Al Hansen
Well-known member
I know I'm a whimp. Years ago I didn't hesitate to hunt when it was -20F. Never gave it a thought---just dressed for it, that was all. I just glanced at the thermometer and we have -19F here in Luis Lopez, NM. It is damned cold out for this ol man. Well not that cold. Soon Bev and I will be out walking the dogs, talking, having fun, holding hands, and most likely complaining about the cold. Oh, well, it is just part of life.
Yesterday I took the car (it has front wheel drive) and drove to Bosque del Apache. I just wanted to drive on some snow and ice covered roads once again. Got down there and found a frozen world, darn near.
Al
Met one other guy down there from Port Angeles, Washington. We laughed about being the only two nuts out in weather like we had.
Of all the thousands of birds reportedly being here, I saw less than a 100. I'm sure the Rio Grande was teeming with them. Too bad the season still wasn't on.
I did find a few birds in the irrigation channel.
There is no doubt that she forgot to shake the water off of her when she decided to sit on the bank with the rest of the birds. Some pretty big hunks of ice on her.
This is a very poor shot but it will show the ice build up around her beak.
Bev always told me that red and white go together. I have never seen this combination before down here. Rather striking!
The wind was kicking up allot of snow as he walked along the frozen bank.
These two shots are my favorites.
There is a new look to our environment. We haven't seen it like this since we moved here in 97.
8 inches of snow might take a while to melt! I wonder how long?
Moms don't necessarily tell their kids to go out and play in the snow.
Hard to imagine that just three days ago we were working on our drip system and watering the rose bushes. This is normally the time we lop all of our roses getting ready for spring.
Al
Yesterday I took the car (it has front wheel drive) and drove to Bosque del Apache. I just wanted to drive on some snow and ice covered roads once again. Got down there and found a frozen world, darn near.
Al
Met one other guy down there from Port Angeles, Washington. We laughed about being the only two nuts out in weather like we had.
Of all the thousands of birds reportedly being here, I saw less than a 100. I'm sure the Rio Grande was teeming with them. Too bad the season still wasn't on.
I did find a few birds in the irrigation channel.
There is no doubt that she forgot to shake the water off of her when she decided to sit on the bank with the rest of the birds. Some pretty big hunks of ice on her.
This is a very poor shot but it will show the ice build up around her beak.
Bev always told me that red and white go together. I have never seen this combination before down here. Rather striking!
The wind was kicking up allot of snow as he walked along the frozen bank.
These two shots are my favorites.
There is a new look to our environment. We haven't seen it like this since we moved here in 97.
8 inches of snow might take a while to melt! I wonder how long?
Moms don't necessarily tell their kids to go out and play in the snow.
Hard to imagine that just three days ago we were working on our drip system and watering the rose bushes. This is normally the time we lop all of our roses getting ready for spring.
Al
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