10 June,2000
3904 Anderson Ave., SE
Albuquerque, NM 87108
Phone: 505/255-9282
Cellular: 505/350-4543
Borealowl@aol.com

Dr. Sartor O. Williams III
P.O.Box 25112
Santa Fe, NM 87501

Dear Sandy,

Below is my Spring season report; included are sightings from 1 March, through 31 May, 2000. The big event of the spring was moving into a new house about a mile and a half southeast of Luis Lopez (499 Farm-to-Market Road). I moved in the first week of March. I have an acre located about 200 yards west of the river with a couple of fairly narrow strips of bosque and 3 canals/ditches in between (no direct river access, nearest crossing to the river is about 2 miles north). I'm in the process of planting many fruiting trees and bushes and planning on a small pond in the back yard. I averaged a little over 1.5 yardbirds/day up until 15 May when they suddenly ceased and I didn't get a single new yardbird until yesterday (calling fly-by Black-bel Plover on 6/7, bringing my list to 121). I've had about 15 additional species within a mile or so of the house. Had several really good ones as can be seen in the accounts below. In terms of general migration, I added some notes at the end of the report showing numbers of selected migrant passerines which passed through the yard and notes on birds nesting in the area.

I have purposely worked on my yard list, so have not been as extensively on the road this spring as in previous years. May be just as well, seemed to be pretty slow on the eastern plains most of the spring.

Jerry R. Oldenettel

Spring Season Sightings by Species

1 March - 31 May, 2000

Abbreviations used:

CLSP - Conches Lake State Park, 35.2535N 104.1107W
MR - Maxwell NWR, 36.3417N 104.3444W
BAR - Bosque del Apache NWR, 33.4800N 106.5200W
BLR - Bitter Lakes NWR, 33.3608N 104.2441W
RGNC - Rio Grande Nature Center, 35.0704N 106.4012W
RSPA - Rattlesnake Springs Picnic Area, 32.0640N 104.2754W
LVR - Las Vegas NWR, 35.5543N 105.1711W
GTR - Grasslands Turf Ranch (Las Lunas), 34.8061N 106.7480W
GCTR - Green Chaparral Turf Ranch (Moriarity), 34.9900N 105.9726W
ULSP - Ute Lake State Park, 35.2021N 103.2907W
BD - Boone's Draw, 34.1037N 103.2507W to 33.5110N 103.4223W
MVT - the vagrant trap about 10 miles west of Melrose, 34.2549N 103.5275W
PDSP - Percha Dam State Park, 32.8618N 107.3034W
EBMP - Elephant Butte Lake, North Monticello Point, 33.2232N 107.1376W
EBL - Elephant Butte Lake, 33.0912N 107.1224W
SRP - Socorro Riverine Park
NMTTB - New Mexico Tech Turtle Bay (Between Macey Center and the Golf Course, Socorro).
LLH - Luis Lopez (my house at 499 Farm-to-Market Road and environs).

Coobservers: Pat Basham (PB ), Sam Brayshaw (SB), Louis Cuellar (LC), Jon Dunn (JD), Rebecca Gracie (RG), Steve Greetham (SG), Rich Hoyer (RH), Jacob Malcom (JM, BLR summer intern), Jim Nelson-Moore (JNM), John Parmeter (JP), Jim Rini (JR).

Note: (ABE) following the species name indicates and all birds encountered and identified during the period are included in the account. Otherwise I have included only the first, unusual, and/or late encounters and high counts. Dates are given as MM/DD. Many locations are given as NM-xx/MPyy, where xx gives the state, U.S., or National Forest route number and yy indicates the nearest milepost number.

Common Loon.(ABE) 1 at Cochiti Lake on 3/5. 2 at Sumner Lake on 3/11 (with JP). 1 at EBMP on 3/18 (with JP). 1 at Brantley Lake on 4/29.

Least Bittern.(ABE) 1 calling at the pump house BAR on 5/13 and 1 at the south end of the marsh loop on 5/29.

Great Egret. 1 at Jal Lake on 5/20.

Snowy Egret. 2-3 at BAR on 4/8 (with JP).

Little Blue Heron.(ABE) 1 adult at BAR on 5/13.

