Howdy y'all and welcome to Nature Friday!
Earlier this month Mama visited the
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge to do some bird watching! Unfortunately, dogs are not allowed in the park during the Winter months. It seems a bunch of different birds like to make this park their home during this time and don't like dogs chasing or barking at them.
No big loss for me...the park is about 2 hours south of Albuquerque, and I do NOT want to be in the car that long!
Fortunately, Mama took lots of pictures to share!
Snow geese are one of the species that enjoy wintering in the park.
You can see why they are called Snow geese...
Just look how white their feathers are!
Let's see what else the Refuge has to offer!
Mama says it reminds her a bit of the Arcata Marsh where she used to hike in Northy North California...
There is a lot of marsh land
...and little streams.
She spotted this cute little Say's Phoebe Flycatcher
and this Sand Hill Crane. People come from all around the country to see the Sand Hill Cranes that fly to the Refuge for the Winter.
But it's not just birds at the Wildlife Refuge....
Mama caught a glimpse of this Javelina too!
She even saw a Wild Turkey!
We'll wrap up Nature Friday with a Greater Roadrunner.....
Mama called him a Rebel Roadrunner, because he was headed straight into the part of the park that was closed BOL!!
We hope you enjoyed this week's glimpse of the
Bosque del Apache. Maybe Mama will take Rosy back when dogs are allowed in the Fall!
We hope everyone gets to explore some kind of nature this weekend!
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Gail and I loved this visit to Bosque del Apache. We think the snow geese are handsome, the flycatcher very pretty and the javelina not so much.
ReplyDeleteBut for me, the Rebel Roadrunner is the tops - a fellow after my own heart for sure!
Toodle-oo!
Nobby.
PS You did a great job as guide Sunny - most smartly dressed too.
wghat a wonderful place... and da road runner really exists... that means while e. coyote is real too?
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful place to visit and so much beauty to see!
ReplyDeleteWe have lots of wild turkeys in our area just roaming around. They are such ugly birds that they are funny. It looks like a nice place to visit.
ReplyDeleteHari OM
ReplyDeleteooooo.... what an interesting place your mama got to visit - I was especially taken with the Javelina, what a little cutie! The Snow Geese are just gorgeous and ...well, the whole of nature is, he nah, Sunny! Hugs and wags, YAM-aunty xxx
My first viewing of snow geese and they are so beautiful I think they are even more beautiful than the Canadian geese and I love those too. And there’s so many of them. We have sandhill cranes here and they don’t have to go north so I guess that’s not any of ours up there visiting you. I love the little waterway in the marsh absolutely beautiful
ReplyDeleteNiece Sunny first of all I LOVE x 87 your hat with the flowing yellow ribbons and your bandana
ReplyDeleteThank you for dressing to impress. You surely impressed Aunty C.
OMDs the sky in N.M. is a MAZ ing. WOW. Tell the peeps thank you very much for taking that 2 hour road trip and for sharing the photos of Mother Nature and her cirtters.
Hugs Aunty C
Lulu: "Wild Turkey! We thought that came in a bottle!"
ReplyDeleteWow Sunny, your mama takes amazing photos. What a cool place to visit. Love seeing all those snow geese, Sandhill crane and {gasp} Javelina! Too cool.
ReplyDeleteThose geese are jicely plump aren't they - very rounded. We liked the roadrunner. It is so UNLIKE anything we see here. Xxx Mr T
ReplyDeleteWe had a wild turkey in our backyard this morning, but no one told us pups about it until it was gone. We don't have any road runners around here, though. That's a great place to walk through, and we know Rosy will have a great time there this fall. XOX Xena, Lucy, Chia and Riley
ReplyDeleteThanks for taking us along to that park. There are lots of birds we don't see here so it's always fun to see new birds.
ReplyDeleteThose are fabulous photos. Birds won't let you in where they live? That's ridiculous. We always let the into our yards
ReplyDeleteWow those are some great birds. What a lovely place to visit. Lee and Phod
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