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Upcoming Birding Field Trips
Saturday, November 22, 8 a.m.
Location: Rio Bosque Wetlands Park (directions), El Paso
Leader: John Sproul
Saturday, December 13, 8:30 a.m.
Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
Leader: Star Posada
Bosque Del Apache, located near San Antonio in Socorro County, New Mexico, is known for the tens of thousands of cranes, geese and ducks who winter there each year.
Meeting location is at 8:30 am at the Visitor Center. We will car pool into the Refuge from the Visitor Center.
For those of you who want to experience the early morning fly in, plan to be at the Refuge before sunrise and please dress warm because it will be cold! Sunset is also a beautiful scene at the Refuge and with it being winter, sunset usually will start around 6:30 pm.
There is a $5 entrance fee per vehicle (Bring exact change just in case there isn't someone at the booth). Federal Duck Stamp and America The Beautiful - The National Parks and Federal Lands Pass are accepted.
Lodging: For those of you wanting to drive in the day before, there are lodging options in Socorro, New Mexico which is only about 15 minutes away.
After the tour, we can eat lunch at the Buckhorn Tavern or the Owl Cafe.
Please RSVP with Star at PhotographybyEstrella@gmail.com
All of our Bird Tours are free to attend.
Next Feather Lake Workday
Saturday, December 13, 2025, 2 p.m.
Location: Feather Lake Wildlife Sanctuary
9500 North Loop at Bordeaux, El Paso
Contact: John Sproul, 915-861-4361
Conservation Organizations:
Keystone Heritage Park 915-490-8571
Friends of the Rio Bosque 915-747-5766
Injured bird or animal?
Call:
Second Chance Wildlife Rescue
Josie Karam
(915) 920-7867
OR
Stick House Sanctuary
3927 Emory Rd
(915) 219-2365
https://www.facebook.com/epwildliferescue
Monday, October 20, 2025
7 p.m.
via Zoom only
Raptor Quest: Chasing America's Raptors
Scott Harris
In his book Raptor Quest: Chasing America's Raptors, Scott Harris recounts his journey to find all 53 of the raptors that call the Lower 48 states home. He did find all 53, along with a Bat Falcon, a Steller’s Sea Eagle and a Eurasian Eagle Owl.
The book is filled with stories about each bird and dozens of color photographs. Scott took 17 months and traveled more than 100,000 miles across 34 states. He will share with us his adventures, misadventures, successes and failures. From -36 degree days, to ones over 100 degrees, to getting stuck in the mud, to barely missing a bird, to just arriving in time. It’s about the Raptors, of course, but it’s also about the people he met, the things he learned and why he is already in the middle
of his next big birding adventure.
This meeting will be online only. To join via Zoom, please register here to receive the link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/ P9QuFqwRQCCMTmK802lLcQ
Did you miss any of our past presentations or want to revisit a favorite presentation? We have shared some of them on our YouTube channel, El Paso Audubon.
Welcome!
The El Paso/Trans-Pecos Audubon Society is a chapter of the National Audubon Society. We have a large territory, all of Texas west of the Pecos River ("Trans-Pecos"). Our members are found throughout the Trans-Pecos, but most live in the region's largest city, El Paso. Birds, birding, wildlife, the environment, and our community are the concerns of the El Paso/Trans-Pecos Audubon Society.
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