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, 34.08067N 106.87083W
               NMTTB – New Mexico Tech Turtle Bay (Between Macey Center and the Golf Course, Socorro), 34.06782N 106.90875W
               LLH - Luis Lopez (at or near near my house at 499 Farm-to-Market Road) 33.98682N 106.86391W, 4568H (GPS meas)
               LCP – Area around my house in Albuquerque (3904 Anderson SE),   35.06845N 106.60062W

Coobservers: Mary Lou Arthur (MA), Ryan Beaulieu (RB), Celestyn Brozek (CB), Nolina Bryant (NB), Ken Butts (KB), Dave Cleary (DC), Alan and Narca Moore-Craig (A&NMC), Steve Drilling (SD), Jon Dunn (JD), Doug Emkalns (DE), Andrew Fenner (AF), Glen Findley (GFi), Gary Froelich & Ann ? & Billy ? (GF, etal), Sharon Fullingin (SF), Glen Kendall (GK), Lane Leckman (LL), Larry Malone (LM), Bruce Neville (BN), John Parmeter (JP), Christopher Rustay (CR), John Vanderpol (JV), Bill West (BW), Bill Wittman (WW).

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 Sumner Lake on 10/11.  2 at Cochiti Lake on 10/23.  1 at Mescalero Lake on 10/27.  1 at Lake Park (swimming pool) in Santa Rosa on 11/1.  8 at Sumner Lake on 11/2-3 and 3 there on 11/10.  5 at Ute Lake on 11/10 and 7 there on 11/17.  6 at Conchas Lake on 11/16 (with JP, WW).

Red-n. Grebe (ABE).    1 at Sumner Lake on 10/11 & 13 (vt enclosed).

Horned Grebe (ABE).    1 at an ephemeral ponds 2 miles north of Elida on 10/12 (vt enclosed).  2 at Ute Lake and 2 at Sumner Lake on 11/10.  8 at Conchas Lake on 11/16 (with JP, WW).  2 at Ute Lake on 11/17.

Double-cr. Cormorant.    1 at Snow Lake on 8/4.  2 at Greene Acres Park in Clovis on 10/5.

White Pelican.    1 at Springer Lake on 11/9 (with JP, WW, DC).  1 at Ute Lake on 11/10.  3 at Big Mesa on 11/16 (with JP, WW).  4 at the Deming sewage ponds on 11/29 (with JP).

Least Bittern (ABE).    1 juv (fledgling but still had downy feathers on the crown) at Bosque Redondo on 8/16 (vt enclosed).

Great Egret.    1 at Conchas Lake on 11/16 (with JP, WW).  5 at BAR on 11/24, 2 on 11/28.

Snowy Egret.    1 at BAR on 11/24.

Tricolored Heron (ABE).    1 adult at BLR on 8/10 (with JP) had been previously reported. 

1 immature at Pecan Park in Deming on 8/30 (vt enclosed) had been previously reported by LM.

Reddish Egret (ABE).    1 at Brantley Lake on 9/8 (vt enclosed).  It took 6 trips to the Brantley/Avalon to finally catch up with this bird.  The bird was an immature, a medium sized heron with an all gray head, neck and body, gray bill and legs, and a white/yellowish eye.

1 at Maxwell Refuge, lake 13 on 9/28 (with JP, LC, vt enclosed) and 9/29 (with JD, JV) had been present for about a two weeks.

Cattle Egret.  1 juvenile plumaged bird (black bill, dark lores, black legs and feet) at US-82/mp162 (16 miles east of Maljamar) on 9/14.  1 at the Lordsburg sewage ponds on 11/29 (with JP). 

Yellow-cr. Night Heron (ABE).    1 imm. at the Tatum sewage ponds on 9/21 (vt enclosed) was still present on 10/1 (with JD, JV).

Roseate Spoonbill (ABE).    1 immature at BLR on 8/14 (vt enclosed).  The bird had been found in the morning by Gordon Warrick who sent out the notification via e-mail.  I arrived at Bitter Lake at about 1:30 and drove straight to unit 16 where the bird was seen foraging and loafing with several Snowy Egrets.  The bird was in an opening in the rushes and was only partly visible for a while, and was able to disappear in the rushes for 10-15 minutes without being seen.  It finally moved to the center of the open area and started preening and loafing.  I was able to study and video tape the bird in good light (bird was northeast of me) at a distance of about 100 meters with a scope and binoculars.  The bird was an immature, possibly a 2nd year bird with an all white (feathered) head, neck, and breast, and moderately pale pink wings, belly, and leg coverts (not very pale pink as in a first year bird).  It was similarly proportioned to but notably larger than the nearby Snowy Egrets and White-faced Ibis, probably a little shorter than a Great Egret.  The bill was spatulate, with a pink distal half and a grey proximal half. The eye was dark and the leg color could not be well seen due to the glare of the sunlight, legs were darkish (horn??).  The bird was seen feeding by sweeping it's bill from side to side avocet style.  I am familiar with Roseate Spoonbill and have seen them in California, Mexico, Texas, and Florida.

White-ftd. Goose (ABE).    2 at Sumner Lake on 10/12 had been found earlier by DE&BN.

Snow Goose.    The bird from the spring at the Carrizozo Golf Course was present through 9/27.  1 at Greene Acres Park in Clovis on 10/5 and 2 there on 10/26 and 11/2.  Seventy 5 miles east of Elida on 11/1.  400 (in 4 migrating flocks) at Sumner Lake on 11/3.  About 30 clearly downed by the low ceiling and fog about 100 yards south of US-60 and 3 miles west of Yeso on 11/3.  3 at Ute Lake on 11/10.

Ross' Goose.  3 at an ephemeral lake about 3miles north of Elida on 11/2.  About 20 clearly downed by the low ceiling and fog about 100 yards south of US-60 and 3 miles west of Yeso on 11/3.  1 at Ute Lake on 11/10.

Canada Goose.    1 small form (smaller than the accompanying Snow Goose) at Greene Acres Park in Clovis on 10/5.

Wood Duck.    About 10 at the Clovis Zoo on 10/12.  3 at Cochiti Lake on 10/23.  1 at the Tularosa sewage ponds on 10/27.

Blue-w. Teal.    About 4 at Alto Lake on 9/15.

Cinnamon Teal.  One full albino (sort of a creamy off-white) EBMP on 8/30 (vt enclosed) was with others and presumed to be of the same species.

Greater Scaup (ABE).    1 female at a pond about a mile south of Roy on 11/16.

Surf Scoter (ABE).    1 female at the north marina at Conchas Lake on 11/16 (with JP, WW, vt enclosed).

