This map appears as three concentric circles that represent habitat from backyard refuge's.

Birds Layer
Migratory and resident birds will venture an average of 800 meters from their home base to look for additional resources. When two or more backyard refuges are within 800 meters of each other, this creates connected habitat for birds.

Nesting Birds Layer
Nesting birds will venture an average of up to 60 meters from their home base. When two or more backyard refuges are within 60 meters of each other, this creates opportunities for connected habitat for nesting birds to help them find the resources they need for raising the next generation.

Bees Layer
Bees will venture an average of 150 meters from their homebase. When two or more backyard refuges are within 150 meters of each other, this provides connected habitat for bees to help them find food and nesting opportunities.

This map shows the density of Backyard Refuges per neighborhood association or zipcode in the greater Albuquerque area. The data has been normalized by the number of households in each area, this makes the neighborhood associations and the zipcodes more visually comparable. The shading is based on the ratio of Backyard Refuges to the total number of households in the neighborhood association. Click on each area on the map to read the number of refuges in the area as well as and the ratio of Backyard Refuges to the total number of households.normalized value.

The maps were created with data from the New Mexico Backyard Refuge Program, the U.S. Census Bureau, and with basemaps from USGS and ESRI. Data from the NM Backyard Refuge Program is from July 19th, 2026
Maps were made by Katie Slack from the GeoAIR Lab with consulatation from Laurel Ladwig, Annie Montes, Dr. Liping Yang, and Rae Bennu. The maps were made for the New Mexico Backyard Refuge Program and the R.H. Mallory Center for Community Geography.