Tricolored Heorn.(ABE) 1 adult at BLR on 4/30 (photo enclosed).

Cattle Egret. 1 at Isleta Marsh on 5/11.

Green Heron. 2 at NMTTB on 4/8 (with JP).

White Ibis.(ABE) 1 adult at BLR on 5/19 (with JM, video enclosed).

White-f. Ibis. About 40 at BAR on 4/8 (with JMP).

Glossy Ibis.(ABE) 1 at BAR on 4/21-22 (photos enclosed) was reported earlier by JP. This bird was located at about 11 a.m. in the large impoundment just west of the seasonal tour road. It was with a loose flock of about 15 White-faced Ibis feeding in tall flooded grasses about halfway across the impoundment and 75 yards from the road. The bird was observed for about 20 minutes at distances ranging from 75-125 yards as it foraged actively in the marshy area. The bird was an adult in breeding plumage It was a little larger than the nearby White-faced Ibis. It had red knees and olive green skin in the femoral area. The face was dark with a pale whitish edge to the facial skin. This whitish didn't surround the eye, ending directly above and below the eye. The eye was persistently dark, though I did get a brownish glint on a couple of occasions while watching the bird. All the White-faced Ibis bright, obvious reddish/pinkish eyes and many showed obvious pinkish in the facial area with broader white or pinkish feathered edges which totally enclosed the eye. They also showed dusky to reddish femoral areas. The bird was again present on 4/22 in the same area.

1 adult at BAR on 5/13 (video enclosed) had been found the previous evening by DE&BN).

Ross' Goose. The Jal Lake bird was still present on 5/6 (with JP, LC) and 5/20.

Red-br. Merganser.(ABE) 8 at MR/Stubblefield Lake on 3/4 (with JP). 1 male at Sumner Lake on 3/11 (with JP).

Turkey Vulture. 3 at PDSP on 3/18 (with JP) were the first ones seen.

Osprey. 1 at Caballo on 4/8 (with JP).

Mississippi Kite. 1 at Portales on 5/5 was the first one seen. 1 at Jal on 5/20.

Harris' Hawk.(ABE) 1 about 2 miles south of Williamsburg on 4/8 (with JP).

Swainson's Hawk. 2 south of PDSP on 4/1 were the first ones seen (with JP). The first two appeared at LLH on 4/3.

Rough-l. Hawk.(ABE) About 8 in the MR/Raton areas and 1 at Eagle Nest Lake on 3/4 (all with JP).

Merlin.(ABE) 1 (columbarius ) at LLH on 4/6.

Peregrine Falcon.(ABE) 1 along the drain roads about 3 miles south of Socorro on 4/2. 1 at Black River Village on 5/6 (with JP, LC).

Common Moorhen.(ABE) 2 at BAR on 5/13.

Black-bel. Plover.(ABE) 1 at BLR on 5/1 (with JP).

Snowy Plover. 3 at EBMP on 5/24.

Semipalmated Plover. 1 at BAR on 4/8 (with JP).

Willet.(ABE) 2 at BAR on 4/14 (with JP). 22 at BAR on 4/29. 5 at BLR on 4/30 and 5 there on 5/1 (with JP). 7 at the Capitan sewage ponds on 5/1. 5 at EBMP on 5/24.

Long-bld. Curlew. 6 at GCTR on 3/11 (with JP). 15 flying up-river at LLH on 4/3.

Marbled Godwit.(ABE) 9 at EBMP and 1 at BAR on 4/14 (with JP). 1 at Tres Lagunas on 5/21.

Hudsonian Godwit.(ABE) 1 at BLR on 5/19 (with JM, video enclosed). A different bird there on 5/27 (with JM, photos enclosed).

Sanderling.(ABE) 4 at EBMP on 5/24.

White-r. Sandpiper.(ABE) 2 at BLR on 5/27.

Baird's Sandpiper. About 10 at BAR on 4/21 were the first ones seen.

Pectoral Sandpiper.(ABE) 1 at Luis Lopez on 4/5 was the first one seen.

Dunlin.(ABE) The 5 BAR birds were still present on 3/18 (with JP) with 5 in breeding plumage there on 4/14 (with JP).

