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The 21 page Bosque del Apache section houses over 1100 images compiled from over twenty
thousand images taken during more than 20 visits to the Refuge over a period of several years.

Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge is next to the Rio Grande beside the foothills of
the Chupadera Mountains, 18 miles south of Socorro, New Mexico. Located at 5000 feet on the
western arm of the Central Flyway, the migration route on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains,
Bosque del Apache is a wintering site for over 12,000 Sandhill Cranes and over 30,000 Snow Geese,
plus Eagles, Hawks, Falcons, Egrets, Herons, waterfowl, shorebirds, deer, coyotes, and other wildlife.
Bosque del Apache in the winter is one of the most fascinating wildlife locations in the United States.

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SandhillCranes


A detailed study of the Sandhill Crane, many of which winter at Bosque every year
on their way to the Platte River rendezvous and their mating grounds in the far north.

The Sandhill Cranes section of the Bosque del Apache Portfolio contains an Overview page and
five section pages which house over 250 images organized into Takeoffs; Takeoff Sequences;
Flight; Landings; and Scenic and Assorted Images. The Overview contains selected images
from each of the section pages, and display composites which link to the section page.

SnowGeese


Tens of thousands of Snow Geese winter in Bosque every year on their way to
their arctic mating grounds. Their mass flyouts in the morning are spectacular.
The Snow Geese section contains an Overview page and five pages with 300
images, separated into Flight; Portraits and Flight Portraits; Flyout and Fly-in;
Flock Scenes, Group Portraits and Flight Flurries; and Snow Goose Scenics.

Raptors


The Raptors section contains nearly 200 images of Bald Eagles, Northern Harriers,
Light-morph Ferruginous Hawks, Red-Tailed Hawks, Kestrels and Merlins, separated
into an Overview page and three section pages: Eagles; Hawks; and Harriers & Falcons.

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The Assorted Wildlife section contains over 180 images on three pages, including
Coyote and Mule Deer, Northern Shovelers and Pintails, Canada Geese, Roadrunners,
White-Winged Pheasant, White-Faced Ibis, Greater Yellowlegs, Say’s Phoebes, Sparrows
and a number of other birds which winter at the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge.

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75 scenic images taken at sunrise and sunset at Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge, NM.
Some of these images are compiled from the other sections, the rest are unique to this page.

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The Sandhill Crane images below are only on this page

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Sandhill Cranes at Sunrise 2799

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Sandhill Crane Morning Confrontation 2814

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Sandhill Crane Morning Strut 5669

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Sandhill Crane Morning Flyout 5654 M

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Sandhill Crane Running 5845

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Sandhill Crane Flight 2050

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