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- Visit, four nights next to Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
- Explore to Incredible wildfowl numbers and eagles at Elephant Butte
- Enjoy watching Desert wrens, sparrows and roadrunner
- High altitude rarities: all three species of Rosy Finch
- Spectacular White Sands National Monument
- Winter birding at its best
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- Leaders: Darren Rees & Roy Atkins
- Flights: British Airways, Scheduled
- Outbound: Morning, Heathrow-Albuquerque (via Dallas)
- Inbound: Overnight, Albuquerque-Heathrow (via Dallas)
- Meals as indicated in itinerary
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