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- RBA=20
New Mexico Bird Report=20
November 5, 2009=20
NMEX0911.05=20
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Transcript=20
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Hotline New Mexico=20
date: November 5, 2009=20
compiler Patricia R. Snider=20
Phone: 719-46-3174=20
Cell phone 505-03-107=20
e-mail address _pinyonjay@aol.com_ (mailto:pinyonjay@aol.com) =20
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This is Pinyon Jay with the New Mexico Bird Report for =20
November 5, 2009, sponsored by the New Mexico Ornithological =20
Society. When phone numbers are given for private property, =20
please call before going to ask for permission. In ranch =20
country do not stray off the roads.=20
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Highlights: Lawrence=E2=80=99s Goldfinch, White-tailed Kite,=20
Black-capped Gnatcatcher.=20
Montane species seem to be invading the lowlands.=20
A star is added for new birds to the RBA today.=20
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Places mentioned and a checklist of N.M. birds are in the N.M. =20
Bird Finding Guide. Check for earlier reports and database =20
At _http://www.nmbirds.org_ (http://www.nmbirds.org/) =20
or in the archives of the AZ/NM listserve. For photos of =20
rarities and directions to some birding sites check =20
_http://sites.google.com/site/oldenettelspage_=20
(http://sites.google.com/site/oldenettelspage) .=20
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For the Bird Records Committee and both Field Notes please =20
send reports to Dr. Sartor O. Williams, III, 119 Meadowview NW, =20
Albuquerque, NM, 7104 or to =20
_sunbittern@earthlink.net_ (mailto:sunbittern@earthlink.net) .=20
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Birds Mentioned and Counties:=20
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Common Loon (*San Juan)=20
Western Grebe (Chaves, Bernalillo)=20
Cattle Egret (Eddy)=20
Snow Goose (Chaves)=20
Cackling Goose (Bernalillo)=20
Greater Scaup (*San Juan)=20
Osprey (Eddy)=20
White-tailed Kite(*Luna)=20
Northern Goshawk (*Do=C3=B1a Ana)=20
Zone-tailed Hawk (Sierra)=20
Merlin (Bernalillo, Otero, Santa Fe)=20
Peregrine Falcon (Sierra)=20
Prairie Falcon (Otero)=20
Montezuma Quail (Hidalgo)=20
Common Moorhen (*Luna)=20
Sandhill Crane (Chaves, *Curry)=20
Wilson=E2=80=99s Snipe (Do=C3=B1a Ana)=20
Red Phalarope (Otero)=20
Bonaparte=E2=80=99s Gull (Bernalillo)=20
Eurasian Collared-Dove (Taos)=20
Inca Dove (Hidalgo)=20
Ruddy Ground-Dove (Hidalgo)=20
Great Horned and Long-eared Owls (*Curry)=20
Lesser Nighthawk (*Do=C3=B1a Ana)=20
White-rhroated Swift (*Do=C3=B1a Ana)=20
Anna=E2=80=99s Hummingbird (*Do=C3=B1a Ana, Luna, *Hidalgo)=20
Black-chinned Hummingbird (*Bernalillo)=20
Broad-tailed Hummingbird (*Do=C3=B1a Ana)=20
Rufous Hummingbird (Santa Fe)=20
Lewis=E2=80=99s Woodpecker (Hidalgo)=20
Acorn Woodpecker (Do=C3=B1a Ana)=20
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Eddy)=20
Yellow-shafted Flicker (Roosevelt)=20
Eastern Phoebe (Do=C3=B1a Ana)=20
Hutton=E2=80=99s Vireo (Sierra)=20
Tree Swallow (Do=C3=B1a Ana)=20
Western Scrub-Jay (*Do=C3=B1a Ana)=20
Mountain Chickadee (Roosevelt)=20
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Do=C3=B1a Ana)=20
Brown Creeper (Sierra)=20
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Sierra, Roosevelt, Bernalillo)=20
Black-capped Gnatcatcher (*Hidalgo)=20
Western Bluebird (Luna, Otero, ^Do=C3=B1a Ana)=20
Mountain Bluebird (Roosevelt, Otero)=20
Townsend=E2=80=99s Solitaire (Bernalillo, Luna, Roosevelt=20
Hermit Trush (Do=C3=B1a Ana)=20
American Robin (*Do=C3=B1a Ana)=20
Gray Catbird (Sierra)=20
Sage Thrasher (Luna)=20
Bendire=E2=80=99s Thrasher (Valencia)=20
Townsend=E2=80=99s Warbler (Luna)=20
Sage Sparrow (*Do=C3=B1a Ana)=20
Fox Sparrow red (Roosevelt)=20
Swamp Sparrow (Eddy)=20
White-throated Sparrow (Do=C3=B1a Ana, *Santa Fe)=20
Dark-eyed Juncos (*Do=C3=B1a Ana)=20
Pyrrhuloxia (*Curry)=20
Scott=E2=80=99s Oriole (Luna)=20
Rosy Finches (Bernalillo)=20
Cassin=E2=80=99s Finch (Roosevelt, *Bernalillo)=20
Lawrence=E2=80=99s Goldfinch (Luna)=20
Pine Siskin and American Goldfinch (*Do=C3=B1a Ana)=20
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In Bernalillo County:=20
CP on November 1 had a female CASSIN=E2=80=99S FINCH in her yard=20
in the Southeast Heights of Albuquerque.=20
RY on October 25 had a MERLIN at Lowell and Academy in=20
