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Sunday, April 22, 2012 - Caballo Lake State Park, Caballo NM

Late Day Cliffside, Caballo Lake State Park, Caballo NM, April 22, 2012
Late Day Cliffside, Caballo Lake State Park, Caballo NM, April 22, 2012

Do I see what I think I see?

Yes I do. That's a Great Horned Owl up there on the cliff across the river, waiting for the sun to set. And to his left is his mate on the nest deep in a hole in the cliff. A fellow camper, Winnie, told me I might find a nesting pair up there. She had seen them up there last year.

Sure wish I could get closer but there's a river in the way.

Night camp

Riverside - Caballo Lake State Park, Caballo NM

Words Get in the Way

Research shows that language suppresses visual memory, This is called verbal overshadowing and is a well-established phenomenon .... For example, in one study people watched a short videotape of a bank robbery, then spent twenty minutes doing something unrelated. Then one group spent five minutes writing down everything they could remember about the bank robber's face, while the other group did an unrelated task.

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