
White-rumped Sandpiper (Colfax)
Red-necked Phalaropes (Chaves)
Wilson’s Phalarope (Rio Arriba, Chaves, Sierra)
California Gull (Sierra, San Juan)
Caspian Tern (San Juan)
ARCTIC Tern (Colfax)
Forster’s Tern (San Juan)
Least Tern (Chaves, Eddy)
Black Tern (Chaves)
Band-tailed Pigeon (Grant)
Common Ground-Dove (Grant, Hidalgo)
Barn Owl (Chaves, Grant)
Flammulated Owl (Taos)
Western Screech-Owl (Rio Arriba)
Elf Owl (Grant)
Burrowing Owl (Santa Fe, Bernalillo)
Pygmy Owl (Taos, Grant)
Spotted Owl (Sierra)
Common Poorwill (Grant)
Whip-poor-will (Santa Fe, Grant)
Chimney Swift (Eddy)
Magnificent Hummingbird (Grant)
Lucifer Hummingbird (Hidalgo)
Rufous Hummingbird (Santa Fe)
Three-toed Woodpecker (Santa Fe)
Olive-sided Flycatcher (Grant)
Western Wood-Pewee (Eddy)
Gray Flycatcher (Grant)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Catron)
Dusky-capped Flycatcher (Grant)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Harding)
Bell’s Vireo (Socorro)
Gray Vireo (Eddy, San Miguel)
BLACK-CAPPED VIREO (Eddy)
Yellow-throated Vireo (Eddy)
Cave and Barn Swallows (EddY)
Clark’s Nutcracker (Catron)
Bushtit (Grant)
American Dipper (Catron)
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher (Eddy)
Western Bluebird (Grant)
Gray Catbird (Sandoval)
Phainopepla (Santa Fe)
Olive Warbler (Grant)
Lucy’s Warbler (Eddy)
Audubon’s Yellow-rumped Warbler (Grant)
Black-and-White Warbler (Eddy)
Painted Redstart (Grant)
Red-faced Warbler (Catron)
Cassin’s Sparrow (Harding)
Botteri’s Sparrow (Hidalgo)
Varied Bunting (Eddy)
Bronzed Cowbird (Sierra, Roosevelt, Eddy. Bernalillo)
Red Crossbill (Grant)
Pine Siskin (Grant)
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In San Juan County:
MB on June 19 at Morgan Lake had an adult BROWN PELICAN
at the northeast boat ramp. Also seen at a cove right of
the ramp were the CASPIAN TERN, several CALIFORNIA GULLS, and
a FORSTER’S TERN.
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In Sandoval County:
TB had 56 CATTLE EGRETS flying over his home in Corrales on
June 20.
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In Rio Arriba County:
JO at a pond north of the road to Heron Lake on June 20 saw
an immature GREATER YELLOWLEGS, a WILSON’S PHALAROPE, and GREEN-
WINGED TEALS.
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.In Taos County:
JP and WW on June 13 at dawn near Ojo Sarco had calling
FLAMMULATED and PYGMY OWLS.
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In Santa Fe County:
JP, WW, and HS on June 19 at the Santa Fe Ski Basin had a
THREE-TOED WOODPECKER.
JB on June 21 on CR 84 (parallel to NM 502) had a
PHAINOPEPLA Fly over the marsh. Over the years VIRGINIA RAILS
and SORAS have Been there for years.
JB on June 17 had his first RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD in Santa Fe.
JB on June 11 had a WHIP-POOR-WILL calling in the Black
Canyon campground at Hyde State Park at Santa Fe. It is
west of the loop at the far end and has been calling for
over a week.
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In San Miguel County:
On his Sabinoso BBS CR on June 17 found GRAY VIREOS between
the Canadian River and Sabinoso with a pair on Burro Hill.
In Harding County:
CR on June 17 found good numbers of CASSIN’S SPARROWS
near Roy with a SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER on NM 102 east of
Bueyeros.
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In Colfax County:
MB and NP on June 13 had an ARCTIC TERN on Lake 13 of the
Maxwell Refuge with two SNOWY PLOVERS and ten WHITE-RUMPED
SANDPIPERS. Later JP and WW saw the tern, the plover and
sandpipers, and a male HOODED MERGANSER.
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In Guadalupe County:
RM, ranger at Santa Rosa Lake SP., reported an immature
BROWN PELICAN, present from June 7 to at least June 10, has
been near the boat ramp.
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In Roosevelt County:
HM on June 11 at Oasis SP north of Portales reported a
BRONZED COWBIRD.
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In Bernalillo County:
DE on June 23 at the entrance to the Sandia Casino Golf
Course saw a BURROWING OWL.
And at the Sandia Memorial Garden Cemetery he again saw
a BRONZED COWBIRD.
JJ saw a WESTERN GREBE in the Rio Grande on June 14 between
the Rio Grande Nature Center and the Oxbow.
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In Socorro County:
At Bosque del Apache Refuge on June 20 JP and WW saw a
MOORHEN at the two-way road west on the Farm Loop. Later
there was a singing BELL’S VIREO. Refuge personnel on June 10
reported an adult LITTLE BLUE HERON at the pond on the east side
of the two-way road.
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In Chaves County:
At Bitter Lake Refuge BW had a late BLACK TERN on June 17.
On the refuge count of June 17 JSa tallied two RING-NECKED
DUCKS, two LEAST TERNS, 109 SNOWY PLOVERS, 24 WILSON’S
PHALAROPES, seven RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, and four
BARN OWLS.
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In Sierra/Grant County:
At Emory Pass in the Black Range JP, WW, and LL on June 6 had
two SPOTTED OWLS on the east side.
