Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge

The Bosque del Apache Wildlife Section was compiled from over 10,000 images.
It is a comprehensive section with over 300 images and Composites, including a large
number of images which have not been posted elsewhere (and a number of favorite veterans). The
Bosque section has been split into five pages: Sandhill Cranes; Snow Geese; Raptors; Other Birds
(and Everything Else), and a page of Scenics. There are a number of the sunrises and sunsets that
New Mexico is famous for, and enough wildlife to keep you busy and interested for quite a while.

Since there is an extensive display of Sandhill Cranes and Raptors in the Wildlife Studies Section,
there were a number of truly spectacular images that I bypassed since they are on those pages,
but there are also quite a few from those pages that I elected to reprocess for inclusion here.

click on a display composite below to select a page

I have also placed several large signed images and composites of
Sandhill Cranes below the display composites for the section pages.

Images in this section are in several different Galleries on the Photoshelter website.
The Banner below leads to the Gallery Collections page where a Gallery can be selected.

Images can be found in the following Gallery Collections (Direct Links):

Sandhill Cranes, Snow Geese and Raptors: Featured Birds Collection (multiple pages)

Scenic images: New Mexico Scenics; Sandhill Crane Portrait and Scenic; Snow Geese

Animals are in various Galleries in the Animal Gallery Collection (multiple pages)

There are some Bird images that are in the Birds Gallery Collection

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

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, and
are among scenes shown in this page, which contains a detailed study of Snow Geese.

Bald Eagles, Harriers, the exotic Light Morph Ferruginous Hawks, Red Tailed Hawks,
Kestrels and Merlins are shown on this page detailing some of the Raptors of Bosque.

Some of the other birds and animals that can be seen at the Bosque.

Some spectacular Sunrise and Sunset scenics are salted through this section.
I’ve collected all of those images (and a few not seen elsewhere) on this page.

GoldLine

Bosque Dawn 2735
(click to open a 1500-pixel version)

Sandhill Morning Takeoff HS0724
(click to open a 1500-pixel version)

Sandhill Crane Flyout HS0729
(click to open a 1500-pixel version)

SandhillCranes_SunsetReflections_HS8174s

Sandhill Cranes Sunset Reflections HS8174
(click to open a 1500-pixel version)

Sandhill Crane X0947 LG

Click the image above for a Large version
(a 1930 x 1158 version of the 4288 x 2844 SXL image)

This image is posted for personal use only
for a license or permission for other uses:

contact Ron Reznick (info at bottom of page)
or click this link to purchase the image

Sandhill Crane Running 5846 LG

Click the image above for a Large version (1736 x 1224)

This image is posted for personal use only
for a license or permission for other uses:

contact Ron Reznick (info at bottom of page)
or click this link to purchase the image

Sandhill Juvenile Mauve Takeoff

Click to open a 1565 x 1110 version.

The top two and bottom right images are available as an XXL Composite
Click this text link for preview or purchase of Sandhill Juvenile Mauve Takeoff XXL

Sandhill Crane Gallop 5744, 45, 46 XXL

Click to open a 2456 x 640 version of the 6140 x 1600 XXL Composite.

Sandhill Cranes Bosque del Apache SXXL

Click to open a 1495 x 1000 version.

Available as an SXXL Composite (8519 x 5700).

Sandhill Crane Flight Study XXXL

click to open a 1940 x 1000 version.