Friday, June 29, 2007

June 29, 2007: Abiquiu & Ghost Ranch, NM, Wildlife West Albuquerque (34 PHOTOS, 21 BIRD, 2 MAMMAL)

We started out today in the Abiquiu, New Mexico area, to take a tour of Georgia O'Keefe's house located there. Many of the inspirations for her famous works were from this beautiful scenery here. Tours of her homestead are by appointment only. (Info here). We also spent some time in the nearby Ghost Ranch area, where O'Keefe also spent time, and then headed to the Wildlife West Animal Park in Edgewood, near Albuquerque. This was a cool place to visit, and was thankfully very uncrowded! To end the day, we ate at Rudy's BBQ in Albuquerque, and headed to Socorro for the evening stop.


Just outside Abiquiui, we found a group of Lewis' Woodpeckers....

We made it to Abiquiu! Below is a shot of O'Keefe's house from the road - no cameras allowed on the tour, so this is the best we have.

Some nice scenery shots from the Ghost Ranch / Abiquiu area:

Birding around the Ghost Ranch Area:
Below: Adult and baby Bullock's Oriole

Say's Phoebe
Ash-Throated Flycatcher
Black-Headed Grosbeak with dragonfly
Cane Cholla
Some nice scenery from around the Ghost Ranch Center:

Lark Sparrow at the center
Scenery along US-84 near Abiquiu
Wildlife West Animal Bird in Albuquerque (Edgewood):
Above and below: Canyon Towhee

American Coot
Snow Goose
Curve-Billed Thrasher
Baby Curve-Billed Thrasher in nest!
Juniper Titmouse
Above and Below: Common Raven(s)

One of their Crested Caracaras!
Elk on the refuge
Flyover Common Raven Big cat collection

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