Thursday Birder field trips March throuh May, 2011

[Rosyfinch]

From the Burrowing Owl newsletter of the Central NM Audubon Society:

MARCH 3: Alameda Open Space
with Rebecca Gracey: [e-mail], 242-
3821. Meet at 9:00 in the open space parking lot on the south
side of Alameda Bloulevard. It is directly east of the Rio Grande
river and west of the traffi c light on Alameda and Rio Grande
Boulevard. Lunch at Village Pizza in Corrales.


MARCH 10: Rio Grande Nature Center
with Larry Lattman: 299-3636, [e-mail]
Meet at 9:00 a.m. in the Nature Center parking lot at the end of
Candelaria N.W.
There is a $3 parking fee if you do not have a State Parks pass or
Friends of the RGNC pass. Both passes may be purchased inside
the visitor’s center after 10:00.


MARCH 17: Kit Carson Park, Tingley Beach, and bosque ponds
with Lefty Arnold: 514-9398, [e-mail]
Meet at 8:27 a.m. in the parking lot of Kit Carson Park, also
called Rio Grande Park. To get there turn west to Central from
Rio Grande Boulevard NW, go south on Tingley Drive from
Central, then turn left at the fi rst opportunity and immediately
turn left again into the parking lot. The group will walk about
two miles. Lunch at The Red Ball Cafe on 4th Street, north of the
Hispanic Cultural Center.


MARCH 24: Corrales Bosque
with Lannois Neely: 890-7881, [e-mail]
Meet at 8:30 a.m. in the shopping center north of Alameda
Road/NM 528 and east of NM 448/Coors/Corrales Road near
Little Anita’s restaurant. The walk will end before noon.


MARCH 31: Pena Blanca, NM, and Cochiti Lake
with Rebecca Gracey: 242-3821, [e-mail]
Meet at 8:00 a.m. in the middle of the parking lot in the Far
North shopping center, north of Academy and east of San
Mateo. Bring lunch.


APRIL 7: Albuquerque Open Space Visitor Center
with Gale Owings: 255-8333
Meet at 9:00 a.m. in the center’s parking lot of the east side of
Coors Boulevard, 1.3 miles north of Montano and 1 mile south
of Paseo del Norte. There will be an easy walk of no more than
two miles that will end before noon.


APRIL 14: Hike Embudo Canyon
with Judy Liddell: 271-0912, [e-mail]
Meet at 8:00 a.m. in the parking lot near the trail head, located
at the east end of Indian School Road NE. This is an easy 1.5
mile walk.


APRIL 21: Hike in the Elena Gallegos Open Space
with Donna Royer: 869-6882, [e-mail]
Meet at 8:00 a.m. in the parking area that is at the end of the
road that runs straight north from the entry station. Look for
the parking lot for Cottonwood Trail. There is a $1 entry fee per
car. This is an easy 1.5 mile walk.


MAY 5: Manzano Pond and Quarai National Monument
with Bonnie Long: 379-1985, [e-mail]
Meet at 8:00 a.m. in the Four Hills shopping Center on the south
side of Central between Tramway and Juan Tabo, near Carl’s Jr.
or at 8:50 a.m. at the junction of Highway 337 and Highway 55.
Bring lunch.


MAY 12: Whitfi eld Wildlife Conservation Area and Belen Marsh
with Linda Heinz: 565-1441, [e-mail]
Meet at 7:30 a.m. in the parking lot behind the Hawthorn Suites
on Gibson and University or 8:15 a.m. at WWCA on Highway 47
on the east side of the Rio Grande River (10 miles south of the
intersection of NM 6 and NM 47 in Los Lunas). Lunch at Harla
Mae’s Fat Boy Grill in Belen, one block south of Reinken and one
block east of North Main in the old Onate Theater.


MAY 19: Water Canyon in the Magdalena Mountains west of Socorro
with Sei Tokuda: 266-2480, [e-mail]
Meet at 7:00 a.m. in the parking lot behind the Hawthorne
Suites, on Gibson and University. Very little walking is involved.
Bring lunch. The trip should end in mid afternoon.


MAY 26: Ojito de San Antonio Open Space in Cedar Crest
with Melissa Howard: 286-9365, nmfl [e-mail]
Meet at 8:00 a.m. in the Four Hills shopping center on the south
side of Central, between Juan Tabo and Tramway, close to Carl’s
Jr. The open space is located behind the San Antonio de Padua
Church, one mile on the west after going under I-40. The walk
will end before noon.


Judy Liddell has a blog where she reports on the Thursday Birder
trips she attends. You may read about them at
http://www.wingandsong.wordpress.com