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Friday, February 25, 2011 - Bosque Birdwatchers RV Park, San Antonio NM

Snow Geese, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, San Antonio NM, February 23, 2011
Snow Geese, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, San Antonio NM, February 23, 2011

Thousands

Several thousand Snow Geese spent the afternoon at the pond with me Wednesday. I took way too many pictures but none that adequately communicate how many Geese were here.

Night camp

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

Ask What Surprised Them

I was afraid of flying for a long time and could only travel vicariously. When friends came back from faraway places, it wasn't just out of politeness that I asked what they saw. I really wanted to know. And I found the best way to get information out of them was to ask what surprised them. How was the place different from what they expected? This is an extremely useful question. You can ask it of the most unobservant people, and it will extract information they didn't even know they were recording.

The Age of the Essay, Paul Graham, September 2004

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