Birding related links for New Mexico

The State Bird of New Mexico, pictured above, is the Greater Roadrunner

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Birding Resources

Checklist of New Mexican Birds (in two parts, two pages), and another at BiologyBase.com
New Mexico Birding Books includes field guides and others
New Mexico Breeding Bird Atlas Project
Several local New Mexico area checklists are available from the Northern Prairie Science Center
The Centennial Museum of the University of Texas at El Paso
Dick and Jean Hoffman's Eddy County (near Carlsbad) trip report (check out the rest of their excellent site as well)
John Shipman has some birding related information that includes not just New Mexico. He also reviews New Mexican eating places (the other hobby of many birders)
Africanized bees are also in the state, so don't play with any bees you find

Places to Bird

National Park Service Information on NM Locations:

Aztec Ruins National Monument
Bandelier National Monument
Capulin Volcano National Monument
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Chaco Culture National Historic Park
El Malpais National Monument (bird checklist from USNPS)
El Morro National Monument
Fort Union National Monument
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument (bird checklist from USNPS)
Pecos National Historical Park
Petroglyph National Monument
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument
White Sands National Monument (bird checklist from USNPS)

Bureau of Land Management New Mexico offices
The Nature Conservancy New Mexico Chapter

Where do you want to go birding website for New Mexico has links to more locations
Maxwell National Wildlife Refuge
Randall Davey Audubon Center
Hyde Memorial State Park
Cibola National Forest
Rio Grande Nature Center State Park
Hawk Watch International Manzano Fall Migration Site
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge - The Birding Hotspot - for winter Whooping Cranes
Elephant Butte State Park
Caballo Lake State Park
Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Gila National Forest
Gila Riparian Preserve - The Nature Conservancy

Organizations of Interest for New Mexico Birding

New Mexico Ornithological Society
Friends of Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
Central New Mexico Audubon Society
New Mexico State Department of Game and Fish
New Mexico State Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
New Mexico Season Report
Audubon Society in New Mexico

Also of Interest

New Mexico weather from Nationa Weather Service
Medicinal Plant Images from the the Southwest School of Botanical Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Other New Mexican Wildlife

New Mexican Reptiles and Amphibians (a checklist)
New Mexican Butterflies from Northern Prairie Science Center
New Mexican Moths from Northern Prairie Science Center

Nearly New Mexico

Rio Grande Valley Bird Observatory
Centennial Museum of the University of Texas at El Paso includes information on south-central New Mexico
Texas Ornithological Society
Harlingen (Rio Grande Valley - Texas,) check their nature tourism section
El Paso Audubon Society
Migration in Texas

Other Birding Resources

BIRDNET, the website of the Ornithological Council provides information on and links to all aspects of birds
BiologyBase Bird Stuff page

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Updated 09/23/2008