Photo and article by Susan J. Preston, and reprinted with permission from her original blogpost on SusanPreston.studio. Only seldom, and rarely in my wildest dreams, have I dared myself into imagining a face to face encounter with a mountain lion. And in those...
Article and photos by Cari Powell, Friends of BdA Desert Arboretum and Pollinator Habitat Enhancement Project Manager. Many hands make light work. Teamwork makes the dream work. I’m sure you’ve heard these sayings before, but did you know that at Bosque del Apache it...
Article by Cari Powell, Friends of Bosque del Apache’s Pollinator Habitat Enhancement Project Manager ; Photos by Erv Nichols. On Saturday, August 16, 2025, as part of the Friends of Bosque del Apache’s Summer Pollinator Celebration Event, the Friends, refuge...
Each summer at Bosque del Apache, we welcome a new crew of college interns to the refuge. This truly is a mutually beneficial arrangement. Not only do interns assist with important work, like conducting surveys, assisting with invasive species control, developing new...
Article and photo by Joel Gilb, Bosque del Apache Park Ranger. Tropical Kingbird photographed on the refuge. Many birders keep a “life list”—a document which catalogs all the different bird species an observer has encountered during their lifetime. Similarly, Bosque...
By Ed MacKerrow, originally published on this website, InLightofNature.com [https://inlightofnature.com/greater-roadrunner/]. As a wildlife photographer in New Mexico, I’ve had the privilege of observing roadrunners in countless situations across “The Land...
