NM RBA for 11/2/09

[Pinyonjay]

 
- RBA
New  Mexico Bird Report
November 2, 2009
NMEX0911.02
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Hotline New Mexico
date:  November 2, 2009
compiler Patricia R. Snider
Phone:  [phone]
Cell  phone [phone]
e-mail  address _pinyonjay@... (mailto:pinyonjay@...)  
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This is Pinyon Jay with the New Mexico Bird Report for  
November 2, 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: Red Phalaropes, Lawrence’s Goldfinch.
Montane  species seem to be invading the lowlands.
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 and both Field Notes please  
send  reports to Dr. Sartor O. Williams, III, 119 Meadowview NW,  
Albuquerque, NM, 7104 or to  
_sunbittern@... (mailto:sunbittern@...) .
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Birds  Mentioned and Counties:
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Western Grebe (Chaves, *Bernalillo)
Cattle  Egret (*Eddy)
Greater White-fronted Goose (Santa Fe)
Snow  Goose (Chaves)
Cackling Goose (Bernalillo)
Mexican Mallerd (Doña Ana)
Osprey  (*Eddy)
Zone-tailed Hawk (Sierra)
Golden  Eagle (Otero, Bernalillo)
Merlin  (*Bernalillo, Otero, *Santa Fe)
Peregrine Falcon (Sierra)
Prairie Falcon (Otero)
Montezuma Quail (Hidalgo)
Sora  (Doña Ana)
Common  Moorhen (Sierra, Luna)
Sandhill Crane (Chaves)
Black-bellied Plover (Eddy, Chaves)
American Avocet (Bernalillo)
Long-billed Curlew (Chaves)
Wilson’s Snipe (Doña Ana)
Red  Phalarope (Otero)
Red-necked Phalarope (Chaves)
Bonaparte’s Gull (*Bernalillo)
Band-tailed Pigeon (Sierra)
Eurasian Collared-Dove (*Taos)
Inca Dove (Sierra, Hidalgo)
Ruddy Ground-Dove (Hidalgo)
Barn Owl (Doña Ana)
White-rhroated Swift (Eddy)
Anna’s  Hummingbird (*Doña Ana, Luna)
Black-chinned Hummingbird (*Bernalillo)
Broad-tailed Hummingbird (*Doña Ana)
Rufous  Hummingbird (*Santa Fe)
Lewis’s Woodpecker (Hidalgo)
Acorn  Woodpecker (Doña Ana)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Eddy)
Yellow-shafted Flicker (Roosevelt)
Eastern Phoebe (Doña Ana)
Hutton’s Vireo (Sierra)
Tree  Swallow (Doña Ana)
Gray  Jay (Taos)
Western Scrub-Jay (*Doña Ana)
Mountain Chickadee (Roosevelt)
Bridled Titmouse (Sierra)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Doña Ana)
Brown Creeper (Sierra)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Valencia)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Sierra, Roosevelt, Bernalillo)
Western Bluebird (Doña Ana, Luna, Otero)
Mountain Bluebird (Roosevelt, Otero)
Townsend’s Solitaire (Bernalillo, Luna, Roosevelt
Hermit  Trush (*Doña Ana)
Gray  Catbird (Sierra)
Sage  Thrasher (Luna)
Bendire’s Thrasher (*Valencia)
Blue-winged Warbler (Roosevelt)
Nashville Warbler (Sierra, Roosevelt)
Hermit  Warbler (Luna)
Townsend’s Warbler (Roosevelt, Luna)
Abert’s Towhee (Hidalgo)
Cassin’s Sparrow (Roosevelt)
Fox Sparrow red (Roosevelt)
Swamp Sparrow (Eddy)
White-throated Sparrow (Doña Ana)
Dark-eyed Juncos (*Doña Ana)
Eastern Meadowlark (Doña Ana}
Albino  blackbird (*Socorro)
Scott’s Oriole (Luna)
Rosy  Finches (Bernalillo)
Cassin’s  Finch (Roosevelt)
Lawrence’s Goldfinch (Luna)
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In  Bernalillo County:
RY on October 25 had a MERLIN at Lowell  and Academy in
Albuquerque.
