Bosque del Apache (23 images)
The Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in southern Socorro County, New Mexico. The refuge is the winter home to 10s of thousands of sandhill cranes, snow geese and many other migrant bird species. The name of the refuge means "forest of the Apache" in Spanish, referring to a time when Apaches frequently camped in the riverside forest there.
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Sandhill cranes coming in to roost at sunset....
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Snow geese morning lift off in total unison....
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Snow geese morning lift off in total unison....
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Snow geese morning lift off in total unison....
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Snow geese returning for their evening roost....
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Snow geese returning for their evening roost....
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Cactus detail in the Cactus garden of Bosque...
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Cactus detail in the Cactus garden of Bosque...
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Sandhill cranes and snow geese stir as the warm...
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Sandhill cranes stir as the warm of the sun...
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With the grace born of 10 million years of...
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With the grace born of 10 million years of...
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Evening feed. As daylight wanes, the sandhill...
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The Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya) is a perching...
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The Sandhill crane sticks it neck out and waits...
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The Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) is a...
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Sandhill cranes and snow geese settle in for...
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Sandhill cranes at sunset. Bosque del Apache...
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Evening fly-in with Sandhill cranes and Snow...
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Sandhill cranes family returning for their...
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American Wigeon (Anas americana) Socorro, New...
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Evening fly-in with Sandhill cranes returning...
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