NEW MEXICO 
Providing another tantalizing summer record for New Mexico, this female Chestnut- 
sided Warbler was in a dense alder bog at Taos, Taos County on 1 2 July 2009. Photo- 
graph by Hira A. Walker. 
there 17 Jul (ph. DC). An ad. Least Tern was 
nw. to Morgan L. 13 Jun (ph. TR), and 2 were 
there 22 Jun (TR). A Caspian Tern lingered at 
Morgan L. 6-25 Jun (DH, ph. TR, ph. MB), 
and 2 were at E.B.L. 14 Jul (ph. DC). Unsea- 
sonable Black Terns included one at 
B.L.N.W.R. 17 Jun (WWe), 3 at Santa Rosa L. 
27 Jun (CR), and 5 at Brantley L. 1 Jul (HW). 
An alternate-plumaged ad. Arctic Tern at 
Maxwell N.W.R. 13 Jun (ph. MB, ph. NRJP) 
provided New Mexico’s 13th record and the 
first for Jun. 
MURRELETS THROUGH 
FLYCATCHERS 
New Mexico joined the growing list of inland 
locales to record Long-billed Murrelet when 
one was salvaged from a salt lake in the La- 
guna Grande area east of Loving 12 Jul (ph. 
S. Uhrig; *Museum of Southwestern Biolo- 
gy); this date is typical for arrivals in the Pa- 
cific Northwest on the ocean and consistent 
with most interior w. North American 
records, which fall mostly in the Jul-Aug 
window. Another good season for Common 
Ground-Dove produced singles at San Simon 
Cienega 15 Jul (RW), Rodeo 3 & 19 Jul 
(WWi, RW), and the middle Animas Valley 
21 & 26 Jun (CW, JO) plus one to 3 at R.S. 
20-31 Jul (ph. SW, MS, JZ). Noteworthy n. to 
Rio Arriba was a Yellow-billed Cuckoo in El 
Rito Canyon 23 Jun QO); orie to 2 were at 
Lake Valley 2-29 Jul (ph. DC). A Greater 
Roadrunner was at Farmington 1 Jul (fide 
TR), where presumably now resident. A 
Northern Pygmy-Owl was giving double- 
note calls in the Burro Mts. 14 Jun (DG). Elf 
Owls are now well established on the e. slope 
of the Black Range where, in addition to one 
on Las Animas Cr. 13 Jun (DC), singles were 
vocal in Chloride Canyon 15-16 Jul (DC), e. 
of Kingston along Percha Cr. 8 Jul (DC), and 
in the Mud Springs area n. 
of Kingston 1 & 8 Jul (DC); 
s. of Hillsboro along Tierra 
Blanca Cr., one to 2 were at 
three sites 9 & 29 Jul (DC). 
Encouraging was a Spotted 
Owl in the Animas Mts. 27 
Jun (NP, JP et al., ph. JO, 
ph. CW), the first detected 
there since the 2006 fire; 
two pairs produced fledg- 
lings in one Black Range 
canyon by Jun (ph. DC). A 
Short-eared Owl was in a 
grassy field s. of Melrose 4 
Jun (L. Neely). Maintaining 
a Sangre de Cristo Mts. 
presence, a vocal Whip- 
poor-will was at Black 
Canyon C.G. near Santa Fe 11 Jun QB). 
Two Chimney Swifts strayed w. to Las Ve- 
gas 14 Jun (CW). Unexpected in the Sacra- 
mento Mts., a female Broad-billed Humming- 
bird was at Mescalero 25 Jul (ph. L. Stephen- 
son); providing a Burro Mts. first was a male 
Broad-billed 21-22 Jun (DG), while in the 
Peloncillo Mts., a male was in Post Office 
Canyon 12 Jul (CL), one to 2 were in Cotton- 
wood Canyon 26 Jun-19 Jul (m.ob.), and 18, 
plus a nest with nestlings, were in Guadalupe 
Canyon 9 Jul (HW). Up to 6 
Violet-crowned Humming- 
birds were in Guadalupe 
Canyon 28 Jun (CW, NP) and 
9 Jul (HW). A Magnificent 
Hummingbird was n. to Roci- 
ada, San Miguel 13-14 Jun (S. 
