7 June, 1999
3904 Anderson Ave., SE
Albuquerque, NM 87108
Phone: 505/255-9282
Cellular: 505/350-4543

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 May 31, 1999.

My, what an interesting season. Rather than taking off a solid week in early May, John and I decided to take extended weekends throughout the month in order to better our chances for the vagrants which tend to show up later (Canada Warbler, Black-bld. Cuckoo, etc.) The only thing this really netted us was a Red-bel. Woodpecker at Melrose on the 28th and a number of Swainson's Thrushes.

The season was notable for birds absent as well as birds present. Notable by their absence or paucity were Nashville Warbler (none), Townsend's Warbler (1 in the RGV, none on the eastern plains, I understand from Narca that they were plentiful in the SW), Red-eyed Vireo (none), Catbird (only breeders in the RGV, none on the eastern plains), Red-n. Phalarope (none), Chestnut-sdd. Warbler (none), Brown Thrasher (only the usual birds at Bosque Redondo), seemingly low numbers of migrant Warbling Vireo, and American Redstart was a very late arrival.

The season was disturbing in that I became thoroughly confused about the status of Swainson's Thrush in NM. When I arrived in the state in '94, I immediately noted that everything I saw was the eastern subspecies C. u. swainsonii, and that these birds were all silent in migration. I paid attention to the birds for the following 4-5 seasons, then lost interest, figuring that if a C. u. ustalatus showed up it would be obvious enough to get my attention. This spring, Swainson's Thrushes suddenly started calling, giving the drawn out "wheee" call I was used to hearing in CA. After the first 4 or so calling birds, I started paying attention to back color again and found that there were apparently both subspecies present. Overall numbers were somewhat above previous years' totals (fall'94 2, Spring'95 6, fall'95 2, spring'96 2, fall'96 0, .spring'97 7, fall;97 0, spring'98 5, fall'98 0, spring'99 - ~12). I should point out that the Spring'95 total includes 2 calling/singing birds, 1 calling at Melrose and 1 singing in Guadalupe Canyon, neither seen or identified to subspecies. I understand it was a banner migration for Swainson's Thrush in AZ and southwestern NM and that probably accounts for the presence of C.u.u. as far east as the small trap north of Texico, virtually on the TX state line.

Birds notable by their unprecedented occurrence included 3 Glossy Ibis and up to 4 Blue-hdd. Vireos. We had about 45 White-rumps at BLR in late May.

I had dinner with Dale and Marion when I was in Silver City at mid month. Had my portable computer along, so dazzled them with my winter and spring photos to lobby Dale to get to it and get on-line. He wasn't aware that he was the only RBC member not currently on line (score one for me!). He was also impressed with my Mac setup and may act soon to get up and running. He said he should have no problem handling digital photos with Roland's help until then.

Jerry R. Oldenettel

Spring Season Sightings by Species

1 March. -31 May, 1999

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
LJSGR - La Joya State Game Refuge, 34.1808N 106.5277W
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), in Socorro.

Coobservers: Louis Cuellar (LC), Gray Froelich (GF), Karen Jo Herman (KH), Andy Hoffman (AH), Paul McConnell (PM), John Parmeter (JP) Joe Sandberg (JS), Pat Snider (PS), Rich Trissell (RT), Gordon Warrick (GW).

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.


Pacific Loon. (ABE) The Conchas Lake bird from last season was still present on 3/6 (with JP, AH).

Common Loon. (ABE) 6 at Conchas Lake and 2 at Sumner Lake on 3/6 (with JP, AH). 2 at Cochiti Lake on 3/13 and 3/14 and 1 there on 3/20 (with JP). 3 at Sumner Lake on 4/11 (with JS, LC). 5 at Sumner Lake on 4/17 (with JP). 1 at EBMP on 4/18. 1 at Brantley Lake on 4/24. 1 molting into breeding plumage at BLR on 5/29 (with JP).

Yellow-bld. Loon. (ABE) The Conchas Lake bird from last season was still present on 3/6 (with JP, AH, photo enclosed).

One highly probable bird at Cochiti Lake on 3/13 (probably the same bird reported earlier by CR and PRS). I saw this bird with a scope from the boat ramp (I was about half way up the hill to cut down on turbulence, it was late afternoon). The bird was at first at a moderate distance, app. 400 yards, and during the time of observation, moved more or less straight away toward the east end of the lake. The bird first caught my eye because of the uptilted head posture. It had a pale bill (appeared yellowish rather than gray) double peaked head and appeared most often to show a pronounced gonys. The head, back and wings were pale brown (back and wings slightly darker) and white throat and lower face. Because of the oblique lighting angle, I only saw the wing and back color once, when it raised and flapped it's wings while facing to the east and away from me. I never saw any white streaking on the back, though I had the impression of some streaking the time it flapped; the bird was simply too far away. I was also never able to see the dark ear patch, though I felt I should have been able to see this on numerous occasions. I believe this mark is usually present, but not necessary on a Yel.-bld. Loon. I was unable to relocate the bird when I was there on the afternoon of 3/14.

Horned Grebe. 2-3 at Conchas Lake and 2 at Sumner Lake on 3/6 (with JP, AH).

Western Grebe. 1 on the Rio Grande at the Isleta Bridge on 4/18.

Double-cr. Cormorant. 1 at the Protales landfill pond on 5/6 (with JP).

Neotropic Cormorant. 1 at BLR on 5/8 (with JP) and 2 there on 5/28 (with JP).

Least Bittern. (ABE) About 5 calling at Tucumcari Lake at 4:30 a.m. on 5/21.

Great Egret. 1 at Power Dam Park in Santa Rosa on 5/2. 1 at Jal Lake on 5/7 (with JP).

Snowy Egret. 1 at BAR on 4/3 (with JP) was the first migrant seen.

Little Blue Heron. (ABE) 1 adult at BAR on 4/20 and 2 there on 4/29 (with LC, photo enclosed). 1 calico bird at BLR (with PM, GW, photo enclosed) on 4/24.

Tricolored Heron. (ABE) 1 adult at Power Dam Park in Santa Rosa on 5/2 (video enclosed), 5/9 (with JP, photo enclosed), and 5/15 (with JP, photo enclosed).

Cattle Egret. 3 at BAR on 4/14 were the first ones seen. 5 at the Portales sewage ponds on 5/1.

Green Heron. 1 at BAR on 4/14 was the first one seen. 1 at Power Dam Park in Santa Rosa on 5/2. 1 at Jal Lake on 5/7 (with JP).

American White Ibis. (ABE) 1 at the north end of Colfax county road A-4 on 5/20 (vt, photo enclosed). This bird was reported on the 17th or so by a couple from AZ. When I arrrived at about 6:30 in the morning (vt time is MST), the bird was foraging around the edge of a large (100 meter diameter) ephemeral pond which had formed from recent rains at the north end of Colfax road A-4. A few ducks (Mallard, Gadwall) and an Avocet were in the same area. I had the bird for about 25 minutes in good morning light (bird to the north of me) at distances ranging from about 150-400 feet. The bird was an ibis notably larger than the nearby Avocet and I would guess larger than a White-faced or Glossy Ibis. The bird was an adult and the plumage was all white and the face was red. The bill was quite long, highly decurved and the proximal third was red, the distal two thirds being more dusky colored. The legs were red.

