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- RBA 
*New  Mexico Bird Report 
*June  29, 2009 
*NMEX0906.29 
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Transcript 
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Hotline New Mexico 
date:  June 29, 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 29,  
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. 
. 
Highlights: Brown Pelicans, Arctic Tern, Black-capped  Vireo. 
. 
. 
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) . 
. 
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) 
Neotropic Cormorant (Otero) 
Brown  Pelican (Guadalupe, San Juan 
Great  and Snowy Egrets (Otero) 
Little  Blue Heron (Socorro) 
Cattle  Egret (Sandoval) 
Green-winged Teal (Rio Arriba) 
Canvasback and Redhead (Otero) 
Ring-necked Duck (Chaves) 
Hooded  Merganser (Colfax) 
Mississippi Kite (Eddy) 
Northern Harrier (Eddy) 
Gray  Hawk (Eddy) 
Zone-tailed Hawk (Grant) 
Montezuma Quail (Sierra, Grant) 
Common  Moorhen (Socorro) 
Snowy  Plover (Chaves, Colfax, Eddy) 
Marbled Godwit (Sierra) 
White-rumped Sandpiper (Colfax) 
Red-necked Phalaropes (Chaves) 
Wilson’s Phalarope (Rio Arriba, Chaves, Sierra, Otero) 
California Gull (Sierra, San Juan) 
Caspian Tern (San Juan) 
ARCTIC  Tern (Colfax) 
Least  Tern (Chaves, Eddy) 
Eurasian Collared-Dove (Otero) 
Band-tailed Pigeon (Grant, Santa Fe) 
Common  Ground-Dove (Hidalgo) 
Barn  Owl (Chaves, Grant) 
Flammulated Owl (Taos) 
Great  Horned Owl (Socorro) 
Elf  Owl (Grant) 
Burrowing Owl (Bernalillo) 
Pygmy  Owl (Taos, Grant) 
Spotted Owl (Sierra) 
Whip-poor-will (Santa Fe, Grant) 
Chimney Swift (Eddy) 
Magnificent Hummingbird (Grant) 
Broad-billed Hummingbird (Hidalgo) 
Lucifer Hummingbird (Hidalgo) 
Costa’s and Anna’s Hummingbirds (Hidalgo) 
Rufous  Hummingbird (Santa Fe) 
Williamson’s Sapsucker (Santa Fe) 
Three-toed Woodpecker (Santa Fe) 
Olive-sided Flycatcher (Grant) 
Western Wood-Pewee (Eddy) 
Gray  Flycatcher (Grant) 
Vermilion Flycatcher (Catron) 
Thick-billed Kingbird (Hidalgo) 
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Harding) 
Horned  Lark (Otero) 
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) 
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher (Eddy) 
Western Bluebird (Grant) 
Hermit  Thrush (Santa Fe) 
Phainopepla (Santa Fe) 
Olive  Warbler (Grant) 
Lucy’s  Warbler (Eddy, Doña Ana)) 
Black-and-White Warbler (Eddy) 
Painted Redstart (Grant) 
Cassin’s Sparrow (Harding) 
Botteri’s Sparrow (Hidalgo) 
Rufous-winged Sparrow (Cochise, AZ) 
Varied  Bunting (Eddy) 
Yellow-headed Blackbird (Otero) 
Bronzed Cowbird (Sierra, Roosevelt, Eddy. Bernalillo) 
Red  Crossbill (Grant) 
. 
. 
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, and several CALIFORNIA GULLS. 
. 
In  Sandoval County: 
TB had 56 CATTLE EGRETS flying over his  home in Corrales  
on  June 20. 
. 
In Rio  Arriba County: 
JO at a pond north of the road to Heron  Lake on June 20  
saw a  WILSON’S PHALAROPE, and GREEN-WINGED TEALS. 
.  
.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: 
RY on June 20 on the Tesuque road to the  Santa Fe Ski Basin  
saw  BAND-TAILED PIGEON AND HERMIT THRUSHES.  On the Chamisa  
Trail  on June 24 there as a female WILLIAMSON’S SAPSUCKER. 
