Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park

New Mexico USA in August

Green Heron

 

 

The great news is now that the Rio Grande has shared its water with the Mesilla Valley Bosque and the ditches and ponds have been full for a couple of months. We can enjoy the beauty of common water birds.  There are at present several Green Heron juvenile and an adult to be observed. One bold individual has realised the easy pickings of mice and small reptiles in the vicinity of the State Park entrance.

The whole park is a great tribute to the effects of the park team and state park administration. There are new pathways and the old are well maintained.


 

Great Blue Heron

 














From a Birders viewpoint the autumn migrations is already underway and in addition to Green Heron, there Black-crowned Night Heron and Great Blue. At large pond there is a Virginia Rail (a telescope is really needed) watch from behind the hide screens (blinds) west

Other ornithological delights are:

• Pied-billed Grebe

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  Pied-billed Grebe

  Sora

• Wood Duck

• Cinnamon Teal

• Roadrunner 

• Osprey

Yellow Warbler

• Yellow Warbler

• Common Yellowthroat

• Yellow-breasted Chat

• Summer Tanager

Summer Tanager

• Blue Grosbeak

• Northern Rough-winged Swallow

• Bank Swallow

• Violet-green Swallow

• Cliff Swallow