Spring Birds (Canada Geese) and Flowers Along the Rio Grande, #2, May 7, 2019
My favorite family of Canada geese, who hang out close to the roadside and are tolerant of the van, when I come to a stop beside them. They share this small piece of grassy river bank with another family of geese, who aren’t so tolerant and take to the water when I stop here.
Upstream of Pilar, in the Orilla Verde section of the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument.
The Green hedgehog cactus comes out shortly before the Claret Cup hedgehog cactus.
The first composite is the Perky sue.
The first appearance of the Apache plume, which will have successive flowerings throughout the summer.
Taos Junction Bridge spans the Rio Grande just downstream of the entry of Taos Creek and Taos Junction Rapid. This rapid ends the Taos Box run. The Monument Scenic Float trip starts at the river access where the Taos Box run ends, right below the bridge. I call the formation in photo center the Prow. To the right of the Prow is the gorge of Taos Creek. To its left is the gorge of the Rio Grande.
Evening light on the gorge rim, near Petaca campground
