We went to Carlsbad a few years ago, and the path we took is from the East. I was surprised and from how it looked the only way I know how to describe it is a natural disaster waiting to happen.

In Roswell the truth I arrived at is that there are two options for the possible truth: 1, We were visited by aliens or 2, The commander in charge of guarding our Nuclear arsenal was an idiot. There might be a few less plausible truth's but #2 appeared to be the most likely and for sure the scariest.

I tried to look up articles to see if Bosque Del Apache had issues lately, really I didn't find any.
Being a migratory bird it might be late for Bosque Del Apache.
Nebraska seems like a great candidate for the Sandhill's and numbers are not to bad:
https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/fi...llCranes21.pdf
https://www.fws.gov/project/sandhill-crane-surveys