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Bosque del Apache

National Wildlife Refuge in central New Mexico
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Sandhill Cranes gathering to overnight on a pond
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Sandhill Cranes gathering to overnight on a pond

These large birds winter here from late October through early February.

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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