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Long-tailed Duck at Bosque del Apache NWR, Socorro Co.,, NM, 161224. Clangula hyemalis. Anseriformes: Anatidae.
Gambel's Quail pair
digiscoped through Leica APO Televid spoting scope with Leica C-Lux 2 camera Bosque Del Apache NWR, NM 11/17/07
Aplomado Falcon immature
digiscoped through Leica APO Televid spoting scope with Leica C-Lux 2 camera Bosque Del Apache NWR, NM 11/18/07
As the fly-in progresses, birds fly in that the birds that are already there don't like too much. And vice versa. There's a fair bit of noisy posturing and contention which picks up as more and more birds arrive.
(A low-light action shot from our Bosque del Apache visit, before I remembered to crank up the film speed on the camera)
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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.
Big birds, up close.
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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.
Yup, that's another car up there.
We stayed in Socorro for the night and were trying to decide whether or not to get up real early in the cold and dark to see the fly-out at Bosque del Apache. If we were ever going to do it, now would be the time - the birds are only there for a few months and it's way too far from home to make it there that early so - we set an alarm.
And got there early.
In the dark. New Mexico dark is a lot like Arizona dark. Really dark.
And, being January, it was cold.
(first photo of a short series)
Morning long shot at Bosque del Apache NWR. Last year I photographed a Sandhill Crane with a Black collar with a White "V" on it. I can not beleave that I found that same crane on the first morning back at Bosque this year! And last week I got an email that said this crane was Banded back in 1982.
... perched in a tree.
(About 200 red-winged blackbirds at Bosque del Apache NWR, near San Antonio, NM.)