Bosque del Apache 2009
Nov 11th: Sandhill Cranes taking off at dawn
Nov 11th: Sandhill Crane at Dawn
Nov 16th: Snow Geese joining the Sandhill Cranes at dawn
Nov 12th, 6:40am: Sandhill Crane stretching its wings before dawn
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Nov 12th, 6:43am: Sandhill Cranes taking off before dawn
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Nov 12th, 6:43am: Sandhill Cranes taking off before dawn (cropped)
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Nov 12th, 6:43am: Sandhill Cranes taking off before dawn
Nov 12th, 6:43am: Sandhill Crane taking off before dawn
Nov 16th: Sandhill Crane taking flight at dawn
Nov 16th: Snow Goose in flight at dawn
Nov 16th: Sandhill Crane calling at dawn
Nov 16th: Sandhill Crane in flight at dawn
Nov 16th: Snow Goose taking flight at dawn
Nov 16th: Sandhill Crane in flight at dawn
Nov 11th: Gambel's Quail (male) in the Cactus Garden
Nov 11th: Curve-billed Trasher in the Cactus Garden. A pair were known to frequent the area by the Visitors Center.
Nov 16th: Female Pyrrhuloxia in the Cactus Garden.
Nov 15th, 7:50am: Aplomado Falcon taking off. Viewed from the Marsh Trail. Lighting conditions were terrible, had to shoot into the sun on a very bright day.
Nov 13th, 8:26am: Aplomado Falcon perched on solar panel. Viewed from the Marsh Trail.
Nov 15th, 7:41am: Aplomado Falcon on solar panel. Viewed from the Marsh Trail. Leg band says "8A". Since 2006 the Peregrine Fund has reintroduced over 120 Aplomados into NM. Local release sites have included Ted Turner's Armendaris Ranch and the White Sands Missile Range.
Nov 14th: Sandhill Crane at dusk
Nov 14th: Sandhill Cranes at dusk
Nov 14th: Sandhill Cranes at dusk
Nov 15th: Sandhill Cranes before dawn
Nov 16th: Sandhill Cranes and Snow Geese at dawn
Nov 15th: Sandhill Cranes at daybreak
Nov 15th: Sandhill Cranes at daybreak
Nov 16th: Sandhill Cranes at daybreak
Nov 14th: Sandhill Cranes tumbling from the sky at dusk
Nov 11th: Gambel's Quail (male) in the cactus garden
Nov 11th: Gambel's Quail (female) in the cactus garden
Nov 11th: White-winged Dove near the Visitors Center
Nov 11th: Sandhill Crane at dawn
Nov 16th: Sandhill Crane taking flight at dawn
Nov 16th: Sandhill Crane shortly after dawn
Nov 16th: Snow Geese taking off at dawn
Nov 11th: Sandhill Cranes in flight, shortly after dawn
Nov 11th: Sandhill Cranes in flight, shortly after dawn
Nov 11th: White-crowned Sparrow
Nov 16th: Mountain Bluebird in San Antonio, NM
Nov 14th: Jana at the Crane Pool
Nov 14th: White-crowned Sparrow
Nov 15th: Killdeer at the Crane pool
Nov 11th: Western Grebe near the boardwalk of the Marsh trail
Nov 12th: Ross's Goose in early morning light, ISO 800
Nov 12th: Sandhill Cranes on a cloudy afternoon
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Nov 12th: Pine Siskin in San Antonio, NM
Nov 12th: Snow Geese (and at least one Ross's Goose) arriving at the Crane pool