Snow Goose Photo, Chen caerulescens

Snow geese and one of the "crane pools" in the northern part of Bosque del Apache NWR. Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA, Chen caerulescens, natural history stock photograph, photo id 21864 Purchase A Print Of This ImageHow to request, purchase or license this imageAdd To Light TableClick To View This Photo At Its Location in Google Earth. You must have Google Earth installed for this feature to work correctly.Click To View This Photo At Its Location in Google Maps.Click To View This Photo At Its Location in Live Search Maps.


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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. Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA. Image #21806
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. Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA. Image #21800
Snow geese in flight. Bosque Del Apache, Socorro, New Mexico, USA. Image #26196
Snow geese in flight, wings are blurred in long time exposure as they are flying. Bosque Del Apache, Socorro, New Mexico, USA. Image #26211
Snow goose in flight. Bosque Del Apache, Socorro, New Mexico, USA. Image #26199
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. Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA. Image #21799
Snow goose in flight. Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA. Image #21801
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. Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA. Image #21802
Snow geese resting, on a still pond in early morning light, in groups of several thousands. Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA. Image #21808
Snow goose bearing neck and leg research ID tags, in flight. Bosque Del Apache, Socorro, New Mexico, USA. Image #26209

Snow geese and one of the "crane pools" in the northern part of Bosque del Apache NWR. Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA

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Species: Snow goose, Chen caerulescens
Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA
Lat/Long: 33° 50' 56.93"N, 106° 52' 45.87"W (Coordinates: 33.84915°, -106.87941°)
Format: Digital 16:9
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