Glossy Ibis. (ABE) One at BAR on 4/19 (photos enclosed) and 4/23. This bird was reported by Doug Emkalns and seen on Sunday (4/18) by he and Bruce Neville. I found the bird at about 4 p.m. on Monday afternoon at the same spot described by Doug (last impoundment on the east side of the marsh loop, just south of the cottonwood grove). During the half hour I watched and photographed, the bird spent all it's time in deep weeds so only the back and head were occasionally visible. It was the only ibis in the impoundment, which was quickly drying down. I was able to see only the head well. The head was reddisn brown and the bill was grayish. There was s fine, pale blue line outlining the face which narrowed to invisibility behind the eye. The lores were generally darkish and blue outline appeared to be part of the facial skin (not feathers as in White-faced Ibis, many of which were in the area). Several of the photos show the brown eye, however, I was never able to see the eye color when watching the bird, only a dark eye. Seeing the red eye on a White-faced was normally easy.

One at BLR on 4/24 (with PM, others, photos, video enclosed). I spotted this bird as I drove along the south edge of unit 15. Of the flock of 10 of so Ibis, this was the only bird which looked up and I immediately recognized it as a Glossy Ibis due to the bluish white edges to the facial skin from above and below the eye forward. The entire flock immediately flushed and eventually came down in the drainage channel just south of the road where I and others were able to study, video tape, and photograph the bird. The bird looked to be one of the largest Ibis present, but was otherwise unremarkable in plumage patterh. The bill and legs were more gray-green than the accomplaning White-f. Ibis. The eye was persistently dark rather than red.

One at Power Dam Park in Santa Rosa on 5/9 (with JP, photo enclosed). This was an interesting bird in that it is my first NM encounter with a bird not in "high" breeding plumage (did not have bright facial features or soft parts). It was observed in good light with a spotting scope at a distance of about 40 yards as it loafed with a flock of White-faced Ibis at the newly created habitat (the storm last week left Power Dam Lake as mostly mud flat). The bird clearly had white edges to the facial skin, which was rather dull gray. These white edges did not continue behind the eye. The bill and legs were gray-green (tending to gray). The eye was persistently dark when the bird was preening. The bird was the largest Ibis in the flock, about 10% larger than the other 6 or so birds. There was no white feathering around the face as there was in all the White-f. Ibis present.

I spent some time looking at other Ibis after the Santa Rosa bird. 2-3 birds which were not in breeding plumage showed no white edges to the facial skin and the facial skin always showed a reddish cast. All these birds also showed a red eye. I don't know how representative this sample is.

Ruddy Shelduck. (ABE) 1 at Texico on 5/30 (vt enclosed).

White-fronted Goose. (ABE) 1 at BAR on 3/18, 3/26, 4/7, 4/20, and 4/21.

Ross' Goose. 1 at Lake Carlsbad on 5/6 (with JP). 1 at Jal Lake on 5/7 (with JP).

Snow Goose. 1 imm. at Jal Lake on 5/7 (with JP). 1 at BAR and 2 AT LJSGR on 5/23. 1 at BLR on 5/28-29 (with JP).

Wood Duck. 2 investigating a nest tree at PDSP on 3/21. 7 at SRP on 4/13 (these birds may well be one of the most common nesting birds in the middle RGV with numerous pairs seen along the river between San Acacia and BAR in April and early May).

Blue-w. Teal. 2 males at BAR on 3/9 were the first ones seen.

Oldsquaw. (ABE) 1 at Cochiti Lake on 3/13 and 3/20 (with JP).

Common Merganser. 4 along the Gila River near Dead Cow Tree on 5/23.

Red-br. Merganser. 3 at Conchas Lake and 2 at Sumner Lake on 3/6. 1 male at Cochiti Lake on 3/7 and 3 there on 3/14. 3 at MR lake 13 on 4/10.

Turkey Vulture. 4 along Animas Creek (Sierra) and 1 at BAR on 3/21 were the first ones seen.

Osprey. The Cochiti Lake bird was on the wires below the spillway on 3/20 (with JP). 1 at BAR on 4/1.

Mississippi Kite. (ABE) 1 at Portales on 5/1 was the first one seen. 1 at Ft. Sumner on 5/14 (with JP). 2 at east Tucumcari on 5/20. 2 at BD and 1 at Elida on 5/28 (with JP). 1 at Portales on 5/30.

Common Black Hawk. (ABE) The nest at Mangus Spring was again occupied on 5/22.

Harris' Hawk. (ABE) 1 adult at Malaga on 4/24. 2 at 6-mile dam on 5/6 (with JP). 1 at Carlsbad on 5/7 (with JP). 2 at Loving on 5/28 (with JP).

Swainson's Hawk. 1 at PDSP on 4/3 (with JP) was the first one seen.

Broad-winged Hawk. (ABE) 1 at the Portales Cemetery on 5/1 (photo enclosed). 1 at RSPA on 5/7 and 5/8 (both with JP). 1 imm. at SRP on 5/26 (photo enclosed).

Ferruginous Hawk. 1 at MR, 1 six miles north of Roy, and 1 twelve miles north of Logan on 5/20. 1 at Elida on 5/28 (with JP).

Rough-legged Hawk. 1 at Questa on 3/20 (with JP).

Merlin. (ABE) 1 late (female columbarius ) at BAR on 4/8. 1 female at Willow Lake (Eddy) on 4/25 (with JP, M&SP).

Peregrine Falcon. (ABE) 2 at BAR on 3/26 were the first ones seen. 1 was at BAR on 4/7-8 and 4/14.

Prairie Falcon. 1 at El Malpais Nat. Monumnet on 5/22 (nesting).

Lesser Prairie Chicken. (ABE) I got to the south end of Boone's Draw early (6:30) and heard birds calling/booming off to the south on the seemingly late date of 5/31.

Wild Turkey. 2 heard on Sierra Blanca on 3/28. 1 at SRP on 4/13. 1 at the Gila Bird Habitat Area on 5/23.

Gamble's Quail. 1 calling 1-2 miles south of I-40 in the El Malpais
Conservation Area on 5/22 (seemed awfully far north!).

Bobwhite. 2 at MVT on 5/1. 2 at Hobbs Country Club on 5/7 (with JP). 1 calling at Power Dam Park on 5/31.

King Rail. (ABE) 1 seen and persistently calling at Willow Lake on 3/26 (with JP, audio tape, video enclosed). This bird had been reported perviously by Steve West. I met John at the entry road to the norht end of Willow Lake at 5:30 and we proceeded in to park about 100 yards from where he had heard the bird the previous morning. It was overcast with the roads wet and muddy from the previous night's rains. I have no experience with King Rail, it is a lifebird for me. I am familiar with Clapper Rails form California.

The bird was calling when we arrived (~05:40). The calls consisted of series of 1-10 loud sharp kek notes often given very slowly at first, then accelerating in tempo in the middle and slowing again at the end. We listened to the bird for some time while I tried and was finally successful in getting a tape recording of the calls. We were standing on the dike about 50-100 feet from the bird. The area where the bird was calling from appeared to be at the edge of the large stand of dead cattails. Between these dead cattails and us was a 10 foot thick growth of new cattails about 3-4 feet high. It sounded so much like the bird was at the front edge of the dead cattails that I decided that I might be able to spot some movement from the bird with my scope, so I set up and scanned the area for several minutes. I then moved about 40 feet away, further down the dike, to get a more normal (right angle) look into the reeds, effectively making their thickness along my line of sight minimum and my distance from the bird about 150 feet. After a couple of minutes, I saw the bird's head through the top of the front line of cattails as it was calling. John and I exchanged places and traded off watching the bird for about 1/2 hour. I spent some time video taping the bird (through my scope), primarily head shots and should also have the calls on the video tape. We left the area a little before 7 with the bird still calling.

