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- RBA
New Mexico Bird Report
November 9, 2009
NMEX0911.09
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Hotline New Mexico
date: November 9, 2009
compiler Patricia R. Snider
Phone: 719-46-3174
Cell phone 505-03-107
e-mail address _pinyonjay@... (mailto:pinyonjay@...)
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This is Pinyon Jay with the New Mexico Bird Report for
November 9, 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, escaped Orange Bishop, and
Pacific Loon.
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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Pacific Loon (*Colfax)
Common Loon (San Juan, *Colfax)
Horned Grebe (*Colfax)
Eared Grebe (*Santa Fe0
Western Grebe (Bernalillo, *Santa Fe)
Brown Pelican (*Sierra)
American Bittern (*Chaves)
Cattle Egret (Eddy, *Socorro)
White-faced Ibis (*Chaves)
Light Geese (*Chaves)
Ross’s and Cackling Geese (*San Miguel)
Wood Duck (*Sierra)
Greater Scaup (San Juan)
Hooded Merganser (*Chaves, *Colfax)
Common and Red-breasted Mergansers (*Colfax)
Osprey (Eddy)
White-tailed Kite (Luna)
Northern Harrier (*Chaves, *Doña Ana)
Northern Goshawk (*Doña Ana)
Zone-tailed Hawk (Sierra)
Ferruginous Hawk (*Doña Ana
Golden Eagle (*Doña Ana
Merlin (*Bernalillo, Otero, *Santa Fe, *Doña Ana, *Sandoval)
Peregrine Falcon (Sierra)
Prairie Falcon (Otero, *Doña Ana)
Montezuma Quail (Hidalgo)
Sora (*Sierra)
Common Moorhen (Luna, *Sierra)
Sandhill Crane (*Chaves, Curry, *Doña Ana)
Black-bellied Plover (*Sierra)
Wilson’s Snipe (*Chaves)
Bonaparte’s Gull (Bernalillo)
Inca Dove (Hidalgo, *Sierra)
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)
Hairy Woodpecker (*Sierra)
Ladder-backed Woodpecker (*Sandoval)
Yellow-shafted Flicker (Roosevelt, Curry)
Hammond’s Flycatcher (*Doña Ana, *Sierra)
Eastern Phoebe(*Sierra, *Socorro)
Vermilion Flycatcher (*Sierra)
Horned Lark (*Doña Ana)
Steller’s Jay (*San Miguel, *Sierra)
Western Scrub-Jay (Doña Ana)
Mountain Chickadee (Roosevelt)
Bridled Titmouse (*Sierra)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Doña Ana)
Brown Creeper (*Sierra)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Sierra, Roosevelt, Bernalillo)
Black-capped Gnatcatcher (Hidalgo)
Eastern Bluebird (*Santa Fe)
Western Bluebird (Luna, Otero, *Doña Ana)
Mountain Bluebird (Roosevelt, Otero, *Doña Ana)
Townsend’s Solitaire (Bernalillo, Luna, Roosevelt
American Robin (Doña Ana)
Sage Thrasher (Luna, *Doña Ana)
Brown Thrasher (*Bernalillo)
Bendire’s Thrasher (Valencia)
Cedar Waxwing (*Valencia)
Townsend’s Warbler (Luna)
Common Yellowthroat (*Sierra)
Sage Sparrow (*Doña Ana)
Fox Sparrow (Roosevelt, *Valencia)
Swamp Sparrow (Eddy)
White-throated Sparrow (*Santa Fe, *Bernalillo, *Sierra, and
*Socorro)
Dark-eyed Junco (Doña Ana)
Chestnut-collared Longspur (*Doña Ana)
Pyrrhuloxia (Curry)
Rosy Finches (*Bernalillo)
Cassin’s Finch (Roosevelt, Bernalillo)
Lawrence’s Goldfinch (Luna)
Lesser Goldfinch (*Valencia, *Curry)
Pine Siskin and American Goldfinch (*Doña Ana, *Valencia)
Orange Bishop escape (*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. He seems to attract falcons, and had a
MERLIN at the UNM North Campus Area on November 5 east of
the Law School.
JG on October 25 at Otero Canyon south of Tijeras
found several GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS and two TOWNSEND’S
SOLITAIRES.
At the Rio Grande Nature Center in Albuquerque CD on
October 30 reported a first winter BONAPARTE’S GULL and a
WESTERN GREBE. GO, JM, and others saw a tan-striped WHITE-
THROATED SPARROW and a BROWN THRASHER on November 7.
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. 30 were seen by
November 6, and the SNC team began banding on Sunday,
November 8.
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In Chaves County:
JSa on the Bitter Lake Refuge near Roswell on the November
5 count recorded 2522 light geese, one BITTERN, 27 IBIS,
22,859 CRANES, two HOODED MERGANSERS on Unit 16, two SNIPE,
and 20 HARRIERS.
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In Colfax County:
JP, WW, LL, and JO on November 6 at Lake 13 on the Maxwell
Refuge had a COMMON LOON, five HORNED GREBES, and all three
MERGANSERS. On adjacent Stubblefield Lake there was four
COMMON LOONS with one PACIFIC LOON. Lake 14 is still open to
birders; Lake 12 is dry.