JG on October 25 at Otero Canyon south of  Tijeras found
a  sub-adult GOLDEN EAGLE, several GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS,
and  two TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRES.
JP on October 25 saw 23 CACKLING GEESE at  the Rio Grande  
Nature  Center in Albuquerque.  CD on  October 30 reported a  
first  winter BONAPARTE’S GULL and a WESTERN GREBE at the  
center.
BG had single female BLACK-CHINNED  HUMMINGBIRDS at his  
North  Valley feeders on October 29 and 31.
At the Tramway/Roy Wetlands RE on October 26 saw seven  
AVOCETS.
One feeder was put up at the Crest House  on October 27  
for  the the ROSY FINCHES, and right away two BLACKS and  
two  GRAY-CROWNED appeared, an early date.
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In  Chaves County:
JSa on the Bitter Lake Refuge near  Roswell count of October  
22  reported 66 SNOW GEESE, 10,983 SANDHILL CRANES in the area,  
a  WESTERN GREBE, three BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, one LONG-BILLED  
CURLEW, and one RED-NECKED PHALAROPE.
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In  Doña Ana County:
JZ on October 20 along Hope Road in Las  Cruces found  
26  SANDHILL CRANES, an ACORN WOODPECKER (photo), seven  
WESTERN BLUEBIRDS, five SCRUB JAYS, and a RED-BREASTED  
NUTHATCH.
DG at his Las Cruces home on October 25  had a WHITE-THROATED  
SPARROW, with the ANNA’S HUMMINGBIRD present October 21 to 27;  
and a  BARN OWL on October 17; an EASTERN MEADOWLARK from October  
20 to  27; two to three SCRUB JAYS and JUNCOS seen daily; and  
nine  CEDAR WAXWINGS on October 20.  The  immature Anna’s was  
still  seen On October 30, as was a scrub jay and up to six  
juncos.  A Female  BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD was seen October  
30 and  a HERMIT THRUSH on October 29.
At Swan Pond near  Leasburg DG on October 23 found an  
EASTERN PHOEBE, up to six SNIPES,  a MEXICAN DUCK, SORA, and a  
TREE SWALLOW.  On October 26 there was a  SNIPE.
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In  Eddy County:
SW hiked the Delaware River south of  Malaga and recorded on
October 31 a CATTLE EGRET and an OSPREY.
At Rattlesnake Springs on October 24 JP,  WW, and JO had a  
YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER immature and two SWAMP SPARROWS with  
two  more sapsuckers at the adjacent Washington Ranch.
At Brantley Lake north of Carlsbad JP,  WW, and JO had the  
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER on October 24.
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In  Hidalgo County:
ChB on October 27 in Clanton Canyon in the Peloncillos
had four to six MONTEZUMA QUAIL.  He had two ABERT’S
TOWHEES at the San Simon Cienega; in a flooded orchard 1.5  
miles  west of Cotton City there was a LEWIS’S WOODPECKER,  
several INCA DOVES, and one RUDDY GROUND-DOVE slong Church  
Street.
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:
ChB on October 26 at Pancho Villa SP near  Columbus saw  
SCOTT’S ORIOLES and a late female HERMIT WARBLER.  RC and  
WH on  October 26 had a pair of LAWRENCE’S GOLDFINCHES.
LM on October 19 had a MOORHEN at the  Pecan Park ponds  
in  Deming.  On October 25 at Spring  Canyon State Park near
Deming  he saw an ANNA’S HUMMINGBIRD, WESTERN BLUEBIRDS,  
TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRES, a SAGE THRASHER, and a TOWNSEND’S  
WARBLER.
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In  Otero County:
SW and TH on October 27 on Otero Mesa had  a suckleyi
MERLIN  near Alamo Mt., three PRAIRIE FALCONS, a GOLDEN  
EAGLE,  MOUNTAIN and WESTERN BLUEBIRDS.
JO on October 25 reported two RED  PHALAROPES at the
main  pond of the Holloman Lakes.
DG contacted the biologist at Holloman  AFB on the  
Holloman closures.  There is a beetle infestation at Lagoon  
G that  they are trying to rid, and they don’t want anyone  
to  spread them.  One can walk past the  gate to Stinky Lake,  
but  not drive in and can still bird there.  Contact David  
Griffin at 575-32-200 for more details.