I was able to see quite a few parts of the bird through the cattails at various times. It was, as suspected, standing in front of the dead cattails, about 1-2 feet above the water level (actually, I suppose, on the bent over dead cattails just behind the line of new growth). .As the bird moved back and forth over a distance of about 15 feet, I was able to see enough of the bird's outline to get the feel that the bird was the size of a Coot (there was a Coot nearby, foraging at the front edge of the cattails a little to the south for comparison). I also estimated the bird to be about 1/4 to 1/5 the height of the new cattail growth which was 3 to 4 feet tall. The face and head were clearly seen on a number of occasions as it called. The crown was dark dusky gray and the lores and the front of the ear covertes were blackish. The lower face was reddish-orange and the eye was black with a narrow white eyering (possibly just around the lower portion of the eye). There was a narrow pale, buffy white eyeline which started about 1/16 inch thick at the lores and tapered off to a point above and just behind the eye. The chin and upper throat were white. The lower throat and sides of the neck were the same reddish-orange as the cheek. The bill was fairly thick, long and tapered with a slight down curvature to the distal half (1 1/4 1/1/2 times the depth of the head). The upper mandible was mostly black while the proximal two thirds of the lower mandible was dark yellow with some dusky blotches. Assuming that the new cattail fronds were about 3/4 inch wide, the bill would have been about 2-2.5 inches long. The birds' back feathers/scapulars were black centered with olive (sort of a greenish kacki color) edges. The flanks were black and white stripped with the black to white being about 16:1 (i.e., narrow white lines on a black background). The undertail coverts were white and the tail was flicked (couldn't tell whether also fanned) with each kek call. Did not see/note the color of the belly, primaries/secondaries, or legs.

Sora. 1 at BAR on 4/20 was the first one encountered.

Common Moorhen. (ABE) 1 at BAR on 4/14. 1 at RSPA on 5/7 was probably the same bird seen by JP two weeks previously.

Black-bel. Plover. (ABE) 1 at BLR on 5/8 (with JP, GF)

Semipalmated Plover. 4 at BAR on 4/14 were the first ones seen. About 6 at BLR on 4/24. 2 at Lake Avalon on 5/6 (with JP).

Snowy Plover. 1 at BAR on 3/21 was the first one seen. 1 at Bar on 4/14. 3 at Cheapskate Point at Brantley Lake on 4/24.

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

Black-necked Stilt. 2 at BLR on 3/26 (with JP) were the first ones seen.

American Avocet. 6 at BAR on 3/8.

Lesser Yellowlegs. 14 at BLR on 3/26 (with JP) were the first ones seen.

Solitary Sandpiper. 2 at Luis Lopez on 4/21 were the first ones seen.

Willet. (ABE) 1 at BAR on 4/14 was the first one seen. 3 at Tres Lagunas on 4/17 (with JP). 1 at BAR on 4/20 and 2 there on 4/23, 12 there on 4/29 (with LC). 2 at Sumner Lake on 5/1. 6 at BAR on 5/5. 10 at BLR on 5/6 (with JP). 1 at Bosque Redondo Park on 5/14 (with JP).

Upland Sandpiper. (ABE) 1 flyby at Boone's Draw on 5/6 (with JP).

Long-bld. Curlew. About 15 in fields south of PDSP on 4/3 (with JP) were the first ones seen.

Whimbrel. (ABE) 2 at BAR on 4/29 (with LC, vt enclosed) had been found in the morning by LC. These birds were seen with a scope in good late afternoon lighting at a distance of about 100 yards. The birds were a little smaller that Long-bld. Curlews with shorter highly decurved bills and bold dark and light brown head stripes.
2 at Bitter Lake NWR on 5/28 (with JP, GW, JM, vt enclosed). These birds were about he size of the nearby Avocets. The were brown overall (no rufous cast) with long highly decurved bills (not as long as in Long-bld. Curlew). Their crowns ere strikingly striped dark and tan. When walking in fairly deep water, one bird held it's tail cocked up.

Marbled Godwit. (ABE) About 45 at EBMP on 4/18. 3 at BLR on 5/6 (with JP).

Sanderling. (ABE) 1 at the Loving sewage ponds on 5/28 (with JP) was still in full winter plumage (and the first one seen).

Semipalmated Sandpiper. (ABE) 3 at BLR on 4/24 were the first ones seen. 1 at BAR on 4/27 (with RT, VT enclosed). 1 at BLR and 4 at Lake Avalon on 5/6 (with JP). 1 at Texico on 5/14 (with JP).

Western Sandpiper. 10 at BLR on 3/26 (with JP) were the first ones seen.

Least Sandpiper. About 100 at BAR on 3/8 were the first ones seen.

Baird's Sandpiper. 1 at BAR on 3/9 (photo enclosed) was the first one seen with 2 there on 3/10. 1 at BLR on 5/29 (with JP).

White-rumped Sandpiper. (ABE) 1 at the Portales sewage ponds on 5/14 (with JP) and 1 there on 5/28 (WITH JP). About 17 at the BLR on 5/28 (with JP) and 40 there on 5/29 (with JP). 1 at the Loving sewage ponds on 5/29 (with JP).

Pectoral Sandpiper. (ABE) 4 at a flooded field 1.5 miles south of Otis on 4/24 were the first ones seen.

Dunlin. (ABE) 3 at BAR on 3/18-19 and 3/25 (appeared to be the same 3 birds). 13 at BLR on 3/26 (with JP). 3 at BLR on 4/24 (with PM, GW)

Stilt Sandpiper. 1 at BLR on 3/26 (with JP) was the first one seen. 3 at BAR on 4/7.

Long-bld. Dowitcher. About 60 at Bar on 3/8 were the first ones seen. About 200 at BAR on 3/18. 1 at Bluewater Lake (McK) on 4/4.

Wilson's Phalarope. 10 at BAR on 4/7 were the first ones seen.

Laughing Gull. (ABE) One bird molting into breeding plumage at Brantley Lake on 5/6 (with JP, vt, photo enclosed). This bird was found at Cheapskate point in the late afternoon and was observed in good light at distances ranging down to 20 yards. On first sighting the bird, it was immediately obvious as a Laughing Gull due to the large bill size. The bird was molting into adult plumage with the head partly black. The white around the eye was not as bright as in Franklin's Gull. The wing tips were black and when it raised it's wings, the under tip of the wing was solid blackish grading gradually to white at mid wing. The bill was just beginning to turn red at the base.

One bird at the southwest end of Stubblefield Lake on 5/20 (photos, vt enclosed). This bird was loafing with a flock of about 30 Ring-bld Gulls. It was seen at distances ranging from about 50-150 feet as it walked and foraged along the shoreline, flew around the area, and sat on the water. The bird was a gull about 2/3 the size of a Ring-bld. Gull. The bill was black and rather heavy and long (compared to Franklin's) and the legs were black. The head was just starting to molt into breeding plumage, white neck and face with dusky feathering appearing on the crown and nape. There was a poorly defined white eyering, most notable at the rear of the eye. The bird looked rather ratty overall. The breast and belly were white. The back was gray (darker than Ring-bld.) and the wings were still completely dark brown above. There were no white windows showing on the primaries and the underwing was dusky to the wrist, gradually darkening to blackish a the wing tip.

