Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge : November 14-16, 2014

November 14

Sunset at the Flight Deck. Overcast skies made for dim lighting. A lot of the geese came in after sunset.

pIMG_0335.JPG (136k)	pIMG_0336.JPG (160k)	pIMG_0341.JPG (180k)	Northern Shoveler (64k)
pIMG_0351.JPG (184k)	pIMG_0354.JPG (84k)	pIMG_0360.JPG (192k)	Northern Pintail (104k)
pIMG_0398.JPG (108k)	pIMG_0402.JPG (124k)	pIMG_0424.JPG (60k)	pIMG_0437.JPG (164k)
cIMG_0448.JPG (200k)	pIMG_0470.JPG (56k)	pIMG_0499.JPG (72k)	pIMG_0510.JPG (212k)
pIMG_0515.JPG (264k)	pIMG_0516.JPG (264k)	pIMG_0520.JPG (240k)	pIMG_0533.JPG (100k)
pIMG_0535.JPG (96k)	pIMG_0540.JPG (108k)	cIMG_0541.JPG (112k)	pIMG_0553.JPG (168k)
pIMG_0554.JPG (180k)	pIMG_0601.JPG (128k)	cIMG_0605.JPG (96k)	pIMG_0616.JPG (140k)
cIMG_0626.JPG (136k)	cIMG_0636.JPG (128k)	cIMG_0643.JPG (124k)	cIMG_0646.JPG (112k)

November 15

cIMG_0663.JPG (144k)	pIMG_0667.JPG (200k)	cIMG_0676.JPG (112k)	cIMG_0680.JPG (84k)
pIMG_0682.JPG (232k)	cIMG_0688.JPG (108k)	cIMG_0697.JPG (148k)	pIMG_0705.JPG (200k)
pIMG_0706.JPG (56k)	pIMG_0708.JPG (76k)	pIMG_0710.JPG (228k)	cIMG_0720.JPG (160k)
cIMG_0728.JPG (216k)	pIMG_0803.JPG (36k)	pIMG_0810.JPG (32k)	cIMG_0840.JPG (196k)
Great Blue Heron (280k)	pIMG_0850.JPG (236k)	pIMG_0860.JPG (128k)	Spotted Towhee (168k)
Rock Wren (152k)	Pyrrhuloxia and White-crowned Sparrow (312k)	cIMG_0872.JPG (228k)	pIMG_0876.JPG (148k)
Great Egret (80k)	Ring-billed Gull (104k)	cIMG_0893.JPG (176k)	cIMG_0896.JPG (128k)
pIMG_0903.JPG (68k)	Northern Harrier (40k)	pIMG_0914.JPG (80k)	pIMG_0915.JPG (40k)
pIMG_0919.JPG (164k)	Pair of American Kestrels (80k)	pIMG_0926.JPG (68k)	pIMG_0927.JPG (72k)
What is it? (36k)	Sandhill Crane (236k)	cIMG_0934.JPG (256k)	pIMG_0939.JPG (296k)
White-faced Ibis (136k)	cIMG_0958.JPG (216k)	pIMG_0959.JPG (172k)	cIMG_0964.JPG (60k)
pIMG_0967.JPG (48k)	pIMG_0972.JPG (56k)	Eastern Bluebird (124k)	Northern Flicker (160k)
Sandhill Crane - adult and juvenile (144k)	pIMG_0989.JPG (220k)	cIMG_0994.JPG (212k)	American Kestrel (100k)
Nicippe Sulphur (100k)	pIMG_1010.JPG (108k)	cIMG_1011.JPG (156k)	pIMG_1014.JPG (120k)
pIMG_1016.JPG (120k)	pIMG_1017.JPG (152k)	Checkered skipper (128k)	pIMG_1022.JPG (116k)
cIMG_1025.JPG (128k)	Red-tailed Hawk (36k)	pIMG_1036.JPG (48k)	Lots o' geese! (268k)
cIMG_1062.JPG (256k)	cIMG_1064.JPG (284k)	cIMG_1075.JPG (120k)	cIMG_1076.JPG (188k)
cIMG_1100.JPG (48k)	Landing sequence... (44k)	pIMG_1103.JPG (64k)	cIMG_1105.JPG (148k)
cIMG_1106.JPG (184k)	pIMG_1109.JPG (172k)	cIMG_1110.JPG (204k)	cIMG_1111.JPG (200k)
cIMG_1112.JPG (180k)	cIMG_1113.JPG (180k)	cIMG_1114.JPG (192k)	cIMG_1121.JPG (172k)
pIMG_1131.JPG (80k)	pIMG_1132.JPG (132k)	pIMG_1133.JPG (144k)	cIMG_1137.JPG (228k)
cIMG_1140.JPG (180k)	cIMG_1141.JPG (44k)	cIMG_1146.JPG (160k)	pIMG_1183.JPG (60k)
cIMG_1192.JPG (52k)	cIMG_1218.JPG (140k)	cIMG_1226.JPG (44k)	cIMG_1236.JPG (312k)
cIMG_1240.JPG (320k)	cIMG_1256.JPG (96k)	cIMG_1261.JPG (40k)	pIMG_1266.JPG (44k)
Snow Goose (136k)	cIMG_1308.JPG (272k)	cIMG_1313.JPG (272k)	cIMG_1377.JPG (104k)
Crane convention (240k)	A leucistic Sandhill in the middle of the crowd (208k)	pIMG_1406.JPG (128k)	Several waves of geese invaded this field while folks watched... (256k)
cIMG_1416.JPG (160k)	cIMG_1423.JPG (44k)	pIMG_1431.JPG (220k)	cIMG_1443.JPG (56k)
cIMG_1448.JPG (124k)	cIMG_1455.JPG (212k)	cIMG_1469.JPG (176k)	cIMG_1477.JPG (44k)
cIMG_1492.JPG (52k)	cIMG_1498.JPG (144k)	cIMG_1518.JPG (44k)	pIMG_1519.JPG (144k)
cIMG_1521.JPG (68k)	cIMG_1534.JPG (44k)	cIMG_1537.JPG (72k)	cIMG_1543.JPG (152k)
cIMG_1550.JPG (88k)	cIMG_1556.JPG (112k)	cIMG_1558.JPG (116k)	cIMG_1561.JPG (88k)
cIMG_1572.JPG (136k)