Stilt Sandpiper. 2 at BLR on 5/1 (with JP). 3 at EBMP on 5/24.

Red-n. Phalarope.(ABE) 1 at BAR on 5/13.

Laughing Gull.(ABE) 2 Breeding adults at EBMP on 5/24. These birds were found in the afternoon at the end of the peninsula. They were viewed with bnoculars and spotting scopt at about 30 yards distance and in good light (they were ENE of me). Both were largish black-headed gulls, sitting partly hidden behind a drift of stones (from my point of view. I immediately realized that they were Laughing Gulls by their large all blood-red bills. Two Franklin's gulls were with Ring-blds. about 20 yards northwest of the birds and showed much shorter, more delicate bills.The edge of the black cap was almost square with the axis of the neck and terminated about the base of the skull (more black on the nape than Bonaparte's and about the same as the Franklin's). While I was looking at other birds, one of the Franklin's took flight and as I was watching, I noted that both Laughing Gulls and done the same, so I got a direct comparison with one of the birds in flight. The Laughing was about 30% larger than the Franklin's and showed no white windows at the wing tips. The underwing showed a blackish tip, grading to pale gray at about the wrist.

Franklin's Gull. About 35 at LLH on 4/6. 2 at EBMP on 5/24.

Bonaparte's Gull. 1 at LLH on 4/6.

Ring-bld. Gull. About 1000 in flooded fields just east of Luis Lopez on 3/22 included 2 Franklin's Gulls.

California Gull. 2 adults at EBMP and one adult in firelds north of BAR on 3/18 (all with JP).

Forester's Tern. 2 at EBMP on 4/14 (with JP) were the first ones seen. About 30 at Cheapakste point at Brantley Lake on 5/1 (with JP) was a high count. 1 at EBMP on 5/24.

Least Tern.(ABE) 1 at BLR on 5/19 and 2 there on 5/27. 1 at EBMP on 5/24.

Black Tern. 2 at BLR on 5/19.

Band-tld. Pigeon.(ABE) 1 at Jal on 5/6 (with JMP, LC, photo enclosed) was the first one seen.

Eur. Collared Dove.(ABE) 5-9 (probably 8) in Ft. Sumner on 3/11 (with JP). Birds were concentrated around a possible nest trees (dense conifers) at 10th and E Sts., and around 6th and C Sts. 1 at Sumner Lake Village on 3/11 (with JP). 2 at Luis Lopez on 4/26 (photo enclosed), 1 there 5/3-5/19 and 1 or 2 on 5/21-29. 1 at Ft. Sumner on 5/7. 2 at Socorro on 5/14. These birds were along Bullock, 1 1/2 block south and between El Camino Real and Bee Ct. and the other 1/2 block north and between Leroy and Bursum Ct. 2 at Jal, 2 at the Eunice Cemetery (photo enclosed), and 3 at Lovington (Photo enclosed) on 5/20.

Inca Dove. 10 around Jal on 5/20. 6 at Lovington on 5/21.

Yellow-bld. Cuckoo.(ABE) 3 at RSPA and 1 at the Eunice Cemetery on 5/20. 1 at the Melrose Trap on 5/21. 1 at Taiban on 5/27 (with JP).

Burrowing Owl. 1 at Socorro on 4/29 was the first one seen.

Poorwill.(ABE) 3-4 singing about 2 miles south of Corona on 5/27.

Vaux's Swift.(ABE) 1 at LLH on 4/16. This bird was among a flock of about 100 swallows, mostly Violet-greens. The bird flew by my house and circled over the yard and around the field behind the house for several minutes. I watched it with 10X binoculars at distances as close at about 40 ft. A small cheatura swift, very pale below (breast and upper belly) with a whitish throat. Short tail, not notched. Rump contrastingly pale brown, occasionally appearing to have a slight grayish tinge, with black wings and back. The bird did not call. It has been some time since I reviewed the marks for Chimney versus Vaux's Swift, so I did not realize until I looked at the NGS guide a short while later that the pale rump and underparts went with Vaux's Swift.

White-thtd. Swift.(ABE) 1 at RSPA on 5/20.