Franklin's Gull. 3 at Caballo Lake and 6 at EBL on 3/21 were the first ones seen. 1 at Bluewater Lake (McK) on 4/4. 1 at EBMP on 5/23.

Bonaparte's Gull. 4 at EBMP on 4/3 (with JP) were the first ones seen.

Ring-bld. Gull. 4-5 flocks of 10-50 birds migrating up the Rio Grande at BAR on 3/18-19.

California Gull. 1 at EBMP on 5/23.

Herring Gull. 1 second winter bird at Bluewater Lake (Cib). On 4/4.

Forster's Tern. 14 at EBMP on 4/18 were the first ones seen. About 25 at BLR on 5/6 (with JP) was a high count.

Least Tern. (ABE) 1 at Cheapskate Point at Brantley Lake on 4/24 was the first one seen. 1 at BLR on 5/8.

Black Tern. 1 at Sumner lake on 5/21 was the first one seen. 1 at the Isleta sewage ponds on 5/27. A high count of 23 at BLR on 5/29 (with JP).

Band-tailed Pigeon. (ABE) 3 on Sierra Blanca on 3/28 were the first ones seen.

Eurasian Collared Dove. (ABE) 1 behind the Motel 6 in Carlsbad on 4/24 (with JP, MP) and 2 there on 5/28 (with JP, photo enclosed). 1 two blocks east of MacDonalds in Portales on 5/15 (with JP, photo enclosed). JP reported a probable bird in Ft. Sumner on 5/21. When I got there around noon, it was easy to find in the usual area along E St. (photos enclosed). One still present at 14th and E in Ft Sumner on 5/31.

White-w. Dove. 1 in Ft. Sumner on 3/6 (with JP, AH). 2 at Capitan (Lincoln) on 3/28. 1 in Ft. Sumner on 4/11 (with JS. LC) and 1 there on 5/1.

Inca Dove. 1 at 505 Hermosa in Albuquerque on 3/22. The house owner indicated he had about 15 birds coming in to his feeders each evening.
One heard at Jal on 5/7 (with JP).

Yellow-bld. Cuckoo. 1 at RSPA on 4/25 (with JP, M&SP) was the first one encountered. 1 at Bosque Redondo and 1 below Sumner Dam on 5/21.

Common Nighthawk. 1 at MVT on 5/15 was the first one seen.

Lesser Nighthawk. 1 at Socorro on 4/27 was the first one seen.

Common Poorwill. 5-6 birds calling at Ragland on 5/21 were the first ones encountered. 2-3 along US-84 about 10 miles south of Santa Rosa on 5/30.

Whip-poor-will. (ABE) 1 at BD on 5/9 (with JP).

Burrowing Owl. 1 at Socorro (I-25, exit150 southbound on-ramp) on 4/6 was the first one seen.

Northern Pygmy Owl. (ABE) 1 at Mills Canyon on 5/20.

Black-ch. Hummingbird. About 10 at BAR on 4/18 were the first ones seen.

Broad-tailed Hummingbird. 1 at Mills Canyon on 5/20.

Red-hdd. Woodpecker. 1 adult at Bosque Redondo Park on 3/6 (with JP, AH) and 4/11 (with JS,LC).

Red-bellied Woodpecker. (ABE) 1 male at MVT oin 5/28 (with JP, vt, photos enclosed). John heard, then spotted this bird just south of the parking area at the trap. I spent some time video taping and photographing the bird as it bolted from tree to tree around the area. The bird was a largish woodpecker, forecrown, crown and nape bright red. The face was tan and the eye, bill, legs and feet were black. The bird's back, scaps and wing coverts were black with narrow white barring and it was white below. The primaries were solid black. The upper tail was barred black and white with wide black tips to the tail feathers (did not note the actual rump color). The bird called often, giving a churring rattle call 2-3 times in quick succession. The chur was similar to Golden-ftd./Gila Woodpeckers and not unlike the single chur given by Red-headed which was nearby and also calling frequently.

Yellow-bel. Sapsucker. (ABE) 1 adult female (white chin/throat) at Riverside Campground below Sumner Dam on 4/11 (with JS, LC, photo enclosed).

Downy Woodpecker. 1 female at BD on 4/17 (with JP).

Olive-sdd. Flycatcher. 1 below Sumner Dam on 5/1 was the first one seen. 1 at the Hobbs Country Club on 5/7 (with JP).

Western Wood Pewee. 1 south of Malaga on 4/24 was the first one seen.

Willow flycatcher. 1 at RSPA on 5/8 (with JP) was the first one seen.

Dusky Flycatcher. 2 at BD on 5/1 were the first ones seen.

Least Flycatcher. (ABE) 1 at MVT on 5/1 was the first one seen. 1 at the NMSU Agricultural Center woodlot north of Clovis on 5/14 (with JP). 2 singing birds at BD on 5/28 (with JP, vt enclosed) and 2 there on 5/30 (vt enclosed, one was different from 5/28). The narrows bird was still present, singing persistently and clearly and vigorously defending territory on 5/31.

Gray Flycatcher. About 20 at MVT and BD on 5/1 were the first ones seen.

Cordilleran Flycatcher. 1 at GTR on 5/13 was the first one seen. 1 below Sumner Dam on 5/14.

Black Phoebe. 1 along Bluewater Creek at the south end of Bluewater Lake (Cib) on 4/4.

Eastern Phoebe. (ABE) 1 at Macey Center at NMT on 4/3 (with JP, LC). 1 below the dam at Tres Lagunas on 4/17 (with JP).

Vermilion Flycatcher. 1 male south of PDSP on 4/3 (with JP) was the first one seen. A pair at PDSP and one male at BAR on 4/18.

Ash-thtd. Flycatcher. About 4 at BD on 4/17 (with JP) were the first ones seen.

Brown-cr. Flycatcher. (ABE) 4-5 at the Gila Bird Habitat Area on 5/23 were the first ones seen.

Western Kingbird. 2 at SRP on 4/13.

Cassin's Kingbird. 1 in Carlsbad on 4/24 was the first one seen.

Eastern Kingbird. (ABE) About 20 at MR on 5/20.

Scissor-tld. Flycatcher. 2 at Portales on 4/17 (with JP) were the first ones seen.

Purple Martin. (ABE) 2 at Quemado Lake on 5/22 were the first ones seen.

Tree Swallow. About 30 at BAR on 3/21 were the first ones seen.

Violet-green Swallow. About 7 at Alto Lakes (Lincoln) on 3/28 were the first ones seen.

Rough-w. Swallow. 1 at BAR on 3/10 was the first one seen.

Bank Swallow. About 10 at the Portales Landfill on 4/17 (with JP) were the first ones seen.

Cliff Swallow. 1 at BAR on 4/1 was the first one seen.

Cave Swallow. About 10 at Carlsbad Caverns on 5/8 were the first ones seen.

Barn Swallow. 2 in the fields south of PDSP on 3/21 were the first ones seen.

Blue Jay. 1 at MVT on 5/1 and 5/21 (with JP).

Gray Jay. (ABE) 2 at Taos Ski Valley on 3/20 (with JP).

Mexican Jay. (ABE) About 5 at the Gila Bird Habitat Area on 5/23.

Carolina Wren. (ABE) 1 singing just south of Roma between Solano and Hermosa in Albuquerque on 3/23 had been previously reported by Lane Leckman. The bird started singing at about 06:20 and was still singing at about 6:45 when I left (and appeared tobe in the same yard as when first heard, probably the back yard of 433 Solano. The song was a persistent churr whitti-churr witti-churr witti-churr given at intervals of 5-7 seconds. Over the 25 or so minutes I was listening, the bird quit singing for two periods of about 5 minutes each.

