Saturday, November 7, 2015

Hiking the Northern Bosque on a Fall Day 11/6/2015

Mary M. led us on a hike along the Rio Grande Bosque in Rio Rancho.  Seeing the fall colors made for a beautiful hike.  It was about a 5 mile walk and we had a perfect day to capture the beauty of New Mexico!





The Hoofers:  Julianne, Mary M. (our leader), Missy -- who we can almost call a New Hoofer, Pat, Jane, Ginny, Jennise, Rita, Betty, Judi and...

Rose

The mighty Rio Grande







Walking among the Cottonwoods



Mushrooms


Spent some time walking above the Bosque



Thanks to Lynda the bird has now been identified as a Say's Phoebe


Snow in the Sangre de Cristos




Zoomnig in on what we thought would be a beaver's den

View of an arroyo we crossed


Back down in the Bosque
























It was so beautiful, I wasn't the only one taking pictures!








Bat boxes were prolific in this part of the Bosque....some evening at sunset it might be fun to come here and watch as the bats take flight!

There were benches set up to watch the bats as they exit their boxes



A nice picture of the Sandia Mountains as a backdrop to the Fall colors




Candian Geese populating the sand bars of the Rio Grande





A great hike for the memory books

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