Spring Birds and Flowers Along the Rio Grande, #2 Posted On: May 8, 2019 By: Steve Miller Filed Under: Nature, River trips Tagged In: apache plume, canada geese, canyon grape, chokecherry, claret cup hedgehog cactus, green hedgehog cactus, perky sue, taos junction bridge Spring Birds (Canada Geese) and Flowers Along the Rio Grande, #2, May 7, 2019 My favorite family of Canada geese, who hang out close to the roadside and are tolerant of the van, when I come to a stop beside them. They share this small piece of grassy river bank with another family of geese, who aren’t so tolerant and take to the water when I stop here. Canada goose family, Pilar Upstream of Pilar, in the Orilla Verde section of the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument. Claret Cup cactus The Green hedgehog cactus comes out shortly before the Claret Cup hedgehog cactus. Green Hedgehog cactus Read More…