Birding Bolsa Chica Wetlands

Loop Trail Walk--April 6    9 :00-10:30 AM

Brown Pelicans

Ridgway Rail Nest

 Whimbrel

Lesser Scaup (two males and female)

Great Egret

Snowy Egret

Willet

Black-necked Stilt

 

with Duck 

White Pelicans

Three of our largest Southern CaliforniaMountains

Composite 

Festival of Cranes at the Bosque del Apache

The annual Festival of Cranes was canceled for a second consecutive year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. We hope 2022 will find us back at the Festival. A Bosque Day, composited with photos from our previous trips, captures some of the excitement and beauty we've experienced. 

Morning Fly-out of the Sandhill Cranes

(very cold at 6 AM) 

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Matt Mitchell and his Glorious Raptors

(always a great outing)

 

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Snow Geese in the Afternoon

(and a fly-up)

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Late Afternoon Fly-in

5 PM
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Owling

(very cold at 7 PM too)

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Friends of the Bosque del Apache

https://friendsofbosquedelapache.org

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

https://www.fws.gov/refuge/bosque_del_apache/

Postscript: Our favorite restaurants near the Refuge are the Buckhorn in San Antonio and Frank and Lupe’s in Socorro. Truth or Consequences is a short drive South. The Sierra Grande Lodge & Spa (now owned by Ted Turner) includes an exceptional restaurant and offers eco-tours of his Ranches. If you keep driving South add the Bear Mountain Lodge for an overnight or two.  Some photos:

https://dwkee.blogspot.com/2015/11/birds-beauty-and-bounty-in-new-mexico.html

Barrow is really cold...

Snowy Owl

King Elder

American Golden-Plover

Baird's Sandpiper

Western Sandpiper

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Semipalmated Plover

"Barrow Sparrow"
(Snow Bunting)

Redpoll

Daily list with High Lonesome BirdTour leader Stephan Loenz

Yes, really cold!

 Thanks to Stephan and

High Lonesome BirdTours

Cameras.  Olympus OMD EM1 MKII 300 mm f/4 lens plus 1.4 TC
                 Bird list with iPhone 6s
                 Whale bones with Olympus T4