At the bridge below Kingston there was a male MONTEZUMA QUAIL.
At Hillsboro there was a male BRONZED COWBIRD.
And at North Monticello Point at Elephant Butte Lake there
was on June 20 JP and WW saw two MARBLED GODWITS and a WILSON’S PHALAROPE.
At the Rock Canyon Marina there was a second year CALIFORNIA
GULL.
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In Catron County:
JO on June 19 had three CLARK’S NUTCRACKERS on the south fork
of Negrito Creek and a pair of VERMILION FLYCATCHERS on the San
Francisco River near the Tularosa River.
JH had a male RED-FACED WARBLER at her ranch west of Datil
on June 14.
BZ in his tour on May 30 at the Whitewater Canyon Catwalk at
Glenwood had a DIPPER with fledged young;
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In Grant County:
DG in mid-June in the Burro Mountains reported ZONE-TAILED
HAWK, MONTEZUMA QUAIL, BAND-TAILED PIGEONS, BARN OWLS, ELF OWLS,
PYGMY OWLS, WHIP-POOR-WILL, late AUDUBON’S WARBLERS, and OLIVE
WARBLERS, with a singing OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER on June 22, many
GRAY FLYCATCHERS, BUSHTITS, WESTERN BLUEBIRDS, PAINTED REDSTARTS,
and RED CROSSBILLS.
RS had a ZONE-TAILED HAWK on the road to Bill Evans Lake on
June 15.
At the DMZ home on June 14 there were PINE SISKINS.
BZ on his tour on May 28 reported a DUSKY-CAPPED FLYCATCHER
between Cherry Creek and McMillan campgrounds north of Pinos
Altos.
JP, WW, and LL on June 4 on the peak there was a a male
MAGNIFICENT HUMMINGBIRD.
At Roberts Lake BZ on May 28 found PURPLE MARTINS at the west
end.
BZ at the Redrock bridge on May 29 saw a COMMON GROUND-DOVE.
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In Hidalgo County:
CW on June 21 had a LUCIFER HUMMINGBIRD in upper Cottonwood
Canyon. He says a fire has been there and in western Clanton.
CW had a COMMON GROUND-DOVE at Dunagan Crossing south of
Animas on June 21. On June 19 he had the BOTTERI’S SPARROWS
along the road.
SOW on May 30 had an adult WHITE-TAILED KITE about 9.5 miles
south of Hachita at mile marker 36 on NM 81.
Guadalupe Canyon’s owners request that no one park at the
entrance gate where it has been re-seeded.
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:
The rancher has objected to any birding around his corral
near Hermanas.
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In Otero County:
DG reported there has been changes with a kiosk, a boat ramp,
a picnic and camping area, and a bird watching area.
Lagoon G is open to birding again. There is a new sign in
front calling it the Raptor Lake Recreation Area.
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In Eddy County:
In Slaughter Canyon near Rattlesnake Springs there are GRAY
VIREOS and a pair of VARIED BUNTINGS. BW and AF on June 17 had
the BLACK-CAPPED VIREO again. JG and SV found it singing on
June 19 (photo) SW again saw it still singing on June 22.
In West Slaughter Canyon there was a BLACK-TAILED GNATCATCHER
and he found up to ten GRAY VIREOS.
At Rattlesnake Springs BS on June 13 found a YELLOW-THROATED
VIREO at the adjacent Washington Ranch with LUCY’S WARBLER at
the Springs. He recorded on June 14 the GRAY HAWK. JG had the
one, maybe two, singing Yellow-throats on June 19 with a singing
male BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER at the hackberry grove by the
orchard at the Springs. SW and TH on June 18 had a late
WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE. BW on June 17 recorded two BRONZED COWBIRDS
and the GRAY HAWK.
At Brantley Lake north of Carlsbad BS on June 13 saw three
LEAST TERNS and two SNOWY PLOVERS.
SW and TH had a male HARRIER at the Black River near the
Springs on June 18.
BW on June 17 saw over Carlsbad a CHIMNEY SWIFT and several
MISSISSIPPI KITES.
SW reports that the powers that be in Whites City have torn
down all swallow nests, destroying young and eggs, mostly of
CAVE SWALLOWS, but a few were BARNS.
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Initials of Observers:
JB, Jonathan Batkin; MB, Matt Baumann; TB, Terry Brownell;
DE, David Eulian; AF, Andy Fenner; DG, David Griffin;
JG, John Groves; JH, Joan Hardie; TH, Tom Hines;
JJ, Jim Joseph; LL, Lane Leckman; HM, Holly Marchman;
RM, Robert Mumford; JO, Jerry Oldenettel; JP, John Parmeter;
NP, Nick Pederson; CR, Chris Rustay; JSa, Jeff Sanchez;
BS, Bill Scott; RS, Roland Shook: HS, Heidi Simms;
SV, Steve Vinson; BW, Bill West; SW, Steve West;
SOW, Sandy Williams; WW, Bill Wittman; CW, Cole Wolf;
BZ, Barry Zimmer; and DMZ, Dale and Marian Zimmerman
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Field Trips:
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Central Audubon in Albuquerque has Thursday field trips.
All phone numbers begin with 505.
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The Randall Davey Audubon Center in Santa Fe on upper Canyon
Road has Saturday morning bird walks from 8:30 until 9:30.
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The Rio Grande Nature Center has Saturday and Sunday bird
walks at 8:30 in May.
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The Forest Service has bird walks in the Sandia Mountains on
Tuesday mornings. Meet at 8:30 at the Ranger Station in
Tijeras.
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