2 (Two) at SRP at noon on 4/7 (photo enclosed), 4/15 (photo enclosed), 4/16(1ho), 4/20(1ho), 4/21(1ho), 5/12(2), 5/18(1ho), 5/25(2), 5/26(ho). These birds were about 1/4 mile north of where they hung around last year. One bird sang the teakettle- teakettle- teakettle song for several bursts on two occasions. The other bird (photographed) appeared to be silent (a mated pair???). They were seen together, hop-scotching through piles of brush. On the 15th, I was able to locate a brush pile where the birds seem to be roosting, if not nesting. It is located about 75 paces northwest of the northwest corner of the circle drive (where all the picnic tables are located).

House Wren. 2 at MVT on 5/1 were the first ones seen. 2 at the Hobbs Country Club on 5/7.

Amer. Dipper. (ABE). 2 engaged in nest building at Arroyo Hondo on 3/7. 1 at Windy Bridge north of Pecos on 5/15 (with JP).

Eastern Bluebird. (ABE) 2 or more at SRP on 4/14. These birds appeared to be nesting/planning on nesting in the area where the Carolina Wren was in '98. 1 at SRP on 5/5 and 1 in the same area on 5/11 and 5/26.

Swainson's Thrush. (ABE) 1 at MVT on 5/1 was the first one seen. 2 heard at the small trap on NM-19, 20 miles north of Texico on 5/14 (with JP).

1 at NMTTB (Socorro) on 5/11 and 1 somewhat duller individual there on 5/19. The two NMTTB birds were persistently giving the "wheee" call. The two NMTTB birds and the calling birds at Texico were the first I have had calling since arriving in NM. I regularly heard the "wheee" call from Swainson's Thrushes in CA. Unfortunately, I did not think to critically look at the first NMTTB bird to be certain if it was Olive-backed or not and was not able to relocate the second to check it out.

1 at MVT and 1 at GCTR on 5/21 were both Olive-backed, silent birds. 2 at MVT and 1 at BD on 5/28 and 5/30. 2 at MVT (ust.), 1 at Ft. Sumner (singing) and 1 at GCTR (ust.) on 5/31.

Gray Catbird. (ABE) 3 at SRP on 5/25 were the first ones seen.

Brown Thrasher. (ABE) 1 at MVT on 5/1-2. 1 at RSPA on 5/7 (with JP) and 2 there on 5/8. 1 seen and singing at Bosque Redondo on 5/31.

Long-bld. Thrasher. (ABE) 1 at Bosque Redondo on 3/6 (with JP, AH, ) and 4/11 (with JS, LC). .

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. 1 at BD on 4/17 (with JP) was the first one seen.

Phainopepla. 1 pair at NMTTB on 5/18-19. 1 female at the Mesa Rest Stop on 5/29 (with JP, photo enclosed).

Cedar Waxwings. 7 at Costilla on 3/20 (with JP). About 20 at SRP on 4/7. 75 at SRP on 4/13-14, 20 there on 4/21. About 8 at RSPA on 4/25. About 40 at RSPA/WR on 5/7. Up to 25 birds at NMTTB throughout mid May. About 10 at the Gila Bird Habitat Area on 5/23.

Bell's Vireo. About 5 at RSPA on 4/25 were the first ones seen. 3 at the Gila Bird Habitat Area on 5/23.

Blue-hdd. Vireo. (ABE) 1 at MVT on 5/1 (photo enclosed) and a second one at BD on 5/1-2 (the bird seen on 5/1 and a bird seen twice on 5/2 are presumed to be the same bird). Possibly the same bird at BD on 5/6 (with JP, photos enclosed). The Boone's Draw bird(s) moved around quite a bit. On 5/1 it was with a flock of Yellow-rumped Warblers along the east edge of the north grove. On 5/2, it was seen first along the southwest edge of the north grove and again about 1.5 hours later about 100 yards north of this location (on these two occasions it appeared to be with a gnatcatcher and a kinglet). On 5/6, John found the bird by itself about half way down the narrows. Because of it's differing associations and locations, this could have been up to 3 different birds. Jim Black also reported finding a Blue-hdd. Vireo in the salt cedar grove 100 yards east of the north grove (I think this was on 5/9). This is my 5th spring birding NM, and to suddenly run into multiple Blue-hdd. Vireos was somewhat disturbing. I have not seen this species in spring previously and JP only knows of one other spring report.

In all of these encounters, the bird was well seen, the most brief being the bird at BD on 5/1 as it dropped to the ground in front of me, picked off an insect, then returned to the tree and disappeared into the foliage. Other encounters were somewhat longer, allowing some time for study and photograpy. All of these birds had dark gray heads with bright white throats, bright white lores and eyerings, olive green backs, olive upper tails and wings with two yellowish wing bars. The upper breast and flanks of all birds was fairly bright yellow with a little olive at the center of the flanks. The lower breast and belly was white and the undertail coverts pale yellow.

Cassin's Vireo. (ABE) 1 at BD on 5/6 (with JP). 1 at BD on 5/9. . 1 at NMTTB (Socorro) on 5/11.

Plumbeous Vireo. (migrants only) 1 at the Escondida bosque on 4/16 was the first one seen. 1 at RSPA on 4/25 (with JP, TH). 1 at BD on 5/2 and 2 there on 5/6 (with JP). 1 at the NMSU Agricultural Center woodlot north of Clovis on 5/14 (with JP). 1 at BD and 1 at MVT on 5/15. 1 below Sumner Dam on 5/21.

Warbling Vireo. 1 at NMTTB on 4/14 was the first one seen.

Philadelphia Vireo. (ABE) 1 at MVT on 5/1 (photo enclosed). This bird was studied with binoculars at distances as close as 15 feet over a period of 15-20 minutes as it foraged in low shrubs and weeds at the north end of the trap. I first saw only the back of the bird as it flew across my path, momentarily stopping in a bush about 20 feet from me. The back was a unique grayish-green I have not seen on any other bird, so I knew I had something unusual. I lost it for a while, then relocated it coming back toward me about 15 feet up in a cottonwood. Here I was able to see that I had a small vireo. At this time I saw the line through the eye and yellow breast, then the bird dropped down to the ground along the fence row and I took some photographs as it moved fairly slowly out into the weeds and brush north of the fence. It eventually flew into a tree about 30 yards north of the fence and I lost it and didn't relocate it.
The bird was a small vireo about the size of a Warbling Vireo. It had a gray crown and a pale eyeline and lower face with black lores and line running to well behind the eye. The eye was dark. The back, wings, and uppertail were grayish green and it had no wingbars. The breast and sides were yellow and the belly was white (undertail not noted). It was silent throughout the encounter.

Orange-cr. Warbler. 1 at the Portales sewage ponds on 4/17 was the first migrant seen.

Lucy's Warbler. 3-4 at PDSP on 4/3 (with JP) were the first ones seen. 1 at BAR on 4/14.

Virginia's Warbler. 1 at BAR on 4/27 was the first one seen. 1 singing at Mills Canyon on 5/20.

Yellow Warbler. 3-4 at BAR on 4/22 were the first ones seen.

