Thursday, March 26, 2009 - Percha Dam State Park, Arrey NM
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Reflected, Near Percha Dam State Park, Arrey NM, April 26, 2008
An update on my interest in Finger_Ring Draw
I've been spending some time the last couple of days researching those big rings in the desert over near Cooke's Spring north of Deming NM. I'm collecting my notes at What are those Circular Symbols drawn in the desert at Finger Ring Draw?. Can you spell heliograph?
Night camp
Site 25- Percha Dam State Park, Arrey NM
- Verizon cell phone service - good signal
- Verizon EVDO service - good signal
- Go to the Percha Dam State Park website
- Locate Percha Dam State Park on my Night Camps map
- Check the weather in Arrey NM
Crayfish Chimney
Late one afternoon I sat upon my camera case beside the path where it wound through the darkest part of the woods, down near the pond, and watched a crayfish building his "chimney," the land entrance to his underwater tunnel. He had just started to work above the ground when I first arrived. He came up through the moist black earth, carrying a ball of it between his two enormous fighting claws. Using the claws as hands, he spread the soil around the hole to form the base of the chimney. He then backed down the hole and after several minutes came up with another armful.