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21 August, 1997
3904 Anderson Ave., SE
Albuquerque, NM 87108
Phone: 505/255-9282
Cellular: 505/239-4658

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

Dear Sandy,

Included below is my report for the Summer season. The report covers sightings from 1 June, 1997 through 31 July, 1997.

Heard from Pat that you have hurt your back. Hope you're getting better. I stopped for gas in Santa Fe a couple of weeks ago. While handing over my card, I noted a photo in the window and thought it looked a lot like you. On closer inspection, it was. Congratulations on being the first winner of what ever it was you won. At least I know where I can find you on gas-up day!

It was actually an interesting season in spite of being summer. Hilights included the Pacific Loon, Winter Wren and Red Phalarope to start the summer. With Arctic Tern at Monticello Point and Common Ground Dove near Cliff, both on the 4th of July weekend. Too bad the tern didn't stick around for Louis on Saturday. At least I got to show the dove to John and parents. The Long-bld. Thrasher was present, quite easy, and still in song at the end of July. To cap off the summer, besides the thrasher, we also had what I assume is the state's third Collared Dove in Ft. Sumner at the end of the season. By the way, Louis said that Joe Sandburg got better photos of the Collared Dove he had in his back yard before it departed a couple of months ago. I'll try to get him to submit them.

Jerry R. Oldenettel

Summer Season Sightings by Species
1 June-31 July, 1997

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 Montecello Point, 33.2232N 107.1376W
EBL - Elephant Butte Lake, 33.0912N 107.1224W
LCP - in the vicinity of Laurel Circle Park in Albuquerque. This is my neighborhood, I typically bird the area bounded by Ridgecrest, Sierra, Parkland Place, Parkland Circle, and Sundown for about 45 minutes (0700-0745), 35.0380N 106.3550W
GC - Guadalupe Canyon (Hidalgo Co.), 31.1957N 109.0517W to 31.2756N 109.0229W
LBM - The marshy area at the northeast corner of Lordsburg, 32.2233N 108.4077W
Warner Ranch -- a ranch on the Oklahoma border with a large riparian stretch in Union Co. Known variously as Corrumpa Creek, Beaver River, and South Fork Cimarron River.

Coobservers: Alan Craig (AC), Narca Moore-Craig (NMC), Louis Cuellar (LC), John Parmeter (JP), Mike and Sarah Parmeter (M&SP), Joe Sandberg (JS).

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). 1 basic plumaged bird at CLSP on 6/1. The bird was seen along the shoreline opposite the north marina. Observed for 10-20 minues with a 60 X scope. The bird had a short straight grayish bill held parallel to the water's surface. The back was dark and the head was rounded with a contrasting gray cast to the nape and crown. The crown and face were dark to below the eye (only the lower cheek, chin, and throat were white). Teh breast and undertail were white and a little white showed below the wings at the waterline. The bird flapped it's wings once and the wing linings were white (as were the axillars). A half-dollar sized whitish patch showed on each upper wing surface (which was otherwise dark). This patch was located just outside of the wrist and toward the leading edge of each wing.

White Pelican. 1 at BAR on 6/6-7 (with JP, LC, JS). About 20 at MR/Stubblefield and 10 at Shoemaker on 7/19.

Double-cr. Cormorant. 3 at Lake Roberts on 7/4 (with J,M,&SP).

Least Bittern (ABE). 1 at BAR on 7/6.

Little Blue Heron (ABE). 1 adult at BAR on 6/28 and 7/3.

Cattle Egret. 1 at LBM on 7/5 (with J&MP). 1 at ULSP on 7/26 (with JP).

Green Heron. 1 at Pecan Park in Deming on 7/6. 2 at Bosque Redondo S.P. on 7/26 (with JP).

White-f. Ibis. 2 at Storrie Lake on 6/1. 3 at LBM on 6/12 and 6/14 (with JP,AC). 3 at BAR on 6/28. 3-4 at LBM on 7/4-6 (with J&MP). 1 at a small pond just west of Los Ojos on 7/12.

Snow Goose (ABE). 3 late birds at BAR on 6/6 (with JP) and 2 there on 7/3 and 7/20.

Wood Duck. 1 imm. male at the I-10/exit 29 ponds (Hidalgo) on 7/6.

