Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Day 140 (Saturday 12/8/12)- Bosque del Apache

To break up a day full of driving we stopped at the Bosque wildlife refuge, home to many different varieties of creatures, particularly birds.

Visiting in early December, a prime time for birding, we were treated to views of geese, cranes and quails. We drove through some of the park and thought we had hit the mother load of bird sightings, probably one hundred geese at one time.

Yet it was only after leaving the park that we got the greatest show. Lounging in a pond just outside the park's borders were thousands and thousands of geese. It was such an impressive collection it was scary. Flashbacks of The Birds swooped through my mind. Geese aren't aggressive are they? We marveled, snapped pictures, and ran off.



 

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