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- RBA=20
New Mexico Bird Report=20
November 2, 2009=20
NMEX0911.02=20
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Transcript=20
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Hotline New Mexico=20
date: November 2, 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 2, 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: Red Phalaropes, Lawrence=E2=80=99s Goldfinch.=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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Western Grebe (Chaves, *Bernalillo)=20
Cattle Egret (*Eddy)=20
Greater White-fronted Goose (Santa Fe)=20
Snow Goose (Chaves)=20
Cackling Goose (Bernalillo)=20
Mexican Mallerd (Do=C3=B1a Ana)=20
Osprey (*Eddy)=20
Zone-tailed Hawk (Sierra)=20
Golden Eagle (Otero, Bernalillo)=20
Merlin (*Bernalillo, Otero, *Santa Fe)=20
Peregrine Falcon (Sierra)=20
Prairie Falcon (Otero)=20
Montezuma Quail (Hidalgo)=20
Sora (Do=C3=B1a Ana)=20
Common Moorhen (Sierra, Luna)=20
Sandhill Crane (Chaves)=20
Black-bellied Plover (Eddy, Chaves)=20
American Avocet (Bernalillo)=20
Long-billed Curlew (Chaves)=20
Wilson=E2=80=99s Snipe (Do=C3=B1a Ana)=20
Red Phalarope (Otero)=20
Red-necked Phalarope (Chaves)=20
Bonaparte=E2=80=99s Gull (*Bernalillo)=20
Band-tailed Pigeon (Sierra)=20
Eurasian Collared-Dove (*Taos)=20
Inca Dove (Sierra, Hidalgo)=20
Ruddy Ground-Dove (Hidalgo)=20
Barn Owl (Do=C3=B1a Ana)=20
White-rhroated Swift (Eddy)=20
Anna=E2=80=99s Hummingbird (*Do=C3=B1a Ana, Luna)=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
Gray Jay (Taos)=20
Western Scrub-Jay (*Do=C3=B1a Ana)=20
Mountain Chickadee (Roosevelt)=20
Bridled Titmouse (Sierra)=20
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Do=C3=B1a Ana)=20
Brown Creeper (Sierra)=20
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Valencia)=20
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Sierra, Roosevelt, Bernalillo)=20
Western Bluebird (Do=C3=B1a Ana, Luna, Otero)=20
Mountain Bluebird (Roosevelt, Otero)=20
Townsend=E2=80=99s Solitaire (Bernalillo, Luna, Roosevelt=20
Hermit Trush (*Do=C3=B1a Ana)=20
Gray Catbird (Sierra)=20
Sage Thrasher (Luna)=20
Bendire=E2=80=99s Thrasher (*Valencia)=20
Blue-winged Warbler (Roosevelt)=20
Nashville Warbler (Sierra, Roosevelt)=20
Hermit Warbler (Luna)=20
Townsend=E2=80=99s Warbler (Roosevelt, Luna)=20
Abert=E2=80=99s Towhee (Hidalgo)=20
Cassin=E2=80=99s Sparrow (Roosevelt)=20
Fox Sparrow red (Roosevelt)=20
Swamp Sparrow (Eddy)=20
White-throated Sparrow (Do=C3=B1a Ana)=20
Dark-eyed Juncos (*Do=C3=B1a Ana)=20
Eastern Meadowlark (Do=C3=B1a Ana}=20
Albino blackbird (*Socorro)=20
Scott=E2=80=99s Oriole (Luna)=20
Rosy Finches (Bernalillo)=20
Cassin=E2=80=99s Finch (Roosevelt)=20
Lawrence=E2=80=99s Goldfinch (Luna)=20
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In Bernalillo County:=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
a sub-adult GOLDEN EAGLE, several GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS,=20
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 and 31.=20
At the Tramway/Roy Wetlands RE on October 26 saw seven =20
AVOCETS.=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
a WESTERN GREBE, three BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, one LONG-BILLED =20
CURLEW, and one RED-NECKED PHALAROPE.=20
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In Do=C3=B1a Ana County:=20
JZ on October 20 along Hope Road in Las Cruces found =20
26 SANDHILL CRANES, an ACORN WOODPECKER (photo), seven =20
WESTERN BLUEBIRDS, five SCRUB JAYS, and a RED-BREASTED =20
NUTHATCH.=20
DG at his Las Cruces home on October 25 had a WHITE-THROATED =20
SPARROW, with the ANNA=E2=80=99S HUMMINGBIRD present October 21 to 27; =20
and a BARN OWL on October 17; an EASTERN MEADOWLARK from October =20
20 to 27; two to three SCRUB JAYS and JUNCOS seen daily; and =20
nine CEDAR WAXWINGS on October 20. The immature Anna=E2=80=99s was =20
still seen On October 30, as was a scrub jay and up to six =20
juncos. A Female BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD was seen October =20