Black-ch. Hummingbird. 1 female at LLH on 4/4 was the first one seen. 2 at Jal on 5/20.

Broad-tailed Hummingbird.(ABE) 1 male at LLH on 5/15 was the first one seen.

Rufous Hummingbird.(ABE) 1 male at LLH on 4/3 (quite a surprise as my first NM hummer of the year).

Common Nighthawk. 1 at Crossroads on 5/5 was the first one seen.

Lesser Nighthawk. 2 at LLH on 4/27 were the first ones seen.

Lewis' Woodpecker. 1 at Rinconada on 3/4 (with JP).

Olive-sdd. Flycatcher. 1 at Pep and 1 at Milnesand on 5/5 were the first ones seen.

Willow Flycatcher. About 3 at RSPA on 5/20 were the first ones seen.

Least Flycatcher.(ABE) 1 at Pep and 2 at MVT on 5/21 were the first ones seen.

Gray Flycatcher. 1 at Moriarity on 4/29 was the first one seen.

Hammond's Flycatcher. 1 at RSPA on 5/6 (with JP, LC) was the first one seen.

Dusky Flycatcher. 1 at RSPA on 5/1 (with JP, JD, RH).

Cordileran Flycatcher. 1 at MVT on 5/27 (with JP). 2 at RSPA on 5/28.

Pacific Slope Flycatcher (not). 1 heard calling at RSPA on 5/20. I hear this bird call 4 times at the spring, giving the slurred puuureee call. I was uynable to visually locate the bird as it worked down the stream from the spring. I had to back down on on the ID when, the following week, I had a Borwn-headed Cowbird giving a perfect imitation of the call. The cowbird hung around my yard for the duration of the season and persistently gave the puuureee call.

Vermilion Flycatcher. 1 male at PDSP on 4/8 (with JP).

Ash-thtd. Flycatcher. 2 at SRP on 4/20 (with LC) were the first ones seen.

Cassin's Kingbird. 2 at GCTR on 4/29 were the first ones seen.

Western Kingbird. 1 at Luis Lopez on 4/13 was the first one seen.

Cassin's Vireo.(ABE) 1 at SRP on 4/2 was the first one seen. 1 at NMTTB on ~4/10. 1 at RSPA on 5/6 (with JP, LC). 1 at MVT on 5/27 (with JP).

Plumbeous Vireo.(ABE) 2 at Picacho on 4/30. 1 at RSPA on 5/1 (with JP, RH, JD). 2 at RSPA on 5/6. 2 at LLH on 5/10, 1 there on 5/13, 1 there on 5/15, 1 there on 5/19. 1 at RSPA on 5/20 and 3 there on 5/28.

Red-eyed Vireo.(ABE) 1 at RSPA on 5/6 (with JP, LC).

Warbling Vireo. 3 at RSPA on 5/6 were the first ones seen.

Yellow-thtd. Vireo.(ABE) 1 at NMTTB on 4/2 (with PB, RG, JR, photo enclosed)) was the first one seen. This bird had been reported the previous day by Dave Hawksworth and I had looked for the bird on the evening of the 1st without success. I got to turtle Bay at about 7 and found the bird at about 8 foraging in the large willow at the south end of the east bay of the pond. I watched and photographed the bird for about a half hour and met PB as I was leaving, returned with her and after a while, relocated the bird. JR and RG and friend then arrived and we all followed the bird around. It was a smallish stubby looking, short-tailed vireo about the size of a Plumbeous Vireo with an olive green face, crown, and nape, yellow lores and eye-ring, yellow throat and breast, white belly and undertail coverts, gray wings, back, and upper tail and two white wingbars. Well seen at distances as close as 25 ft. with binoculars and in good morning light.

1 at MVT on 5/7 (with JP, LC, photo enclosed) was persistently singing.

Violet-grn. Swallow. 3 along Animas Creek (Sierra) on 3/18 (with JP) were the first ones seen.

Rough-w. Swallow. 3 south of PDSP on 3/18 (with JP) were the first ones seen. The first birds arrived at LLH on 4/2.

Cliff Swallow. About 20 south of PDSP on 4/1 (with JP) were the first ones seen.