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In  Roosevelt County:
CR on October 24 at the migrant trap west  of Melrose on  
US 60  in the morning had a red (zaboria?) FOX SPARROW, an
immature female TOWNSEND’S WARBLER, a YELLOW-SHAFTED  FLICKER,
a  CASSIN’S SPARROW, with MOUNTAIN CHICKADEES, GOLDEN-CROWNED  
KINGLETS, and a CASSIN’S FINCH.  Later in the afternoon there  
was  also a NASHVILLE and a male BLUE-WINGED WARBLERS.  On  
October 23 JP, WW, and JO saw a female MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD,  
two  TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRES, and one kinglet.
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In  Santa Fe County:
BF had a MERLIN at the Casa Solana area  of Santa Fe on  
October 31.  
JB on October 30-31 had  a late female RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD  
at his  Santa Fe feeders.
JB on October 15 had a WHITE-FRONTED  GOOSE at the Santa  
Fe  Canyon Preserve.  It was seen by SF  and a tour October 17.
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In  Sierra County:
At North Monticello Point of Elephant  Butte Lake on October
25 RC  and WH had a PEREGRINE.
At Percha Dam State Park CB and MH on  October 17 saw a CATBIRD,  
NASHVILLE WARBLER, and two INCA DOVES.  ChB on October 27 in the  
north  woods had a late immature ZONE-TAILED HAWK.  RC and WH on
October 25 had a BROWN CREEPER and many GOLDEN-CROWNED  KINGLETS.
On October 17 at the Paseo del Rio Park  below the dam NH  
and CB  had an immature MOORHEN, a BRIDLED TITMOUSE, and a  
BAND-TAILED PIGEON.
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In  Socorro County:
TR on October 29 saw a white bird in a  large blackbird flock  
at  Bosque del Apache Refuge south of San Antonio.
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In  Taos County:
MBe at Sawmill Pass north of Red River on  October 22 had two  
GRAY  JAYS at 10,000 feet.
ST had a COLLARED DOVE in Taos on October  30.
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In  Valencia County:
LL on October 25-27 had RUBY-CROWNED  KINGLETS at their home  
east  of the Laguna Pueblo.
CBa at her home at the Huning Ranch near  Los Lunas had on  
October 28 a BENDIRE’S THRASHER.
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Initials of Observers:
JB,  Jonathan Batkin;  CBa, Carolyn  Barber;  ChB, Charles Black;  
MBe,  Mark Breen;  CB, Celestyn  Brozek;  RC, Rebecca Crofton;  
CD,  Carol Davis;  RE, Rosanne  Eakin;  BF, Bernard Foy;  
SF,  Stacey Fradkin;  JG, June  Galloway;  DG, David Griffin;  
BG,  Bill Groll;  WH, Walter Hansen;  NH, Nancy Hetrick;  
TH,  Tommy Hines;  LL, Linda  Lawrence;  LM, Larry Malone;  
JO,  Jerry Oldenettel;  JP, John  Parmeter;  TR, Tai  Roberts;
CR,  Chris Rustay;  JSa, Jeff Sanchez;  ST, Stephanie Thomas;
SW,  Steve West;  WW, Bill Wittman;   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  November 5 to Bosque  
del  Apache Refuge with Sei Tokuda, 266-2480.  On November 12  
to the  Cedro Campground and Sabino Canyon south of Tijeras  
with  the Boettchers, 281-6726.  On  November 19 a hike in  
Rinconada Canyon in the Petroglyph NM with Rebecca Gracey,  
242-3821.  No trip is  planned for Thanksgiving.
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The  Las Vegas Refuge will have trips on Sundays in November  
to the  back road of the refuge (usually closed) with programs.  
On  November 8 Raymond VanBuskirk will discuss “Birds of  
Northern NM.”  On  November 15 “Duck Butts” with Rob Yaksich,  
and on  November 22 “South from Alaska with the Roving Ruges”  
a  travel show with a local family.
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The  Festival of Cranes at Bosque del Apache Refuge will be  
November 17-22 this fall.
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The  Rio Grande Nature Center has morning bird walks on Sunday  
and  Saturday mornings at 9 a.m.
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