Festival is in full swing.. 7,000 sandhills, puffs of snow geese and great workshops

Joel Sartore, photographer for National Geographic and other publications, gave a strong and entertaining keynote His powerful presentation showed all of us- again- how much the natural world matters, how much birds and wildlife matter. His current book, RARE is a gripping portrayal of what we are losing, and his dedication to helping to stop this loss and other losses is appreciated and invaluable. Thank you, Joel.

a friend lost ... a sad day

Bob Merkel, a wonderful man and a great supporter of the Friends, our newsletter editor and corresponding secretary who has devoted much of his time volunteering, has died suddenly. We are all saddened.

sunset pink and blues, thousands of sandhills landed on one of the north ponds elk in background looked a little surprised

migration patterns changed older population of snow geese now, but a very large population./ android phone limits text ..apologies

details on snow goose populations are astounding. increased historicaly but gosling survival is down...tundra damage extensive up north..changed migra

7,ooo cranes new count tomorrow promised by f&w great snow goose ecology workshop by john vradenburg will have photos tomorrow no wifi here

city of socorro, sponsoring the festival of the cranes along with the refuge and the friends