Birding hot spots of central New Mexico - Liddell, Judy (Texas A & M University Press, 2011)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Central New Mexico's geography, life zones, and habitats -- Helpful information -- Along the Rio Grande: Albuquerque and Corrales -- General overview -- Rio Grande Nature Center State Park -- Albuquerque Open Space Visitor Center and Bosque trails -- Alameda Bosque and Open Space -- Corrales Bosque -- Sandia foothills -- General overview -- General directions -- Elena Gallegos picnic area -- Bear Canyon, Michial M. Emery trailhead -- Embudito Canyon and open space -- Copper trailhead open space -- Gun Spring (Tres Pistolas) and hawkwatch trails -- Sandia Mountains -- General overview -- General directions -- Ojito de San Antonio open space -- Along the Sandia Crest highway -- Sulphur Canyon and Doc Long picnic areas -- Cienega Canyon picnic area -- Capulin Spring picnic area -- Sandia Crest -- Manzanita and Manzano Mountains -- General overview -- General directions -- Along the Manzanita and Manzano Mountains -- Sandia Ranger District Visitor Center -- Otero and Cedro canyons -- Tajique and Fourth of July canyons -- Capilla Peak and Manzano hawkwatch -- Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument: Quarai Unit -- Petroglyph National Monument -- General overview -- Rinconada Canyon -- Piedras Marcadas -- South of Albuquerque -- General overview -- General directions -- Los Lunas River Park -- Belen Marsh -- Whitfield Wildlife Conservation Area -- Bernardo Wildlife Management Area -- Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge -- American Birding Association's code of birding ethics -- Annotated checklist
From pine forest to desert scrub, from alpine meadow to riparian wetland, Albuquerque and its surrounding area in New Mexico offer an appealing variety of wildlife habitat. Birders are likely to see more than two hundred species during a typical year of bird-watching. Now, two experienced birders, Judith Liddell and Barbara Hussey, share their intimate knowledge of the best places to find birds in and around this important region. Covering the Rio Grande corridor, the Sandia and Manzano Mountains, Petroglyph National Monument, and the preserved areas and wetlands south of Alb