
Gila-San Francisco Coordinating Committee - Technical Subcommittee
Reference Literature - Gila-San Fransico Basins
Ornithology
- Baltosser, W. H. 1986. Seasonal analysis of a southwestern New Mexico riparian bird community. Western Birds 17: 115-131.
- Bergtold, W.H. 1912. October Birds of the Headwaters of the Gila River, New Mexico.
- Boucher, P.F., S.H. Stoleson, R.S. Shook, J. Monzingo, and R.D. Pope. 2003. Riparian restoration on the Gila River, New Mexico, creates breeding habitat for Southwestern Willow Flycatchers. Studies in Avian Biology 26:135-142.
- Brodhead, K.M. 2002. Spatial analysis of breeding habitat of two avian species of concern in the Cliff-Gila Valley, New Mexico. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting Absracts. 87:325.
- Bureau of Land Management. 2000. Description of Occupied Habitat Patches and Nest Patch History (of Southwest Willow Flycatcher)
- Bureau of Land Management. 2001. Description of Occupied Habitat Patches and Nest Patch History (of Southwest Willow Flycatcher)
- Bureau of Land Management. 2002. Description of Occupied Habitat Patches and Nest Patch History (of Southwest Willow Flycatcher)
- Bureau of Land Management. 2002. Eariest Date of SWWF Occurrence and Nest Location of Gila River Lower Box.
- Bureau of Land Management. 2003. Description of Occupied Habitat Patches and Nest Patch History (of Southwest Willow Flycatcher)
- Bureau of Land Management. 2003. Annual Population Number and Nesting Success Data for Gila River Lower Box.
- Catrol, J.L., Dean, D.A., Stoleson, S.H., Polcehia, P.J. 2004. Nesting of Swainson’s hawks (Buteo swainsoni) in riparian woodlands of New Mexico. NMOS Bulletin 32(4): 91-94.
- Egbert, J. 1983. Field inventories in New Mexico of selected Gila Valley birds, May - June, 1981. Cliff, NM, Natural History Services.
- The Gila River Bird Habitat Management Unit: an Analysis of Avian Populations (Mid-May 1996 through August 2005)
- Hubbard, John P. September 1965. The Summer Birds of the Forests of the Mogollon Mountains, New Mexico. The University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
- Hubbard, J. P. 1971. The summer birds of the Gila Valley, New Mexico. Nemouria 2: 1-35.
- Hubbard, J. P. 1971. The summer birds of the Gila Valley, New Mexico. Occasional Papers of the Delaware Museum of Natural History No. 2, May 15, 1971
- Hubbard, J. P. 1977. A biological inventory of the lower Gila River Valley, New Mexico. Santa Fe, NM, New Mexico Department of Fish and Game.
- Hull, T., and D. Parker. 1995. The Gila Valley revisited: 1995 survey results of Willow Flycatchers found along the Gila River near Gila and Cliff, Grant County, New Mexico. Flagstaff, Arizona, Applied Ecosystem Management, Inc., (unpublished report).
- Hull, T., and D. Parker. 1996. The Gila Valley revisted: 1996 survey results of Willow Flycatchers found along the Gila River near Gila and Cliff, Grant County, New Mexico. Flagstaff, AZ, Applied Ecosystem Management, Inc., (unpublished report).
- Meyer, Raymond. 2005. Southwestern Willow Flycatcher Survey and Territory Monitoring on the Lower Gila River in New Mexico.
- Monzingo, J. 1994. Southwestern Willow Flycatcher 1994 survey, Gila National Forest. Silver City, New Mexico, Unpublished report to the Gila National Forest.
- Parker, D., and T. Hull. 1994. The Gila Valley revisited: results of a 1994 survey of Willow Flycatchers found along the Gila River near Gila and Cliff, Grant County, New Mexico. Flagstaff, Arizona, Applied Ecosystem Management, Inc., (unpublished report).
- Parker, D. 1997. The Gila Valley Revisited: 1997 Survey Results of Willow Flycatchers Found Along the Gila River Near Gila and Cliff, Grant County, New Mexico. Patagonia, Arizona, Applied Ecosystem Management, Inc., (unpublished report).
- Parker, D. (1997). The Gila Valley revisited: 1997 survey results of Willow Flycatchers found along the Gila River near Gila and Cliff, Grant County, New Mexico [unpublished report]. Patagonia, AZ: Applied Ecosystem Management, Inc.
- Parody, J.M. and Parker, T.H. 2002. Biogeographic variation in nest placement: A case study with conservation implications. Diversity and Distributions 8(1): 11-20.
- Shook, R. 2005. The Gila River Bird Habitat Management Unit: an analysis of avian populations (Mid-May 1996 through August 2005). A Preliminary Report. Unpublished Report, USDA, U.S. Forest Service, Gila National Forest, Silver City, NM. 67 pages.
- Skaggs, R. W. 1996. Population size, breeding biology, and habitat of willow flycatchers in the Cliff-Gila Valley, New Mexico 1995. Final Report., New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, (unpublished report).
- Sogge, M.K., Sferra, S.J., McCarthey, T.D., Williams, S.O., Kus, B.E. 2003. Distribution and characteristics of Southwestern Willow Flycatcher breeding sites and territories: 1993-2001. Studies in Avian Biology 2003; (26): 5-11.
- Stoleson, S. (1998). Southwestern Willow Flycatcher Surveys Along the Gila and Mimbres Rivers, New Mexico.
- Stoleson, S. H., D. M. Finch, and H. A. Walker. 1998. Surveys for southwestern willow flycatchers along the Gila and Mimbres Rivers, NewMexico: Final Report. Albuquerque, NM, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, (unpublished report to The Nature Conservancy).
- Stoleson, S.H. and Finch, D.M. 1999. Unusual nest sites for southwestern willow flycatchers. Wilson Bulletin 111(4): 574-575.
- Stoleson, S. H., R. S. Shook, and D. M. Finch. 2000. Breeding biology of Lucy’s Warbler in southwestern New Mexico. Western Birds 31: 235-242.
- Stoleson, S.H. 2000. I love Lucy’s: breeding biology of Lucy’s warbler in southwestern New Mexico. NMOS Bulletin [New Mexico Ornithological Society], 28(2): 44.
- Stoleson, S.H. and Finch, D.M. 2001. Breeding bird use of and nesting success in exotic Russian olive in New Mexico. Wilson Bulletin 113(4): 452-455.
- Stoleson, S.H., and D.M. Finch. 2002. Southwestern Willow Flycatchers in the Cliff-Gila Valley, New Mexico: Survey results, nest monitoring, and a preliminary analysis of Willow Flycatcher diet. Draft summary Report for the 2001 Field Season. March 2002. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Albuquerque, NM.
- Stoleson, S.H. and D.M. Finch. 2003. Microhabitat use by breeding Southwestern Willow Flycatchers on the Gila River, New Mexico. Studies in Avian Biology 26:91-95.
- Woodward. H.D., S.H. Stoleson, and D.M. Finch. 2003. Yellow-billed Cuckoos on the Gila National Forest: presence-absence, abundance, and habitat. Final report for the 2002 field season. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Albuquerque, NM.
Ornithology Links
- Bird Species listed in the New Mexico Plan under Southwestern Riparian Woodlands:
- Bird species on the continental Watch List:
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Birds of Conservation Concern:
Look at the list for USFWS Region 2 (Table 42) and the lists for Bird Conservation Regions (BCR) 34 (Sierra Madre Occidental) (Table 34) and 35 (Chihuahuan Desert) (Table 35)
- New Mexico Department of Game and Fish--Endangered and Threatened Species List



