Rio Grande Nature Center State Park
© (2014) Photographs by Shoshana Avigail
Music by Simon and Garfunkle - April comes she will
Spent some time at the Nature Center at the Rio Grande State Park.
10 Best Tourist Attractions you MUST SEE in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, United States | 2019
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, known locally simply as Los Ranchos or The Village, is a village in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States.
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The rating information was taken from Google Maps and the list was last updated on 16th March, 2019:
1: ABQ BioPark - Zoo
2: ABQ BioPark - Botanic Garden
3: Sandia Peak Tramway
4: Sadie's of New Mexico
5: Cliff's Amusement Park
6: ABQ BioPark Aquarium
7: Hinkle Family Fun Center
8: Anderson Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum
9: Arroyo del Oso Park
10: Rio Grande Nature Center State Park
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Top Tourist Attractions in Albuquerque: New Mexico Travel Guide
Top Tourist Attractions in Albuquerque: New Mexico Travel Guide
Albuquerque Biological Park, Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, Church of San Felipe de Neri, Science Center and Children's Museum, KiMo Theatre, Rio Grande Nature Center State Park, Sandia Peak Tramway, University of New Mexico
Rio Grande Nature Center Offers Summer Programs for Kids
Fun, educational outdoor education.
After the Rain: Rio Grande Bosque, Albuquerque, New Mexico
The bosque (woods) along the Rio Grande cuts the Albuquerque urban area in half. Even in the heart of town, you can escape to a place of natural beauty. On October 31, 2018 I did a short hike with a friend, beginning just as a fall storm ended.
I made this video using a new camera, and still have plenty to learn. Please excuse the beginner’s mistakes and enjoy a cool, damp fall morning in Albuquerque’s greatest treasure. The birds you’ll see include...
Canada Goose, Branta canadensis
Hooded Merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus
Killdeer, Charadrius vociferus
American Coot, Fulica americana
Hailstorm - Manzano Mountains - Albuquerque, NM
Hailstorm at our 24th of July Celebration in the Manzano Mountains above Albuquerque.
Riding the Sandia Peak Tramway | Full Ride Tour
The Sandia Peak Tramway is an aerial tramway located adjacent to Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. It stretches from the northeast edge of the city to the crestline of the Sandia Mountains and has the world's third longest single span. It is the longest aerial tram in the United States.
Southwest Parks and Gardens - Rio Grande Botanic Garden - Flowers
Southwest Parks and Gardens - Rio Grande Botanic Garden - Flowers - New Mexico State University 2004 - - Video furnished by Media Productions, New Mexico State University. Noncommercial use only. Public Parks and Gardens of the Southwest. Southwest Yard and Garden, known for showcasing spectacular home landscapes of the great American Southwest, now brings you the best of our region's public parks and gardens, drawn from more than 20 of our most popular episodes. Join host Curtis Smith as he meets with caretakers of some of the finest plant collections in the world.
Springtime in New Mexico
In May of 2014 I went of vacation to Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Taos New Mexico. What follows are pictures of my adventures in the South West.
America's Wildest Places - Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge System in New Mexico is well known for the thousands of sandhill cranes, geese and other waterfowl that winter here each year. The 57,331-acre refuge harbors a wild stretch of the Rio Grande, a ribbon of cottonwood and willow trees visible on the landscape from distant mesas.
The river and its diversity of wildlife have drawn humans to this area for at least 11,000 years when humans migrated along this corridor, sometimes settling to hunt, fish and farm. Artifacts and stone tools found nearby tell us that nomadic paleoindian hunters pursued herds of mammoth and bison in the valley.
While there is always something interesting to see, you will find the greatest numbers of birds at the refuge from early November to mid-February.
If you arrive shortly before dawn and wait near the flight deck observation area, you will see thousands of light geese milling around on the water. Just about the time the sun peeks over the hills, the flock responds to a subtle trigger and thousands of geese rise en masse from the water in a thrilling thunder of wings and fill the sky as they fly low over your head to the north to spend the day feeding in the fields.
