Currently there are no field trips scheduled through January 2026. Please check this space for future updates.
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Field Trips
Christmas Bird Counts 2025-2026
Join a Christmas Bird count for winter birding fun!
Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge
Saturday, November 22 — CANCELLED
We are unable to host this trip at this time. Please watch for announcements of future trips.
Hawk Watch at Capilla Peak, Manzano Mountains — CANCELLED
Upper Los Alamos Canyon — Field Trip Report
Eight members enjoyed fine conditions and birding on May 24, 2025, with good looks at a variety of colorful and interesting species, 43 in all…
Pecos Monastery — Field Trip Report
Sixteen chapter members enjoyed a beautiful spring morning on Saturday, May 17, 2025, for a leisurely birding walk around the Monastery grounds. Bird activity was fairly good, and we were rewarded with views and songs of many summer birds and a few lingering migrants….
Melrose Woods — Field Trip Report
Shane Woolbright, trip leader
Eleven Sangre de Cristo Audubon members made the trip out to Melrose Woods migrant trap east of Fort Sumner on May 3-4. Unfortunately, a strong southerly wind took most migrants northward. We did find a few fallouts such as Olive-Sided Flycatcher, Indigo Bunting and Parula Warbler along with a Brown Thrasher.
Pecos National Historical Park – Field Trip Report
On September 14, 2024, a dozen chapter members hiked and birded the South Pasture Trail in Pecos National Historical Park. Led by chapter board members Albert Shultz and Rick Rockman, the group enjoyed a beautiful day with mild weather for this four-mile loop hike.