Nine Audubon members and two New Mexico Nature Conservancy staff gathered in Portales at 5:00 a.m. on April 9th for a 45-minute drive south into the shinnery oak plains of eastern New Mexico….

Thursday, April 9, 2026
Sangre De Cristo Audubon has arranged with The Nature Conservancy to have a blind for viewing the dance of the Lesser Prairie Chicken on the morning of April 9th.   Only a small number will be allowed for this showing.   

Are you up for it? Go to the NMDW website for more info and to register.

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…

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….

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. 

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.