bird-friendly living

Mid-April has arrived, and every year at this time our minds turn to the same thing. No, not taxes. Hummingbirds! Scott Menough, owner of Wild Birds Unlimited of Denver, offers tips on attracting these spectacular hovering jewels of nature to your backyard.

Birders heading for Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge will find Birding Hot Spots of Central New Mexico a handy guide, covering birding areas from just north of Albuquerque south to the refuge, one of the best-known in the country.