NM RBA for 11/5/09

[Pinyonjay]

 
- RBA
New  Mexico Bird Report
November 5, 2009
NMEX0911.05
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Hotline New Mexico
date:  November 5, 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 5, 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: Lawrence’s Goldfinch, White-tailed Kite,
Black-capped Gnatcatcher.
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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Common  Loon (*San Juan)
Western Grebe (Chaves, Bernalillo)
Cattle  Egret (Eddy)
Snow  Goose (Chaves)
Cackling Goose (Bernalillo)
Greater Scaup (*San Juan)
Osprey  (Eddy)
White-tailed Kite(*Luna)
Northern Goshawk (*Doña Ana)
Zone-tailed Hawk (Sierra)
Merlin  (Bernalillo, Otero, Santa Fe)
Peregrine Falcon (Sierra)
Prairie Falcon (Otero)
Montezuma Quail (Hidalgo)
Common  Moorhen (*Luna)
Sandhill Crane (Chaves, *Curry)
Wilson’s Snipe (Doña Ana)
Red  Phalarope (Otero)
Bonaparte’s Gull (Bernalillo)
Eurasian Collared-Dove (Taos)
Inca Dove (Hidalgo)
Ruddy Ground-Dove (Hidalgo)
Great Horned and Long-eared Owls (*Curry)
Lesser Nighthawk (*Doña Ana)
White-rhroated Swift (*Doña Ana)
Anna’s  Hummingbird (*Doña Ana, Luna, *Hidalgo)
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)
Western Scrub-Jay (*Doña Ana)
Mountain Chickadee (Roosevelt)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Doña Ana)
Brown Creeper (Sierra)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Sierra, Roosevelt, Bernalillo)
Black-capped Gnatcatcher (*Hidalgo)
Western Bluebird (Luna, Otero, ^Doña Ana)
Mountain Bluebird (Roosevelt, Otero)
Townsend’s Solitaire (Bernalillo, Luna, Roosevelt
Hermit  Trush (Doña Ana)
American Robin (*Doña Ana)
Gray  Catbird (Sierra)
Sage  Thrasher (Luna)
Bendire’s Thrasher (Valencia)
Townsend’s Warbler (Luna)
Sage  Sparrow (*Doña Ana)
Fox Sparrow red (Roosevelt)
Swamp Sparrow (Eddy)
White-throated Sparrow (Doña Ana, *Santa Fe)
Dark-eyed Juncos (*Doña Ana)
Pyrrhuloxia (*Curry)
Scott’s Oriole (Luna)
Rosy  Finches (Bernalillo)
Cassin’s  Finch (Roosevelt, *Bernalillo)
Lawrence’s Goldfinch (Luna)
Pine  Siskin and American Goldfinch (*Doña Ana)
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In  Bernalillo County:
CP on November 1 had a female CASSIN’S  FINCH in her yard
in the  Southeast Heights of Albuquerque.
RY on October 25 had a MERLIN at Lowell  and Academy in
Albuquerque.
JG on October 25 at Otero Canyon south of  Tijeras found
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 through November 2.
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,  
and a  WESTERN GREBE.
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In  Curry County:
JLo on November 3-4 at his home in  southeast Curry Co.  
had  two LONG-EARED OWLS (photo) with a HORNED OWL, six
PYRRHULOXIAS, and a YELLOW-SHAFTED FLICKER, with CRANES
passing by daily.  Also there was a few cranes just west of  
the  Walmart Store in Clovis on November 3.
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In  Doña Ana County:
On October 31 JZ and MS at their home  near Radium Spings
had an  immature GOSHAWK that may have been present for two
weeks.
JZ on October 20 along Hope Road in Las  Cruces found an  
ACORN  WOODPECKER (photo), five SCRUB JAYS, and a  
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH.  In that area on November 3 DG had  
two  late LESSER NIGHTHAWKS.
In the southern Doña Ana Mts. on November  1 DG saw four  
WHITE-THROATED SWIFTS, WESTERN BLUEBIRDS, an ANNA’S  
HUMMINGBIRD, and nine SAGE SPARROWS,
DG at his Las Cruces home on October 25  had a WHITE-THROATED  
SPARROW, with the immature ANNA’S HUMMINGBIRD present October 21  
to 27;  two to three SCRUB JAYS and JUNCOS seen daily.  A female  
BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD was seen October 30 and a HERMIT THRUSH  
on  October 29.  The Anna’s was seen  till November 1 with the  
Broad-tailed, scrub jays, Juncos, PINE SISKINS, one AMERICAN  
GOLDFINCH were seen till November 4.  63 ROBINS were present on  
November 2.
At Swan Pond near  Leasburg DG on October 23 found an  
EASTERN PHOEBE, up to six SNIPES, and a  TREE SWALLOW.
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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.
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In  Hidalgo County:
DC reported that at Rusty’s RV Park north of Rodeo on NM
80 an  ANNA’S HUMMINGBIRD present from November 1 to 4.
In Guadalupe Canyon on October 31 DC had  two BLACK-CAPPED
GNATCATCHERS on the eastern half of the NM public area.
ChB on October 27 in Clanton Canyon in the Peloncillos
had four to six MONTEZUMA QUAIL.  He had in a flooded  
orchard 1.5 miles west of Cotton City along Church Street a  
LEWIS’S WOODPECKER, several INCA DOVES, and one RUDDY  GROUND-
DOVE.
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.  RC  and WH on October 26 had a pair of  
LAWRENCE’S GOLDFINCHES there.
LM on October 19 and November 2 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.
At the Deming sewage ponds’ northwest  corner on October 30  
and  Again on November 2 LM had a WHITE-TAILED KITE.
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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, 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  had a red (zaboria?) FOX SPARROW, a  YELLOW-SHAFTED  
FLICKER, with MOUNTAIN CHICKADEES, GOLDEN-KINGLETS and  a
CASSIN’S FINCH.  On  October 23 JP, WW, and JO saw a female  
MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD, two TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRES, and one  kinglet.
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In San  Juan County:
ChB on November 3 at Morgan Lake west of  Farmington
saw  two GREATER SCAUPS and three COMMON LOONS.
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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.
At his home in north  Edgewood PN on November 3 had a
tan-striped WHITE-THROATED  SPARROW.
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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 NH on  October 17 saw a CATBIRD.  
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.
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In  Taos County:
ST had a COLLARED DOVE in Taos on October  30.
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In  Valencia County:
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;  
CB,  Celestyn Brozek;  DC, David  Cleary;  RC, Rebecca Crofton;  
CD,  Carol Davis;  BF, Bernard Foy;  JG, June Galloway;  
DG,  David Griffin;  BG, Bill Groll;  WH, Walter Hansen;  
NH,  Nancy Hetrick;  TH, Tommy  Hines;  JLo, James Lofton;  
LM,  Larry Malone;  PN, Paul Noble;  JO, Jerry Oldenettel;  
JP,  John Parmeter;  CP. Cathy  Pasterczyk;  CR, Chris Rustay;  
JSa,  Jeff Sanchez;  MS, Marcy Scott;  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 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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