Photos of wildlife at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge by sixth generation New Mexican Joe Roybal are featured in an exhibit at Macey Center’s Mezzanine Gallery on the New Mexico Tech campus. An artist reception will be held Friday, Oct. 16, at Macey Center.
Twenty-six of these images taken on May 29, along with 20 other Roybal photos of Bosque scenes in other months, are displayed in the showing. The exhibit, titled “One Day in May at Bosque del Apache: Photos by Joe Roybal”, was produced for the Friends of the Bosque del Apache by volunteer p.r. director John Bertrand.
Like many visitors to Bosque del Apache, photographer Roybal has discovered that some of the most enchanted moments on the refuge occur outside the heavily-visited winter months. With this in mind, Roybal began shooting at 2:07 p.m. May 12 along the refuge’s Wildlife Tour Loop, completing his assault at 7:57 p.m.
In less than six hours, he bagged 17 species of Bosque’s birds, deer and amphibians without disturbing a feather, hair or wrinkle of any of them.
Even though many regard May as Bosque’s “off-season”, the 17 bird, mammal and amphibian species photographed on May 29 were no surprise to Bosque regulars. The exhibit notes that 126 bird species were recorded on the refuge in the May 9, International Migratory Bird Day count.
Roybal’s family connection to New Mexico dates from 1706, when the King of Spain awarded the Jacona Land Grant in northern New Mexico to his ancestor Ignacio Roybal.
He took his first photo at Bosque del Apache in Dec. 1989, with a Kodak Instamatic camera, and has been photographing at Bosque ever since. He now shoots digitally with a Nikon D200.
Roybal’s photos have been published in New Mexico Magazine, New Mexico Wildlife, Washington Post, Santa Fean Magazine, among others.
The gallery is open for viewing weekdays 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and evenings preceding scheduled programs in the auditorium. The exhibit will remain on display through November 15.
A reception will be held Friday, Oct. 16, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., preceding the Performing Arts Series “Lula Washington Dance Theater” performance.
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