Hooded Merganser.    1 male at Sumner Lake on 11/3 was the first fall migrant seen.  1 at LLH on 11/6-8.

Common Merganser.    6 at Snow Lake on 8/4. 

Red-br. Merganser.    1 at Ute Lake and 25 at Sumner lake on 11/10.  5 on lower Conchas Lake and 10 at Big Mesa on 11/16 (with JP,WW).

Osprey.     1 at NM244/mp5 (7 miles north of Cloudcroft), 1 at Mescalero Lake, and 1 at Grindstone Lake on 9/2.  1 at NMTTB on 10/8.  1 at Mescalero Lake on 10/27.  1 at Conchas Lake on 11/16 (with JP, WW). 


Bald Eagle.    2 (1a,1i) at Mescalero Lake on 10/27.  3 (2a,1i) at Whetherly Lake (Union) on 11/9. 

Mississippi Kite.    1 imm. at Artesia on 9/15 seemed late.

Harris' Hawk (ABE).    3 near Cotton City on 8/3.  1 just south of Lake Avalon on 9/15.  1 in the bosque about 1/4 mile north of LLH on 11/24 (vt enclosed).  2 at Cotton City on 11/29 (with JP). 

Zone-tld. Hawk (ABE).    1 adult and 1 immature about 1.3 miles west of Willow Creek Recreation Area (Gila NF) on 8/4 (vt enclosed).  I was charged by the adult when I first go out of the car and they stuck close while I was present (and made a lot of noise) so I suspect I was very near the nest (33.39253N, 108.60885W, 8553 ft.).  You might be able to hear the calling in the background on the Three-toed Woodpecker clip.

1 along US-82 in Otero Co. about 1 mile west of the Chaves Line (9 miles east of Mayhill) on 8/25 (vt enclosed).

1 soaring over San Antonio on 8/29 (with NB, vt enclosed).  It was headed for my yard, but we managed to lose it up a side canyon about 2 miles north of San Antonio.

Broad-w. Hawk (ABE).    1 at the Tatum sewage ponds on 9/30-10/2 (with JD, JV).  1 one mile south of  Portales on 10/1 (with JD, JV).  2 at MVT on 10/5 (with JP, vt enclosed). 

Rough-legged Hawk (ABE).    First of the season were 2 at Maxwell on 11/9 (with JP, WW).  2 about a mile west of Broadview on 11/17 (vt enclosed).

Golden Eagle.    1 about two miles east of Vaughn on 11/3.  1 at Stubblefield lake on 11/9 (with JP, WW).

Merlin (ABE).    1 at BAR on 10/19.  1 (richardsonii ) about a mile south of Broadview on 11/17.  1 (richardsonii ) at LLH on 11/18.  1 at BAR on 11/24.  2 at Red Rock on 11/29 (with JP).  1 at Howe Camp (Gray Ranch) on 11/30 (with JP, NMC, AC, WW).

Peregrine Falcon (ABE).    2 imms. At BLR on 8/14 (with KB).  1 at Sumner Lake on 8/23.  1 at a farm 5 miles west of Encino on 9/13 (vt enclosed).  1 at Stubblefield Lake on 9/28 (with JP, LC) and 2-4 there (probably 4) on 9/29 (with JD, JV).  1 at BLR on 9/30 (with JD, JV). 

Prairie Falcon.    1 about 20 miles south of Santa Rosa on 9/29 (with JD, JV). 

Wild Turkey.    8 (Gould's) in a large cottonwood roost tree just east of the NM/AZ line in Guadalupe Canyon on 9/1.  6 along US-82 5 miles east of Mayhill on 9/15.  1 at BLR headquarters on 9/30.  3-4 at the At Ute Creek arm of Ute Lake (Harding) on 11/17. 

American Coot.    1 pure albino at Lake Avalon on 10/6 (vt enclosed).

Sandhill Crane.    First fall birds noted at LLH was a pair on 9/23.  About 2500 about 5 miles east of Elida on 11/2.  1 nearly pure albino bird with a flock of sandhills in the Carzilia Valley on 11/29 (with JP, vt enclosed).  This bird had dark wing tips and a few flecks of gray on it's back, otherwise was strikingly white with a red crown patch (no red whisker mark).

Black-bel. Plover (ABE).    2 at North Monticello Point on 10/19 (1 with orangish-flesh legs and feet, vt enclosed).  1 at Stubblefield Lake on 11/9 (with JP, WW, DC). 

Semipalmated Plover.    2 at Sumner Lake on 9/6 and 7 there on 9/7 (with JP, WW).

American Avocet.    1 at Ned Houk park on 10/26.  25 at Big Mesa on 11/16 (with JP, WW).

Solitary Sandpiper.    1 at the Tyrone sewage ponds on 9/1.  2 at a pond at CRE and CR5 (Curry 5 miles southwest of Texico) on 10/12 seemed quite late.

Spotted Sandpiper.    1 imm. christened my pond along with a Solitary Sandpiper on 8/26 and spent the following week, doing quite well with dragonflys.

Willet (ABE).    1 at BLR on 8/10 (with JP).  1 juvenile plumaged bird at BLR on 9/7 (vt enclosed).  1 at Stubblefield Lake on 9/28.

Upland Sandpiper.    A thorough search of the fields south of Loving on 8/10 turned up only 2 birds.

Marbled Godwit (ABE).    2 at South Monticello Point on 10/19.

Red Knot (ABE).    1 well advanced into basic plumage at EBMP on 9/2 (vt enclosed).  Seen with binoculars and a spotting scope at distances as close as 150 ft. with peeps, phalaropes, and Gr. Yellowlegs.  The bird was much larger than the peeps and phalaropes.  At first I thought that this bird looked scaly and was in juvenile plumage, but after noting that there was still some red in the cheeks and throat, I noted that the scapulars and coverts were simply pale edged and had no dark sub-terminal band, so the bird was an adult nearly molted into basic plumage.  The bird was plain gray above, paler below with some mottling (pale edges) on the scaps and coverts.  The bill was black and relatively short and thick.  There was an indistinct pale eyeline and a dark eye.  The legs were relatively short, giving the bird an overall dumpy look (rather like a surfbird, but even dumpier).  In flight the upper tail was gray and there was a dark leading edge to the wing, darkest at the wrist and  fading out about half way back to the body.  There was a large pale wing stripe visible in flight.

1 in juvenile plumage at Brantley Lake on 9/8 (vt enclosed).  The basic description for the body size, shape, and coloration same as for the bird above.  Primary difference noted was that the coverts were fresh and showed a thin dark (blackish) sub-terminal band between the body of the feather and the pale edge, giving the bird a very scaly appearance.

