Bosque del Apache is located in central New Mexico, at the south part of a desert region. Floodplains provide enough water for an oasis, which allows longer grasses and trees to grow. Thousands of birds, primarily sandhill cranes and snow geese, along with water fowl, spend the winter here. The National Wildlife department bird count for the week I was there included over 33,000 snow geese and more than 7700 sandhill cranes. I went to Bosque in December 2007.
Bosque del Apache, December 2007
