Well in my world , WBO stands for the World's Birding Opportunity.And it is. At 65, 000 acres and many varied habitats, it contains over 350 bird species. More than that number have been seen there.
This trip is no "jog over to the nearest vacant lot" trip, as it is 120 miles from Las Cruces ONE WAY!
Even though we started before 9:00 it was approaching 11:00 Am when we arrived. A few minutes watching a crane film (there are 10,000 cranes that winter here along with that many Snow Geese. ), a chat with the volunteers, and we were off ...what??, Ruth wanted to check out the cactus garden! The cactus garden contains 150 different cacti and we have photos of many (not all) of them.
Then... after the garden where I stood by and collected 13 bird species while sitting on a bench, we headed out to the Auto loop of the Wildlife reserve. It is a 15 mile loop not including any side trips and there are about three sides trips that could take you on alternate roads. It is huge. There are more than 5 different habitats in this green oasis in the middle of the desert SW.
But in order not to be repetitive I'll let the photos tell the story today.
We will be back tomorrow Ruth says and concentrate on the birds.
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| One of the many cactus in the garden |
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| A Coot , and two Cinnamon Teals (a first for us) |
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| White Faced Ibis |
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| Black Chinned hummingbird |
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| The road that turns and goes to Bosque del Apache NWR |
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| Adjusting the water flow to the ponds in the Reserve. |
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| Harris' Finch |
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| Western Kingbird |
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| A view of most of the Reserve from above the area. |
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| Camino Real was the trail they took going NORTH |
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| A little help going north pf El Paso. |
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| Rest Area in Central New Mexico. It looks isolated and is! |
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