Trocket, J. 1989 27. Journal Bluewater Lake, McKinley and Cibola Counties, New Mexico. Elevation 7400 ft. August 16 I visited this lake in the last 75 minutes of daylight or anyway to private eyes. This is the largest lake in the semi Mountain region, fed by Cottonwood Creek to the SW and Bluewater Creek on the SE. The grassy/brushy flats of the Las Vegas Valley border the upstream W. end of the lake. P.T. serves bound the lake N & E, S, and on the E. the lake is impounded by the dam at the top of Bluewater Ridge. Lake levels fluctuate markedly from year to year, and from season to season within a year, generally falling substantially through early and mid-summer, sometimes into autumn. There is little marginal emergent vegetation as a result. I canned the lake diving dirt roads along the S shore, rode traversing short grass and brush. The lake level is down about 50ft from full, and is now about 1 1/4 miles long W->E. When full, it extends another 1/2 - 3/4 mile to the W. Visited from 18:45-20:00, unaccompanied. Weather mostly cloudy & windy, E W winds 10-20mph, except wind direction variable near thunderclouds. Temperature around 60 F. Species list (all sides): Great Blue Heron-11 Mourning Dove-12 Am. White Pelican-3 (see frequency) Crown Night-Hawk-4 Huskerd -4 House Lark-50 Common Teal-6 Violet-green Swallow-400 N. Pintail-5 Cliff Swallows-35 duck sp-7 Steller's Jay-1 Am kestrel-2 Pinyon Jay-8 Kledder-1 American Crow-5