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New Mexico Bird Listing Notes: For some New Mexico birding listings, the address listed is for the headquarters and not the actual New Mexico bird watching destination. Call ahead for entry fees and regulations regarding family pets. Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge (website) 4067 Bitter Lake Road, Roswell, NM 88201 Details: Established in 1937 to provide wintering habitat for migratory birds, the Bitter Lake National Wildl (more ) Birds: Loons, Grebes, Pelicans, Cormorants, Bitterns, Herons, Ibises, Spoonbills, Swans, Geese, Ducks, Amer (more ) Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge (website) P.O. Box 1246, Socorro, NM 87801, Tel: 505-835-1828 Details: This 57,191 acre refuge straddles the Rio Grande Valley and ranges in elevation from 4,500 to 6,272 (more ) Birds: Loons, Grebes, Pelicans, Cormorants, Bitterns, Herons, Ibises, Storks, Vultures, Swans, Geese, Ducks (more ) El Malpais National Monument and National Conservation Area (website) 123 E. Roosevelt Avenue, Grants, NM 87020, Tel: 505-783-4774 Details: The El Malpais National Monument and National Conservation Area is a volcanic area with lava flows, (more ) Birds: Bitterns, Herons, Ibises, Swans, Geese, Ducks, Vultures, Eagles, Hawks, Falcons, Grouse, Turkeys, Qu (more ) Grulla National Wildlife Refuge (website) P.O. Box 549, Muleshoe, NM 79347, Tel: 806-946-3341 Details: Grulla National Wildlife Refuge includes a 2,330 acre saline lake bed of Salt Lake and 906 acres of (more ) Birds: Grebes, Bitterns, Herons, Egrets, Swans, Geese, Ducks, American Vultures, Kites, Eagles, Hawks, Falc (more ) Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge (email) (website) Route 1, Box 399, Las Vegas, NM 87701, Tel: 505-425-3581 Details: The 8,672 acre Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge provides habitat for over 254 species of birds wit (more ) Birds: Loons, Grebes, Pelicans, Cormorants, Bitterns, Herons, Egrets, Ibises, Storks, Ducks, Geese, Swans, (more ) Maxwell National Wildlife Refuge (email) (website) P.O. Box 276, Maxwell, NM 87728, Tel: 505-375-2331 Details: The Maxwell National Wildlife Refuge consists of 3,700 acres of short-grass prairie, playa lakes, wo (more ) Birds: Loons, Grebes, Pelicans, Cormorants, Bitterns, Herons, Ibises, Swans, Geese, Ducks, American Vulture (more ) Rio Puerco Resource Area (website) 435 Montano Road, NE, Albuquerque, NM 87107, Tel: 505-761-8911 Details: The Rio Puerco Resource Area consists of nearly one million acres of public land within a short driv (more ) Birds: Bitterns, Herons, Ibises, Swans, Geese, Ducks, American Vultures, Kites, Eagles, Hawks, Caracaras, F (more ) Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument (website) Corner of Ripley and Broadway, Mountainair, NM 87036, Tel: 505-847-2585 Details: The 1,100 acre Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument was established in 1980 and is home to the (more ) Birds: Cormorants, Swans, Geese, Ducks, American Vultures, Kites, Eagles, Hawks, Caracaras, Falcons, Partri (more ) Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge (email) (website) Socorro, NM, Tel: 505-864-4021 Details: The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge is located in the Chihuahuan desert 20 miles north of Socorro (more ) Birds: Grebes, Pelicans, Cormorants, Herons, Ibises, Swans, Geese, Ducks, American Vulture, Eagles, Hawks, (more ) White Sands National Monument (website) (pets) Alamogordo, NM Details: White Sands National Monument hosts the largest pure gypsum dune field in the world. Bleached Earles (more ) Birds: Loons, Grebes, Pelicans, Herons, Waterfowl, Vultures, Hawks, Falcons, Quail, Rails, Gallinules, Cran (more ) Birding checklists for New Mexico Bird Watching destinations from the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center |
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