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. 
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. 
. 
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. 
. 
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. 
AM on June 24 had two immature GREAT  HORNED OWLS at the  
Box  Canyon on US60 west of Socorro. 
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In  Chaves County: 
At Bitter Lake Refuge on the 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 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. 
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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, 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. 
JP, WW, and LL on June 4 on Signal Peak  there was a a male  
MAGNIFICENT HUMMINGBIRD. 
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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. 
He put  up two feeders six miles west of the cattle guard on the 
pass.  MB, NP, MH, RV,  and CW on June 27-28 had a pair of  
LUCIFERS, two male COSTA’S, an immature male ANNA’S, and a  
female  BROAD-BILLED HUMMINGBIRD at the feeders. 
In Guadulupe Canyon the group found three  THICK-BILLED  
KINGBIRDS in the NM part near the ranch.  In the AZ part at  
the  gate there was a RUFOUS-WINGED SPARROW. 
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. 
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  Doña Ana County: 
MS on June 27 reported the LUCY’S WARBLER  is still at their  
home  near Radium Springs. 
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In  Otero County: 
MS and JZ on June 26 at the Holloman  Lakes had a HORNED LARK  
feeding fledglings and a pair of YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS.   
Also  still there was the CANVASBACK and NEOTROPIC CORMORANT  
with a  REDHEAD, 14 WILSON’S PHALAROPES, two GREAT EGRETS, and  
a  SNOWY EGRET. 
They found rain at Cloudcroft with many  wildflowers in lush  
country.  And along  the road to Sunspot there was a EURASIAN  
COLLARED-DOVE. 
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;   MH, Michael Hilchey;  TH, Tom Hines;   
JJ,  Jim Joseph;  LL, Lane Leckman;  HM, Holly Marchman;   
AM,  Amy Morrison;  RM, Robert  Mumford;  JO, Jerry Oldenettel;   
JP,  John Parmeter;  NP, Nick  Pederson;  CR, Chris Rustay;   
JSa,  Jeff Sanchez;  BS, Bill Scott;  MS, Marcy Scott;   
RS,  Roland Shook:  HS, Heidi Simms;  RV, Raymond VanBuskirk;   
SV,  Steve Vinson;  BW, Bill West;  SW, Steve West;   
WW,  Bill Wittman; CW, Cole Wolf;  RY,  Rob Yaksich;  
and  JZ, Jimmy Zabriskie;  . 
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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  July 2 is to Bosque del  
Apache  Refuge with Rebecca Gracey, 242-3821; on July 9 to  
Capulin Springs in the Sandias with the Boettchers, 281-6726;  
July  16 to the Sandias for Three-toed Woodpeckers with Gale  
Owings, 255-8333; July 23 to the Simm’s Ranch and Bonnie  
Long’s  home in the Manzanos for a potluck lunch, 379-1985,  
and on  July 30 in the Sandias to the 10K Trail with Melissa  
Howard, 286-9365.. 
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On  Saturday, July 11, Central Audubon will look for Los Alamos  
birds  to Bandelier and the ski area, the Jemez to Jemez Falls.   
Contact is Jim Mosley at _ff1964@msn.com_ (mailto:ff1964@msn.com) . 
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On  Sunday, July 12, Sangre de Cristo Audubon will bird the  
Santa  Fe Ski Basin.  Contact is Tom Taylor  at 424-3238. 
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Mesilla Valley Audubon on July 18 will have a possible  over 
nighter to the Sacramento Mountains, Karr Canyon, and Cloudcroft,  
and  possibly the Peñasco Rio.  For  overnighters they will camp  
at  Bluff Springs.  Contact is David  Griffin by July 16 at 575-382- 
2080. 
. 
The  Randall Davey Audubon Center in Santa Fe on upper Canyon  
Road  has Saturday morning bird walks from 8:30 until 9:30. 
. 
The  Rio Grande Nature Center has Saturday and Sunday bird  
walks  at 8:30 in May. 
. 
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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