{"id":3420,"date":"2018-05-07T22:46:17","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T22:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/?page_id=3420"},"modified":"2018-06-18T18:21:21","modified_gmt":"2018-06-18T18:21:21","slug":"beautiful-bosque-del-apache-birds-friends","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/our-rv-adventures-2017\/beautiful-bosque-del-apache-birds-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"Beautiful Bosque del Apache — Birds & Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is hard to believe that our three months here at BdA are quickly coming to an end!\u00a0 We had so many ideas for things to do … but have only done a few.\u00a0 The Refuge is beautiful in the springtime:<\/p>\n

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View across the Refuge to the Chupadera Mountains<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Heron & Egret nests, wetlands, & Mountains<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cindy and the dogs visited for a while as Roger traveled for work.\u00a0 We visited two of the three Salinas Pueblo & Missions sites:<\/p>\n

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Salinas Pueblo – Abo Mission<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Salinas Pueblo – Abo Mission<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Salinas Pueblo – Abo Mission<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Salinas Pueblo – Quarai Mission<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Salinas Pueblo – Quarai Mission<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Salinas Pueblo – Quarai Mission<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We celebrated Passover with our friends Steve and Rachel:<\/p>\n

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Throughout the spring visitors and staff have regularly spotted over 150 different species of birds!\u00a0 (Not me, but the very good birders!)\u00a0 I have seen (and photographed) quite a few, but not that many!<\/p>\n

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Cormorant with fish 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Cormorant with fish 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Cormorant with fish 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Cormorant with full tummy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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American Bittern<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Wild Turkey – Male Display<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Black Necked Stilt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Green Heron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Green Heron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Cassin’s Kingbird<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Black Phoebe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Cattle Egret<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Clark’s Grebe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Bullock’s Oriole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Double Crested Cormorant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Gambell’s Quail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Gadwall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Great Blue Heron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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House Finch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Juvenile Great Blue Heron with Great Egrets<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Ring-Necked Duck<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Killdeer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Ruddy Duck<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Ring Necked Pheasant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Greater Roadrunner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Greater Roadrunner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Rough Legged Hawk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Vermillion Flycatcher<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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White-Faced Ibis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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White-Winged Pheasant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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White-Winged Pheasant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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White Winged Dove<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Yellow Warbler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Say’s Phoebe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sharp Shinned Hawk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Snowy Egret<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Swainson’s Hawk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Neotropic Cormorants<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Canvasback<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Turkey Vultures<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Blue Winged Teal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Spotted Towhee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Of course there are other wild things on the Refuge besides birds…<\/p>\n

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Monarch Butterfly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Javalina<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Mule Deer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Painted Turtle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Next Post:\u00a0\u00a0Bosque del Apache – the season comes to an end<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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