Blue-w. Teal (ABE). 2 males at BAR on 6/28. 1 male at LBM on 7/4-6 (with J,M,&SP). A pair at a small pond just west of Los Ojos on 7/12. 2 at MR lake 12 on 7/19.

Redhead (ABE). About 10 at BAR and 1 at TorC on 6/28. 1 male at CLSP on 7/26. 1 male at Chuksa Lake on 7/27.

Ring-n. Duck (ABE). 1 male at Chuksa Lake on 7/27.

Lesser Scaup (ABE). About 5 at MR lake 12 on 7/19.

Common Merganser (ABE). 5 at Heron Lake on 7/12. 1 at upper Charette Lake and 4 at Shoemaker on 7/19. 1 fe. at the McKinley end of Bluewater lake on 7/27.

Osprey (ABE). 1 at the Parkview Fish Hatchery on 7/12.

Bald Eagle (ABE). The fellow who runs my housekeeping service reported seeing an adult along NM-152 between Caballo and Hilsboro in late May. 1 adult at upper Stubblefield Lake on 7/19.

N. Harrier (ABE). 1 female was seen on the afternoon of 6/2 and a male and female seen on 6/14 (all with JP) at NM-338/mp38 in the Animas Valley. 1 at LBM on 7/4 (with J,M,&SP) and the Animas Valley pair again on 7/6 (with J,M,&SP).

N. Goshawk (ABE). 1 adult at Cistern Saddle on 6/13 (with AC). 1 adult at NM-126/mp17.5 (Sandoval) and one highly probable adult at the Dome burn area on 6/29.

Common Black Hawk (ABE). The nest at Mangus Springs was again occupied on 6/14 (with JP). 1 adult on the Gila below Bill Evans Lake, 1 adult at Riverside, and 1 immature on the nest in Mangus Springs on 7/4 (last with J,M,&SP).

Harris' Hawk (ABE). 2 at San Simon Cienega on 7/4 and 7/5 (with J,M,&SP).

Prairie Falcon (ABE). 1 adult and 2 nestlings along the Narrows at El Malpais on 6/15 (with JP).

Falcon, sp. A pair at La Ventana (El Malpais) were probably Peregrines and paired (size difference) on 6/15 (with JP). The birds flew overhead and were badly backlit, but we could not see contrasting dark in the wing linings.

Montezuma Quail (ABE). 1 or more calling bird(s) in a small canyon off Six-mile Canyon about 5 miles west of Socorro on 6/7 (with JP). We have also found Gray Vireos here for the last 3 years, but not so far this year.

Bobwhite. About 10 at Ft. Sumner on 7/26 (with JP).

Gamble's Quail. A single calling bird at stop 8 of my BBS on 6/21.

Com. Moorhen (ABE). 1 adult at BAR on 7/3 (middle east side marsh loop).

Mountain Plover (ABE). 1 bird just beyond the end of the pavement at the east Santo Domingo off ramp from I-25 on 6/8. The bird was standing about 30 yards to the north side of the road. When they nested here in 1995, they were to the south of the road. About 10 at GCTR on 7/26 (with JP).

Greater Yellowlegs. 1 at the Sando Domingo sewage ponds on 6/8. 5 at BAR on 7/3 were the first fall migrants seen. 2 atht eCrown Point sewage ponds on 7/27.

Lesser Yellowlegs. 1 at BAR on 6/7 (with JP) and 2 there on 6/28. 1 at BAR on 7/3 was probably the first migrant seen.

Willet (ABE). 5 at EBMP on 7/3 were the first fall migrants seen. 1 at the Lordsburg playa on 7/5 (with J,M,&SP). 1 at ULSP on 7/26 (with JP). 1 at the Cibola end of Bluewater ALake on 7/27.

Solitary Sandpiper (ABE). 1 at BAR on 7/6 was the first fall migrant seen. 1 at GCTR on 7/26 (with JP). 1 at the McKinley end of Bluewater Lake on 7/27.

Long-bld. Curlew (ABE). 2 at LBM on 7/5 (with J&MP) were the first fall migrants seen. 8 (appeared to be a family group) at Stubblefield Lake on 7/19.

Marbled Godwit (ABE). 1 at CLSP on 7/26 (with JP). 1 at the Cibola end of Bluewater ALake on 7/27.