Barn Swallow. 2 south of PDSP on 3/18 (with JP) were the first ones seen. First seen at LLH on 3/26; the next day this bird was investigating nest cups under the eves of the house. The bird was paired up on the 29th (at which point these were the only two birds present).

Blue Jay. 1 at Cimmaron on 3/4 (with JP). 1 at Santa Rosa on 3/11 (with JP). 1 at LLH on 4/26 and 4/29.

Carolina Wren.(ABE) 1 singing at SRP on 4/2 and 4/14 (with JP). On 4/14, the bird was singing at the same clump of bushes I thought to be it's nesting area last year. 1 at RSPA on 5/1 (with JP, JD, RH) and 1 there on 5/6 (with JP, LC).

House Wren. The first migrant seen was at GCTR on 4/29.

Eastern Bluebird.(ABE) 2 at SRP on 4/2. 1 male at RSPA on 5/28.

Swainson's Thrush.(ABE) 1 at MVT on 5/5 (with JP). 2 Olive-backed birds at MVT on 5/27.

Hermit Thrush. The first migrant seen was at GCTR on 4/29.

Varied Thrush. Amy Mathis (wife of one of my engineers) reported seeing the Turtle Bay bird ~3/13.

Gray Catbird.(ABE) 1 at GCTR on 5/21 was the first one seen.

Sage Thrasher. 1 at Sumner Lake on 3/11 (with JP).

Brown Thrasher.(ABE) 3 at Bosque Redondo on 3/11 (with JP). 1 at MVT on 5/21 and 5/27.

Long-bld. Thrasher.(ABE) 1 singing at Bosque Redondo on 3/11 (with JP) and 5/7 (with JP, LC).

Golden-cr. Kinglet.(ABE) 1 below Sumner Dam on 3/11 (with JP).

Northern Shrike.(ABE) 1 about 5 miles south of Raton and 1 at Sugarite Canyon on 3/4 (both with JP).

Phainopepla. 1 female at LLH on 4/28 and a male on territory 5/9 on. A new female was first seen on 5/15 with obvious nest building activities from 5/14 on. 1 male at Bell Lake on 5/20.

Starling. 1 in my yard at LLH on 3/27 had a deformed bill, about twice the normal length. Evidently attempting to live up to the monicker "Lawn dowitcher".

Orange-cr. Warbler. 1 at LLH on 4/22.

Nashville Warbler.(ABE) 1 at SRP on 4/14 (with JP).

Virginia's Warbler. 1 at SRP on 4/14 (with JP). 1 at LLH on 4/19.

Lucy's Warbler. 2-3 along Animas Creek (Sierra) on 3/18 (with JP). 1 adult in my yard at LLH on 3/26-27. 1 at SRP on 4/14 (with JP) was my furthest north in the RGV to date.

Yellow Warbler. 1 female at LLH on 4/18 was the first one seen.

Northern Parula Warbler.(ABE) 1 female in my yard at LLH on 3/31. 1 male at NMTTB on 4/2 (with PB). 1 singing m. & 1 f. (photo enclosed) at GCTR on 4/29.

Townsend's Warbler.(ABE) 1 at RSPA on 5/1 (with JP, JD, RH) and 1 female there on 5/6.

Palm Warbler.(ABE) 1 eastern race (yellow) bird at LLH on 5/8 (video enclosed). This bird was seen in my front yard at Luis Lopez in the early morning. I spotted a movement against the front fence about75 ft. from the house. At first, I thought it was a toad (I had just flooded the yard the day before and there were still puddles around). When I put my binoculars on it, I quickly recognized that it was a Palm Warbler with bright yellow undertail coverts, yellow throat, and constantly pumping tail. I grabbed my video camera and headed out to try for photos. The bird immediatelyt jumped up on a fence line, then up sev eral feet into a Pecan tree. It started calling, a sharp tsip call, as it worked it's way up the back side of the tree. As I rounded the tree, the bird flew into the top of another nearby pecan. I went behind the house where I finally spotted the bird and got a short video clip. The bird then flew off toward the back fence and I lost it (I could not pick it's call out from those of several orientha White-cr. sparrows in that area which were amazingly similar.)

