Nature in Albuquerque. A few seasonal things to notice around Albuquerque's bosque, river corridor, gardens, mesa edges, and open sky.

Look for this month · July

  1. Summer hummingbirdsA tiny bird hovering briefly at tubular flowers · Flowering gardens, bosque edges, and open space
  2. Summer pollinatorsBees and butterflies moving between blooms · Cultivated public garden blooms
  3. Monsoon thunderstormsBuilding clouds, sudden wind, lightning, and a rain shaft · Open sky viewed from a safe indoor or developed setting
  4. After-rain desert colorBrief fresh leaves and scattered late flowers · Mesa and native-plant edges after seasonal rain

Coming next month · August

  1. Summer hummingbirdsA tiny bird hovering briefly at tubular flowers · Flowering gardens, bosque edges, and open space
  2. Summer pollinatorsBees and butterflies moving between blooms · Cultivated public garden blooms
  3. Monsoon thunderstormsBuilding clouds, sudden wind, lightning, and a rain shaft · Open sky viewed from a safe indoor or developed setting
  4. After-rain desert colorBrief fresh leaves and scattered late flowers · Mesa and native-plant edges after seasonal rain
  5. Fall bird migrationChanging flocks and unfamiliar calls moving through · Bosque, river corridor, gardens, and night sky

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