Western Sandpiper (ABE). About 6 at BAR on 7/3 were the first fall migrants seen. 2 at the Lordsburg playa on 7/5 (with J,M,&SP).

Least Sandpiper. 2 at BAR on 7/3 were the first fall migrants seen.

Baird's Sandpiper (ABE). 6 at ULSP and 6 at GCTR on 7/26 (with JP). 2 at the Crown Point sewage ponds on 7/27.

Long-bld. Dowitcher (ABE). 2 at BAR on 6/7 (with JP) and 6/28.

Wilson's Phalarope. 1 at BAR on 7/3 was the first fall migrant seen. up to 4 at LBM on 7/4-6 (with J,M,&SP).

Red Phalarope (ABE). 1 breeding plumaged bird at BAR on 6/6 (with JP). This bird was found on 6/4 by Barry Zimmer's tour. The bird was seen from about 25 yards with a spotting scope for about 5 minutes. It was heavy overcast and moderate rain, but reasonable viewing conditions in the wind/rain shadow of the pump house on the seasonal tour road. The bird was a phalarope, swimming and picking at the surface in typical phalarope fashion. The bill was fairly thick, and mostly yellow with a black tip. Crown was dark. The face was paler and somewhat mottled. The chin, throat, and breast were dark red. The back was blackish/buffy streaked (probably buffy edges to the back feathers/scapulars).

Franklin's Gull (ABE). 1 at CLSP on 6/1. 1 at BAR on 6/7 (with JP, LC, JS). 1 at the Bernalillo sewage ponds on 6/8.

Bonaparte's Gull (ABE). 1 basic plumaged bird at EBMP on 6/28 and 1-2 there on 7/3 and 6.

Ring-bld. Gull. About 10 at EBMP on 6/28 and 6 there on 7/3-6.

California Gull (ABE). 1 ragged first summer bird at EBMP on 7/3. About 15 at Heron Lake on 7/12. 1 adult at upper Charette Lake on 7/19.

Arctic Tern (ABE). 1 breeding plumaged adult at EBMP on 7/3 (photos enclosed). This bird was first seen as I turned onto the road down the side of Monticello Bay to the point (at about 7 p.m.). I stopped and watched it with a scope as it foraged over the middle of Monticello Bay. While it was distant, I could clearly see the gray belly and grayish throat with the contrasting white cheek, stubby looking bill, narrow black trailing edge to the under primaries, and uniform gray upper wing surface with a trace of black trailing edge to the primaries and a narrow white trailing edge to the secondaries. The bird worked it's way toward the main body of the lake and I drove on down to the spit at the point. There was 30-50 Ft. of pebbly spit. Campers were packed right up to the base of the spit. After a short period, the Tern flew by and inspected the spit area, worked the nearby waters for a while, then finally came in to land on the spit and spent 20-30 minutes preening and loafing before taking off again and moving south over the bay. The first flyby gave good looks at the bird, confirming at close range the marks seen through the scope and including the all blood-red bill. I took 2-3 series of photos of the bird in flight. When it lit, I was able to approach to within about 15 ft. without disturbing the bird and added almost two more rolls of slides to those already taken as the bird preened and rested.

Forster's Tern. 1 at Stubblefield Lake on 7/19. 3 at BAR on 7/20. 1 on the Cibola end of Bluewater Lake on 7/27.

Black Tern. 1 at EBMP on 6/28. 3 at MR lake#12 on 7/19. 1 at Chukse Lake on 7/27.

Band-tld. Pigeon. 4-6 in the Animas Mts. on 6/13-14 (with AC). 3 at El Malpais NM on 6/15 (with JP). 1 along S. Fork Negrito Creek (BBS stop 45) on 6/21.

Collared Dove (ABE). 1 at Ft. Sumner on 7/26 (with JP, photo enclosed). The bird was seen perching and moving around in the top of a dead tree just east of 14th street and along the main highway through Ft. Sumner. The bird was a large pale tan dove, between a White-w. Dove and Rock Dove in size. It had a narrow black collar on the sides of the neck. At one point it flew to a different branch and I was clearly able to see the undrertail area. There was a dark brown triangular patch on either side of the dusky undertail coverts. The lower half of the retricies were white rather than pale tan, with a sharp cutoff at the proximal end of the white feather ends. The bird called once, giving a co-COO-coo call.

