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| Sandhill crane spreads its broad wings as it takes flight in early morning light. This crane is one of over 5000 present in Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, stopping here during its winter migration. Image ID: 21797 Species: Sandhill crane, Grus canadensis Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | Snow geese at dawn. Snow geese often "blast off" just before or after dawn, leaving the ponds where they rest for the night to forage elsewhere during the day. Image ID: 21806 Species: Snow goose, Chen caerulescens Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | Sandhilll cranes in golden sunset light, silhouette, standing in pond. Image ID: 21798 Species: Sandhill crane, Grus canadensis Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA |
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| Snow geese in flight. Image ID: 26196 Species: Snow goose, Chen caerulescens Location: Bosque Del Apache, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | Sandhill crane in flight, wings extended. Image ID: 26197 Species: Sandhill Crane, Grus canadensis Location: Bosque Del Apache, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | Snow geese in flight, wings are blurred in long time exposure as they are flying. Image ID: 26211 Species: Snow goose, Chen caerulescens Location: Bosque Del Apache, Socorro, New Mexico, USA |
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| Snow geese at dawn. Snow geese often "blast off" just before or after dawn, leaving the ponds where they rest for the night to forage elsewhere during the day. Image ID: 21800 Species: Snow goose, Chen caerulescens Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | Snow goose in flight. Image ID: 26199 Species: Snow goose, Chen caerulescens Location: Bosque Del Apache, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | Flock of red-winged blackbirds, in flight, blurred in time exposure. Image ID: 26200 Species: Red-winged blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus Location: Bosque Del Apache, Socorro, New Mexico, USA |
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| Coyote, pausing to look for prey as it passes through Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge. Image ID: 21803 Species: Coyote, Canis latrans Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | Sandhill cranes flying, wings blurred from long time exposure. Image ID: 26216 Species: Sandhill Crane, Grus canadensis Location: Bosque Del Apache, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | Sandhill crane in flight, wings extended. Image ID: 26202 Species: Sandhill Crane, Grus canadensis Location: Bosque Del Apache, Socorro, New Mexico, USA |
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| Snow geese at sunrise. Thousands of wintering snow geese take to the sky in predawn light in Bosque del Apache's famous "blast off". The flock can be as large as 20,000 geese or more. Long time exposure creates blurring among the geese. Image ID: 21799 Species: Snow goose, Chen caerulescens Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | Snow goose in flight. Image ID: 21801 Species: Snow goose, Chen caerulescens Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | Snow geese rest on a still pond in rich orange and yellow sunrise light. These geese have spent their night's rest on the main empoundment and will leave around sunrise to feed in nearby corn fields. Image ID: 21802 Species: Snow goose, Chen caerulescens Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA |
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| Snow geese resting, on a still pond in early morning light, in groups of several thousands. Image ID: 21808 Species: Snow goose, Chen caerulescens Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | Sandhill crane portrait, as it forages in tall grass. Image ID: 21809 Species: Sandhill crane, Grus canadensis Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | Sunset at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, with sandhill cranes silhouetted in reflection in the calm pond. Spectacular sunsets at Bosque del Apache, rich in reds, oranges, yellows and purples, make for striking reflections of the thousands of cranes and geese found in the refuge each winter. Image ID: 21804 Species: Sandhill crane, Grus canadensis Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA |
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| Small black bird. Image ID: 21810 Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | A sandhill crane, standing in still waters with rich gold sunset light reflected around it. Image ID: 21805 Species: Sandhill crane, Grus canadensis Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | A sandhill crane in flight, spreading its wings wide which can span up to 6 1/2 feet. Image ID: 21807 Species: Sandhill crane, Grus canadensis Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA |
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| Snow goose bearing neck and leg research ID tags, in flight. Image ID: 26209 Species: Snow goose, Chen caerulescens Location: Bosque Del Apache, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | Sandhill cranes flying, wings blurred from long time exposure. Image ID: 26225 Species: Sandhill Crane, Grus canadensis Location: Bosque Del Apache, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | Snow goose in flight. Image ID: 26229 Species: Snow goose, Chen caerulescens Location: Bosque Del Apache, Socorro, New Mexico, USA |
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| Snow geese in flight, late afternoon light. Image ID: 26226 Species: Snow goose, Chen caerulescens Location: Bosque Del Apache, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | Snow geese, and one of the "crane pools" in the northern part of Bosque del Apache NWR. Image ID: 21811 Species: Snow goose, Chen caerulescens Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | Snow geese at dawn. Snow geese often "blast off" just before or after dawn, leaving the ponds where they rest for the night to forage elsewhere during the day. Image ID: 21816 Species: Snow goose, Chen caerulescens Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA |
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| Snow geese blast off. After resting and preening on water, snow geese are startled by a coyote, hawk or just wind and take off en masse by the thousands. As many as 50,000 snow geese are found at Bosque del Apache NWR at times, stopping at the refuge during their winter migration along the Rio Grande River. Image ID: 21817 Species: Snow goose, Chen caerulescens Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | Sunrise over Bosque del Apache. Rich predawn colors are reflected in the main impoundment pond in the refuge. Image ID: 21819 Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | Sandhill crane spreads its broad wings as it takes flight in early morning light. This crane is one of over 5000 present in Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, stopping here during its winter migration. Image ID: 21822 Species: Sandhill crane, Grus canadensis Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA |
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