Sanderling (ABE).    1 at Brantley Lake on 9/7.  1 at Tramway and 2nd in Albuquerque on 9/17 had been previously reported.  5 at BLR on 9/30 (with JD, JV).

Peep, sp.  About 2000 at South Monticello point on 10/19.

Semipalmated Sandpiper (ABE).    1 at BLR on 8/10.  1 at Sumner Lake on 8/24 (with JP).  1 at Isleta Marsh on 8/26 (vt enclosed) had been previously reported by DE.  1 at Sumner Lake on 9/7.

Baird's Sandpiper.    About 6 at LLH on 9/9 (yardbird # 201)

Pectoral Sandpiper (ABE).    1 at Sumner Lake on 9/7 (with JP).  3 at the Farwell Feed Lots (TX) on 10/5.  1 at a pond at CRE and CR5 (Curry 5 miles southwest of Texico) on 10/12

Stilt Sandpiper.    6 at Sumner Lake on 8/24 (with JP). 

Short-bld. Dowitcher (ABE).    1 at Sumner Lake on 9/7 (with JP, WW, vt enclosed) had been found the previous day.  Seen with a scope and photographed at about 100 yards distance.  The bird showed bright, wide rufous edges to the back and covert feathers, had a whitish belly with a bright rufous breast, relatively short bill (there were also 2 Long-blds in the area).  It called once (tu-tu-tu) when flying by.

Long-bld. Dowitcher.    About 400 at South Monticello Point on 10/19.  2 at Turn on 11/7.

Wilson's Snipe.    1 at LLH on 9/9 (yardbird #202) and 1 there on 11/3.  1 at an ephemeral pond 2 miles north of Elida on 10/12.   2 at an ephemeral pond about 0.5 mile north of Elida on 10/12.

Red-n. Phalarope (ABE).    4 at EBMP on 8/30.  3 at Stubblefield Lake and 7 at MR Lake #13 on 9/28 (with JP, LC).    5 at MR Lake#13 on 9/29 (with JD, JV).  2 at BLR on 9.30 (with JD, JV).  1 at Springer Lake on 10/1 (with JD, JV).  15 at the Portales sewage ponds on 10/1 (with JD, JV).  8 at an ephemeral pond about 0.5 mile north of Elida on 10/12.

Laughing Gull (ABE).    1 first summer bird at Brantley Lake on 9/7 (vt enclosed).

Bonaparte's Gull.    2 at ponds to the west of Santa Rosa on 11/1 were the first fall migrants seen.  2 at Ute Lake on 11/10.

California Gull.    Two 3rd year birds at Brantley Lake on 8/24.

Sabine's Gull (ABE).    1 juv. at Stubblefield Lake on 9/28 (with JP, LC), and 9/29 (with JD, JV).  3 , including 1 adult, at Sumner Lake on 9/29 (with JD, JV).

Arctic Tern (ABE).    4-5 highly probable birds at Sumner Lake on 8/23 (vt enclosed).  I was never 100% on these birds because of the late evening light (it was just before sunset), distance, and sustained strong winds, however, the birds showed a very dark breast and sharply contrasting white cheek. The bills were dark and all red.  In flight, I could see the restricted black along the trailing edge of the under wing (but have always had trouble deciding whether it was narrow enough to be Arctic versus Common).  The birds all unfortunately got up and flew down river before I had a chance to tape them through the scope.

Common Tern (ABE).    About 12 at Sumner Lake on 8/23 (the birds can be heard calling in the background on the Arctic Tern vt).  1 at Lake Avalon on 9/15.  2 at Sumner Lake on 10/12-13.

Forster's Tern.    1 at Rock Canyon Marina on 8/2.  1 at the Mountainair sewage ponds on 8/23.

Eurasian Collared Dove.    3 at Malaga and 11 at Loving on 8/10.  3 at Hope on 8/11.  1 at Ft. Sumner on 8/16, 2 there on 9/7.  10 at Texico, 1 at Elida, and 3 at Roswell on 8/17.  1 at Carrizozo on 8/18.  2 at Encino on 8/23.  3 at Bosque Redondo and 6 at Ft. Sumner on 8/24.  1 calling near Dale and Marian's house in  Silver City on 9/2.  4 at Encino on 9/13 and 5 there on 10/13.    10 at Texico, 2 at Clovis, and 5 at Tatum on 9/14.  2 at Floyd, 3 at Portales, and 3 at Jal on 9/21.  2 at LLH on 9/26 and up to 3 sporadically throughout the period.  2 at Springer on 9/28.  3 at Ft. Sumner on 9/29 (with JD, JV) and 4 there on 10/13.  10 at Portales on 10/1 (with JD, JV) and 42 there on 10/2 (all in NW Portales, 30 at one house).  8 at Logan on 10/1 (with JD, JV).  4 at Santa Rosa on 10/4.  2 at Texico and 9 at Tatum on 10/5.  2 at Artesia, 1 at Carrizozo, and 3 at LLH on 10/6.  22 at Causey and 26 at Tatum on 10/26.  4 at Santa Rosa on 11/1.  3 at Melrose on 11/2.  5 at Sumner Lake and 12 at Vaughn on 11/3.  2 at Clayton on 11/9.  10 at Nara Visa, 13 at Logan, 23 at Ute Lake village, and 1 at Ft. Sumner on 11/10.  20 at Big Mesa and 1 at Roy on 11/16 (vt enclosed).  15 at Grady on 11/17.  7 at Luis Lopez on 11/17 and 6 there on 11/24 (Sharon Fullingin says she has 12 coming to her feeders).

White-w. Dove.    2 at Logan on 10/1 (with JD, JV).  1 at MVT on 10/26 (with JP, WW).  4 at Big Mesa on 11/16 (with JP, WW).  A high count of 80 at LLH on 11/22.

Inca Dove.    About 10 at Texico (around Craig and Anderson) on 9/14.  1 at LLH on 10/14 (by A&NMC) and 2 there on 10/16, 1-2 on 11/3-11/14, 3 on 11/22 (with GF, etal) through the end of the period.  About 12 in southwest Deming on 10/20 (with LM).  5 at Ute Lake village on 11/10.

Common Ground Dove (ABE).  1 at Larry Malone's house on 10/20 (with LM, WW, vt enclosed).  1 at Pancho Villa State Park on 11/29 (with JP).

Ruddy Ground Dove (ABE).    1 female at Larry Malone's house on 10/20 (with LM, vt enclosed).

One at LLH on 11/20-21 (vt enclosed), 22 (with GF,et.al.), 23 (with JP,WW), 24 (with RB, SF, CB, AF?, NB, MA, others) through the end of the period.