In the late afternoon they streak the sky in long wobbly skeins as they return to the water to roost for the night. The afternoon fly-in is almost as much fun as the morning fly-out. Hundreds of sandhill cranes fly out in smaller groups after the geese have left the ponds and return late in the afternoon. Remember that pre-sunrise temperatures can be really low in the winter so be sure to dress in warm clothing. Check the weather forecast and sunrise. (link to map page)
During the winter daylight hours you can drive the auto tour loop or hike the trails and see groups of light geese and cranes, thousands of ducks of many varieties, hundreds of Canada geese, dozens of hawks, eagles, blackbirds, crows, roadrunners, herons, sparrows, grebes, coots, and other birds along with occasional reptiles, amphibians and mammals, such as mule deer, coyotes, and jackrabbits. Check the bulletin board at the entrance booth for recent sightings.
American white pelicans pass through in the spring and fall. Summer is the time to see Canada geese, ducks, cormorants, grebes, heron and egrets (perhaps, nesting), ibis, killdeer, stilts, turkey vultures, hummingbirds, doves, pheasants, quail, turkeys, meadowlarks, finches, grackles, kingbirds, towhees, gulls, swallows, avocets and many other bird species along with mule deer and coyotes.
Today, the refuge staff at Bosque del Apache manages water to create wetlands, just like when the river ran wild. These seasonal wetlands re-create the exact types of habitats that year-round and migratory wildlife need to thrive. Using gates and ditches, refuge workers move water from the river through fields, marshes and ponds... and then back to the river to mimic natural flooding cycles.
And so once again, the Rio Grande and its wetlands provide food and homes for some of America's most spectacular wildlife...as well as places where thousands of people -- tourists and visitors - can see and enjoy the natural world.
DIRECTIONS
From the north (Socorro, NM), drive nine miles south on I-25 to exit 139, go east one-fourth mile on US 380 to the flashing signal at the village of San Antonio, turn right onto Old Highway 1, and drive south nine miles to the Visitor Center.
From the south (Las Cruces, NM), drive north on I-25 to exit 124 (San Marcial), go east on the dirt road 1.5 miles, then north on Old Highway 1 to the visitor center.
The lat/long to the visitor center is 33.804777, -106.890917.
Visitor Center
Daily -- 8am to 4pm
*Closed: Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, New Year's Day and the Fourth of July.
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Leasburg Dam State Park flowering desert
Aggie Pond at New Mexico State University at Springtime
Aggie Pond at New Mexico State University at Springtime with wildlife .
Back on Route 66 - Bottle Tree Ranch - Eaton Canyon Falls - LeAw in the USA //Ep.48
We are living the American dream driving the Historic Route 66 from Chicago to Santa Monica but we are doing some detours to visit some places we like.
In this 48th episode, we get back on Route 66 and visit Elmer Long's Bottle Tree Ran and stop for a hike to see Eaton Canyon Falls.
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Elmer Long's Bottle Tree Ranch - Oro Grande, California.
A forest of 200 bottle trees along Route 66.
What does one do when left with thousands of colored glass bottles? Begin a massive recycling effort, or perhaps an obscure outdoor art gallery? Elmer Long decided on both after becoming the sole beneficiary of a massive bottle collection.
As a child, Long scoured the desert with his father, collecting everything and anything. While a younger Long took notes, his father amassed an incredible collection of glass bottles. When he passed away, Long inherited his work, as well as a loss at what to do with the strange collection. In 2000, an idea struck the famously bearded Elmer Long, and he created his first bottle tree.
Shaped like hat racks, with glass bottles of all colors and shapes angled off of them, the bottle tree ranch has now grown to 200 installations. Besides being a beautiful gallery, the hollow bottles also whirr a sweet tune when the wind passes through them. For travelers making their way across America, this collection and its curator are two treasures without equal.
Eaton Canyon is a major canyon beginning at the Eaton Saddle near Mount Markham and San Gabriel Peak in the San Gabriel Mountains in the Angeles National Forest, United States. Its drainage flows into the Rio Hondo river and then into the Los Angeles River. It is named after Judge Benjamin S. Eaton, who lived in the Fair Oaks Ranch House in 1865 not far from Eaton Creek.
