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| Two sandhill cranes, reflected in mirror-still waters at sunrise. Image ID: 22056 Species: Sandhill crane, Grus canadensis Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | A sandhill crane is perfectly reflected, in mirror-calm waters at sunrise. Image ID: 22068 Species: Sandhill crane, Grus canadensis Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | Snow geese blast off. After resting and preening on water, snow geese are started 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: 22077 Species: Snow goose, Chen caerulescens Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, 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: 22078 Species: Snow goose, Chen caerulescens 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: 22081 Species: Sandhill crane, Grus canadensis Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | A sandhill crane is perfectly reflected, in mirror-calm waters at sunrise. Image ID: 22082 Species: Sandhill crane, Grus canadensis Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA |
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| A sandhill crane is perfectly reflected, in mirror-calm waters at sunrise. Image ID: 22083 Species: Sandhill crane, Grus canadensis Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | Sandhill crane in flight at sunset. Image ID: 22084 Species: Sandhill crane, Grus canadensis Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | A sandhill crane is perfectly reflected, in mirror-calm waters at sunrise. Image ID: 22089 Species: Sandhill crane, Grus canadensis Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA |
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| Snow geese at dawn. Snow geese rest beneath richly colored predawn skies on the main impoundment pond at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge. They will lift off by the thousands at sunrise. Image ID: 22092 Species: Snow goose, Chen caerulescens Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | Two sandhill cranes, reflected in mirror-still waters at sunrise. Image ID: 22094 Species: Sandhill crane, Grus canadensis Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | A sandhill crane is perfectly reflected, in mirror-calm waters at sunrise. Image ID: 22095 Species: Sandhill crane, Grus canadensis Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA |
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| Snow geese in flight, at sunrise with rich early morning sky colors. Image ID: 21835 Species: Snow goose, Chen caerulescens Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | Snow geese resting, on a still pond in early morning light, in groups of several thousands. Image ID: 21836 Species: Snow goose, Chen caerulescens Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | Two sandhill cranes flying side by side. Image ID: 21837 Species: Sandhill crane, Grus canadensis Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA |
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| Snow goose standing in marsh grass. Image ID: 21838 Species: Snow goose, Chen caerulescens Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | Reflection of a burnt-orange, turning oak tree in autumn. Image ID: 21840 Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | Sandhill cranes, reflected in the still waters of one of the Bosque del Apache NWR crane pools. Image ID: 21841 Species: Sandhill crane, Grus canadensis Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA |
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| Sandhill crane portrait, as it forages in tall grass. Image ID: 21842 Species: Sandhill crane, Grus canadensis Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | Sandhill crane resting in a shallow pond, reflected in still water with soft predawn light. Image ID: 21852 Species: Sandhill crane, Grus canadensis Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | Snow geese in flight. Image ID: 21858 Species: Snow goose, Chen caerulescens Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA |
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| Snow geese at dawn. Thousands of snow geese fly over the brown hills of Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge. In the dim predawn light, the geese appear as streaks in the sky. Image ID: 21859 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: 21863 Species: Sandhill crane, Grus canadensis Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | Skeins of snow geese in flight, golden sunrise light. Image ID: 21867 Species: Snow goose, Chen caerulescens Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA |
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| A sandhill crane in flight, spreading its wings wide which can span up to 6 1/2 feet. Image ID: 21881 Species: Sandhill crane, Grus canadensis Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | Snow geese in flight. Image ID: 21882 Species: Snow goose, Chen caerulescens Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | Sandhill cranes in flight, side by side in near-synchonicity, spreading their broad wides wide as they fly. Image ID: 21884 Species: Sandhill crane, Grus canadensis Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA |
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| Sandhill cranes posture and socialize. Image ID: 21887 Species: Sandhill crane, Grus canadensis Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | Sandhill cranes posture and socialize. Image ID: 21888 Species: Sandhill crane, Grus canadensis Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | Sandhill cranes posture and socialize. Image ID: 21889 Species: Sandhill crane, Grus canadensis Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA |
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