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Bosque del Apache

National Wildlife Refuge in central New Mexico
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The Flight Deck
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The Flight Deck

This national wildlife refuge during the winter months has thousands of sandhill cranes and tens of thousands of snow geese. In addition, there are many other species of water fowl and raptors.

Trip

  • The Flight Deck
  • One of many controlled flood zones for water fowl
  • Sandhill Cranes gathering to overnight on a pond
  • Similar to their larger cousins, the whooping cranes, these magnificent birds can be 4 ft tall and have a wing span of 6-7 ft.
  • Snow Geese in morning sun.
  • Hundreds of snow geese take flight.
  • Pintails- male and female in evening sun.
  • Red- Tailed Hawk
  • Another red-tailed hawk scans for a meal.
  • Mature Bald Eagle- one of many on the refuge.
  • Canal reflecting the evening light.
  • A Tundra Swan
  • Sandhills coming in for the evening.
  • Circling Snow Geese in morning sun.
  • The cranes feed in grain fields during the day and return to the shallow ponds each night to roost.
  • Sandhill Crane in glider mode.
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  • The "Blue Angels" in formation.
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  • Sandhills silhouetted in evening light.
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