Cibola NWR 1/3/2018

This morning Dawn, Rich and I went to Cibola NWR. I specifically was wanting to see a Burrowing Owl and had been told by local birders that the best chance to see one this time of year was there! Sure enough, Dawn spotted one!

In case you have a hard time seeing it in the pic, look at the right end of the rock pile by the wooden cross. The refuge has built rock piles with plastic pipes leading to the bottom of the pile to attract these birds. Birds are not the only wild life at the refuge. We saw several coyotes and this herd of mule deer.

As you can see there are some nice racks on those bucks!  These are the largest deer I have seen this trip! We stopped at the Visitor Center and Dawn chatted with the lady running it. She gave us information on other places in the refuge to visit and about a BLM campground just a few miles away. We are at Palm Canyon which is over an hour drive one way to get to the refuge. Since we want to spend more time at the refuge we will be moving to the closer site. Not only is it closer but it is right on the Colorado River!