This is the index to my trip report for New Mexico, November 8-11, 2006. We birded Bosque del Apache, several places between Socorro and Albuquerque, Sandia Crest, and several places in the Albuquerque area. Besides the birds, I’ve commented a bit on other things in the trip. We didn’t do much of anything other than [...]
Today was a bit limited by the fact that Enterprise closed at 2. We got up and were out a little after 7, first stopping at Einstein’s Bagels. We started our way up towards Sandia Crest. Three Gun Spring Canyon Our first stop was Three Gun Spring Canyon. We found a few birds in the [...]
Overall, we saw 84 species of birds, 11 butterflies, and 4 dragonflies, plus a few mammals, lizards, and other things. It was a great four days. And I missed plenty, so I can’t wait to get back. For planning, we relied primarily on the New Mexico Bird Finding Guide. This is an excellent book (even [...]
Today we slowly worked our way back to Albuquerque. We started with the continental breakfast at the hotel, which turned out to be our choice of white, wheat, and raisin bread, coffee, and orange juice. NMT Our first stop was at the New Mexico Tech campus. The directions were a bit misleading and we drove [...]
Up a little after 6 to be at the Bosque close to 7. We quickly loaded the car, then stopped at the gas station up the street for some breakfast. Ended up with prepackaged donuts, but good enough. We got down to the Bosque by 7, but decided to drive up the road a little [...]
Today I flew out of Hartford with my uncle Ethan. Up at 5:15, grabbed breakfast in the hotel lobby, caught the shuttle at 6. Absolutely pouring out, but we were picked up and dropped off under cover, so no getting wet for us. Picked up the first birds of the trip, European Starlings, in the [...]