Albuquerque.=20
JG on October 25 at Otero Canyon south of Tijeras found=20
several GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS and two TOWNSEND=E2=80=99S SOLITAIRES.=20
JP on October 25 saw 23 CACKLING GEESE at the Rio Grande =20
Nature Center in Albuquerque. CD on October 30 reported a =20
first winter BONAPARTE=E2=80=99S GULL and a WESTERN GREBE at the =20
center.=20
BG had single female BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRDS at his =20
North Valley feeders on October 29 through November 2.=20
One feeder was put up at the Crest House on October 27 =20
for the the ROSY FINCHES, and right away two BLACKS and =20
two GRAY-CROWNED appeared, an early date.=20
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In Chaves County:=20
JSa on the Bitter Lake Refuge near Roswell count of October =20
22 reported 66 SNOW GEESE, 10,983 SANDHILL CRANES in the area, =20
and a WESTERN GREBE.=20
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In Curry County:=20
JLo on November 3-4 at his home in southeast Curry Co. =20
had two LONG-EARED OWLS (photo) with a HORNED OWL, six=20
PYRRHULOXIAS, and a YELLOW-SHAFTED FLICKER, with CRANES=20
passing by daily. Also there was a few cranes just west of =20
the Walmart Store in Clovis on November 3.=20
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In Do=C3=B1a Ana County:=20
On October 31 JZ and MS at their home near Radium Spings=20
had an immature GOSHAWK that may have been present for two=20
weeks.=20
JZ on October 20 along Hope Road in Las Cruces found an =20
ACORN WOODPECKER (photo), five SCRUB JAYS, and a =20
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH. In that area on November 3 DG had =20
two late LESSER NIGHTHAWKS.=20
In the southern Do=C3=B1a Ana Mts. on November 1 DG saw four =20
WHITE-THROATED SWIFTS, WESTERN BLUEBIRDS, an ANNA=E2=80=99S =20
HUMMINGBIRD, and nine SAGE SPARROWS,=20
DG at his Las Cruces home on October 25 had a WHITE-THROATED =20
SPARROW, with the immature ANNA=E2=80=99S HUMMINGBIRD present October 21=
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to 27; two to three SCRUB JAYS and JUNCOS seen daily. A female =20
BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD was seen October 30 and a HERMIT THRUSH =20
on October 29. The Anna=E2=80=99s was seen till November 1 with the =20
Broad-tailed, scrub jays, Juncos, PINE SISKINS, one AMERICAN =20
GOLDFINCH were seen till November 4. 63 ROBINS were present on =20
November 2.=20
At Swan Pond near Leasburg DG on October 23 found an =20
EASTERN PHOEBE, up to six SNIPES, and a TREE SWALLOW.=20
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In Eddy County:=20
SW hiked the Delaware River south of Malaga and recorded on=20
October 31 a CATTLE EGRET and an OSPREY.=20
At Rattlesnake Springs on October 24 JP, WW, and JO had a =20
YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER immature and two SWAMP SPARROWS with =20
two more sapsuckers at the adjacent Washington Ranch.=20
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In Hidalgo County:=20
DC reported that at Rusty=E2=80=99s RV Park north of Rodeo on NM=20
80 an ANNA=E2=80=99S HUMMINGBIRD present from November 1 to 4.=20
In Guadalupe Canyon on October 31 DC had two BLACK-CAPPED=20
GNATCATCHERS on the eastern half of the NM public area.=20
ChB on October 27 in Clanton Canyon in the Peloncillos=20
had four to six MONTEZUMA QUAIL. He had in a flooded =20
orchard 1.5 miles west of Cotton City along Church Street a =20
LEWIS=E2=80=99S WOODPECKER, several INCA DOVES, and one RUDDY GROUND-=20
DOVE.=20
County Hwy.1 south of Animas crosses the Diamond A (=20
Gray) Ranch. Because of events with thoughtless birders, =20
one must NOT go off the road.=20
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In Luna County:=20
ChB on October 26 at Pancho Villa SP near Columbus saw =20
SCOTT=E2=80=99S ORIOLES. RC and WH on October 26 had a pair of =20
LAWRENCE=E2=80=99S GOLDFINCHES there.=20
LM on October 19 and November 2 had a MOORHEN at the Pecan =20
Park ponds in Deming. On October 25 at Spring Canyon State =20
Park near Deming he saw an ANNA=E2=80=99S HUMMINGBIRD, WESTERN BLUEBIRDS,=
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TOWNSEND=E2=80=99S SOLITAIRES, a SAGE THRASHER, and a TOWNSEND=E2=80=99S=
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WARBLER.=20
At the Deming sewage ponds=E2=80=99 northwest corner on October 30 =20
