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Bosque provides food and shelter for many kinds of birds. This are some photos of an enormous flock of red-winged blackbirds. From a distance, it looked like huge schools of fish swirling and moving in unison. It was incredible to watch..
Snow geese roosting in one of the pools at Bosque del Apache while the sun crests above the horizon.
Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge NM sunrise. Thousands of Sandhill Cranes and Snow Geese spend the winter in New Mexico, USA. Everyday thousands of birds spend the evening at the ponds to escape predators and leave each morning to find food.
At the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge near Socorro, NM.
I love my Fujifilm XT-2 camera, but I sorely miss the telephoto lenses of the Canon. This image was severely cropped to provide more detail on the cranes.
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This is the time of year that the Sandhill cranes migrate north to their summer breeding grounds. In honor of their great journeys, I am sharing some more of my favorite images. These were all captured in New Mexico at Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife refuge and Bernardo wildlife management area in December of 2023. The never ending fun interactions between these incredibly social birds is what keeps many of us going back....and back.....and...