The most well-known portion of the canyon is the Eaton Canyon Nature Center in Pasadena, California. The trailhead of the Mount Wilson Toll Road is in the canyon.
The Eaton Canyon Natural Area Park is located where the mountain stream debouches into the foothill wash at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains. The park is administered by the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation. The county administers the lower two-thirds of the area below the toll road bridge. Most of the 190 acres (0.8 km2) that comprises the natural area lie on the northern boundaries of the old Rancho San Pascual and Rancho Santa Anita on land designated for the Southern Pacific Railroad. Once the railroad gave up the land, it was opened for homesteading. The nature center is unique in the area because it houses exhibits that educate on the flora and fauna local to the San Gabriel Valley Southern California. The center was rebuilt in 1998 after the 1993 fire destroyed the previous facility.
Pasadena and parts of Altadena receive about 40% of their water from local sources. The upper third is controlled by the Water Department of the City of Pasadena.
Eaton Canyon Falls
The falls are where the Eaton Creek has a fifty-foot drop and are located north of the bridge in the part of the canyon administered by the US Forest Service. John Muir once described the waterfall as a charming little thing, with a low, sweet voice, singing like a bird, as it pours from a notch in a short ledge, some thirty or forty feet into a round mirror-pool.
Several waterfalls also exist above Eaton Fall, which are more secluded. Until 1979, there was a tunnel which allowed access, but this has been dynamited and filled in. While the upper falls were accessible decades ago, there are no longer any maintained trails. People have been injured and killed trying to make these climbs.
On July 31, 2011, a man fell to his death on the hike to the falls. Another man fell to his death one week later on August 6, 2011.
On March 22, 2013, two hikers tried to climb to the second waterfall, but decided against it mid-climb. As they made their way down, they both lost their footing and fell. One hiker, a high school senior, fell to her death, and the other was airlifted for treatment.
On June 27, 2014, the US Forest Service announced plans to close the trail to the upper falls. The trail to the upper falls was closed off on August 1, 2014. Violators caught trespassing the off-limits area will face a fine of up to $5,000 or six months in jail.
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Beautiful Springtime Garden at Pruitt Home, Albuquerque, NM
Spring flowers of the garden in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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Trip to Petroglyph National Monument and Old Town Albuquerque
New Mexico Wild Mammals A-Z
New Mexico mammals photographed in the wild, even when it is just my backyard.
Fireworks Show at Elephant Butte Lake State Park
Starfire Pyrotechnics staged the annual Fourth of July weekend fireworks display at Elephant Butte Lake State Park, Sierra County, New Mexico (USA) on Saturday, July 3. City of Elephant Butte Mayor Eunice Kent on Wednesday, July 6, commended the Friends of Elephant Butte Lake State Park for once again leading the way in raising funds to stage the popular Independence Day spectacle.
Travel Guide New Mexico tm Wildlife West Nature Park
Wildlife West Nature Park, a wildlife preserve and enhanced zoo, is located just 20 minutes from Albuquerque, New Mexico in nearby Edgewood. Conveniently located near Interstate 40, Wildlife West Nature Park provides a very special look into the animals and plants that are part of the ecosystems of New Mexico and the Southwestern United States. All the birds and animals at Wildlife West Nature Park are nonreleasable, in keeping with our philosophy of bringing education to the public without harming ecological balances in other parts of the region. Our habitats are designed to provide the best possible combination of viewing opportunities and harmonious living for our residents, and our animal enrichment programs ensure that our animals are both physically and mentally healthy.
Wildlife West Nature Park provides a broad range of educational opportunities that reach far beyond traditional zoos, hosts numerous local events and festivals, presents concert series, and includes a catering operation with one of the area's best covered amphitheater facilities and a second, fully-enclosed entertainment venue. Our music festivals have become a major regional attraction, drawing acts (and attendees) from all over the nation. The Park's xeriscaping and water harvesting operations provide a real-world example as to how sustainable design can enhance any environment
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