New Mexico Ornithological Society

A field expedition to survey for Boreal Owls will take place the weekend of August 15-16 in the Chicoma Mountain area of the Jemez Mountains. Please email Owen Sinkus for more information if interested: [email protected]

Thanks to everyone who joined us for our Short-eared Owl Field Expedition this past weekend in Quay and Union counties! Across our 3-day survey effort, we tallied at least 9 and as many as 13 Short-eared Owls, constituting the first ever records for Quay and Union counties and filling in a gap in our knowledge about this species' distribution in the Northeast part of the state! Keep your eyes peeled for more exciting field expeditions coming up this year! Trip report: https://ebird.org/tripreport/463375

Save the date for our 2026 NMOS Field Expedition! We will be searching the grasslands of Eastern New Mexico, primarily in Quay and Harding counties, hoping to find wintering Short-eared Owls.

Contact Matt at [email protected] if you're interested, and for more details.

Registration is open for our 2025 ANNUAL MEETING, which will take place May 17-18 in Silver City, at Western New Mexico University's ABC Auditorium.

For more details and to register for the meeting, please visit: https://www.memberplanet.com/s/nmos/conferenceregistration_199_1_1_1_1/22B9910A06

To sign up for optional guided FIELD TRIPS (limited space available!), please visit:
https://www.memberplanet.com/s/nmos/conferenceregistration_232/68515BCBF1?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAacv7dh_ByIXwXYmzHw1zXueh-BaWJGP_QMmY7K1sHMDoTMewVejfss04VzHYA_aem_zKdAU7_e90Ak5_N2-sdz8w

(Photo: Montezuma Quail by Owen Sinkus)

This recent state-first Tufted Flycatcher, found by Dana Parsons in Las Cruces, Doña Ana County, brings the New Mexico state list to 558!! PHOTO: Dylan Osterhaus.

Save the date! Our 2025 Annual Meeting will take place on Saturday, May 17th, in Silver City, New Mexico. The meeting will be followed by local field trips around the Gila National Forest on Sunday, May 18th.

This beautiful Southern New Mexico mountain range is home to sought-after Southwestern species, such as Painted Redstart (pictured), Red-faced Warbler, Olive Warbler, Montezuma Quail, and Common Black Hawk.

Registration information and more details coming soon!

If you haven't heard, the new edition is out! It will be available to order when registering for our upcoming NMOS Annual Meeting this spring. Stay tuned for your chance to order at a discounted price!

New Mexico Ornithological Society - New Mexico Bird Finding Guide by William H. Howe, Editor , published by Outskirts Press This 4th Edition of the New Mexico Bird Finding Guide (Guide) provides an expanded and detailed overview of the best birding locations within each of the state’s 33 counties, as well as an updated Annotated Checklist of Birds briefly describing the status and distribution of all birds that have be...

Well the New Mexico state list didn’t sit at 550 for long. The Blue Mockingbird at Rattlesnake Springs found by Bob Nieman in November was recently accepted by the NMBRC and brings the state list to 551. As of today (1/28/22) the bird is still being seen. 📷 by Bob Walker

The Yellow-footed Gull found by our VP Matt Baumann this past September was recently accepted by the NMBRC. This brings the official state list to 550 under current taxonomy. 📷 of the gull on 11 Oct by Nancy Hetrick