Birding at Coronado Historic Site

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Thanks to the lower elevation and proximity of the Rio Grande, we get many different birds than what you might see a short drive north at Jemez Historic Site.

Coronado Historic Site (CHS), with its flat, wide-open space perched above the edge of the Rio Grande is a bird watcher's dream. Where the desert and mesa meet the Rio Grande and bosque, CHS is a great place to see the diversity of birds that inhabit or seasonally visit the area. Here you will see common city birds like house finches and mourning doves, but also more exotic birds like Greater Road Runners (our state bird!) on the trails, and even a rafter of wild turkeys in the bosque!

All images and sounds from All About Birds and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology