Cibola National Wildlife Refuge Photoset • gummo • 2015-02-17 • HikeArizona.COM

Cibola National Wildlife Refuge, AZ

	2015-02-17
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Cibola National Wildlife Refuge

Southwest, AZ

Cibola National Wildlife Refuge

Southwest, AZ

Birding	12.00 Miles	4 AEG

Birding	12.00 Miles
	4 ft AEG

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Five things that I've learned while in Cibola National Wildlife Refuge:

1) The colder that it is in Cibola, the more active the mammals and birds become.

2) The best way to find animals is to put your camera away.

3) Cibola NWR attracts more people from other states and Canada than AZ and CA.

4) Cute rhymes with coot.

5) Everyone that visits Cibola NWR is a little weird in some way (except me of course).

So, I went to Cibola again to get to work on some photography. I also went to look for snakes. I didn't find any, tho. Instead, I saw the usual - sandhills, geese, harriers, pintails, coyotes, deer, et al - along with some new faces - tree swallows (thanks Outdoor Lover for the ID), Harris hawk, meadowlark, house finch.

The highlights of the trip were: 1) seeing a carbecue on the I-10. 2) getting within 15ft of a young coyote on the Cornfield Loop Trail. 3) Seeing the buffleheads on the river.

The trip was an okay trip, overall. The sandhill cranes were still there but far from any road. Most of the geese were out and probably heading north. I assume the cranes will not be far behind. I plan to return next week or the week after to focus on more predators and mammals. When I go to Cibola NWR or any area, I try to look for new species that I've not seen or photographed before. At certain places, like Joshua Tree NP, I'm repeatedly seeing the same critters. I assume Cibola will be like that soon.

Flora

Flora [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Brittlebush

Culture

Culture [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Old Glory

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