The bird was a medium sized warbler, brownish above and yellow below with some streaking on the breast. It had a fairly notable and wide pale eyeline. I was never close enough or in the right light to see the crown color other than dark. The bird constantly pumped it's tail and gave a bright tsip call note. This is my third Palm Warbler for NM and the first one of the eastern race.

Black-and-white Warbler.(ABE) 1 female and 1 singing male at RSPA on 5/20.

American Redstart.(ABE) 1 male at MVT on 5/7 (with JP, LC). 1 female at RSPA on 5/20.

Ovenbird.(ABE) 1 at RSPA on 5/6 (with JP, LC). 1 at MVT on 5/7 (with LC). 1 at NMTTB on 5/29.

Northern Waterthrush.(ABE) 1 at RSPA, 1 at Jal Lake (with JP, LC), and 6 at Stephen's Park (with JP, LC) on 5/6. 2 at GCTR on 5/7 (with JP,LC). 1 at BAR on 5/13. 2 at NMTTB on 5/14. 1 at RSPA on 5/20. 1 at GCTR on 5/21.

MacGillivray's Warbler. 2 at GCTR on 4/29 were the first ones seen.

Hooded Warbler.(ABE) 1 heard below Sumner Dam and 1 female at MVT on 5/5 (with JP, LC, SB, JNM, photo enclosed).

Com. Yellowthroat. 1 at GCTR on 4/29 was the first one seen. 1 at LLH on 5/8.

Wilson's Warbler. 1 at NMTTB on 4/14 (with JP, SG).

Yellow-br. Chat. 1 at LLH on 4/28 was the first one seen.

Summer Tanager. 1 at SRP on 4/20 (with LC) were the first ones seen.

Western Tanager. 1 at LLH on 4/27 was the first one seen.

N. Cardinal. A pair at Jal on 5/6 and 2 pair there on 5/20.

Rose-breasted Grosbeak.(ABE) 1 male at LLH on 5/13 (photo enclosed) was the only one seen.

Black-hdd. Grosbeak. 1 male at LLH on 4/26 was the first one seen.

Lazuli Bunting. 1 male at LLH on 4/29 was the first one seen.

Indigo Bunting. 1 male at PDSP on 4/8.

Painted Bunting. 3 at RSPA on 5/1 (with JP, JD, RH). 1 at Jal on 5/6.

Green-tld. Towhee. First migrant arrived at LLH on 4/6.

Tree Sparrow.(ABE) 1 at MR on 3/4 (with JP).

Clay-col. Sparrow.(ABE) 1 at LLH on 4/25 was the only one seen.

Field Sparrow.(ABE) 3 at MVT on 3/11 (with JP).

Black-ch. Sparrow.(ABE) 2-3 about 2miles north of Corona on 5/27.

Vesper Sparrow. The first migrants arrived at LLH on 4/2.

Lark Sparrow. 1 at LLH on 4/14 was the first one seen.

Fox Sparrow.(ABE) 1 (zaboria) at my feeders at LLH on 3/18 (photo enclosed)-3/24.

White-thtd. Sparrow.(ABE) 1 south of PDSP on 3/18 (with JP). 1 adult (white stripes) at my feeders at LLH on 3/18 (photo enclosed)-4/20. Probably a different bird (brighter yellow lores, duskier eyeline) at LLH on 5/8-9.

White-cr. Sparrow. The first dark lored bird was at GCTR on 4/29. 3-4 remained at LLH through 6/1.

Harris' Sparrow.(ABE) 1 imm. at MR on 3/4 (with JP).

McCown's Longspur. 1 at Stephen's Park on 5/6 (with JP, LC, photo enclosed).

Chestnut-col. Longspur. 1 at Cochiti Lake on 3/5.

Rusty Blackbird.(ABE) 2 (M&F) along the Rio Grande south of PDSP on 3/18 (with JP, photos enclosed).

Common Grackle. 1 male at my feeders at LLH on 3/21 was the first one seen. Two males at LLH on 4/8, 1 male there on 4/17, 2 on 5/10.

Bronzed Cowbird.(ABE) 1 male at RSPA on 5/20 and a female there on 5/28. 1 male at Carrizozo on 5/28 (photo enclosed).

