Last week we went to Elephant Butte Lake State Park. While we were camping there we also visited Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge.

Sunflowers gone to seed

Dried Seed Pods

Pond at Bosque del Apache

Great Blue Heron

American Kestrel

Sandhill Cranes

Mallard

Rio Grande wetlands at Elephant Butte Lake (with clusters of Snow Geese and Canada Geese)

Mule Deer at Bosque del Apache

Moonrise over the Fra Cristobal Mountains

Sunset to the west of our campsite at Elephant Butte Lake State Park

Sunset to the south of our campsite - over Elephant Butte Lake