Common Ground Dove (ABE). 1 singing bird seen and heard at NM-293/mp4 on 7/4 (with J,M,&SP). The bird was persistently singing (once I coaxed ti with whistled calls) about 30-50 yeard to the north of the road. We eventually managed to tape it out into view at about 75 ft. with a scope. The bird was a typical male with a scaly blue-gray head, bicolored lower mandible, and scaly breast.

Yellow-bld. Cuckoo (ABE). 1 at Riverside on 7/4. 1 at MR on 7/19.

Barn Owl (ABE). The bird reported earlier by Gordon Ewiong at Las Palomas (Sierra) was still present on 6/28. 3 birds (apparently a family group) at Mangus Springs on 7/4.

Flammulated Owl (ABE). One calling bird in upper Water Canyon on 6/7 (with JP).

Western Screech Owl (ABE). 2 calling birds in Water Canyon on 6/7 (with JP). One of these birds gave single hoots, then started a song very reminiscent of E. Screech Owl, then went to normal song. The other bird started with the normal song, then went to a song somewhat like Elf Owl.

Whiskered Screech Owl (ABE). 1 in the Peloncillo Mts. on 7/5 (with J,M,&SP, A&NMC).

Burrowing Owl. 1 at Veguita on 7/20.

Spotted Owl (ABE). 1 at Emory Pass (Sierra) on 7/3.

Poorwill. 1 in the hills above the San Francisco River (BBS stop 4) on 6/21. 2 along NM-117 just north of El Malpais on 6/21.

Whip-poor-will (ABE). About 6 in Water Canyon on 6/7 (with JP). 1 at Cistern Saddle on 6/14 (with JP,AC).

Black Swift (ABE). 1 at Jemez Falls on 6/29 (did not come in to falls, appeared from the south for a couple of minutes, then worked back out of view to the south).

Chimney Swift (ABE). A pair of birds performing apparent courting flights SE of Joe Dan and Robin in NE Albuquerque on 7/1 (with JP,MP) had been reported earlier by Celestyn Brozek.

White-thtd. Swift. A colony of about 20-30 nesting birds at a large cave/cliff near the top of Corazon Hill grade (San Miguel) on 6/1. Abundant over Cochiti Canyon on 6/8.

Magnificant Hummingbird (ABE). 3-5 at Cistern Saddle on 6/13-14 (with JP,AC), 1 female was on a nest (photo enclosed). 2-3 at Mogollon on 6/15 (with JP).

Broad-tld. Hummingbird. 1 female near the top of Corazon Hill (e. of Trujillo, San Miguel) on 6/1.

Rufous Hummingbird. 5-6 birds at the Seymore's feeders in Lake Roberts on 7/4 (with J,M,&SP) were the first fall migrants seen.

Elegant Trogon (ABE). 2 in the Peloncillo Mts. on 7/5 (with J,M,&SP, A&NMC).

Belted Kingfisher. 1 at Glenwood on 6/15.

Lewis Woodpecker. 1 at Luna (Catron) on 6/21.

Red-hdd. Woodpecker. 1 adult along the west dike road 1.6 miles north of the entrance to Willie Chaves S.P. in Belen on 7/20.

Acorn Woodpecker. 1 at the Narrows at El Malpais NM on 6/20.

Williamson's Sapsucker (ABE). 1 male at NM-126/mp31 (Sandoval) and 1 male at the Dome burn area on 6/29. 3 (1 fe., 2 m) at the Dome burn area on 7/13 (with LC).

Downy Woodpecker. 1 female along FR-141 (BBS stop 15) on 6/21.

Three-toed Woodpecker (ABE). 1 male at the Dome burn area on 6/29. The bird landed about 2 ft. from a nest hole at one point, eliciting much noise, but hard to tell how many were inside. The hole was in a 10" in diameter dead aspen 15-17 ft. above the ground. 1 imm. at the Dome burn area on 7/13 (with LC).

Greater Pewee (ABE). A pair actively feeding young at a nest on Cistern Saddle on 6/12-14 (with JP,AC, photo enclosed). 1 along Gila NF FR-141 about 11.8 miles east of the San Francisco River Bridge (BBS stop 24) on 6/20. Failed to see or hear the bird during the BBS on 6/21.

