Audubon Thursday Birder Field Trips, Autumn 2012

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AUDUBON THURSDAY BIRDERS SCHEDULE
For Autumn 2012

From the Central New Mexico Audubon Society Burrowing Owl newsletter

Check for updates or additional field trips on our website:
http://www.newmexicoaudubon.org/cnmas 

SEPTEMBER 6
Walk around the Albuquerque Open Space Visitor Center and
nearby bosque with Paulina Inigo:  [e-mail]
Meet at 8:30 a.m. in the center’s parking lot on the east side of
Coors Boulevard. Turn east north of Montano Road and south
of Paseo del Norte. It will be an easy 1.5- mile walk.

SEPTEMBER 13
Visit the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge with Sei
Tokuda: [e-mail] Meet at 7:50 a.m. for
an 8:00 departure behind the Hawthorn Suites on University
and Gibson. Bring lunch. An entrance fee or pass is required per
car. For those not driving the shared gas expense is $10 at five
cents per mile. The group should be back in Albuquerque in the
late afternoon.

SEPTEMBER 20
Hike the lower mile of the La Luz Trail with Donna Royer:
[e-mail] Meet at 8:00 in the trailhead
parking lot. It is located off Forest Road 333 near the Juan Tabo
Picnic Grounds off Tramway Boulevard. A $3 parking fee or
pass is required. The walk will end before noon.

SEPTEMBER 27
Cochiti Lake with Judy Liddell: [e-mail]
Meet at 7:50 a.m. for an 8:00 departure from the center of the
parking lot in the Far North Shopping Center located on San
Mateo and Academy. The group will access the lake from NM
16 in order to take the Tetilla Peak Road on the east side of the
lake. Bring lunch. For those not driving the shared gas expense
is $5 at five cents per mile. The group should be back in Albuquerque
in mid-afternoon.

OCTOBER 4
Walk around the Fourth of July Campground area in the Manzano
Mountains with Bonnie Long: cantrade_1@yahoo.
com Meet at 8:50 a.m. for a 9:00 departure by the Carl’s Jr.
in the Four Hills Shopping Center on the south side of Central
between Juan Tabo and Tramway Boulevard or meet Bonnie
at the intersection of NM 337 and NM 55 at 9:50. Bring lunch.
A parking fee of $7 per vehicle is required at the campground,
$3.50 with a Golden Age Pass. For those not driving, the shared
gas expense is $5 at five cents per mile. The group should be
back in Albuquerque by mid-afternoon.

OCTOBER 11
Travel to the Randall Davey Audubon Center in Santa Fe with
Lefty Arnold: [e-mail] Meet
at 8:17 for an 8:27 departure from the center of the parking lot
in the Far North Shopping Center located on San Mateo and
Academy. Bring lunch. For those not driving the shared gas
expense is $6 at five cents per mile. The group should be back
in Albuquerque in mid-afternoon.

OCTOBER 18
Visit several South Valley birding locations with Becky Purvis:
[e-mail] Meet at 8:20 a.m. for an 8:30
departure from the southeast quadrant of the Rio Bravo and
Coors SW intersection near the Panda Express. The group will
drive to various locations and do some walking at each place.
The trip will end before noon.

OCTOBER 25
Walk around the Rio Grande Nature Center State Park with Gale
Owings. Meet at 8:30 a.m. at the Candelaria Wetland
Blind near the parking lot.
There is a $3 day use fee if you do not have a State Parks pass or
Friends of the RGNC pass. Both passes may be purchased inside
the visitor center after 10:00 a.m.

NOVEMBER 1
Hike Rinconada Canyon in the Petroglyph National Monument
with Gary Shirk: [e-mail] Meet at
9:00 in the trailhead parking lot on the west side of Unser Boulevard
NW where Unser intersects with St. Joseph’s Avenue. It is
a 2.2-mile walk over even terrain.

NOVEMBER 8
Walk around the Whitfield Wildlife Conservation Area and Belen
Marsh in Belen with Linda Heinze:  manzanogal@
gmail.com Meet at 8:20 a.m. for an 8:30 departure from the
parking lot behind the Hawthorn Suites on Gibson and University
Boulevard or 9:15 a.m. at WWCA on NM 47. Lunch will be at
Teofilo’s in Los Lunas on Main/NM 6, near the intersection with
NM 314. For those not driving the shared gas expense is $4 at
five cents per mile.

NOVEMBER 15
Walk the perimeter of Los Poblanos Fields Open Space with
Lannois Neely: [e-mail] Meet at 9:00 a.m. in
the open space parking lot. To reach the fields turn north on
Tierra Viva just east of the Rio Grande River from either west or
east bound Montano. There will be a sign for Rio Grande Community
Farm.

NOVEMBER 22
Thanksgiving Holiday

NOVEMBER 29
Tour the Bernardo Wildlife Area, part of the Ladd S. Gordon
Waterfowl Complex, with Rebecca Gracey: maryrebeccagracey@
gmail.com
Meet at 8:20 a.m. for an 8:30 departure from the parking lot behind
the Hawthorn Suites on Gibson and University Boulevard.
Bring lunch. For those not driving the shared gas expense is $5
at five cents per mile. The group should be back in Albuquerque
by mid-afternoon.

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Rio Grande Nature Center State Park Bird Walks

There are Saturday and Sunday morning bird walks at the Rio
Grande Nature Center State Park located at the far west end
of Candelaria Road NW. The walks start at 8:30 a.m. during the
months of September, October and November, and 9:00 a.m. in
the winter. A $3 day use fee or pass is required.

Sandia Bird Walks

During September and the first week in October there are Tuesday
morning bird walks in the Sandia Mountains sponsored by
the U.S. Forest Service. Meet at the Sandia Ranger Station at
8:00 a.m. to begin each trip. The ranger station may be reached
from I-40 by taking exit 175. Drive south one half mile on NM
337 to the ranger station on the east. From there the group will
visit different locations in the mountains