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Thursday, March 11, 2010 - Bosque Birdwatchers RV Park, San Antonio NM

Snag, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, San Antonio NM, February 25, 2010
Snag, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, San Antonio NM, February 25, 2010

A managed environment

The Bosque is a carefully managed environment. Hang around a while and you begin to realize water levels in the ponds and wetlands are constantly monitored and adjusted. Food is grown and distributed for the wildlife. The ponds are drained and the grasses mowed. Even the snags the raptors to perch on grew up elsewhere.

Night camp

Site 16 - Bosque Bird Watcher's RV Park, San Antonio NM

Mix With the World

I am convinced our own happiness requires that we should continue to mix with the world, and to keep pace with it. . . . I can speak from experience on the subject. From 1793 to 1797, I remained closely at home, saw none but those who came there, and at length became very sensible of the ill effect it had upon my mind, and of its direct and irresistible tendency to render me unfit for society, and uneasy when necessarily engaged in it. I felt enough of the effect of withdrawing from the world then to see that it led to an anti-social and misanthropic state of mind, which severely punishes him who gives in to it; and it will be a lesson I never shall forget as to myself.

John Adams

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