Willow Flycatcher (ABE). 1 singing at the Gila River Crossing along US_180 (s of Riverside) on 7/4.

Black Phoebe. 1 at the Butterfield Station sewage ponds (I-10, Gage exit) on 7/6. 2 (1 juv) along the Mora River at Valmora on 7/19. 1 at the McKinley end of Bluewater Lake on 7/27.

Vermilion Flycatcher. 1 male along Las Animas Creek (Sierra) on 6/28.

Dusky-cpd. Flycatcher (ABE). 2 at Cistern Saddle, 1 at the Main Campground in Clanton Canyon, and 1 at the Turkey Seep in Clanton Canyon on 6/14 (with JP, AC). 5-10 birds in the Peloncillo Mts. on 7/5 (with J,M,&SP, A&NMC).

Brown-cr. Flycatcher (ABE). About 10 along Las Animas Creek (Sierra) on 6/28 were the first ones seen. 2-3 calling at Riverside (Grant) on 7/4.

Eastern Kingbird (ABE). 3 at MR on 7/19.

Purple Martin (ABE). About 5 about 20 miles south of Reserve on 6/15 (with JP). About 6 east of Luna (Catron) on 6/21.

Tree Swallow (ABE). 1 adult at LBM on 7/5 (with J&MP). About 20 at Los Ojos on 7/12.

Bank Swallow (ABE). About 5 at the Montano Bridge (Albuquerque) on 6/28.

Gray-br. Jay. 3 at Pinos Altos on 7/4 (with J,M,&SP).

Clark's Nutcracker (ABE). 3-4 along S. Fork Negrito Creek (Catron, BBS stops 45, 49) on 6/21. 2-3 along Cibola Rd. 42 (El Malpais NM) on 6/22. 1 at the Dome burn area on 6/29. 1-2 near camp Summer Life (Taos) on 7/12.

Mexican Chickadee (ABE). About 10 on Cistern Saddle and the trail down on 6/13-14 (with JP,AC).

Red-br. Nuthatch. 2 on Cistern Saddle on 6/13-14 (with JP,AC).

Cactus Wren. 1 at a nest at milepost 3.5 of the Lake Sumner access road on 7/26 (with JP).

Winter Wren (ABE). 1 singing about 100 yards below Jemez Falls on 7/13 (with LC, photo enclosed) had been found the previous day by JP. The bird was perched about 40 ft. up on a dead branch and, amazingly, could be heard from 50-60 yards upstream in spite of the noise of the falls and many rapids.

Blue Gray Gnatcatcher (ABE). 1 at El Malpais (the Narrows) on 6/15 (with JP). 1 along Gila NF FR-141 (BBS stop 5) on 6/21.

Mountain and Western Bluebirds. Appeared to be nesting side by side near the top of Corazon Hill (e. of Trujillo, San Miguel) on 6/1.

Veery (ABE). 1-2 singing just northwest of Camp Summer Life (Taos) on 7/12.

Gray Catbird (ABE). 1 along the road to Madronne Ponds (Valencia) on 6/7 (with JP). 1 at the Bosque (village) Bridge on 7/20.

Sage Thrasher (ABE). 1 at Refinery (McKinley) on 7/27.

Long-bld. Thrasher (ABE). The bird at Bosque Redondo was singing and easy to see on 7/26 (with JP). Easily visible were the long all black decurved bill, contrasty black spotting on the breast, gray face, dull reddish brown back and upper tail, and orange eye. The bird persistently sang and used continuous phrasology (no gaps or pauses in the song).

Brown Thrasher (ABE). 1-2 (probably 2) at Bosque Redondo S.P. on 7/26 (with JP).

Phainopepla. 1 female along Mogollon Road and 1 male at the US-180 San Francisco River crossing on 6/15 (with JP). 1 female at Isleta Pueblo on 7/20.

Solitary Vireo. 1 (presumably plumbeus ) bird singing at Corazon Hill (e. of Trujillo, San Miguel) on 6/1.

Hutton's Vireo (ABE). 2-3 on Cistern Saddle on 6/13-14 (with JP,AC). 1 about 3 miles north of Lake Roberts (in Grant) and 1 along the trail to the Gila Cliff Dwellings on 7/4 (with J,M,&SP). 6-8 in the Peloncillos on 7/5 (with J,M,&SP, A&NMC).

