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Two sandhill cranes, reflected in mirror-still waters at sunrise.
Image ID: 21873
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: 21874
Species: Snow goose, Chen caerulescens
Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | Coyote, pausing to look for prey as it passes through Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge.
Image ID: 21875
Species: Coyote, Canis latrans
Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA |
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Sandhill crane, blurred by long time exposure, slows to land on a pond.
Image ID: 21876
Species: Sandhill crane, Grus canadensis
Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | Sandhill cranes, standing in still waters with rich gold sunset light reflected around them.
Image ID: 21878
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: 21879
Species: Snow goose, Chen caerulescens
Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA |
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Sandhill cranes reflected in still waters.
Image ID: 21880
Species: Sandhill crane, Grus canadensis
Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | Snow geese gather to rest and preen.
Image ID: 21883
Species: Snow goose, Chen caerulescens
Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | Sandhill cranes, standing in still waters with rich gold sunset light reflected around them.
Image ID: 21886
Species: Sandhill crane, Grus canadensis
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: 21894
Species: Snow goose, Chen caerulescens
Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | Snow geese rest on still waters, main empoundment, before sunrise, blurring of geese due to time exposure.
Image ID: 21899
Species: Snow goose, Chen caerulescens
Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | Snow geese in flight, at sunrise with rich early morning sky colors.
Image ID: 21900
Species: Snow goose, Chen caerulescens
Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA |
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Snow geese and one of the "crane pools" in the northern part of Bosque del Apache NWR.
Image ID: 21904
Species: Snow goose, Chen caerulescens
Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | 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: 21908
Species: Snow goose, Chen caerulescens
Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | 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: 21911
Species: Snow goose, Chen caerulescens
Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA |
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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: 21913
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: 21914
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: 21918
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 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: 21919
Species: Snow goose, Chen caerulescens
Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | Afternoon cloud formation.
Image ID: 21920
Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | Sandhill cranes in flight at sunset, lit from below by flash.
Image ID: 21922
Species: Sandhill crane, Grus canadensis
Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA |
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Stars appear in the dark predawn sky. Stars appear in pre-dawn light at the main impoundment pond, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge. A group of snow geese can be seen resting on the water.
Image ID: 21923
Species: Snow goose, Chen caerulescens
Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | Snow geese, resting on the calm water of the main empoundment at Bosque del Apache NWR in predawn light.
Image ID: 21925
Species: Snow goose, Chen caerulescens
Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | Sunrise, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge.
Image ID: 21926
Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, 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: 21936
Species: Snow goose, Chen caerulescens
Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | Snow geese lift off by the thousands, taking flight over Bosque del Apache NWR.
Image ID: 21941
Species: Snow goose, Chen caerulescens
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: 21950
Species: Snow goose, Chen caerulescens
Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA |
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Sunrise over Bosque del Apache. Rich predawn colors are reflected in the main impoundment pond in the refuge. Snow geese are seen resting on the water.
Image ID: 21958
Species: Snow goose, Chen caerulescens
Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | 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: 21961
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: 21967
Species: Sandhill crane, Grus canadensis
Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA |
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