Stone Lake, Jicarilla Reservation

Survey Citation:
Cavitt, J. F., S. L. Jones, N. M. Wilson, J. S Dieni, T. S. Zimmerman, R. H. Doster, and W. H. Howe. 2014. Atlas of breeding colonial waterbirds in the interior western United States. Research Report, U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Denver, Colorado.

• Type
  shore
• Time period
  20 May 2010
• Source
  Report
• Both Western and Clarks?
  N

Count Type	Range	Max	Year
Max Adults	1 to 100	34	2010
Most Recent Adults	1 to 100	34	2010
Max Nests	1 to 100	17	2010
Most Recent Nests	1 to 100	17	2010
Max Chicks	N/A	N/A	N/A
Most Recent Chicks	N/A	N/A	N/A

Comments:

Stahlecker was observer. Nests X 2 was the estimate # of breeding adults (34) which I entered as maximum because it is unclear of there was also an actual bird count of 17, so I entered that as minimum. Conducted as part of Western Colonial Waterbird Survey (WCWS), a breeding survey of 18 species from May to July 2009 to 2011, resulting in this Atlas. Survey date given here is the only date provided.

Survey Citation:
Cavitt, J. F., S. L. Jones, N. M. Wilson, J. S Dieni, T. S. Zimmerman, R. H. Doster, and W. H. Howe. 2014. Atlas of breeding colonial waterbirds in the interior western United States. Research Report, U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Denver, Colorado.

• Time period
  18 June 1980, 9 May 2008
• Source
  Report
• Both Western and Clarks?
  Y and N

Count Type	Range	Max	Year
Max Adults	1 to 100	90	2004
Most Recent Adults	1 to 100	14	2008
Max Nests	1 to 100	45	2004
Most Recent Nests	1 to 100	7	2008
Max Chicks	N/A	N/A	N/A
Most Recent Chicks	N/A	N/A	N/A

Comments:

Nelson (1980) and Stahlecker (1992, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008) were observers. Nests X2 gave estimates of # breeding adults for all years of these historical records except 1980 where an actual count was conducted. Maximum and minimum # of adults used the estimated numbers. These are historical records included in the Atlas.

Survey Citation:
New Mexico Ornithological Society. 2022. NMOS Field Notes Database 1962 - 2009. Natural Heritage New Mexico (database designer/server), Albuquerque, New Mexico. Online: http://nhnm.unm.edu/partners/NMOS. Accessed on September 29, 2022.

• Type
  shore
• Time period
  9 May 2009
• Source
  Database
• Both Western and Clarks?
  N

Count Type	Range	Max	Year
Max Adults	1 to 100	1	2009
Most Recent Adults	1 to 100	1	2009
Max Nests	1 to 100	1	2009
Most Recent Nests	1 to 100	1	2009
Max Chicks	N/A	N/A	N/A
Most Recent Chicks	N/A	N/A	N/A

Comments:

From the field notes database of the New Mexico Ornithological Society, only records with evidence of breeding (nests and/or eggs) included here.

Survey Citation:
New Mexico Ornithological Society. 2022. NMOS Field Notes Database 1962 - 2009. Natural Heritage New Mexico (database designer/server), Albuquerque, New Mexico. Online: http://nhnm.unm.edu/partners/NMOS. Accessed on September 29, 2022.

• Type
  shore
• Time period
  9 June 1968, 5 July 2012
• Source
  Database
• Both Western and Clarks?
  N

Count Type	Range	Max	Year
Max Adults	1 to 100	~50	2012
Most Recent Adults	1 to 100	~50	2012
Max Nests	101 to 500	101	2012
Most Recent Nests	101 to 500	101	2012
Max Chicks	1 to 100	3	2004
Most Recent Chicks	1 to 100	2-6	2010

Comments:

From the field notes database of the New Mexico Ornithological Society, only records with evidence of breeding (nests and/or eggs) included here. Intermittent observations at Stone Lake from the first state breeding record in 1968 to 2012. First confirmed breeding at Stone Lake is also noted in 1992. Observations are descriptive and sometimes adults, nests, and/or chicks but numbers not always included. This entry includes numbers, if provided. Numbers column does not always match the comments so I went by comments for information. Years of observation are 1968, 1980, 1992, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, and 2012.