Greater Roadrunner.    1 about a mile north of Clayton on 9/28.

Barn Owl.    1 at LLH on 8/1.  3 at Pep on 9/21 was a high count and on 10/1 (with JD, JV).

Western Screech Owl (ABE).   1 at the Catholic Church in Glenwood on 8/3.  2 at Mangus Springs on 9/2.  1 at LLH on 9/11. 

1+ at LLH on 9/12 (around 5 a.m.).  The screech owl was giving a screech call that I have heard previously from this bird (and it eventually gave the bouncing ball call).  The + was a second bird giving a similar sounding screech call from the bosque about 200 yards south of my house.  While the pitch and timbre of the Screech Owl (in the bosque 200 yards north of my house) was normal, the pitch was much lower for this second bird and the timbre was much drier.  I went in to get my camera and binoculars to chase this second bird down and when I came out it gave a couple of calls sounding very much like a Flammulated Owl.  Unfortunately, a Great Horned Owl started calling from the same direction, apparently near the second bird and it shut up not to be heard again.  (Taping produced no response).

3 at Dunnegan's Crossing (NM338/mp41) on 11/29 (with JP, WW).

Whiskered Screech Owls (ABE).    2 at the mian campground in Clanton Canyon on 8/31.

N. Pygmy Owl (ABE).    2 in Clanton Canyon on 8/31.

Elf Owl (ABE).    1 at the Catholic Church in Glenwood on 8/3.

Long-eared Owl (ABE).    1 at MVT on 10/12 (with JP, vt enclosed).

Violet-cr. Hummingbird (ABE).    2 in Guadalupe Canyon on 9/1.

Black-ch. Hummingbird.    1 at Texico on 8/17.

Calliope Hummingbird.    Peak was 7 males in the 2nd week of August at LLH with 2-3 birds present after mid August.  1 at Encino and 1 ten miles west of Ft. Sumner on 9/13.  1 at Runyan Ranch (US-82 on the Penasco River) on 9/15.  1 remained at LLH through late (25th or so) Sept. 

Broad-tld. Hummingbird.    1 at Elida on 8/17.

Rufous Hummingbird.    About 10 at Texico and 1 at Elida on 8/17.  1 at LLH on 10/7-9 was late.

Lewis' Woodpecker.    2 just east of Luis Lopez and 1 about 1/4 mile west of LLH on 9/9 (yardbird #200).   1 east of Louis Lopez on 9/23, 1 there on 9/27, 1 there on 10/13.  1 in north Deming at the junction of NM-26 and US-180 on 11/29 (with JP). 

Gila Woodpecker (ABE).    About 6 in Guadelupe Canyon on 9/1.  1 at Red Rock on 11/29 (with JP). 

Yellow-bel. Sapsucker (ABE).    1 imm. at MVT on 10/26 (with JP, WW).  1 at the engineer's compound at Conchas Lake on 11/16 (with JP, WW).

Williamson's Sapsucker (ABE).    1 female at the Abo Ruins on 11/3.

Downy Woodpecker.    1 male along US-82, 3miles east of Mayhill on 9/15.

Hairy Woodpecker.    2 at Raton on 9/29.

Arizona Woodpecker (ABE).    1 in Skeleton Canyon on 8/3.  2 in Clanton Canyon on 8/31.

Three-toed Woodpecker (ABE).    1 about 1.3 miles east of Willow Creek Recreation Area (Gila NF 200 yards east of the scenic lookout, 33.39253N, 108.60885W, 8553 ft., vt enclosed) and a family group of 3-5 about 3 miles west of Snow Lake (33.47390N 108.53506W, 7920 ft.) on 8/4.

Yellow-sh. Flicker (ABE).    1 male at Nara Visa on 11/10.  1 female at LLH on 11/28 (vt enclosed).

Olive-sdd. Flycatcher.    1 about 5 miles west of Encino on 9/13.  1 at Ned Houk Park on 9/14.

Least Flycatcher (ABE).    1 in the riparian along the railroad tracks in Jal on 9/21.  1 at Pep on 10/1 (with JD, JV).  1 at LLH on 11/22 (with JP, WW, Gfetal, vt enclosed), 23, 24 (with CB, SF), 25-26.

Hammond's Flycatcher.    1 at the Vaughn cemetery on 9/13.  2-3 at MVT and 3 at the Maljamar rest stop on 9/14.  1 at Crossroads on 9/21.  1 at Yeso on 10/13.

Dusky Flycatcher.    1 at Yeso on 9/13.    1 at Ned Houk Park on 9/14.  1 at Red Rock refuge on 11/29 (with JP). 

Western Flycatcher.    1 at the Tatum sewage ponds from 9/30-10/2 (with JD, JV, vt enclosed). I did not get anything but brief glimpses of the bird on the 30th.  JV and JD got good looks at the bird and JD thought it was a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher.  They indicated that the bird had a complete fairly uniform eye-ring, very dark primaries, and a yellow belly and throat, all good marks for Yellow-bellied and poor marks for Western.  The light completely failed and we spent the night at Lovington and returned on the morning of 10/1.  It was sunny with scattered clouds and stiff breezes.  We again got reasonably brief looks at the bird, which at that time looked lot more like a Western Flycatcher ("broken" eye-ring).  Jon was much more equivocal after seeing the bird, feeling that he could not verify all of his observations from the previous evening.  We left at about 10 and headed north to drop off the Jon and John at Raton.  I spent the night at Springer and drove back to Tatum on the morning of 10/2.  I arrived at about 8 and found the bird almost immediately, still looking much like a Western Flycatcher with a broken eye-ring, peaked crown, and brownish primaries.  I got several good video sequences, since the bird finally became cooperative and perched and foraged out in the open with the sun at my back.  At around 11, I noted that the bird seemed to gain a complete eye-ring, and darkened primaries.  I got additional video of the bird in this condition and finally tried specifically to photograph the wing formula.  This took too much power on the scope and camera and I couldn't get sharp pictures, so I simply looked at the primaries through the scope and drew the at rest primary pattern (enclosed along with a copy of the wing pattern drawing from Matt Heindel's Birder's Journal article).

Eastern Phoebe (ABE).    1 at MVT on 10/5 (with JP) and 10/12 (with JP).  1 at RSPA on 10/6.  1 at Lingo on 10/26.

Vermilion Flycatcher.    1 fe/imm. at LLH on 9/2 (vt enclosed) was my 199th yardbird.  1 male at Paseo del Rio Park on 10/19.

Dusky-cpd. Flycatcher.    2 in Guadalupe Canyon on 9/1.

Brown-cr. Flycatcher.  2 in Glenwood on 8/4.

