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Brewer's Sparrow (BRSP), visitor center, Bosque del Apache NWR, Socorro County, New Mexico, January 19, 2014, by Stephen Fettig
Sedge Wren at Bosque del Apache NWR, Socorro Co., NM, 160424. Cistothorus platensis, Passeriformes: Troglodytidae. AKA short-billed marsh wren
Brewer's Sparrow (BRSP), visitor center, Bosque del Apache NWR, Socorro County, New Mexico, January 19, 2014, by Stephen Fettig
adult female Northern Harrier
digiscoped @ Bosque Del Apache NWR, NM 11/17/09
Leica APO Televid 65 mm scope, w/ D-Lux 4 camera and matched adapter (digital adapter 4)
Mule Deer buck
digiscoped @ Bosque Del Apache NWR, NM 11/17/09
Leica APO Televid 65 mm scope, w/ D-Lux 4 camera and matched adapter (digital adapter 4)
A thin layer of ice covers a lake at the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico. Image captured using a Canon 7D and Canon 17-55 mm lens; 1/500 sec., f/8.0, ISO 200.
Snow geese flying over golden fields of grain on a cold winter day at the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico. Image captured with a Canon 7D and 400 mm lens; 1/1600 sec., f/5.6, ISO 200
A rare bird indeed. Mistaken by many for a Whooping Crane. This bird is a genetic variant, partial albino. It does not get the characterisitc pigmentation in its feathers. Any brownish pigment is picked up from the soil as with all Sandhills. I was lucky enough to see and photograph this bird over several days.
A pair of Gambel's quail walks close to the protective cover of brush near the entrance to the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico. Image captured with a Canon 7D and 400 mm lens; 1/1000 sec., f/5.6, ISO 200.
Western Meadowlark
digiscoped @ Bosque Del Apache NWR, NM 11/17/09
Leica APO Televid 65 mm scope, w/ D-Lux 4 camera and matched adapter (digital adapter 4)
male Red-winged Blackbird
digiscoped @ Bosque Del Apache NWR, NM 11/17/09
Leica APO Televid 65 mm scope, w/ D-Lux 4 camera and matched adapter (digital adapter 4)
Golden-crowned Sparrow at Bosque del Apache NWR, Socorro Co., NM, 140113. Zonotrichia atricapilla. Passeriformes: Emberizidae.
from the Chupadera Trail.
Imagine going to BdA, famous for it's bird population, and not looking at the birds? We'd catch 'em on the way home so it's OK...
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December 23, 2012 - Away for the holidays
Snow geese at the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Reservation. The official count at the entrance station was 37,400 light geese. We thought we were seeing a lot of geese right here, that was 'til we got to the pond where the rest of 'em were hanging out.
A short detail extension to the fly-in video below. Are these birds graceful or what?
Remember to crank up the sound some to get the whole experience.
A lot of the photographers we see at Bosque del Apache show up with monster lenses that undoubtedly cost more than our car. They're all trying to get that killer shot, and up until last year, so was I. I finally figured out that I'd never get it with the point-and-shoot camera and no tripod so I started taking fewer photos and enjoying the birds more. I was getting some decent stills but I wasn't bringing the experience home. On this visit, a little light bulb went on in my head - a short video clip might work better. I don't think we've ever seen a video camera in use there, although we've certainly seen video from there on CBS's "Sunday Morning".
Anyway, here are a couple of clips. I think they do a much better job than my stills, and there's SOUND. So important!
I'll put up a few more clips with tomorrow's photos.
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A highlight of a winter visit to Socorro is the return of the Sandhill Cranes and Light Geese to the wildlife management areas on the Rio Grande, most notably the Bosque del Apache NWR.
Every evening the birds return from the feeding grounds and flock together in protective manmade ponds. Known as the "fly-in", it's truly a spectacle as the elegant birds drift in in groups of varying numbers.
We try to make it down there at least once a year if we can.
I'm taking a break from posting the summer photos. At the rate I'm going, it's gonna take the rest of the year to get 'em done anyway, so why not take a break and post something timely?
This is a series from a weekend getaway to Socorro.
There were 2 of these little bats (a Myotis species of some sort) hanging onto the side of the visitor center entrance when we got there Sunday morning. They were quite cold and sluggish still around 10AM.
A flock of snow geese rise over a field in the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico. Image captured with a Canon 7D and 400 mm lens; 1/2000 sec., f/8.0, ISO 200
Gambel's Quail
digiscoped through Leica APO Televid spoting scope with Leica C-Lux 2 camera Bosque Del Apache NWR, NM 11/17/07
American Kestrel, male
digiscoped @ Bosque Del Apache NWR, NM 11/17/09
Leica APO Televid 65 mm scope, w/ D-Lux 4 camera and matched adapter (digital adapter 4)
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in central New Mexico. Socorro County, New Mexico, USA.
This was on the Chupadera Wilderness National Recreation Trail. Chihuahuan Desert Scrub habitat.
Found here: 33.82248N 106.89365W.