Tag Archives: Orilla Verde

Earth Day and Spring Flower Bonanza, April 22, 2017

Posted on April 23, 2017 by

It’s Earth Day today, and I visited two of my favorite spots. The first was the Orilla Verde Recreation Area, along the Rio Grande upstream of Pilar, NM, and the second was what I call Rinconada Canyon, for lack of … Continue reading →

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Rio Grande del Norte National Monument. Scenes, 1-28-2017

Posted on January 29, 2017 by

PLEASE TAKE NOTE: Members of Congress and the Trump administration would like to reverse the Obama administration’s declaration of this and other national monuments. Let’s oppose this action!

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Rio Grande del Norte National Monument. Views, 1-22 & 26, 2017

Posted on January 28, 2017 by

The dirt road that climbs from Taos Junction Bridge to the rim of the Rio Grande Gorge provides great views of the Sangre de Cristo mountains north and east of Taos, and the Picuris mountains south of Taos. The road through the … Continue reading →

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Springtime Nature – April 2016, #2

Posted on April 20, 2016 by

As I have done most afternoons lately, I drove up to Orilla Verde, to see what was going on. I had my fly rod and tackle in the van, but didn’t think it likely that I would go fishing, since the … Continue reading →

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Spring Wildflowers #6 – and more, Rio Grande, NM

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A Weedy Summer for the Rio Grande

Posted on September 3, 2014 by

There is a water weed (that I have yet to identify – maybe Hydrilla?)) that has overtaken the Rio Grande. Only channels of the fastest water are free of this weed. Elsewhere, it has grown to the surface in water … Continue reading →

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Spring on the Rio Grande, NM

Posted on April 12, 2014 by

Spring is springing along the Rio Grande. The wintering bald eagles must have heard the predictions for an early Spring, because they up and left in the first half of March. The other winter residents – the goldeneye ducks – … Continue reading →

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Remembering Fall Fishing on the Rio Grande

Posted on December 8, 2013 by

I was fishing blue-wing olive mayfly imitations right up until winter arrived. And that was not so long ago. Now my rod is put-away, and any further “fishing” activity this winter will probably consist only of tying flies (“tie-flying”, my … Continue reading →

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Bald eagle – first sighting of the winter!

Posted on November 23, 2013 by

Today, well in advance of the usual schedule, a bald eagle showed up at a favored perch – a riverside dead cottonwood which is visible from the road in Rinconada. My prior post, of 11/20, reported the arrival of the … Continue reading →

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Mother Nature

Posted on November 3, 2013 by

After writing the prior blog (Good vs. Evil) this morning, and being none too happy about the “state of the world” (the human world), I again went fishing. During this, my vacation, I go fishing most afternoons. The weather in … Continue reading →

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