Trumpeter Swan

Trumpeter Swan along Firehole River

Sandhill Crane Silhouette

Sandhill Cranes are silhouetted by the evening light at Bosque del Apache.

Snow Geese in Flight

Two Snow Geese fly overhead on an early winter morning at Bosque del Apache NWR.

Snow Goose Chaos

Thousands of Snow Geese take off simultaneously at dawn to fly to near by fields to feed in the winter at Bosque del Apache NWR.

Snow Goose Chaos

Thousands of Snow Geese take off simultaneously at dawn to fly to near by fields to feed in the winter at Bosque del Apache NWR.

Early Morning Lift Off

In the Chihuhuan Desert, thousands of Snow Geese at Bosque del Apache take flight just as the sun breaks the horizon at dawn.

Lift off at Dawn

Thousands of Snow Geese at Bosque del Apache take flight just as the sun breaks the horizon at dawn.

Morning Reflection – Sandhill Cranes

Wintering Sandhill Cranes cast their reflection in a pond at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge.

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Wood Duck Reflection

A male Wood Duck casts its reflection in Sterne Lake, Colorado.

Heron Takes Off

From a vantage point I watched a great blue heron take flight

Take-off

A juvenile Black-Crowned Night Heron takes off from the surface of a city pond in Littleton, Colorado. This and other ponds can be found along the South Platte River corridor that winds through the Denver Metropolitan Area providing substantial city greenspace. August 2018.

Trumpeter Swan

Trumpeter Swan stretches and spreads its wings in the afternoon light. Kasilof River, Kenai, AK.