Orange-cr. Warbler (ABE). 1 at NM-126/mp35 (Sandoval) on 6/29.

Black-thtd. Gray Warbler. 1 at the southeast end of Placitas on 6/8.

Grace's Warbler. About 10 in Cochiti Canyon on 6/8.

Red-f. Warbler (ABE). 1 along Signal Peak Road on 6/14 (with JP).

Olive Warbler (ABE). 1 male feeding a fledgling along Signal Peak Road on 6/14 (with JP).

Hepatic Tanager. 1 male near the top of Corazon Hill (e. of Trujillo, San Miguel) on 6/1. 1 about 4 miles west of the town of Cochiti on 6/8. 1 male in Mogollon on 6/15 (with JP). 1 female near La Ventana (El Malpais) on 6/15 (with JP).

Indigo Bunting (ABE). 3 males with one of them feeding two fledglings at the Belen Bosque on 7/20.

Dickcissel (ABE). 5 at MR, 1 at Springer Lake, 1 at Shoemaker, and 2 at LVNWR on 7/19. 1 at Bosque Redondo and 1 about 1 mile SE of there on 7/26 (with JP).

Green-tld. Towhee. 1 singing about 3 miles below Langmuir Laboratory in the Magdalenas on 6/7 (with JP). 1 about 3 miles south of Quemado on 6/15 (with JP).

Botteri's Sparrow (ABE). 2 seen at NM-338/mp38 on 7/6 (with J,M&SP).

Black-ch. Sparrow. 2-3 along the trail to Cistern Saddle on 6/13 (with JP, AC). 4-5 at El Malpais NM (the Narrows) on 6/15 (with JP). 1 in the Peloncillo Mts. on 7/5 (with J,M,&SP, A&NMC).

Lark Bunting. Birds appeared to be on territory between Trujillo and Las Vegas on 6/1. Birds were common to abundant from MR south to the Charette Lakes road on 7/19, but none seen south in Mora Co. (along I-25).

Grasshopper Sparrow (ABE). About 15 at MR on 7/19.

Yellow-eyed Junco (ABE). 20-30 at Cistern Saddle on 6/13-14 (with JP,AC).

Bobolink. No birds seen at Los Ojos on 7/12 with 45 min of watching. Most of the fields in the area had recently been or were being mowed and bailed.

Com. Grackle. About 10 on the NMT golf course (Socorro) on 6/7 (with JP). 6-8 juvs. at Blue Water Village on 7/27. These could well have been local fledglings.

Bronzed Cowbird (ABE). A pair (male courting) at Ralph Edwards Park in TorC on 6/28. 1 male at Mt. View Cemetery in Deming on 7/6.

Hooded Oriole (ABE). 1 at Glenwood on 6/14 (with JP).

Red Crossbill (ABE). 1 along S. Fork Negrito Creek (Catron, BBS stop 45) on 6/21. 4-5 at the Dome burn area on 7/13 (with LC).

Evening Grosbeak (ABE). 2 at NM-126/mp35 (Sandoval) on 6/29.

Appendix A
Trip Log

970601 -- night in Santa Rosa, Conchas Lake, NM-104, Corazon Hill, Trujillo, NM-104, Las Vegas NWR, Storrie Lake.

970606-07 -- (with JP). Bosque del Apache, NMT campus, night in Socorro, Water Canyon & Magdalenas (owling), Water Canyon, small canyon off Sixmile Canyon, Bosque del Apache, small canyon off Sixmile Canyon, NMT campus, Madronne Ponds, Belen bosque, Isleta Marsh.

970608 -- Placitas, Santo Domingo off ramp, Cochiti Lake, Cochiti Canyon, NM-22 to Santo Domingo Pueblo, dikes south to Bernalillo, Montano Bridge.

970612-15 (with JP). Monticello Point, Caballo Dam, Uvas Valley, Lordsburg Marsh, night in Lordsburg, [(with AC), Dunegan Crossing, Animus Mts (Cistern Saddle), night at Cistern Saddle, Cistern Saddle, Clanton Canyon, Dunegan Crossing, Lordsburg Marsh], Tyrone sewage ponds, Cherry Creek Campground, Signal Peak Road, Mangus Springs, Cliff, Glenwood, night in Glenwood, Mogollon, Alma, US-180, Rancho Grande Estates, Reserve, NM-32, Quemado Lake, Quemado, NM-36, NM-117.

