The name means “woods of the Apache” and it is said the name comes from the times when the Spaniards observed Apache Indians camped in the area.
Tens of thousands of birds--including sandhill cranes, Arctic geese, and many kinds of ducks--gather each autumn and stay through the winter.
We visited last weekend. There is a very nice visitor center and compound, and you can drive the circuit around the refuge looking for wildlife throughout the bosque, stopping at observation points and taking pictures. Most of the migratory birds had already left when we visited, but we saw many kinds of small ducks and birds, some egrets and geese … and even a skunk meandering along the bank at one of the marshes.
We are looking forward to a trip back when the wildlife population has returned in the fall.
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This is getting eerie, Sharon. The ex-GF and I visited Bosque del Apache Wildlife Area on the same weekend we did the VLA, as well. Cue up The Twilight Zone music... ;-)
If I were a bird from up north, I'd stop here for the winter, too! Looks cool...though very remote. Where's the shopping mall? lol
Buck...I guess it wasn't too eerie when you think about it. Looks like we both saw all the sights that were to be seen in the area ... the Bosque, Valley of Fires, and VLA. I am just surprised you missed the green chile cheeseburgers in San Antonio. LOL
Karin ... Well, next time you come out we can go and see some of this very cool stuff ... andyou will see that the shopping mall is not necessary!!!!!!
Hmmm... your skunky friend could have been a relative of the one I came face to face with a few weeks ago.
Probably don't want me to tell you that I've always heard if they are out at night there is a good chance they are affected with rabies, huh? Nothing I can prove, just what I've always heard. :-)
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