Kiskadee Flycatcher (ABE).    1 heard at RSPA on 9/8.  I heard the long plaintive call of this bird just east of me while I was at the pool due south of the restrooms.  The bird called 4-5 times and then was heard no more and seen not (even though I went down and looked for it).

Western Kingbird.    1 imm. at LLH on 9/25 was late.  1 at the Alamocito Ranch (Harding Co at NM-39/mp15) on 10/1 (with JD, JV).  1 at Carrizozo on 10/6.  2 about a mile south of Columbus on 10/20.

Eastern Kingbird.    1 at Bosque Redondo on 8/24 (with JP).  1 at Curry CR13&CRE on 9/14.

Thick-bld. Kingbird (ABE).    2 in Guadalupe Canyon on 9/1.

Scissor-tld. Flycatcher.    25 between Portales and Floyd on 10/1 (with JD, JV). 

Blue-hdd. Vireo (ABE). One at a small grove of (elm) trees at NM-20/mp11 (30 miles south of Ft. Sumner) on 9/7.  A solitarius type vireo (wide white spectacles and lores) with a yellow vent and flanks, white breast and throat contrasting sharply with the dark gray malar and face.  The back and wings were bright olive green with 2 white wing-bars.

1 at Yeso on 10/13. A solitarius type vireo (wide white spectacles and lores) with bright yellow sides, flanks, and vent. The bird had a white breast and throat contrasting sharply with the gray malar and face.  The back and wings were bright olive green with 2 white wing-bars.

1 at MVT on 11/2 (with JP, WW, vt enclosed).

Cassin's Vireo (ABE).    1 at MVT on 9/7 (with JP) and 1 on 10/12.  1 at MVT and 1 at Farwell (TX) on 9/14.  2 at Crossroads on 9/21.  1 at Pep on 10/1 (with JD, JV).  1 at Rattlesnake Springs on 10/6.

Hutton's Vireo.    1 at Red Rock refuge on 11/29 (with JP). 

Warbling Vireo.    4 migrants in Skeleton Canyon on 8/3.  1 at MVT on 10/13 (with BN) was quite late.

Bank Swallow.    1 at Mescalero Lake and 2 at the Carrizozo Golf Course pond on 8/25.  2 at Texico on 9/14.

Blue Jay.    1 at MVT on 9/30 (with JD, JV) and 3 there on 10/5 (with JP).  1 at Tularosa on 10/27.

Stellar's Jay.    1 at the Vaughn Cemetery and 1 along US-60 about 2 miles east of Vaughn on 9/13. 

2 at LLH on 9/23 and 1 there on 9/24 (vt enclosed)-25, up to 5 on 10/3-9, increasing to 8 on 10/10 and at least 14 on 10/14 (with AC), a count of 28 on the ground (+ probably several in the trees) on 10/18.  10-20 remained in the area through 11/8 and 5-15 to the end of the period.

1 at NMTTB on 10/8.  2 at Sumner Lake village on 10/11 and 10/11.  1 at an abandoned farm at US-60/mp242 (10 miles west of Encino) on 10/11.  8 at Vaughn and 5 at Encino on 10/13.  1 about a half mile east of Pecan Park and 3 at Larry Malone's house (with LM) on 10/20.  1 at Luis Lopez on 10/24, 2-3 on 10/29.  1 at San Acacia on 10/25.  1 at MVT on 11/1 (with JP, WW, vt enclosed).  1 about 3 miles east of Yeso and 14 at Yeso on 11/3.  1 at Nara Visa, 3 at Tucumcari, and 1 at Bosque Redondo on 11/10.  1 at NM-491/mp39 (near junction with  La Cinta Can. Road) and 1 at the Hartley Ranch (Harding, north end of La Cinta Can. Road) on 11/16.

Pinion Jay.    A flock of 40 westbound at LLH on 8/30 and 1 there on 9/4.  1 at an abandoned farm at US-60/mp242 (10 miles west of Encino) on 9/6.  A flock of about 80 birds heading NE from about a mile east of MVT on 9/14 (with JP, WW, LM).  10 at Sumner Lake on 10/13 and 100 there on 11/2, 40 there on 11/10..

Scrub Jay.    1 at MVT on 8/24 (with JP).  1 at RSPA on 8/25.  1-5 at LLH from 8/25 through the end of the season.  2 at MVT on 9/14.  1 at NM-508/mp15.5 (15.5 miles east of Crossroads) on 10/5.  1 at Nara Visa and 1 at Logan on 11/10.  1 about a mile south of Broadview on 11/17.

Clark's Nutcracker (ABE).    2 flew from Grant into Sierra at Emory Pass on 9/2.  2 at Cistern Saddle (Animas Mtn) on 11/30 (with JP, WW, A&NMC, vt enclosed).

Mexican Chickadee (ABE).    1 at Cistern Saddle (Animas Mtn) on 11/30 (with JP, NMC).

Mountain Chickadee.    1 at NMTTB and 1 at LLH on 10/7.  1 at an abandoned house about 5 miles west of Encino on 10/13.

Red-br. Nuthatch.    2 at MVT on 9/14 (with JP, WW, LM).  2 at the Tatum sewage ponds on 9/21.  1 at MVT on 9/30 (with JD, JV).  1 at the Maljamar rest stop on 10/2.  1 at MVT on 10/5 and 1 there on 10/13 (with De, BN).  2 at RSPA on 10/6.  1 below Sumner Dam on 10/13.  2 at La Luz on 10/27.  2 below Sumner Dam on 11/10.  1 at LLH on 11/26-28.  About 12 at Cistern Saddle (Animas Mtn) on 11/30 (with JP, WW, A&NMC).

White-br. Nuthatch.    1-2 at LLH on 8/30, 9/4, 10/7, 11/18, 11/22-28.  1 at MVT on 9/7 (with JP), 9/14 (with JP, WW, LM), 9/21 (with JP, LL, DE, BN, CR).  1 at Mule Canyon (Chaves) on 9/15.  1 at a ranch an NM-125/mp6 (7 miles NE of Tatum) and 1 at the Tatum sewage ponds  on 9/21.  2 at Nara Visa on 11/10 (vt enclosed).  1 at Conchas Village on 11/16 (with JP, WW).

Brown Creeper (ABE).    1 at NMTTB on 10/7.

Bewick's Wren.    1 at MVT on 10/12-13. (with JP, DE, BN).  1 at Pep on 10/26.  1 at Nara Visa on 11/10.

Virden.    1 male at LLH on 10/11.

Cactus Wren.    1 at US-60/mp296 (De Baca, 9 miles west of Yeso) on 9/13.

Long-bld. Marsh Wren.    2 at the Ute Creek Arm of Ute Lake (Harding) on 11/16&17.

