09-22-20 & 10-08-20

Oxbow sandbar, Albuquerque, Rio Grande Corridor

2021 calendar of native plants (with ducks & others) © limited edition of photographs / designed and published by Lenore Goodell - 12/2020 fisheye-of-placitas@comcast.net

Tingley Ponds, Albuquerque, Rio Grande corridor 1-07-20 1-07-20

Tingley Ponds, Albuquerque, Rio Grande corridor

pied-billed grebe Podilymbus podiceps American wigeon Mareca americana double-crested cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus NOTE: For intended display with Acrobat Reader, in View set Page display to two page view and show cover page.

Tingley Ponds, Albuquerque, Rio Grande corridor 1-24-20

2021

JANUARY

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NEW YEAR’S DAY

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MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY

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Tingley Ponds, Albuquerque, Rio Grande corridor 1-24-20 1-24-20

Tingley Ponds, Albuquerque, Rio Grande corridor

ring-necked duck Aythya collaris ♀ canvasback Aythya valisineria sand ripples Sand at Cañada de las Milpas offers a few rugged plants, critter and wind prints.

Cañada de las Milpas, vicinity of Ojito Wilderness 2-08-20

FEBRUARY

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Monday

Tingley Ponds, Albuquerque, Rio Grande corridor 3-02-20

3-24-20

Cañada de las Milpas, vicinity of Ojito Wilderness

wood duck Aix sponsa ♂ Indian parsley Cymopterus bulbosus freckled milkvetch Astragalus lentiginosus Piedras Marcadas Canyon sported spectacular numbers of early flowers.

Piedras Marcadas Canyon, Petroglyph National Monument 3-28-20

MARCH

Sunday

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2021

DST BEGINS

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Pine Flat, Manzanita Mountains 4-08-20 4-15-20

drain, east of Stripmine Trailhead, Sandia Mountain foothills

pasqueflower Pulsatilla patens early Easterdaisy Townsendia exscapa Fendler's bladderpod Physaria fendleri After Pine Flat it’s worth stopping at Sabino Canyon Open Space (west loop) to find Pedicularis centranthera.

Cañada de las Milpas, vicinity of Ojito Wilderness 4-19-20

APRIL

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EASTER SUNDAY

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dragon's back, White Ridge Bike Trails 5-16-20 5-16-20

Cañada de las Milpas, vicinity of Ojito Wilderness

gypsum Townsend's aster Townsendia gypsophila smallflower sandverbena Tripterocalyx micranthus sego lily Calochortus nuttallii During lockdown and amid early heat there are still places well away from humans but with flowers.

BLM badlands, vicinity of Mesa Penistaja 5-28-20

MAY

MAY DAY

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MOTHER’S DAY

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MEMORIAL DAY

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Las Huertas meadow, Sandia Mountains

6-02-20 6-02-20

Las Huertas meadow, Sandia Mountains

inflated penstemon Penstemon inflatus tufted evening primrose Oenothera caespitosa buckbrush Ceanothus fendleri Out early to Las Conchas Fishing Trail to find parking, avoid humans and find Oenothera flava flowering near creek.

Jemez Falls Road, Jemez Mountains

6-17-20

JUNE

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SUMMER SOLSTICE & FATHER’S DAY

2021

Monday

gate area, Fenton Lake State Park, Jemez Mountains 7-01-20 7-01-20

gate area, Fenton Lake State Park, Jemez Mountains

scarlet penstemon Penstemon barbatus Hooker's evening primrose Oenothera elata catchfly prairie gentian Eustoma exaltatum Tried to visit Fenton Lake...closed but flowers at the gate and nesting osprey across the road.

Oxbow sandbar, Albuquerque, Rio Grande Corridor 7-20-20

JULY

Sunday

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INDEPENDENCE DAY

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Seven Springs Picnic Area, Rio Cebolla, Jemez Mountains 8-04-20 8-04-20

Seven Springs Picnic Area, Rio Cebolla, Jemez Mountains

yellow thistle Cirsium parryi marsh skullcap Scutellaria galericulata alkali yellowtops Flaveria campestris FS 314 extends beyond Seven Springs Hatchery into a shadowy dew laden canyon and Rio Cebolla lined with flowers.

Oxbow sandbar, Albuquerque, Rio Grande Corridor 8-27-20

AUGUST

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Oxbow sandbar, Albuquerque, Rio Grande Corridor 9-12-20 9-12-20

Oxbow sandbar, Albuquerque, Rio Grande Corridor

three-lobe beggarticks Bidens tripartita devil's beggarticks Bidens frondosa river broomrape Aphyllon riparium Oxbow sandbar transformed from mud flat to support over 90 flowering plants as well as grasses, sedges & rushes.

Oxbow sandbar, Albuquerque, Rio Grande Corridor 9-30-20

2021

SEPTEMBER

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LABOR DAY

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AUTUMNAL EQUINOX

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10-08-20

Oxbow sandbar, Albuquerque, Rio Grande Corridor nodding beggarticks Bidens cernua nodding beggarticks Bidens cernua cursed buttercup Ranunculus sceleratus

10-08-20

Oxbow sandbar, Albuquerque, Rio Grande Corridor

Oxbow sandbar, Albuquerque, Rio Grande Corridor 110-04-20

2021

OCTOBER

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HALLOWEEN

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11-12-20

Tingley Ponds, Albuquerque, Rio Grande corridor

wood duck Aix sponsa ♀ ring-necked duck Aythya collaris ♂ northern pintail Anas acuta ♂

11-12-20

Tingley Ponds, Albuquerque, Rio Grande corridor

Tingley Ponds, Albuquerque, Rio Grande corridor

12-04-20

NOVEMBER

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DIA DE LOS MUERTOS

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DST ENDS

ELECTION DAY

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VETERANS DAY

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2021

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CHANUKAH EVE

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THANKSGIVING DAY

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12-04-20

Tingley Ponds, Albuquerque, Rio Grande corridor

mallard Anas platyrhynchos ♂ American coot Fulica americana sandhill crane Antigone canadensis

12-04-20

Tingley Ponds, Albuquerque, Rio Grande corridor

Oxbow sandbar, Albuquerque, Rio Grande Corridor 12-08-20

2021

DECEMBER

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CHRISTMAS DAY

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