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Curve-billed Thrasher
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)
Least Bittern at Bosque del Apache NWR, Socorro Co., NM, 130710. Ixobrychus exilis. Pelecaniformes: Ardeidae.
Mexican Duck (MX -MALL) male, Farm Loop west side near Flight deck, Bosque del Apache NWR, Socorro County, New Mexico, January 18, 2014, by Stephen Fettig
adult White-crowned Sparrow 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)
I SAW TWO EAGLES! I was so excited, this made my whole day. I've never seen Eagles in the wild before. These are a symbol of our country that I've been defending for 24 years. Cool that I see them the week of my retirement.
They were so far away, and I was at the far end of my 400mm lens. I wish I could have been closer, or had one of those monster lenses that so many people had.
Red-tailed Hawk (RTHA) immature (first cycle), Farm Loop north end, Bosque del Apache NWR, Socorro County, New Mexico, January 18, 2014, by Stephen Fettig
American Pipit
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)
Snow geese flying over the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico. Image captured using a Canon 7D and 400mm lens; 1/1000 sec., f/8.0, ISO 200.
adult Wfite-crowned Sparrow
digiscoped through Leica APO Televid spoting scope with Leica C-Lux 2 camera Bosque Del Apache NWR, NM 11/16/07
Ferruginous Hawk (FEHA) immature (first cycle), Farm Loop north end, Bosque del Apache NWR, Socorro County, New Mexico, January 18, 2014, by Stephen Fettig
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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.
The early birds: A few cranes hanging around waiting for the show to get started. It's still relatively quiet, everybody's getting along pretty well. That will change.
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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.
A white-crowned sparrow sits nearby a mixed species flock near the visitor center of the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico. Image captured using a Canon 7D and 400 MM lens; 1/2000 sec., f/5.6, ISO 200.
A pair of sandhill cranes flying over the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico. Image captured with a Canon 7D and 400mm lens; 1/2000 sec., f/8.0, ISO 400.
The first photographers to arrive at one of the overnighting ponds at Bosque del Apache NWR.
It's something of a guess which of the ponds the birds will be showing up at, we've guessed wrong before and missed out on most of the birds. This time we got it right both nights.
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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.
A young and frisky Mule Deer. Actually, it's called stotting and Mule Deer do that instead of running.
Herd of North American Elk about 45 minutes after sunset at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, near San Antonio, New Mexico.