Northern Parula Warbler. (ABE) 1 at Riverside Campground below Sumner Dam on 4/11 (with JS, LC, photo enclosed). Seen foraging in a budding cottonwood with a 15-60X scope at about 75 ft. in good sunlight. A small warbler (much smaller than a nearby Aubudon's) with gray head, wings and tail, 2 white wing bars, and a bright olive green back. The throat and upper breast were yellow and the belly and undertail coverts were white.

1 male at MVT on 4/17 (with JP, PS, KH). 1 female below Sumner Dam on 5/15 (with JP).

Black-throated Gray Warbler. (ABE) 1 at Quemado Lake on 5/22 was the first one seen.

Townsend's Warbler. (ABE) 1 male at .NMTTB (Socorro) on 5/11.

Black-throated Green Warbler. (ABE) 1 female at RSPA on 5/7 (with JP, photo enclosed). The bird was encountered foraging in willow which hangs over the pond at the spring. It was seen well with binoculars at distances ranging from about 20 to 40 ft and over a period of 15-20 minutes. It called frequently, giving a rather dry, fairly loud chip note. The bird was a medium sized warbler with an olive green crown, nape, and back (back unstreaked). The wings were black with two white wing bars. The face was yellow with a slight dusky contrast around the ear patch. The throat, lower breast, and belly were white and there was a fairly narrow black band across the breast breaking into heavy blakc streaking on the sides and flanks.

Black-and-white Warbler. (ABE) 3-4 at MVT on 5/1 (photo enclosed). 1 at BD on 5/2. 2 at BD on 5/6 (with JP). 1 male at GCTR on 5/21.

American Redstart. (ABE) 1 female at NMTTB on 5/19 (photo enclosed) was the first one seen. 2 females at BD on 5/21 (with JP). 1-2 imm. males at RSPA on 5/29 (with JP).

Prothonotary Warbler. (ABE) 1 drab female at RSPA on 4/25 (with JP, MP, mob, photos enclosed). 1 at Stephens Park (3 mi. w. of Eunice) on 5/7 (with JP, photo enclosed).

Ovenbird. (ABE) 1 singing bird at NMTTB on 5/18-19 (photo enclosed). 1 at MVT on 5/30.

Worm-eating Warbler. (ABE) 1 at Jal on 5/7 (with JP). The bird was seen along the streambed in the arroyo which parallels the railroad tracks on the east side of Jal. I saw the bird in shade at distances ranging from about 35-60 feet with binoculars, and briefly later at about 20 ft. the bird was a medium sized warbler with an olive-brown back, wings and upper tail. It had no wing bars. The crown was striped longitudinally with wide alternating cream and black stripes. I did not see the underside. Interestingly, on the last sighting, the bird gave a series of yellow warbler-like chip calls.

Northern Waterthrush. (ABE) About 4 at RSPA on 4/25 (with JP, MP, mob). 1 at RSPA, 2 at Washington Ranch, 1 at Stephens Park, and 1 at the Hobbs Country Club on 5/7 (with JP). 3 at RSPA on 5/8. 1 at GCTR on 5/9. At least 8 at NMTTB (Socorro) on 5/11. 1 at Bosque Redondo, 2 at MVT, and 1 at Ned Houk Park on 5/14 (with JP). 3 at MVT and 2 below Sumner Dam on 5/15 (with JP). 1 below Sumner Dam and 2 at GCTR on 5/21. 2 at GCTR on 5/29 (with JP).

Louisiana Waterturush. (ABE) 1 at the New Mexico Tech Macey Center Turtle Bay on 4/1 (photo, video enclosed) had been previously reported by Pat Basham (fide John Shipman), who had evidently had the bird the previous Sunday (3/28). I first kicked the bird up along one of the channels which border the golf course and it quickly headed back to the area where Pat had reportedly seen it. This was on the smaller west pond where water was forming a small, noisy fall as it poured out of a pipe and down a 6 ft. rocky incline into the pond (typical LAWT habitat). It then hung around this area (along the shoreline either side of the waterfall by about 30 ft) for the balance of the time I was present (1/2 hour). I took video and still images through my scope during this period. The bird was a warbler that foraged along the shoreline and up into the surrounding brush, often running from one spot to another a short distance away. It persistently bobbed its rear end. The bird was dark brown above and white below with a generally light buffy cast below. Th breast and flanks were fairly heavily streaked blackish. The undertail coverts were buffy and the tail was fairly short. The legs were bright pink. The head was brown with a bright white eyeline which broadened to the rear and wrapped around well onto the nape. The chin and upper throat were bright white (unstreaked) and the bird had a blackish malar stripe. The bill looked rather large (though not so obvious as the other two LAWT I have seen in NM) and dark and the eye was dark. When first found and as it flew back to the waterfall area, the bird gave several more or less typical waterthrush chink calls. The bird was still present at the same spot on 4/3 (with JP, LC).

Kentucky Warbler. (ABE) 1 female at RSPA on 4/25 (with JP, M&SP). This bird was seen in the dense riparian area directly south of the restroom. JP had spotted it earlier, and I simply sat around and waited for the bird to appear, which it did. I saw it in deep shade at distances ranging from about 40 to 20 feet as it foraged on the ground and moved toward me. It was a medium sized warbler, olive green above (nape, back, upper tail and wings with no wing bars) and yellow below. It had a poorly defined blackish crown with olive flecking, bright yellow lores and eyering.

1 male at MVT on 5/6 (with JP, photo enclosed). I first located this bird by it's rather loud, mellow chip call. I tracked it at distances ranging from about 20-40 feet as it moved and foraged about 50 yards south down the trap (chipping often). It was a medium sized warbler with a black cap and ear patch, bright yellow lores and eyering, olive green nape, back upper tail and wings with no wing bars. It was fairly bright yellow below.

MacGillivray's Warbler. 1 at Lake Avalon on 5/6 (with JP) was the first one seen.

Hooded Warbler. (ABE) 1 male at BD on 5/9 (with JP). . 1 male at NMTTB (Socorro) on 5/11 (photo enclosed). 1 (singing) at MVT on 5/14 (with JP). 1 female at BD on 5/30.

Wilson's Warbler. 4 at SRP on 4/13.

Common Yellowthroat. 4 at PDSP on 4/18 were the first ones seen. Birds were first seen at BAR on 4/22.

Red-faced Warbler. (ABE) 3 at Upper Gallinas Campground (Black Range, Grant Co.) on 5/23 were the first ones seen (one carrying nesting material and nervously ticking and twitching, awaiting me to get the hell away from where it wanted to go!).

Painted Redstart. (ABE) 2 at Upper Gallinas Campground (Black Range, Grant Co.) on 5/23 were the first ones seen.

Yellow-br. Chat. 1 at Willow Lake and several at RSPA on 4/25 were the first ones encounteres. 1 at MVT on 5/1 and 5/6 (with JP). 1 at BD on 5/15. 1 at MVT on 5/21 (with JP). 1 at BD on 5/30.

Hepatic Tanager. About 5 at Mills Canyon on 5/20 were the first ones seen.

Summer Tanager. 2 along Animas Creek (Sierra Co.) on 4/18 were the first ones seen.

Western Tanager. 1 at MVT on 5/6 (with JP) was the first one seen.

Rose-breasted Grosbeak. (ABE) 1 male at Washington Ranch on 5/7. 1 heard at BD on 5/9 (with JP).

Black-hdd. Grosbeak. 2 at Bosque Redondo on 5/2 were the first ones seen.

Indigo Bunting. 1 at RSPA on 4/25 was the first one encountered. About 3 at Jal on 5/7 (with JP). 1 male at NMTTB on 5/13. 1 female below Sumner Dam on 5/21.