and Again on November 2 LM had a WHITE-TAILED KITE.=20
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In Otero County:=20
SW and TH on October 27 on Otero Mesa had a suckleyi=20
MERLIN near Alamo Mt., three PRAIRIE FALCONS, MOUNTAIN and =20
WESTERN BLUEBIRDS.=20
JO on October 25 reported two RED PHALAROPES at the=20
main pond of the Holloman Lakes.=20
DG contacted the biologist at Holloman AFB on the =20
Holloman closures. There is a beetle infestation at Lagoon =20
G that they are trying to rid, and they don=E2=80=99t want anyone =20
to spread them. One can walk past the gate to Stinky Lake, =20
but not drive in and can still bird there. Contact David =20
Griffin at 575-32-200 for more details.=20
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In Roosevelt County:=20
CR on October 24 at the migrant trap west of Melrose on =20
US 60 had a red (zaboria?) FOX SPARROW, a YELLOW-SHAFTED =20
FLICKER, with MOUNTAIN CHICKADEES, GOLDEN-KINGLETS and a=20
CASSIN=E2=80=99S FINCH. On October 23 JP, WW, and JO saw a female =20
MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD, two TOWNSEND=E2=80=99S SOLITAIRES, and one kinglet.=20
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In San Juan County:=20
ChB on November 3 at Morgan Lake west of Farmington=20
saw two GREATER SCAUPS and three COMMON LOONS.=20
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In Santa Fe County:=20
BF had a MERLIN at the Casa Solana area of Santa Fe on =20
October 31. =20
JB on October 30-31 had a late female RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD =20
at his Santa Fe feeders.=20
At his home in north Edgewood PN on November 3 had a=20
tan-striped WHITE-THROATED SPARROW.=20
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In Sierra County:=20
At North Monticello Point of Elephant Butte Lake on October=20
25 RC and WH had a PEREGRINE.=20
At Percha Dam State Park CB and NH on October 17 saw a CATBIRD. =20
ChB on October 27 in the north woods had a late immature ZONE-=20
TAILED HAWK. RC and WH on October 25 had a BROWN CREEPER and =20
many GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS.=20
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In Taos County:=20
ST had a COLLARED DOVE in Taos on October 30.=20
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In Valencia County:=20
CBa at her home at the Huning Ranch near Los Lunas had on =20
October 28 a BENDIRE=E2=80=99S THRASHER.=20
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Initials of Observers:=20
JB, Jonathan Batkin; CBa, Carolyn Barber; ChB, Charles Black; =20
CB, Celestyn Brozek; DC, David Cleary; RC, Rebecca Crofton; =20
CD, Carol Davis; BF, Bernard Foy; JG, June Galloway; =20
DG, David Griffin; BG, Bill Groll; WH, Walter Hansen; =20
NH, Nancy Hetrick; TH, Tommy Hines; JLo, James Lofton; =20
LM, Larry Malone; PN, Paul Noble; JO, Jerry Oldenettel; =20
JP, John Parmeter; CP. Cathy Pasterczyk; CR, Chris Rustay; =20
JSa, Jeff Sanchez; MS, Marcy Scott; ST, Stephanie Thomas; =20
SW, Steve West; WW, Bill Wittman; RY, Rob Yaksich; =20
and JZ, Jimmy Zabriskie; =20
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Field Trips: =20
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Central Audubon in Albuquerque has Thursday field trips. =20
All phone numbers begin with 505. On November 12 to the =20
Cedro Campground and Sabino Canyon south of Tijeras with the =20
Boettchers, 281-6726. On November 19 a hike in Rinconada =20
Canyon in the Petroglyph NM with Rebecca Gracey, =20
242-3821. No trip is planned for Thanksgiving.=20
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The Las Vegas Refuge will have trips on Sundays in November =20
to the back road of the refuge (usually closed) with programs. =20
On November 8 Raymond VanBuskirk will discuss =E2=80=9CBirds of =20
Northern NM.=E2=80=9D On November 15 =E2=80=9CDuck Butts=E2=80=9D with=
Rob Yaksich, =20
and on November 22 =E2=80=9CSouth from Alaska with the Roving Ruges=E2=80=
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a travel show with a local family.=20
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The Festival of Cranes at Bosque del Apache Refuge will be =20
November 17-22 this fall.=20
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The Rio Grande Nature Center has morning bird walks on Sunday =20
and Saturday mornings at 9 a.m.=20
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