American Dipper (ABE).    1 under the bridge across the low-flow Channel at Bosque del Apache  on 10/19 (with RK, vt enclosed).

Eastern Bluebird (ABE). 10 at MVT and 2 at Ned Houk Park on 11/2.  6 at Nara Visa on 11/10.  About 10 at the engineer's compound at Conchas Lake on 11/16 (with JP, WW). 1 about a mile south of Field on 11/17.   3 at Luis Lopez and 4 at LLH on 11/18-25.

Mountain Bluebird.  6 about 3 miles east of Lovington on 10/26.

Townsend's Solitaire.    1 at MVT and 1 at Crossroads on 9/21 were the first migrants encountered.  1 at the Maljamar rest stop on 10/2 and 2 there on 10/5.  1 at Vaughn on 10/13.  2 at Lovington on 10/26.  1 at Ned Houk Park on 11/2.  4 at Sumner Lake, and 1 at Yeso on 11/3.  2 at Nara Visa on 11/10.  2 at Grady on 11/17.

Swainson's Thrush (ABE).    1 at MVT on 9/7 is one of the few olive-backed birds I've had giving the wheee call.  1 ten miles west of Ft. Sumner on 9/13.

Rufous-backed Robin (ABE).    1 at Glen Kendall's house (across the river and 1/4 mile south of LLH) on 11/19 (with BW, GK, vt enclosed) had been found and reported over the previous weekend. 

Gray Catbird (ABE).    2 at Mangus Spring on 9/2.  1 at RSPA on 9/8 and 2 there on 10/6.  1 at MVT on 10/5 (with JP).

1 at LLH on 10/15 (with NB) and 11/22 (with JP, WW).

Sage Thrasher.    1 along US-82 about 5 miles east of the Penasco School on 9/15.  1 at Engle on 10/19.

Brown Thrasher (ABE).    1 at MVTon 9/14 (with LM).  3 at Bosque Redondo on 9/29 (with JD, JV).  1 at RSPA on 10/6. 

Curve-bld. Thrasher.    1 at MVT on 8/24 (with JP).  1 at Garrison (Roosevelt Co.) on 10/26.

Phainopepla.    1 male at BAR on 10/27. 

American Pipit.    5 at an ephemeral pond just south of Roy on 10/1 (with JD, JV)

Cedar Waxwing.    1 at LLH on 8/27 was the first fall arrival, another on 10/30.  10 at Sumner Lake on 10/13 and 100 there on 11/3.  3 at Nara Visa on 11/10.  7 at Cistern Saddle (Animas Mtn) on 11/30 (with JP, NMC).

Olive Warbler. 10-15 , mostly juvs., in a mixed flock about 2.5 miles south of Negrito Fire Base on 8/4.

Nashville Warbler (ABE).    1 at MVT on 10/26 (with JP, WW).

Yellow Warbler.    First fall migrant at LLH on 8/7.  Seen almost daily at LLH between mid-August and mid-September, often with 4-6 birds present.

Northern Parula Warbler (ABE).    1 female at LLH on 8/19 and possibly the same bird there on 8/22-23 (vt enclosed).  An apparently new imm/female in bright fresh plumage was at LLH on 9/3.  1 female/imm at NMTTB on 10/7 (vt enclosed).

Black-thtd. Blue Warbler (ABE).    1 male at NMTTB on 10/9 (vt enclosed).  The bird was seen foraging on or near the ground under the southern end of the ring of trees around the small meadow.

Black-thtd. Gray Warbler.    1 at LLH on 8/13 and 1 there on 8/23.  1 at MVT on 8/24 (with JP) and 1 there on 10/5 (with JP). 

Townsend's Warbler (ABE).    2 at Ned Houk Park on 8/17.  1 at RSPA on 8/18.  2 at BLR headquarters on 8/24 (with CR, SD).  1 at Clanton Canyon on 8/31.    1 at Emory Pass (Sierra) on 9/2.  1 bright female at LLH on 9/13.  2 at MVT (with JP), 12 at Curry CR16 & CRM, and 1 at the Maljamar rest stop on 9/14.  2 in Mule Canyon, 3 along US-82 3 miles east of Mayhill, and 1 at NM-289/mp28 (near Mescalero) on 9/15.  3 at MVT on 9/21, 1 there on 9/30 (with JD, JV) and 1 there on 10/5 (with JP). 

Hermit Warbler (ABE).    1 female/imm about a mile below the lookout gate at Signal Peak on 8/3 (8670 ft).  The bird was a warbler the size of the Townsend's.  It had a plain yellow face lacking the Townsend's black ear patch or the Black-thtd. Green's dusky earl patch.  The back was unstreaked dark gray.  The wings were black with two white wing bars.  The throat and breast were whitish with a slight buffy tinge and the belly was whitish.

2 at Clanton Canyon on 8/31 (vt enclosed).  These birds were found in the grove where Bill West had had Buff-br. Flycatcher on the previous weekend.  Both female/imm. types.

Black-thtd. Green Warbler (ABE).    1 at Yeso on 10/13 (vt enclosed).  1 at Red Rock Refuge on 11/29 (with JP, vt enclosed).

Yellow-thtd. Warbler (ABE).    1 about 100 yards east of the spring at RSPA on 8/25 (vt enclosed).  Same bird reported during the summer???  Did not look to have fresh plumage, so probably not an imm.  The bird looked basically similar to a Grace's Warbler with a largish white patch at the rear of the ear coverts.

Palm Warbler (ABE).    1 at MVT on 10/5.  The bird was in the company and appeared to be moving with an unsettled flock of 25-35 Yellow-r. Warblers.  A drab smallish warbler (a little smaller than the Yellow-rumps) seen at the north end of the trap.  The bird jumped up onto a dead limb about 25 ft. to the east of me, making it somewhat backlit.  The bird was grayish-brown with a dark cap and diffuse streaking on the sides of the grayish breast.  The bill was quite thin and sharply pointed.  It pumped it's tail several times while I watched it, deep deliberate vertical pumping, not absent-mindedly pumping as in N. Waterthrush or Amer. Pipit.   It then took flight, ending up in the large tree about 300 or so yards north of the trap and was not seen again.

1 (yellow phase) at a house 1/4 miles south of US-60/84 along RRAP (just in Curry Co), about 6 miles west of Melrose, on 10/12.   When I pulled up, a number of spizella jumped up out of the lawn into a small juniper about 40 ft from the car.  I noted one of these that looked brighter and was wagging it's tail and when I put up my binoculars, I was delighted to note a palm warbler, A medium sized warbler, about the size of the sparrows (but longer tailed) with bright yellow undertail coverts, brown back slightly rufous cap, and pale yellow on the sides and breast (faintly streaked).  The bird hopped up to a higher branch while I was fumbling to get my camera out, flew off to the next tree to the south, and wasn't seen again.