Walker); noteworthy for the 
Burro Mts. were a female 
Magnificent 10-11 Jul (DG) 
and a male 17 Jul (J. Wick). 
One to 2 Lucifer Humming- 
birds were in upper Cotton- 
wood Canyon in the Peloncil- 
lo Mts. 20 Jun-19 Jul (m.ob., 
ph. CW, ph. JO); earliest 
Anna’s were singles in Cotton- 
wood Canyon 26-27 Jun 
(CW, NP) and Post Office 
Canyon 30 Jun (CL). Rare in 
New Mexico, up to 3 Costa’s 
Hummingbirds were in Cot- 
tonwood Canyon 28 Jun-4 Jul (CW, MB, NP, 
JP, ph. JO). The earliest Calliope Humming- 
birds reported were single males 7 Jul at Luis 
Lopez QO) L. Roberts QD-M); earliest 
Rufous was one at Santa Fe 17 Jun (JB) fol- 
lowed by one in the Datil Mts. 23 Jun QH). A 
Red-headed Woodpecker was w. of Rosebud 
on Ute Cr., Harding 7 Jun (CH); noteworthy s. 
to Eddy was one at Malaga 20 Jul (ph. SW). 
Continuing from May, one to 2 Greater Pe- 
wees were on the e. slope of the Black Range 
at Poverty Creek 10 Jun-11 Jul (ph. DC); 
others were one to 2 in the Pinos Altos Mts. 
5 Jun (JP) and the Animas Mts. 27 Jun QP et 
al.). A probable Alder Flycatcher was at 
N.R.T. 3 Jun (ph. WH); the species is still un- 
verified in New Mexico. Providing a new 
Willow Flycatcher breeding locale were up to 
eight pairs at Taos 12 Jul, including a nest 
with nestlings (ph. HW); one was detected at 
a new locale along the Mora R. near Watrous 
3 Jul (M. MacRoberts), in an area free of cat- 
tle; also in Mora, 5 were singing along Coyote 
Cr. near Guadalupita 21 Jun (DH). Dusky 
Flycatchers suspected of breeding were 2 
singing from Gambel’s Oak just w. of Johnson 
Mesa 11 Jun (CR) and one along the Rim 
Trail near Cloudcroft 16 Jun (WH). Three 
pairs of Buff-breasted Flycatchers were in 
the Animas Mts. 27 Jun QP et al ), including 
two pairs tending nests (ph. JO, ph. CW). A 
Vermilion Flycatcher pair was n. to Lower 
Frisco near Reserve 18 Jun (]0). A probable 
Brown-creasted Flycatcher was at Broad 
Canyon Ranch n. of Radium Springs 23 Jul 
(MS). Casual n. to the Pinos Altos Mts., a 
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher made a brief visit 
to L. Roberts 28Jun (]D-M). At least 3 Thick- 
billed Kingbirds were in Guadalupe Canyon 
Jun-Jul (m.ob.), including a nesting pair 8- 
10 (ph. HW) & 18 Jul (MH). Scissor-tailed 
Flycatchers pushing their breeding frontiers 
were a pair near Bueyeros, Harding 8 Jun 
(KG) and an active nest at the Mesa Rest 
Area, n. Chaves 11 Jun-Jul (ph. R. Doster, 
m.ob.); farther n. and w. were singles at 
L.V.N.W.R. 31 Jul (ph. A. Core) and Albu- 
querque 12 Jul (]. Williams). 
One of a remarkable six found in New Mexico this June, this Black-and-white War- 
bler was at Bandelier National Monument's Juniper Campground, Los Alamos 
County on 2 June 2009. Photograph by Barry R. Zimmer. 
VOLUME 63 (2009) 
NUMBER 4 
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