Lazuli Bunting. 1 male and 1 female at NMTTB on 5/19 were the first ones seen.

Bunting , sp. 1 apparent hybrid Indigo/Lazuli at SRP on 5/26.

Painted Bunting. About 5 at RSPA/Washington Ranch on 5/7 were the first ones seen. 1 male at Brantley Lake on 5/28 (with JP).

Cassin's Sparrow. About 15 in the desert scrub of Lincoln Co. west of Picacho on 3/26 were the first ones encountered.

Rufous-cr. Sparrow. 1 at GCTR on 5/21 was quite a surprise.

Clay-col. Sparrow. (ABE) 1 at MVT on 5/1 was the first one seen. 1 at a small park in Moriarity on 5/2. 1 at MR on 5/20.

Lark Sparrow. 1 at Socorro on 4/20 was the first one seen.

Sage Sparrow. 2 at the Crown Point sewage ponds on 4/4.

Lark Bunting. About 75 at Portales on 4/17 (with JP) were the first ones seen.

Le Conte's Sparrow. (ABE) 3 Big Mesa birds from last season were still present on 3/6 (with JP, AH, photo enclosed). I got a call on 4/5 from Al Eisner (birder form the San Francisco Bay area) who indicated that he had had two Sparrows at the Conchas site on 4/4 or 4/5.

Swamp Sparrow. (ABE) 1 at Big Mesa on 3/6 (with JP, AH). 1 singing bird at BAR on 4/14 and possibly a different bird there on 4/22. 1 at BLR on 4/24 (with PM)..

White-thtd. Sparrow. (ABE) 1 (white stripes) at Valdez (Taos) on 3/7 (photo enclosed). 2 at SRP on 4/13 and 1, probably a different bird (white stripes), there on 4/14. 2 at SRP on 4/21. 1 persistently singing at RSPA on 4/25 (mob)

Golden-cr. Sparrow. (ABE) The winter season bird was still present at BAR on 3/10.

McCown's Longspur . (ABE) 2-3 at GCTR on 3/6 (with JP, AH). 4 at GTR on 4/3 (with JP) and 3 males there on 4/9 were quite late.

Chestnut-col. Longspur . (ABE) 2 at GTR on 4/3 (with JP) and 1 male there on 4/9 were quite late.

Yellow-hdd. Balckbird. About 6 at Socorro on 3/21 were the first migrants seen.

Bronzed Cowbird . (ABE) 1 pair at RSPA on 5/29 (with JP).

Orchard Oriole. About 3 at RSPA on 4/25 were the first ones seen. 1 small female oriole (too briefly seen) at NMTTB on 5/19 was very likely this species.

Hooded Oriole . (ABE) 3-4 at Washington Ranch/RSPA on 5/7 (with JP) were the first ones seen. 3 at Glenwood on 5/22.

Bullock's Oriole. 2 at PDSP on 4/18 were the first ones seen.

Rosy Finch . (ABE) About 100 at the Kandrahar Condos at Taos Ski Valley on 3/7, 50% Brown-cpd., 40% Gray-cr., 10% Blacks.

Cassin's Finch. About 4 at Valdez on 3/7. 1 at Cottonwood Gulch (McK) on 4/4 was in full song.

Red Crossbill. About 7 on Sierra Blanca and 4 at Alto Lakes on 3/28 were the first ones seen.

Lesser Goldfinch. About 10 along Animas Creek (Sierra Co.) on 4/18 were the first ones seen.

Evening Grosbeak. About 25 at Valdez on 3/7 and 5 there on 3/20 (with JP). 10 at Costilla on 3/20 (with JP).

Appendix A

Trip Log

3/06. (with JP, AH). Santa Rosa, Big Mesa, Conchas Lake, Santa Rosa, Bosque Redondo Park, Ft. Sumner, Sumner Lake, Santa Rosa, Green Chaparral Turf Ranch.

3/07. Taos, Taos Ski Valley, Valdez, Arroyo Hondo, Airport Rd. in Santa Fe, cochici Lake, Pena Blanca.

3/08-10. An hour each morning at Bosque del Apache.

3/13-14. 3/13, 1 hr in the afternoon at Cochiti Lake and Pena Blanca. 3/14, 1 hr. in the morning at Three Gun springs Trailhead, 1 hr. in the afternoon at Cochiti Lake.

3/18-19. An hour each morning at Bosque del Apache.

3/20-21. [(with JP). Costilla, Rio Costilla Valley, El Rito (Taos), Arroyo Hondo, Vladez, Taos Ski valley, Taos, Espanola, Cochiti Lake, night in Albuquerque, .Caballo Lake, Percha Dam S.P., Caballo Lake, Animas Creek, EBL-Lion's cove, EBL-Rock Canyon Marina, EBMP, Bosque del Apache, Luis Lopez, Socorro.

3/27-28. [(with JP). Willow Lake, Bittern Lakes NWR], US-380, NM-220, Alto, Bonita Lake, Sierra Blanca(to Ski Apache), night in Ruidoso, Alto Lake, Sierra Blanca (to Ski Apache), Alto, Capitan, NM-246, Lincoln FR-139, NM-349, Carrizozo, US-380, Farm-to-market Road to Socorro.

4/1-2.NMT Socorro, Bosque del Apacheon 4/1, Bosque on 4/2.

4/3-4 (with JP, LC). Socorro, North Monticello Point, Percha, fields south of Percha, Caballo Dam/Lake, the pond on Rainbow St. in TorC, Rock Canyon Marina, North Monticello Point, Bosque del Apache, and the Grassland Turf Ranch. Night in Albuquerque, New Laguna sewage ponds, Bluewater Lake, Bluewater Creek, Crown Point sewage ponds, Bluewater Lake (Prewitt side), and worked NM-122 and NM-124.

4/6 evening at Bosque del Apache
4/7, morning at Bosque del Apache, noon at Socorro Riverine Park, evening at Bosque del Apache
4/8, morning at the Box, noon in the Lemitar Bosque, evening at BAR.
4/9 noon at Grassland Turf Ranch

4/10-11. Maxwell NWR, Stubblefield Lake, Vermejo Park Road (NM550), Raton, Springer Lake, Wagon Mound WMA, Watrous, Storrie Lake, and Las Vegas NWR, night in Las Vegas, [(with Louis Cuellar, Joe Sandberg) Melorse Trap, Bosque Redondo, Sumner Lake], Tres Lagunas, Green Chaparral Turf Ranch.

4/13 noon at Socorro Riverine Park, evening at Bosque del Apache.
4/14 morn. at Bosque del Apache, noon at Riverine Park, evening at NMT Turtle Bay.
4/15 Riverine Park
4/16 Escondida Bosque, noon at Riverine Park

4/17 (with JP). Boone's Draw, Portales sewage ponds, Melrose Trap, Bosque Redondo, Sumner Lake, Tres Lagunas, Green Chaparral Turf Ranch.

4/18 Percha Dam State Park, Caballo Lake, Animas Creek, TorC Riverside Drive, Rock Canyon, North Monticello Point, San Antonio, Bosque del Apache, Isleta marsh, sewage ponds, bridge..

4/19 Bosque del Apache, San Antonio
4/20-Socorro, Riverine Park, Bosque del Apache
4/21 San Jose/San Antonio, Riverine Park, San Antonio, Bosqeu del Apache.
4/22 Bosque del Apache
4/23 NMT Turtle Bay, bosque del Apache.