Black-and-white Warbler (ABE).    1 fe/imm at MVT on 9/7 (with JP, WW).

American Redstart (ABE).    1 im. male at MVT on 9/14 (with JP)

Northern Waterthrush (ABE).    1 at NMTTB on 8/22.  1 at MVT on 8/24 (with JP).  1 heard at RSPA and 1 at the Carrizozo Golf course pond on 8/25.  1 at LLH on 8/30.  1 at a pond (near the Tripp estate) on Newberry St. in Socorro on 9/6.  1 at Yeso on 9/13.

Waterthrush, sp (ABE).    2 at RSPA (HO) on 9/8.

Ovenbird (ABE).    2 at MVT on 9/7 (with JP, WW).  1 at Yeso on 9/13.

Wilson's Warbler.    Seen almost daily at LLH between late August and mid September, often with 8-10birds present, decreasing to 1-4 birds/day into early mid-October.  1 at Paseo del Rio Park on 10/19 was getting late.

Hepatic Tanager.    3 in Mule Canyon and 1 along US-82 3 miles east of Mayhill on 9/15.  1 male at MVT and a female at Crossroads on 9/21.  1 at Vaughn on 10/13 (vt enclosed). 

Western Tanager.    1 migrant in Skeleton Canyon on 8/3.  Seen almost daily at LLH between mid August and mid September, often in groups of 6-10 birds.  1 at Ned Houk Park on 9/14.  1 at Vaughn on 10/13.

Pyrrhuloxia. 1 at MVT on 9/30 (with JD, JV) and 10/5.  1 at Lingo on 10/26.  2 at Bosquicito on 11/24 (with NB).

Lazuli Bunting.    1 at St. Vrain on 9/14.  1 imm/fe. at LLH on 10/7.

Indigo Bunting.    1 along the Penasco River just east of the Penasco School on 8/18.  1 at Bosque Redondo on 8/24.

Varied Bunting (ABE).    4 in Guadalupe Canyon on 9/1.

Painted Bunting.    1 imm./fe below the dam at Sumner Lake on 8/24 (with JP).  1 imm./fe at MVT on 9/7 (with JP).

Dickcissel X Blue Grosbeak.  1 apparent hybrid individual at Bosque Redondo on 8/24 (with JP).  The bird pinked and sang like a blue grosbeak and had a blue head, but a white throat, yellow breast and prominent reddish brown wing coverts.  This bird was in the same area where I had the Dickcissel (visually pure) singing a Blue-grosbeak like song last spring.

Dickcissel (ABE).    First fall migrant was 1 at LLH on 8/26, 1 there on 8/30, 2 there on 9/3, 1 there on 9/4, 4 there on 9/8, 1-2 there on 9/9, 1 on 9/10.  One at a small grove of trees at NM-20/mp11 (30 miles south of Ft. Sumner) on 9/7.  1 at RSPA on 9/8 and 1 there on 10/6.  1 at the Tatum sewage ponds on 9/30 (with JD, JV).

Rufous-cr. Sparrow.    1 at MVT on 9/30 (with JD, JV). 

Tree Sparrow (ABE).    1 at MR Lake #13 and 1 at Stubblefield Lake on 11/9 (with JP, WW).

Grasshopper Sparrow (ABE).    2 at Hunter Marsh, BLR on 9/30 (with JD, JV, vt enclosed).

Swamp Sparrow.    3 at Paseo del Rio Park on 10/19.  3 at the Ute Creek arm of Ute Lake (Harding) on 11/16-17.

White-thtd. Sparrow (ABE).    1  at LLH on 10/9 was my first of the fall, another from 10/30 through the end of the period.  1 at Garrison (Roosevelt Co.) on 10/26.   1 at the east end of the loop divider road at BAR on 11/28.

Golden-cr. Sparrow (ABE).    1 imm. near Eagle Deck at BAR on 11/28 had been reported earlier (vt enclosed).

Common Grackle.  2 at LLH on 10/14 (with A&NMC).  1 male at LLH on 10/17&22.  1 at Sumner Lake on 11/3.  1 at Ute Lake village on 11/10.

Orchard Oriole.    1 fe/imm. at MVT on 8/17 and 1 fe/imm. there on 8/24 (with JP), 1 fe/imm there on 9/7 (with JP).  1 female at the Texico sewage ponds on 9/14.

Cassin's Finch (ABE).    1 male about half way up to Cistern Saddle (Animas Mtn) on 11/30 (with JP, NMC).

Lawrence's Goldfinch (ABE).    1 male at Dale & Marian Zimmerman's feeder in Silver City on 9/2 (vt enclosed) had been present for about a month.  10-20 at Pancho Villa State Park on 11/29 (with jp, vt enclosed).  1 female in north Lordsburg on 11/29 (with JP).

Evening Grosbeak.    2 at LCP on 11/1.

August, 2002

'020802-04.  On Friday I left Socorro at about 2, looking at North Monticello Point, Rock Canyon, Caballo Dam.  I arrived at Skeleton Canyon at about dark and spent the night.  In the evening and early the next morning, I tried taping in the Buff-col. Nightjar (31.58793N 109.01440W, 4877 ft.) seen by John and I last weekend. It rained most of the night.  On Saturday, I looked up canyon to well above (1/4mi or so) the Turkey Federation water hole, and back down canyon to the state line.  I did a GPS map of key locations on the way out (see below).  I then looked at Rodeo, Lordsburg Playa, the Tyrone sewage ponds, spent about 2 hours at Dale and Marions (while it poured outside), and Signal Peak Road.  I spent the night at Glenwood.  On Sunday I did some owling around the residential (Catholic Church parking lot), then looked at the Catwalk, fields on the west side of town, Mogollon, and along Bursum Road to Snow Lake, then back to Negrito Fire Base and north along FR-28 to NM-12 and back in to Socorro via Datil.

Friday, 8/2:
     Rock Canyon Marina - Forster's Tern.

Saturday, 8/3:
     Skeleton Canyon - Western Tanager, 4 Warbling Vireos, Summer Tanager, Arizona Woodpecker.
     Cotton City - 3 Harris' Hawk.
     Signal Peak - fe/imm. Hermit Warbler (1.0 mi. below the lookout gate).

