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Photos by mark justice hinton.
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Bosque del Apache
We made our annual pilgrimage to
Bosque del Apache last week. This is the third year we have rented a van to carry six of us: Mer, me, Melissa, Lew, Kathleen and Dave,
our ornithologist. Dave’s ability to identify birds with the briefest of sightings or just by sound is very impressive. Where I see “a
bunch of birds in a bush,” he sees a dozen or more species.
Overall, I think we saw fewer individual birds. In particular, there seemed to be far fewer cranes than usual.
Still, we got to see plenty of birds between noon and sunset, including coots, grebes, a pheasant, kestrels, pintails, bald eagles,
harriers, red tail hawks, a merganzer, a great blue heron, and a road runner.
A key part of our expedition is grazing. Everyone
contributes great food, most of it homemade and gourmet. We munch at stops and have a real meal at on one of the decks. After dark, we
stop in San Antonio for burgers, usually at the Owl, but this time at the Buckhorn, which most of us liked more.
My favorite bird-specific
moment was seeing a harrier (aka marsh hawk) harassing a red-tailed hawk.
The big show is the fly-in at sunset (or fly-out at
sunrise, which I think is a little more spectacular — one year Mer and I saw both). There is nothing like the symphony of geese and
cranes and the rustle and squeak of the feathers in their wings.
The colors of this sunset were stunning. Though the groups
flying in seemed smaller and fewer, we lingered past dark, delighted as always. mjh
PS: See some of my photos from the trip; from there, follow the link to
similarly tagged photos from other photographers. My blog-bud, johnny_mango, rode bikes with MaryAnn around the bosque last week; read his entry and see his photos.
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photos of petroglyphs
A week ago, I went hiking on the Rinconada Canyon trail in Petroglyphs National
Monument. Here are some photos of the petroglyphs. mjh
Morning Glorious
god’s fingerprints
Desert Snow
This may be the best snow storm in Albuquerque in the 20 years I have lived here. Certainly the best in more than 10 years. mjh
Flickr: mjhinton’s photos tagged with desertsnow (a subset of Flickr: Photos from mjhinton)
Around the local blogosphere:
General Quirk ‘Round Town: Snow Day in ABQ
Flickr: dangerousmeta’s photos tagged with snow
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