November 16

Unfortunately, it was cloudy and sprinkling in the morning.

cIMG_1579.JPG (56k)	cIMG_1582.JPG (144k)	cIMG_1585.JPG (164k)	pIMG_1593.JPG (60k)
pIMG_1599.JPG (108k)	pIMG_1601.JPG (124k)	pIMG_1616.JPG (52k)	cIMG_1624.JPG (148k)
pIMG_1631.JPG (84k)	pIMG_1633.JPG (92k)	pIMG_1634.JPG (92k)	pIMG_1636.JPG (92k)
cIMG_1637.JPG (84k)	pIMG_1652.JPG (96k)	cIMG_1668.JPG (72k)	pIMG_1705.JPG (140k)
pIMG_1711.JPG (60k)	Dancing... (180k)	pIMG_1735.JPG (180k)	pIMG_1737.JPG (184k)
pIMG_1738.JPG (172k)	pIMG_1741.JPG (172k)	pIMG_1744.JPG (168k)	pIMG_1746.JPG (176k)
cIMG_1768.JPG (80k)	pIMG_1783.JPG (156k)	cIMG_1790.JPG (136k)	pIMG_1793.JPG (284k)
cIMG_1804.JPG (112k)	pIMG_1844.JPG (192k)	pIMG_1850.JPG (200k)	cIMG_1856.JPG (208k)
Bufflehead (?) (176k)	Ruddy Duck (?) (80k)	pIMG_1877.JPG (208k)	cIMG_1880.JPG (144k)
Greater Roadrunner (148k)	pIMG_1899.JPG (220k)	pIMG_1906.JPG (48k)	pIMG_1908.JPG (64k)
pIMG_1914.JPG (48k)	pIMG_1918.JPG (72k)	pIMG_1924.JPG (52k)	pIMG_1925.JPG (48k)
pIMG_1926.JPG (92k)	pIMG_1932.JPG (84k)	pIMG_1934.JPG (108k)	pIMG_1938.JPG (104k)
A little snack (88k)	pIMG_1942.JPG (92k)	pIMG_1978.JPG (44k)	pIMG_1979.JPG (36k)
pIMG_1985.JPG (60k)	cIMG_1999.JPG (176k)	pIMG_2007.JPG (220k)	pIMG_2010.JPG (240k)
cIMG_2022.JPG (252k)	cIMG_2041.JPG (144k)	pIMG_2063.JPG (76k)	pIMG_2080.JPG (112k)

Aerial views

From approximately 7500'

Marsh Boardwalk (208k)	Lake o' Geese (236k)	cIMG_2113.JPG (212k)	cIMG_2117.JPG (204k)
Field of Cranes (244k)	pIMG_2128.JPG (168k)	Cloud o' Geese (208k)	pIMG_2134.JPG (204k)
pIMG_2139.JPG (192k)	pIMG_2141.JPG (228k)	pIMG_2145.JPG (240k)	Very Large Array (96k)
pIMG_2173.JPG (152k)	pIMG_2178.JPG (132k)	pIMG_2189.JPG (168k)