24/11: You Guessed it .... More Birds
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
We're still at Bosque del Apache NWR in San Antonio New Mexico. Decided to do an extra day here so we could catchup on laundry and stock up with groceries.
Up at 5 am again to see the geese take off. Thought it was going to be a dude but the geese did their mass take off, just a little later than expected. Even with the geese being late we made it to the crane pond before all the excitement.
Ed was busy with another camera so I decided to take a few photos with his big telephoto lens.
This is what I shot. Not sure what the dance signified.
For some of us (Carol and me) the day was a chore day. We drove into Socorro about 10 km away to do laundry and grocery shopping. Decided to treat ourselves to lunch and found a nice little Mexican restaurant and ordered the lunch burrito. At our waitresses suggestion I had steak, potatoes, cheese and green chili sauce. Yum, it was good though my lips did tingle by time I finished eating. Green chili sauce is a big thing in this area as we are not far from Hatch, the chili capital of the world, that's what their web site claims.
While us girls were slaving away, the boys went birding.
This photo of a Gamble Quail was taken at the RV park, Bosque Bird Watchers RV Park. The RV park is on the edge of the Bosque del Apache NWR and is home to a number of types of sparrows, Gamble Quail, other small birds and rabbits.
Thousands of Snow and Ross Geese were in this pond.
They would take off, fly in a large circle and land again.
Ed asked me to add this photo that John took as it gives you a better idea of the magnitude of the geese.
The geese seemed to be having a good time this afternoon.
Ed and John also spotted some mule deer.
Strips were being cut in a corn field, spreading the corn onto the ground. The Sandhill cranes came by the thousands to feast.
Back to the crane pond for sunset. Carol and I got to go as well.
In the local tourist brochure we read about “The Owl cafe and Bar” in San Antonio. The restaurant is famous for it’s Chili Cheese Burgers and decor. The mahogany bar was brought to the restaurant from the first Hilton Hotel after it burned. Turns out Conrad Hilton was born and raised in San Antonio New Mexico. There is also a wall of signed one dollar bills. At the end of the year the money is removed from the wall and given to charity. There is also a wall of signed foreign money. Lastly, there are photos and news paper clippings about Trinity, the location of the first atomic explosion, as this was the closest town to the site. The scientists from the site stopped regularly for chili cheese burgers. After reading all of this we decided we couldn’t leave town without trying a burger. Being Saturday night we thought there might be a wait to get seated and a wait for food. Turned out neither was true. Tables turned over quickly so we found one in a couple of minutes. Ed and I ordered chili cheese burgers and chili cheese fries. The food arrived in a couple of minutes and it was excellent. Would definitely return to this restaurant.
Up at 5 am again to see the geese take off. Thought it was going to be a dude but the geese did their mass take off, just a little later than expected. Even with the geese being late we made it to the crane pond before all the excitement.
Ed was busy with another camera so I decided to take a few photos with his big telephoto lens.
This is what I shot. Not sure what the dance signified.
For some of us (Carol and me) the day was a chore day. We drove into Socorro about 10 km away to do laundry and grocery shopping. Decided to treat ourselves to lunch and found a nice little Mexican restaurant and ordered the lunch burrito. At our waitresses suggestion I had steak, potatoes, cheese and green chili sauce. Yum, it was good though my lips did tingle by time I finished eating. Green chili sauce is a big thing in this area as we are not far from Hatch, the chili capital of the world, that's what their web site claims.
While us girls were slaving away, the boys went birding.
This photo of a Gamble Quail was taken at the RV park, Bosque Bird Watchers RV Park. The RV park is on the edge of the Bosque del Apache NWR and is home to a number of types of sparrows, Gamble Quail, other small birds and rabbits.
Thousands of Snow and Ross Geese were in this pond.
They would take off, fly in a large circle and land again.
Ed asked me to add this photo that John took as it gives you a better idea of the magnitude of the geese.
The geese seemed to be having a good time this afternoon.
Ed and John also spotted some mule deer.
Strips were being cut in a corn field, spreading the corn onto the ground. The Sandhill cranes came by the thousands to feast.
Back to the crane pond for sunset. Carol and I got to go as well.
In the local tourist brochure we read about “The Owl cafe and Bar” in San Antonio. The restaurant is famous for it’s Chili Cheese Burgers and decor. The mahogany bar was brought to the restaurant from the first Hilton Hotel after it burned. Turns out Conrad Hilton was born and raised in San Antonio New Mexico. There is also a wall of signed one dollar bills. At the end of the year the money is removed from the wall and given to charity. There is also a wall of signed foreign money. Lastly, there are photos and news paper clippings about Trinity, the location of the first atomic explosion, as this was the closest town to the site. The scientists from the site stopped regularly for chili cheese burgers. After reading all of this we decided we couldn’t leave town without trying a burger. Being Saturday night we thought there might be a wait to get seated and a wait for food. Turned out neither was true. Tables turned over quickly so we found one in a couple of minutes. Ed and I ordered chili cheese burgers and chili cheese fries. The food arrived in a couple of minutes and it was excellent. Would definitely return to this restaurant.