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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. He had a LESSER GOLDFINCH on November 8.
Also there were a few cranes just west of the Walmart
Store in Clovis on November 3.
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In Doña Ana County:
DG reported an ORANGE BISHOP escapee at a home in Las
Cruces on November 6. He saw it November 7 (photos) by going
along the ditch behind the home at 2500 Walter Lane, call the Martens at
575-523-1681 to let them know you will be at the
ditch. There were many birds there, including PINE SISKINS.
On October 31 JZ and MS at their home near Radium Spings
had an immature GOSHAWK that may have been present for two
weeks. It came again on November 5 (video).
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 had an ANNA’S HUMMINGBIRD seen
till November 1 with a BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD, SCRUB JAYS,
JUNCOS, PINE SISKINS, one AMERICAN GOLDFINCH were seen till
November 4. 63 ROBINS were present on November 2. On
November 5 he had a suckleyi MERLIN with several flyover CRANE
flocks.
On the grasslands west of Las Cruces on October 24 DG
reported ten HARRIERS, two FERRUGINOUS HAWKS, four GOLDEN
EAGLES, a PRAIRIE FALCON, a HAMMONDS FLYCATCHER at a cattle
tank, 400 HORNED LARKS, 30 CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPURS, 20
WESTERN and 22 MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS, a SAGE THRASHER, and two
SAGE SPARROWS.
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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:
At Pancho Villa SP near Columbus RC and WH on October
26 had a pair of LAWRENCE’S GOLDFINCHES.
LM on 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.
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 San Miguel County:
At the Las Vegas Refuge on November 6 JP, WW, LL, and JO
had CACKLING and ROSS’S GEESE on Crane Lake. Northwest of
McAllister Lake there were five STELLER’S JAYS.
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In Sandoval County:
DW had a MERLIN at San Antonio Creek at the Valle Grande
in the Jemez Mts. west of Los Alamos on November 1-2.
RK had a LADDER-BACKED WOODPECKER in Corrales on November 6.
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In Santa Fe County:
JB at Samta Cruz Lake near Española on November 7-8 found
three WESTERN GREBE and an EARED GREBE.
JoO on November 6 had an EASTERN BLUBIRD at her home in
southeast Santa Fe.
JB found a MERLIN in the Arroyo Chamisa area of Santa Fe
On November 8 with another (a richardsonii) on Atalaya
Mountain.
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. It stayed till November 3. On
November 8 there was a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW at his feeder.
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. DC at the point on
November 5 found one immature BROWN PELICAN still present
with a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER.
At Percha Dam State Park 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. JP, WW, and LL on November 7 had four INCA DOVES,
three MOORHENS, one SORA, a female WOOD DUCK, a female
YELLOWTHROAT, a male VERMILION FLYCATCHER, HAMMOND’S
FLYCATCHER, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, HAIRY WOODPECKER, one
STELLER’S JAY, and up to three BRIDLED TITMICE. LL and DH
had an EASTERN PHOEBE in the south woods.
In Riverside Park below Caballo Dam they had a pair of WOOD
DUCKS and three BROWN CREEPERS.
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In Socorro County:
JP, WW, and LL on November 7 at Bosque del Apache Refuge
south of San Antonio had three CATTLE EGRETS at the south end,
an EASTERN PHOEBE at the boardwalk, and a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW
at headquarters.
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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.
LLa at her home east of the Laguna Pueblo had a dark FOX
SPARROW,five PINE SISKINS, a CEDAR WAXWING, and six LESSER
GOLDFINCHES.
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Initials of Observers:
JB, Jonathan Batkin; CBa, Carolyn Barber; ChB, Charles Black;
DC, David Cleary; SNC, Steve and Nancy Cox;
RC, Rebecca Crofton; CD, Carol Davis; BF, Bernard Foy;
JG, June Galloway; DG, David Griffin; BG, Bill Groll;
WH, Walter Hansen; DH, David Hawksworth; TH, Tommy Hines;
RK, Rick Koehler; LLa, Linda Lawrence LL, Lane Leckman;
JLo, James Lofton; LM, Larry Malone; JM, Jim Mosley;
PN, Paul Noble; JO, Jerry Oldenettel; JoO, Jo Osterhouse;
GO, Gale Owings; JP, John Parmeter; CP. Cathy Pasterczyk;
CR, Chris Rustay; JSa, Jeff Sanchez; MS, Marcy Scott;
SW, Steve West; DW, Dan Williams; 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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Central Audubon on Sunday, November 15, will also do the
back road of the Las Vegas Refuge. Contact is Sei
Tokuda, 505-266-2480.
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Mesilla Vslley Audubon on Saturday, November 21, will bird Otero Mesa’s
grasslands and Alamos Mountain. Contact is
David Griffin at 575-382-2080.
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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 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 Cox banding team will begin banding Rosy Finches at the
Crest House in the Sandias on Sunday, November 8 at 9:30 and will band on
Sundays, with the exception of the Christmas Count period.
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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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