Saturday, March 15, 2025 – 7:30 am
Leader: Chris Chappell, Take Flight Birding & Nature Adventures
chris.chappell4@gmail.com, 505-310-3205
We will walk a two mile loop trail through the bosque in Peña Blanca between the Rio Grande and a diversion channel. We will also bird at the Cochiti Dam spillway and on the west side of Cochiti Lake, where we may walk an additional mile depending on conditions. Expect to see waterfowl, grebes, gulls, a few raptors and a wide variety of wintering landbirds. Winter bird diversity here is high, with over 50 species for the day expected. Common Loon is possible. We will have a good chance of seeing swallows for the first time this year. Bring a lunch, snacks, water, binoculars, scope if you have one.
We will meet at the Santa Fe County/NM 599 Park and Ride at Rail Runner Station, where NM 599 and I-25 intersect, and carpool from there. We will return to that site sometime between 3 and 5pm depending how the day goes and the weather.
There is a fee of $20 to attend this trip (no one turned away for lack of funds). Trip limit of 9 participants. Register with the trip leader, preferably via email. You can also email him with questions.