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
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday Thursday
Friday
NEW YEAR’S DAY
Saturday
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2
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4
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7
8
9
10
11
12
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MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY
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31
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
Sunday
7
Tuesday
Wednesday Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
2
3
4
5
6
8
9
10
11
12
13
PRESIDENTS’ DAY
14
15
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28
2021
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
7
2021
DST BEGINS
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
2
3
4
5
6
8
9
10
11
12
13 VERNAL EQUINOX
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15
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31
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
Sunday
2021
EASTER SUNDAY
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday Thursday
Friday
Saturday
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2
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5
6
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8
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24
EARTH DAY
18
19
20
21
22
23
25
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27
28
29
30
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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3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
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29
2
2021
MOTHER’S DAY
30
MEMORIAL DAY
31
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
Sunday
Tuesday
Wednesday Thursday
Friday
Saturday
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4
5
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30
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
2021
INDEPENDENCE DAY
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday Thursday
Friday
Saturday
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2
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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
2021
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday Thursday
Friday
Saturday
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2
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4
5
6
7
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9
10
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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
Sunday
Monday
LABOR DAY
Tuesday
Wednesday Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
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24
25
AUTUMNAL EQUINOX
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20
21
22
23
26
27
28
29
30
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
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday Thursday
Friday
Saturday
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27
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30
HALLOWEEN
31
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
Sunday
Monday
DIA DE LOS MUERTOS
1
DST ENDS
ELECTION DAY
2
Wednesday Thursday
3
4
VETERANS DAY
Friday
Saturday
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
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26
27
21
2021
Tuesday
CHANUKAH EVE
28
22
23
29
30
24
THANKSGIVING DAY
25
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
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday Thursday
Friday
Saturday
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2
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4
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18
WINTER SOLSTICE
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20
21
22
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24
26
27
28
29
30
31
CHRISTMAS DAY
25