Resources for bird watchers

Randall Davey Audubon Center
505-983-4609
1800 Upper Canyon Road, Santa Fe
www.audubon.org
Trail admission: $2 for adults, $1 for children 12 and under
Hours: 8 a.m.-dusk, visitor center hours are 8 a.m.-4 p.m. daily

Directions: Drive east on Upper Canyon Road. When the pavement ends, continue on the dirt road one-quarter mile. The road dead-ends at the center.

Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
575-835-1828
www.friendsofthebosque.org
Fees: $3 per vehicle. Tours, classes and lectures during the Festival of the Cranes range from $5 up to $95.
Hours: A half-hour before sunrise to a half-hour after sunset. Visitor center hours are 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. weekends.

Directions: South on Interstate 25 to Exit 139. Go east one-quarter mile on U.S. 380 to the flashing signal. Turn right onto N.M. 1 and drive south nine miles to the visitor center.

Nature Conservancy
505-988-3867
Fees: none
Hours: Accessible during daylight
Directions: Take Canyon Road toward the mountains. When it ends on East Alameda Street, take a right. At the first stop sign, take a left onto Upper Canyon Road. Turn left when Upper Canyon Road merges with Cerro Gordo Road just before the pavement ends. The trailhead parking is just around the corner on the right.

Open Space Visitor Center
505-897-8831
6500 Coors Blvd., Albuquerque (between Montaño & Paseo del Norte and east on Bosque Meadows Road)
www.cabq.gov/openspace/visitorcenter.html
Fees: Free
Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday

Rio Grande Nature Center
505-344-7240
2901 Candelaria Road N.W., Albuquerque
www.rgnc.org
Fees: $3 per vehicle
Hours: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Visitor center hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Find out more

A debut party for Bearing Witness: 25 Years of Refuge by Lou Liberty and Margy O'Brien, published by Alameda Press, is scheduled for 6 p.m. Nov. 10 at the Rio Grande Nature Center. A percentage of the profits from the book through the end of the year are being donated to the nature center. Information: 505-344-7240.

Hawks Aloft, Inc.
505-828-9455
P.O. Box 10028
Albuquerque, N.M. 87184
www.hawkaloft.org

No Child Left Inside

Go to http://outdoor.riversource.net/bin/view/Outdoor for a wealth of information about the New Mexico program.

Public Lands Information Center
1474 Rodeo Road
505-438-7542
Hours: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday
www.publiclandsinfo.org

Wild Birds Unlimited
505-989-8818
www.thewildlifecenter.org
518 Cordova Road, Santa Fe

The Wildlife Center
505-753-9505
Fees for self-guided tours: $4 for adults, $2 for children over 3 years old.
Winter visiting hours: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday
Directions: Take U.S. 84/285 north to La Puebla, turn right. Take the first left, Gunbarrel Road, which ends at the Wildlife Center.