4/24-25. Bitter Lake NWR, Brantley Lake, Carlsbad, Red Bluff Lake, Malaga, Otis, night in Carlsbad, [(with the Parmeters) Malaga, Rattlesnake Springs, Brantley Lake], Mesa Rest Stop, Mesa, Ramon, Green Chaparral Turf Ranch

4/27 Bosque del Apache (with Rich Trissell).
4/29 Bosque del Apache (with LC).
4/30 Bosque del Apache.

5/1-2. Sumner Lake, Sumner Dam, Ft. Sumner, Melrose Trap, Boone's Draw, Portales sewage ponds, Portales cemetery, Oasis S.P., Portales residential, night in Portales, Boone's Draw, Melrose Trap, Bosque Redondo, Tres Lagunas, Power Dam Park, Green Chaparral Turf Ranch.

5/05. Noon at Socorro Riverine Park, evening at Bosque del Apache.

5/06-09. (with JP). Melrose Trap, Boone's Draw, Portales sewage ponds, Portales Cemetery, Bitter Lake NWR, Brantley Lake, Lake Avalon, Lake Carlsbad, 6-mile Dam, Loving sewage ponds, night in Carlsbad, Rattlesnake Springs/Washington Ranch , Allread Tank, Jal Lake, Jal riparian, Jal sewage ponds, Eunice cemetery, Stephens Park, Hobbs Country Club, Maddox Lake, night in Carlsbad, Rattlesnake Springs/Washington Ranch, Brantley Lake, Bitter Lakes NWR, night in Portales, Boone's Draw, Melrose Trap, Power Dam Park, Green Chaparral Turf Ranch.

5/11 - A.M&noon. NMT Turtle Bay p.m. at Bosque del Apache.
5/12. a.m. Bosque del Apache, noon Riverine Park.

5/14-16. (with JP). Melrose Trap, Boone's Draw, the Protales Sewage ponds, William's Playa, Texico, trap 20 miles north of Texico, NMSU agri. Station north of Clovis, night in Clovis, Boone's Draw, Melrose Trap, Sumner Dam, Power Dam Park, Monestery Lake, night in Santa Fe, Monestery Lake, Villanueva State Park, Green Chaparral Turf Ranch, Moriarity Park.

5/18, a.m. NMTTB, noon SRP, evening BAR
5/19. A.m. NMTTB

5/20-23. Maxwell NWR, Stubblefield Lake, Maxwell NWR, Mills Canyon, Tucumcari Lake, night in Tucumcari, Tucumcari Lake (railing), Melrose Trap, Boone's Draw, Bosque Redondo, Sumner Lake, Sumner Dam, tres Lagunas, Power Dam Park, Green Chaparral Turf Ranch, night in albuquerque, El Malpais Nat. Monument, Quemado Lake, Reserve, Lower San Francisco Plaza (Negrito Creek), Rancho Grande, Glenwood, Bill Evans Lake, Mangus, night in Silver City, Gila Bird Habitat Area, Gila River to River side, Black Range-Uppeer Gallinas CG, Black Range Iron Creek CG, Emory Pass, Caballo Dam, North Monticello Point, Bosque del Apache.

5/24 evening at NMTTB.
5/25 - a.m. at NMTTB and SRP, noon at SRP.
5/26 a.m. Socorro Riverine Park, noon NMT Turtle Bay, evening - SRP
5/27 a.m., Socorro Riverine Park, afternoon, Bosque bridge, Isleta sewage ponds, Isleta bridge.

5/28-31. [(with JP). Ft, Sumner, Melrost Trap, Boone's Draw, Portales sewage ponds, Bitter Lake NWR, Brantley Lake, Lake Avalon, Loving seage ponds, Laguna Grande, night in Carlsbad, Rattlesnake Springs, Washington Ranch, Black River Village, Loving sewage ponds, Bitter Lake NWR, Mesa Rest Stop, Ramon, Green Chaparral Turf Ranch.] night in Albuquerque, Santa Rosa bosque (owling), Melrose Trap, Boone's Draw, Gruella NWR, Texico, trap 20 mi. north of Texico, NMSU Clovis Exp. Sta, Ned Houk Park, night in Clovis, Portales Cemetery (owling), Boone's Draw, Melrose Trap, Billy-the-Kid's Gravesite, Bosque Redondo Park, Ft. Sumner, Sumner Dam, Power Dam Park, Green Chaparral Turf Ranch.

Appendix B

Photo log

As usual, I have included several photos and some video to help document records. Video footage was taken with a Canon ES-5000 camera using the sports setting (1/250 sec. exposure with auto stopping). In early December, I added a digital still camera to my arsenal. It is a Sony Mavica F-91 and 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 maximum resolution (1024 fine resolution) As with the video camera, I can mate it up to my Kowa scope to get an effective focal length of 3-4 meters or to my binoculars to get about a factor of 4 less power.

Digital Images:

Le Conte's Sparrow (Big Mesa, 3/6)
Yellow-bld. Loon (Conchas Lake, 3/6).
White-thtd. Sparrow (Valdedz, 3/7).
Baird's Sandpiper (BAR, 3/9).
Louisiana Waterthrush (NMTTB, 4/1)
Carolina Wren (SRP, 4/7, 4/15)
Yellow-bel. Sapsucker (Sumner Dam, 4/11)
Northern Parula (Sumner Dam, 4/11)
Glossy Ibis (BAR, 4/19)
Little Blue Heron (BLR, 4/24)
Prothonotary Warbler (RSPA, 4/25)
Little Blue Heron (BAR, 4/29)
American Redstart (NMTTB, 5/19)
Philadelphia Viero (MVT, 5/1)
Blue-hdd. Vireo (MVT, 5/1)
Broad-w. Hawk (Portales Cemetery, 5/1)
Glossy Ibis (BLR, 5/3)
Blue-hdd. Vireo (BD, 5/6)
Kentucky Warbler (MVT, 5/6)
Laughing Gull (Brantley L., 5/6)
Black-thtd. Green Warbler (RSPA, 5/7)
Prothonotary Warbler (Stephens Park, 5/7)
Glossy Ibis (Power Dam Park, 5/9)
Tricolored Heron (Power Dam Park, 5/9, 5/14)
Hooded Warbler (NMTTB, 5/11)
Euras. Col. Dove (Portales, 5/14)
Ovenbird (NMTTB, 5/18)
White Ibis (Maxwell, 5/20)
Laughing Gull (Stubblefield Lake, 5/20)
Euras. Col. Dove (Ft. Sumner, 5/21)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (MVT, 5/28)
Phainopepla (Mesa Reat Stop, 5/29)

Video Tape log:

King Rail at Willow Lake (990327, you already have this on tape),
Collared Doves (Cole St. in Roswell, 3/27)
Louisiana Waterthrush (NMTTB, 4/1),
Glossy Ibis (BLR, 5/3),
Semipalmated Sandpiper (BAR, 4/27),
Whimbrels (BAR, 4/29),
Tricolored Heron (Power Dam Park, 5/2),
Laughing Gull (Brantley L., 5/6),
White Ibis (Maxwell, 5/20),
Laughing Gull (Stubblefield Lake, 5/20),
Red-bellied Woodpecker (MVT, 5/28),
Least Flycatcher (song, BD, 5/28)
Whimbrel (BLR, 5/28)
Olive-sdd. Flycatcher (BD, 5/30, change camera to Daylight time)
Least Flycatcher (as above, BD, 5/20