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Bosque del Apache NWR 2013

These images were made on my first trip to Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in November of 2013. I spent three and a half great days under the guidance of Robert O'Toole to learn the ropes at this bird photography mecca.
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Adult white morph Snow Goose flaps with long fast strokes to slow down enough to land
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Adult white morph Snow Goose flaps with long fast strokes to slow down enough to land

Bosque Del ApacheNew MexicoNorth AmericaUnited States1901Edit

  • Adult white morph Snow Goose coming in for landing...
  • Adult white morph Snow Goose flaps with long fast strokes to slow down enough to land
  • Juvenile white morph Snow Goose in mid-flap upstroke on approach
  • Juvenile Snow Goose on final approach
  • Juvenile white morph Snow Goose coming in for landing among thousands of others...
  • Adult Sandhill Crane with full brakes applied just prior to touching down
  • A massive flock of Snow geese blasts off from the corn fields at the refuge
  • Part of a Snow Goose "blast off" against a backdrop of winter vegetation and mountainside
  • A flock of Snow geese 'blasting off' while others look on from below
  • Mass of goose flesh during Snow Goose "blast off"
  • Telephoto shot of a Snow Goose "blast off"
  • A dense flock of Brewer's, Red-winged, and Yellow-headed Blackbirds
  • Adult male Gambel's Quail on sentry duty
  • Pastel colours of the wild areas around the crane and goose roosting pools
  • Adult white morph Snow Goose
  • Adult Sandhill Crane on final approach in fading late afternoon light
  • A lone Sandhill Crane approaches the evening roost
  • A Sandhill Crane banks through the red sky on its way to the evening roost
  • Three Sandhill Cranes parachute through the colourful sunset sky to their overnight roosting ponds
  • Sandhill Crane on final approach as the sun disappears behind the hills
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