In 1909 a system was built to pump water out of the Rio Grande to irrigate thousands of acres of Rio Grande delta farmland. In 1933 a flood re-route the river's course and necessitated a half mile channel which functioned until 1983 when a more modern pumping system was located downstream. Now the building houses a locate museum and the surrounding grounds are a park.
My guess is that these pipes are each about six feet in diameter. They are big suckers.
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| Lesser Goldfinches. |
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| House Finch, f. |
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| Black Flycatcher |
Leaving the Pump House we drove down Gardenia Street to look at the Monk Parakeet communal nest. A couple of days ago Lorna took photos of 30+ Parakeets sitting out on the powerlines. It is a very large next.
- Gunnar
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