30 and a HERMIT THRUSH on October 29.=20
At Swan Pond near Leasburg DG on October 23 found an =20
EASTERN PHOEBE, up to six SNIPES, a MEXICAN DUCK, SORA, and a =20
TREE SWALLOW. On October 26 there was a SNIPE.=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
At Brantley Lake north of Carlsbad JP, WW, and JO had the =20
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER on October 24.=20
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In Hidalgo County:=20
ChB on October 27 in Clanton Canyon in the Peloncillos=20
had four to six MONTEZUMA QUAIL. He had two ABERT=E2=80=99S=20
TOWHEES at the San Simon Cienega; in a flooded orchard 1.5 =20
miles west of Cotton City there was a LEWIS=E2=80=99S WOODPECKER, =20
several INCA DOVES, and one RUDDY GROUND-DOVE slong Church =20
Street.=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 and a late female HERMIT WARBLER. RC and =20
WH on October 26 had a pair of LAWRENCE=E2=80=99S GOLDFINCHES.=20
LM on October 19 had a MOORHEN at the Pecan Park ponds =20
in Deming. On October 25 at Spring Canyon State Park near=20
Deming he saw an ANNA=E2=80=99S HUMMINGBIRD, WESTERN BLUEBIRDS, =20
TOWNSEND=E2=80=99S SOLITAIRES, a SAGE THRASHER, and a TOWNSEND=E2=80=99S=
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WARBLER.=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, a GOLDEN =20
EAGLE, MOUNTAIN and 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 in the morning had a red (zaboria?) FOX SPARROW, an=20
immature female TOWNSEND=E2=80=99S WARBLER, a YELLOW-SHAFTED FLICKER,=20
a CASSIN=E2=80=99S SPARROW, with MOUNTAIN CHICKADEES, GOLDEN-CROWNED =20
KINGLETS, and a CASSIN=E2=80=99S FINCH. Later in the afternoon there =20
was also a NASHVILLE and a male BLUE-WINGED WARBLERS. On =20
October 23 JP, WW, and JO saw a female MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD, =20
two TOWNSEND=E2=80=99S SOLITAIRES, and one kinglet.=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
JB on October 15 had a WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE at the Santa =20
Fe Canyon Preserve. It was seen by SF and a tour October 17.=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 MH on October 17 saw a CATBIRD, =20
NASHVILLE WARBLER, and two INCA DOVES. ChB on October 27 in the =20
north woods had a late immature ZONE-TAILED HAWK. RC and WH on=20
October 25 had a BROWN CREEPER and many GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS.=20
On October 17 at the Paseo del Rio Park below the dam NH =20
and CB had an immature MOORHEN, a BRIDLED TITMOUSE, and a =20
BAND-TAILED PIGEON.=20
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In Socorro County:=20
TR on October 29 saw a white bird in a large blackbird flock =20
at Bosque del Apache Refuge south of San Antonio.=20
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In Taos County:=20
MBe at Sawmill Pass north of Red River on October 22 had two =20
GRAY JAYS at 10,000 feet.=20
ST had a COLLARED DOVE in Taos on October 30.=20
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In Valencia County:=20
LL on October 25-27 had RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS at their home =20
east of the Laguna Pueblo.=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
MBe, Mark Breen; CB, Celestyn Brozek; RC, Rebecca Crofton; =20
CD, Carol Davis; RE, Rosanne Eakin; BF, Bernard Foy; =20
SF, Stacey Fradkin; JG, June Galloway; DG, David Griffin; =20
BG, Bill Groll; WH, Walter Hansen; NH, Nancy Hetrick; =20
TH, Tommy Hines; LL, Linda Lawrence; LM, Larry Malone; =20
JO, Jerry Oldenettel; JP, John Parmeter; TR, Tai Roberts;=20
CR, Chris Rustay; JSa, Jeff Sanchez; 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 5 to Bosque =20
del Apache Refuge with Sei Tokuda, 266-2480. On November 12 =20
to the Cedro Campground and Sabino Canyon south of Tijeras =20
with the Boettchers, 281-6726. On November 19 a hike in =20
Rinconada 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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