970620-22 -- El Malpais, Pie Town, Quemado, Apache Creek, Reserve, Gila Fr-141, night in Reserve, BBS (FR-141), Reserve, Luna, AZ (Luna Lake, Nelson Res., Springerville), US-60, Quemado, NM-117, El Malpais, night in Grants, El Malpais (Narrows, La Ventata), NM-53, El Malpais, El Morro, Grants residential, NM-124.

970628-29 -- North Monticello Point, Las Animas Creek, Las Palomas, TorC, Rock Canyon Marina, North Monticello Point, Bosque del Apache, night in Albuquerque, NM-4, NM-126, Fenton Lake S.P., NM-4, Jemez Falls, Dome burn area.

970703-6 -- Bosque del Apache, N. Monticello Point, Emory Pass, night in Silver City, Mangus Springs, Bill Evans Lake, Riverside, Cliff, NM-293, [(with J,M,&SP) Bill Evans Lake, NM-293, Gila., Mangus Springs, Cherry Creek CG, McMillan CG, Signal Peak road, Lake Roberts, the Seymore's, Gila Cliff Dewllings, Lordsburg marsh, night at Alan and Narca's, {also with A&NMC) Peloncillo Mts., South Fork AZ, Portal AZ}, Lordsburg playa, Lordsburg marsh, night in Lordsburg, NM-338], Lordsburg playa, Lordsburg marsh, I-10/ex29 ponds, Gage sewage ponds, Pecan Park, Mt. View Cemetery, Caballo Dam, N. Monticello Point, Bosque del Apache.

970712 -- Vadito, Orilla Verde Recreation area, NM-567, US-285, US-64, Los Ojos, Chama, Heron Lake, Los Ojos, Abuiqui Lake.

970719 -- Maxwell NWR, Stubblefield Lake, Maxwell, Springer Lake, Charette Lakes, Wagon Mound WMA, Wagon Mound, Ft. Union ponds, Valmora, Shoemaker, Watrous, Storrie Lake, Las Vegas NWR.

970720 -- NM-47 south to Belen, Belen Bosque, NM-109 to Bosque Bridge, Bernardo WMA, NM Tech Golf course, Bosque del Apache, Isleta Sewage Ponds, Isleta Pueblo.

970726 -- (with JP). Ft. Sumner, Bosque Redondo, Sumner Lake, Ute Lake, Conchas Lake, Santa Rosa Golf Course ponds, Sant Rosa Lake, Green Chaparral Turf Ranch.

970727 -- Bluewater Lake, Refinery, Ft. Wingate, Chuksa Lake, Crown Point sewage ponds, Blue Water Village.

Appendix B
Photo log

As usual, I have included several slides to help document records. The slides are duplicates and need not be returned. All photos 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).

Slide no. (yymmdd) Species Location/Comments

1076-02 970613 N. Goshawk Cistern Saddle

1076-05 970613 Mag. Hmb. (nest) Cistern Saddle

1076-09 970613 Greater Pewee Cistern Saddle

1076-24 970703 Arctic Tern N. Monticello Point, EBL

1077-04 970703 Arctic Tern N. Monticello Point, EBL

1077-05 970703 Arctic Tern N. Monticello Point, EBL

1077-07 970703 Arctic Tern N. Monticello Point, EBL

1077-08 970703 Arctic Tern N. Monticello Point, EBL

1077-09 970703 Arctic Tern N. Monticello Point, EBL

1077-13 970703 Arctic Tern N. Monticello Point, EBL

1077-23 970703 Arctic Tern N. Monticello Point, EBL

1077-25 970703 Arctic Tern N. Monticello Point, EBL

1078-16 970726 Collared Dove Ft. Sumner

Appendix C
Other Interesting Things

970607 - What sounded like a Bear growling about 3 miles below Langmuir Laboratory in the Magdalenas (with JP).

970614 - 1 Bobcat in the Animas Valley (with JP).

970706 - 1 Horned Toad in Lordsburg.