Nov 7--Travel Day & White Goose

Today we traveled from Alamogordo to Silver City, NM.  The thing that caught my attention the most was this duck or goose or whatever it is.  We had stopped at a roadside pullout, and it was grazing in the grass beside the road. 

We don't know what kind of waterfowl it is, but it seemed strange to see it out in the desert, with no water to be seen.  Ted tried to look it up, and we decided it might be a Ross's goose.  It certainly wasn't afraid of people or traffic.

The other interesting thing that I saw was a field of pepper plants just loaded with red peppers.  I was so busy looking that I forgot to take a picture!