Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge

Great place for a walk, for dog walking and birding!

I went over to the VdO Refuge on October 14th. the Annular Eclipse Day, to walk around, do some birding and bird photography. I was concerned about the completion level of the facilities before I arr...

Nothing to see here!

OPEN IT UP!! I see reviews here from 2015 that it will be nice in about a year. WELL, IT IS 7 YEARS LATER AND IT IS STILL NOT READY FOR VISITORS! We walked way back to the closed visitors cen...

Plenty of birds to be seen

So close to Albquerque and a wonderful place to see bird, especially in the winter. Plenty of sandhill cranes and geese were seen, and some beautiful birds of prey. Although parts are under constructi...

Went here on a scavenger hunt

When are on a scavenger hunt / Amazing Race the style activity. Looks like they're building on to it as there's some construction going on down here with the huge building. There were several small bu...

Bosque area is closed for construction

In February 2020 the access to the river (bosque area) was closed for construction. That’s the most interesting area – otherwise you are looking at fields. We did see sandhill cranes and geese in th...