Orchard Oriole. 3 at RSPA/WR on 5/1 (with JP, JD, RH). 1 fe. at Allread Tank on 5/20. 1 imm. male singing at Taiban (DeBaca) on 5/27 (with JP). 1m&1fe. at clump along NM-20/mp11, (DeBaca about 2 miles north of the Chaves line).

Hooded Oriole.(ABE) 2 at RSPA/WR on 5/1 (with JP, JD, RH).

Bullock's Oriole. 1 male at SRP on 4/2 was the first one seen. 1 at LLH on 4/19.

Pine Siskin. 1 at LLH on 4/13 was only the second one seen in NM this year.

Appendix A

Trip Log

'000304-05. Maxwell NWR, Stubblefield Lake, Raton, Sugarite Canyon, Yankee, Cimmaron, Eagle Nest Lake, and Taos. Night in Albuquerque, Cochiti Lake, the town of Cochiti Lake, and the Rio Grande Nature Center.

'000311-12 Bosque Redondo, Melrose Trap, Bosque Redondo, Ft. Sumner, Sumner Lake, Tres Lagunas, Power Dam Park, Santa Rosa, Green Chaparral Turf Ranch. Night in Albuquerque, Bosque del Apache.

'000318. Fields south of Percha Dam State Park, Percha, Caballo Lake, Animas Creek, Paseo del Rio Park, Rock Canyon Marina, North Monticello Point, and Bosque del Apache NWR.

'000401-02 Percha Dam State Park. Our day was cut short when my Cherokee injested a couple of quarts of water ;while crossing a small river tributary. Night in Socorro, New Mexico Tech Turtle Bay, Socorro Riverine Park.

'000408. Percha Dam State Park, Cabllo, North Monticello Point, Bosque del Apache, and Turtle Bay.

'000415. Socorro Riverine Park, Turtle Bay, Bosque del Apache, North Monticello Point, and Bosque del Apache again.

'000422. Kingston, Hilsboro, Percha, Rock Canyon Marina, North Monticello Point, Bosque del Apache.

'000429. Moriarity, Green Chaparral, Luis Lopez, Bosque del Apache

'000430-501. Picacho, Bitter Lakes NWR, Bottomless Lakes SP, Brantley Lake, Lake Avalon, Lake Carlsbad, and 6-mile Dam, night in Carlsbad, Rattlesnake Springs, Washington Ranch, Brantley Lake, Bitter Lakes NWR, Picacho, Capitan, and Carrizozo.

'000505-507. Sumner Dam, Melrose trap, Portales sewage ponds, Pep, Milnesand, Crossroads, Tatum, Caprock, Waldrop Park, Bitter Lakes NWR, and Brantley Lake, night in Carlsbad, Rattlesnake Springs/Washington Ranch, Jal, Jal Lake, Stephen's Park near Eunice, Chaparral Park in Lovington, Tatum, Crossroads, Milnesand, and Pep night in Portales, Melrose trap, Bosque Redondo, Sumner Lake, Green Chaparral Turf Ranch.

'000513-14. Bosque del Apache, Luis Lopez, night in Socorro, NMTTB, Socorro (along Bullock).

'000519-21. Carrizozo, Capitan, Hondo River Bridge, Bitter Lake NWR Brantley Lake, night in Carlsbad, Rattlesnake Springs, Steve West's house, Bell Lake, Allread Tank, Jal Lake, Jal, Eunice Cemetery, Stephen's Park, the Maljamar rest stop, and residential Lovington, night in Lovington, Lovington, Tatum , Crossroads, Milnesand, Pep, Portales, the Melrose Trap, Bosque Redondo, Sumner Lake, Tres Lagunas, Power Dam Park, the Green Chaparral Turf Ranch, and the Mountainair sewage ponds.

'000524. Percha, Monticello Point after a WSMR meeting.

'000527-30. Corona, Yeso, Taiban, Melrose Trap. Bosque Redondo, Sumner Lake, Mesa Rest Stop, Bitter Lake NWR, night in Carlsbad, Rattlesnake Springs, Picacho, Capitan, and Carrizozo, night in Socorro, Turtle Bay, Bosque del Apache.

Appendix B

Photo log

As usual, I have included several types of photos to help document records. The slides are duplicates and need not be returned. Any slides were taken with ASA-400 film (Ectachrome Elite 400) with auto speed setting using Nikon N6006 body and Nikor 500 mm mirror lens with a fixed stop of f/8. Video footage was taken with a Canon ES-5000 camera using the sports setting (1/250 sec. exposure with auto stopping). Digital imagery was produced with a Sony Mavica F-91 digital still camera. It sports a 14:1 optical zoom capability for effective focal lengths of moderately wide angle to over 500 mm equivalent(~10X) magnification. Exposure is typically automatic and not recorded. Digital resolution is typically left at the default setting (1024 fine resolution) As with the video camera, I can mate it up to my Kowa scope or binoculars to get an effective focal length of several meters.

Digital Images:

Fox Sparrow (Socorro, 3/18)
White-thtd. Sparrow (Socorro, 3/18)
Rusty Blackbirds (below Percha, 3/18)
Yellow-thtd. Vireo (Turtle Bay, 4/2)
Glossy Ibis, (BAR, 4/22)
Eur. Collared Dove (Luis Lopez, 4/26)
N. Parula (GCTR, 4/29)
Tricolored Heron (BLR, 4/30)
Hooded Warbler (MVT, 5/5)
Band-tld. Pigeon (Jal, 5/6)
McCown's Longspur (Stephen's Park, 5/6)
Yellow-thtd. Vireo (MVT, 5/7)
Rose-br. Grosbeak (Luis Lopez, 5/13)
Eur. Collared Dove (2 at Eunice, 5/20)
Eur. Collared Dove (Lovington, 5/20)
Hudsonian Godwit (BLR, 5/27)
Bronzed Cowbird (Carrizozo, 5/28)

Video Tape:

Palm Warbler (LLH, 5/8)
Glossy Ibis, (BAR, 5/13)
White Ibis (BLR, 5/19)
Hudsonian Godwit (BLR, 5/19)
Hudsonian Godwit (BLR, 5/27)

Appendix C

Other interesting things

Two bats were investigating the crawl space above the carport at my place in Luis Lopez on 3/27-4/1.

1 Weasel (presumably long-tailed) at LLH on 6/1.

Luis Lopez house spring notes. I moved into the house the first week of March and spent most of the week and occasional weekends there during the spring period. Below is a synopsis of selected migrants, nesters, and visitors seen in the yard from 3/1-5/31/00.

N. Parula Warbler - 1
Lucy's Warbler - 1
Virginia's Warbler - 5
Yellow-r. Warbler - 18 (some of these may be repeats)
Yellow Warbler - 4
Palm Warbler - 1
Plumbeous Vireo - 5
Com. Yellowthroat - 1 (evidently nesting in the bosque across the road)
Wilson's Warbler - 13
Orange-cr. Warbler - 3
Western Tanager - 4
Chat - 1+ (evidently nesting in the bosque across the road)
Warbling Vireo - 0
House Wren - 0
MacGillivray's Warbler - 0
Empidonax Flycatcher - 0
W. Wood Pewee - 4
Brewer's Sparrow - 2
Lincoln's Sparrow - 3

The Ash-throated Flycatcher, Summer Tanager, Chats and Yellowthroat appear to be nesting in the bosque across the road from the house. Also nesting in the yard and/or in the lot next door are Phainopepla (2-3 pair), Bewick's Wren, Western Kingbird, Robin, Black Phoebe, Say's Phoebe, House Sparrow, House Finch, Barn Swallow, N. Mockingbird, and Black-ch. Hummingbird. Consistent visitors undoubtedly nesting in the area include Lesser Goldfinch, Black-hdd. and Blue Grosbeaks, Rough-w. Swallow, Cooper's Hawk, Com. Yellowthroat, W. Meadowlark, Red-w. Blackbird. There are consistently 4-8 Brown-hdd. Cowbirds in the area. 3-4 orientha White-cr. Sparrows hung around through the first of June.

I am going through about 60 oz. of hummingbird food a day. So far, only very short visits by 1 Rufous and 1 Broad-tld. All others have been Black-ch.