Dripping Springs Trail and others show off desert scrub,
low elevation forest and montane birds, including White-throated Swift,
Black-chinned Sparrow and Scott’s Oriole (MIS); and Black-throated Sparrow (R).
Excellent year-round. Habitat: Desert scrub; pinyon-juniper and oak woodlands. Location: In Las Cruces, take University Blvd. east from
1-25. University becomes Dripping Springs Rd. and, after 10 miles, dead ends at
the visitor center.
