a weekend at Bosque

vandanavandana Registered Users Posts: 373 Major grins
edited November 30, 2008 in Wildlife
Long time, no post :) Spending the thanksgiving weekend at Bosque del apache NWR, one more day to go. It's my 4th season here !
at present, there are about 37,000 snow geese and 4700 sandhill cranes here. Some pics so far..

Snow goose in flight
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Snow geese -
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and off they go -
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some reflections
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a kestrel and the last leaf
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a woodpecker /flicker ?
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a red-tailed hawk -
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the bald eagle ( there are 2 at this time here) far far away -
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sandhill cranes in flight - from early this morning
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the take-off -
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thanks for looking ! all comments and suggestions are wlecome ! all shot with Nikon D300, lenses - mostly 300 f4 + 1.4 or 1.7 TC; some with 70-200mm VR, or 200-400 VR.

More pics at my <a href="http://vandana.smugmug.com/gallery/6684373_4sXiT#426723946_DntnD">Bosque Gallery</a>
Vandana
www.vandanaphotography.com
Photo-a-day 2013

Comments

  • bhowdybhowdy Registered Users Posts: 658 Major grins
    edited November 29, 2008
    Great images Vandana! I especially liked the Sandies in the morning light. clap.gif
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited November 29, 2008
    Outstanding captures with the kestrel being my favorite. clap.gif I'm going to Bosque for the first time on 12/7 and your images have whetted my appetite.
    Harry
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  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited November 30, 2008
    Great images Vandana. My favorite is the kestrel too. You achieved some great composition in that pic. The first snow goose in flight and the last sandie are quite good too!
    Stephen
    www.capture-the-pixel.com

  • nrmdisknrmdisk Registered Users Posts: 182 Major grins
    edited November 30, 2008
    Gotta agree with the others...the kestrel is magnificent; the rest are merely great! :-)
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