Category: Mexican Duck

Categories: banding, Bosque del Apache, Coyote, Green-winged Teal, hybrid, Mallard, Mexican Duck, National Wildlife Refuge, Northern Pintail, Pintail, ringing, Rod Drewien Posted on

A Daze of Ducks

Our party of friends––Tony Donaldson, photographer Bill Mullins, Alan and I––had the opportunity at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge to join Rod Drewien and refuge personnel, including head biologist John Vradenburg, for a morning of duck banding. Banding programs allow biologists to track the … Continue readingA Daze of Ducks

Categories: Animas Valley, Chestnut-collared Longspur, cienaga, Clanton Cienaga, Geronimo Trail, Loggerhead Shrike, Mexican Duck, Mountain Bluebird, Peloncillo Mountains, RIng-necked Duck, Western Bluebird Posted on

Ciénaga

Ciénaga: cien aguas, one hundred waters. A jewel of a cienaga, among New Mexico’s finest, may be found on one of the big private ranches in the Animas Valley. The cienaga’s waters originate in the Peloncillo Mountains just to the west and flow underground through the … Continue readingCiénaga