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Wednesday, January 2, 2013 - Bosque Birdwatchers RV Park, San Antonio NM

Brrr..., Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, San Antonio NM, January 2, 2013
Brrr..., Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, San Antonio NM, January 2, 2013

Frost on the pumpkin

It got a wee bit chilly in the neighborhood last night. It was a windy 12 degrees at eight this morning when I shot this guy/gal taking off from his/her night standing frozen in the pond. Several of them were flying out with legs tucked up this morning. They don't usually do that. It can't be very aerodynamic. Perhaps the waste heat from the extra energy it took to fly the bird was welcome this morning.

Nightcamp

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

What I've Learned

Such delicate goods as justice, love, honor and courtesy, and indeed all the things we care for, are valid everywhere but they are variously molded and often differently handled and sometimes nearly unrecognizable if you meet them in a foreign land, and the art of learning fundamental common values is perhaps the greatest gain of travel to those who wish to live at ease with their fellows.

The Middle of Everywhere, Freya Stark quoted by Mary Pipher, pg 339

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