Sunday, 8/4:
     Glenwood - Elf Owl, Western Screech Owl, 2 Brown-cr. Flycatcher.
     Whitewater Picnic Area - Summer Tanager.
     Mogollons (1.3 miles west of Willow Creek) - 2-3 Zone-tld Hawk, male Three-toed Woodpecker, (3.3 miles west of Snow Lake) - 3-5 Three-toed Woodpeckers, (2.5 miels south of Negrito Fire Base) - 10+ Olive Warblers, 6 Com. Mergansers.
     Snow Lake - Double-cr. Cormorant.

'020810-11.    On Saturday morning I met John Parmeter at Bitter Lakes for the fall shorebird survey.  We did units 6,7, and 15.  I then looked at Brantley Lake, Rattlesnake Springs, the Pecos River east of Malaga, and the fields north of Loving.  I returned to Brantley where recent rains made it too muddy to get to the back end.  I spent the night at Carlsbad.  On Sunday I looked at started birding at Rattlesnake Springs then looked at Washington Ranch, the fields north of Loving, Lake Carlsbad, Brantley Lake, along the Penasco River in Chaves Co., along US-82 in Otero, at residential Tularosa, and the Carrizozo Golf Course pond.

Saturday, 8/10:
     Bitter Lake - Tricolored Heron, Willet, Semipalmated Sandpiper.
     Malaga - 3 Eur. Collared Doves.
     Loving - 11 Eur. Collared Doves, 2 Upland Sandpipers.

Sunday, 8/11:
     Hope - 3 Eur. Collared Doves.
     Carrizozo Golf Course pond - Snow Goose.

'020814.    I made a Run to Roswell to chase a Roseate Spoonbill found in the morning by Gordon Warrick.  I returned to Socorro in the late afternoon.

Wednesday, 8/14:
     Bitter Lake - imm. Roseate Spoonbill on unit 16 and 2 imm. Peregrine Falcons on unit 7.

'020816-18.  On Friday I left Socorro at about 2 p.m., looking at Carrizozo, Corona, Duran, Vaughn, and Bosque Redondo.  I spent the night at Ft. Sumner.  On Saturday morning I met John Parmeter and Bill Wittman at the Melrose Trap.  I then looked at the Canon AFB cattle sewage ponds, Clovis, Ned Houk Park, Texico, William's Playa (dry), the Portales Sewage ponds, Elida, Bitter Lake NWR, and Brantley Lake.  I spent the night at Carlsbad.  On Sunday I looked at Rattlesnake Springs, the Black River Management Area, fields north of Loving, Brantley Lake, the Penasco School Area, along the Penasco River, along FR175 (16 spring canyon), along NM-244, and Carrizozo.

Friday, 8/16:
     Ft. Sumner - Eur. Collared Dove.
     Bosque Redondo - juv. Least Bittern.

Saturday, 8/17:
     Melrose Trap - fe. Orchard Oriole
     Ned Houk Park - 2 Townsend's Warblers, Gray Flycatcher
     Texico - 10 Eur. Collared doves, 10 Rufous Hummingbirds, Black-ch. Hummingbird.
     Elida - Rufous Hummingbird, Broad-tld. Hummingbird, Eur. Collared Dove.

Sunday, 8/18:
     Rattlesnake Springs - Townsend's Warbler.
     Penasco School - Indigo Bunting.
     Carrizozo - Eur. Collared Dove, Swainson's Hawk (5 mi east).

'020823-25.    On Friday I started birding at the Mountainair sewage ponds, then looked at Encino, Vaughn, and Sumner Lake.  I spent the night at Ft. Sumner.  On Saturday I met John Parmeter at the Melrose trap.  We then looked at Bosque Redondo and Sumner Lake.  I continued on back to Bosque Redondo, then looked at the Mesa Rest Stop, Bitter Lake NWR (with Chris rustay and Steve Drilling), and Brantley Lake.  I spent the night at Carlsbad.  On Sunday I looked at Rattlesnake Springs, the Washington Ranch holding pond is nearly dry.  I then looked at Lake Carlsbad, Lake Avalon, Brantley Lake, along the Rio Penasco from the school to Elk, Mule Canyon, Hummingbird feeders around Cloud 9, along NM-244, at Mescalero Lake, and the Carrizozo Golf Course Pond and sewage plant area.

Friday, 8/23:
     LLH - N. Parula Warbler, Black-thtd. Gray Warbler, White-br Nuthatch
     Mountainair sewage ponds - Forster's Tern, Solitary Sandpiper, Lazuli Bunting.
     Encino - 2 Eur. Collared Doves.
     Sumner Lake - 12 Com. Terns, Peregrine Falcon (4 prob Arctic Terns).

Saturday, 8/24:
     Melrose Trap - fe. Orchard Oriole, Northern Waterthrush, Curve-bld. Thrasher, Scrub Jay, Black-thtd. Gray Warbler.
     Bosque Redondo - Dickcissel X Blue Grosbeak, Eastern Kingbird, 3 Eur. Collared Doves
     Ft. Sumner - 6 Eur. Collared Doves.
     Sumner Lake - Semipalmated Sandpiper, 6 Stilt Sandpipers, Painted Bunting (below the dam).
     Bosque Redondo - Indigo Bunting.
     Brantley Lake - 2 3W California Gulls.

Sunday, 8/25:
     Rattlesnake Springs - 2 Cave Swallows, Scrub Jay, Yellow-thtd. Warbler.
     Otero (1 mi west of Chaves line) - Zone-tld Hawk.
     Mescalero Lake - Bank Swallow.
     Carrizozo Golf Course Pond - Belted Kingfisher, Northern Waterthrush, 2 Bank Swallow, Snow Goose.

'020826.    My pond got it's shorebird christening with Spotted and  Solitary Sandpipers on 8/26,  also Dickcissel. 

September, 2002

'020830-0902.  On Friday I started birding at North Mnonticello Point.  I then looked at Rock Canyon, Caballo Dam, Pecan Park in Deming, the Lordsburg Playa.  I spent the night at the main campground in Clanton Canyon.  On Saturday I spent the day looking at various spots along Clanton Canyon, at one point driving out the Black CCC Dam road to about 4.5 miles south (31.49447N, 108.93232W, 5310ft).  I spent the night at the gate to Guadalupe Canyon (rained from midnight to 5 a.m.).  On Sunday I looked at Guadalupe Canyon, including the AZ side on the way out.  I then looked at the Wilcox Twin Lakes, the Lordsburg Playa, Tyrone sewage ponds, Dale and Marian's feeder, and spent the night in Silver City.  I started owling at Little Walnut Creek Picnic Area and Mangus Spring.  I then spent time at Mangus Spring and looked at Dale and Marian's feeder, the Tyrone sewage ponds, Emory Pass, Kingston, North Monticello Point, and Blsque del Apache.