Warm and Golden at Bosque del Apache

We stopped to peer at a flock of wild turkeys wandering through one of the farms along the Farm-to-Market Road between Socorro and San Antonio. Most of the 25 Central New Mexico Audubon Thursday Birders had drive straight to the Visitors Center at the Bosque del Apache; however, my car and one other decided [...]

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Glorious Summer Birding at Bosque del Apache

“Donna saw a Phainopepla buzz a Kestrel,” trip leader, Rebecca told us as three cars of Thursday Birders pulled up behind her just south of San Antonio, NM. “However, the Phainopepla just flew off.”
And then it was back and we saw it silhouetted in the top of a nearby tree before we [...]

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A Windy Spring Day at Bosque del Apache

As the caravan of Thursday Birders turned down Highway 1 in San Antonio to head towards the refuge, we drove slowly looking for birds along the road. We spotted a couple of American Kestrels, one which was hovering in place over a field. Several Eurasian Collared Doves perched on power lines. White-crowned [...]

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Glorious Winter Day at Bosque del Apache

“Shrike on the right,” trip leader, Sylvia fee, reported from the lead car through the two-way radio. We were the 6th car of Thursday Birders in the nine-car caravan rolling slowly along the Farm to Market Road in Luis Lopez just outside of Socorro.
Jeane, Vicki and I focused our binoculars in the [...]

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Bosque del Apache at Midwinter

We spotted our first Sandhill Cranes for the day in a field near Isleta. We were heading to the Bosque del Apache. It seemed as if there was a Red-tail Hawk sitting on a power pole about every mile along Interstate 25.
The Thursday Birders gathered in Socorro and then took the [...]

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American Pipits at Bosque del Apache

“Even if we don’t see any birds, it is a beautiful day to be outside and visiting the Bosque del Apache,” Mel commented as our Thursday Birder carpool caravan headed south from San Antonio towards the refuge. The sky was the deep azure of autumn, the grasses in the fields glistened as if they were [...]

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Late Summer – Bosque del Apache

As we pulled into the parking lot by the Visitor’s Center at the Bosque del Apache, we stopped to admire a male Kestrel perched on top of some dead branches. Movement lower in the tree caught our attention. We were surprised to see a Roadrunner trying to sneak up through the branches towards the [...]

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