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Bisti Badlands

Pinnacle on the Bisti Badlands hike at sunrise in New Mexico's Bisti De-Na-Zin Wilderness
In early March I explored some badlands in northern New Mexico - Bisti, De-Na-Zin, Valley of Dreams, Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah and the "King of Wings"
Arch formation at sunrise in the Bisti Badlands of New Mexico
Absurd rock formations are everywhere
King of Wings in New Mexico's northern badlands
Most unusual is the "King of Wings" -- which is huge, much larger than any of the wings in Bisti
Alien's Throne in the Valley of Dreams in New Mexico
Alien's Throne in the Valley of Dreams
Bisti Rock Garden in the Bisti De-Na-Zin Wilderness hike
Bisti Rock Garden --  what happened here? 
Conversing hoodoos in the Bisti Badlands of New Mexico
Wind/Sand storms were common in the afternoons.  I had planned on camping but ended up sleeping in the car all four nights

Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge

Snow geese in Bosque del Apache refuge in New Mexico
Birds fly each morning to a local farm where grain is left out and return in the evening to sleep in the water at the reserve from December to mid-February
Snow geese taking off from the lake in the morning
Snow geese are the loudest and make sunrise an experience
Eagle in Bosque del Apache New Mexico
Eagle perched on a limb

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