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Sunday, February 20, 2011 - Bosque Birdwatchers RV Park, San Antonio NM

Morning at the Pond, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, San Antonio NM, February 18, 2011
Morning at the Pond, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, San Antonio NM, February 18, 2011

Territorial display

One often sees Sandhill Cranes jumping and bobbing and fluffing their feathers and generally making a ruckus settling territorial disputes. They can be quite entertaining. The International Crane Foundation offers a nicely illustrated field guide to crane behavior {link} (pdf) that describes the meaning of these displays.

Night camp

Site 10 - Bosque Bird Watcher's RV Park, San Antonio NM

Stay What You Always Were

My sisters have been listening to me all my life and vice versa, and there's a limit to how interesting we find each other. Which is one of the reasons, surely -- this is exactly the kind of thought that didn't come up in conversation -- that it is at least as stifling as it is comforting to be with family. It doesn't allow its members to experiment with themselves. The penalty for being loyally accepted for the whole of your life is that you must stay what you always were.

Almost There: The Onward Journey of a Dublin Woman, Nuala O'Faolain

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