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IMG_10208 (A Desert Cottontail, up near the Visitor's Center)
IMG_10207 (A Checkered Whiptail...  first time I'd seen one of these, and he was rather large when compared to a New Mexico Whiptail)
IMG_10198 (Red-Winged Blackbird singing)
IMG_10195 (A Red-Winged Blackbird with a grub worm)
IMG_10191 (Female Northern Shoveler)
IMG_10183 (A Turkey Vulture, perched on a sign post near the entrance of the Refuge)
IMG_10180 (Blue Heron)
IMG_10174 (Wild Turkeys...  two in a pack of five we spotted)
IMG_10161 (Ferruginous Hawk...  this one was perched where we've often seen Bald Eagles)
IMG_10150 (A young Blue Heron...  was puzzled when I first saw these, but after looking at the pictures, their coloring gave them away)
IMG_10148 (Four Neotropic Cormorants, hanging out on tree branches sticking out of the pond)
IMG_10146 (Neotropic Cormorant)
IMG_8066 (This one I'm not sure on...  could be a juvenile Cooper's Hawk or a Merlin)
IMG_8062 (An American Bald Eagle...  wish I had a more powerful zoom for this one)
IMG_8050 (Western Red-Tailed Hawk)
IMG_8049 (We came upon a few Mule Deer, hidden back amongst the trees...  here's two of them)
IMG_8044 (Southwestern Red-Tailed Hawk)
IMG_8033 (Common Raven)
IMG_8026 (After chasing them off the road, this Snow Goose got in the water and swam away)
IMG_8024 (A Snow Goose, sitting in the middle of the road)
IMG_8016 (Blue Herron...  never fails, you can see at least one of these any time of year at Bosque Del Apache)
IMG_8009 (The American Bald Eagle)
IMG_6882 (A Snow Goose...  taken shortly after sunrise)
IMG_6904 (A Green Heron...  had seen this bird only once before, and it was at the Rio Grande Nature Center)
IMG_6912 (Sandhill Crane)
IMG_6920 (Some Fall colors with the mountains in the background...  probably not all that special, but I like it)
IMG_6934 (Sandhill Crane with some interesting coloring)
IMG_6954 (Snow Goose)
IMG_6956 (A Blue Heron, making his way down an embankment)
IMG_6959 (Ferruginous Hawk)
IMG_6968 (To me, this appears to be a Greater Yellowlegs)
IMG_6985 (Killdeer)
IMG_6989 (I believe this is a Northern Shoveler...  please correct me if I'm wrong)
IMG_6993 (The Bald Eagle...  wish my camera had a little more powerful zoom for this one)
IMG_7010 (This one is definitely an adult female Northern Shoveler)
IMG_7013 (A juvenile Sandhill Crane (note the lack of red around the eyes and overall rusty coloring))
IMG_7026 (A Northern Flicker)
IMG_7033 (Another Ferruginous Hawk...  had to wander into a field to get this close, which spooked it into taking off)
IMG_7036 (A Black Phoebe, sitting atop a flood gate control)
IMG_7054 (Fall colors)
IMG_7068 (Sandhill Cranes in flight)
IMG_7078 (Sandhill Cranes in flight)
IMG_7084 (The remains of a sunflower)
IMG_7110 (An American Coot...  considered a duck, it does not have webbed feet)
IMG_7120 (Snow Geese)
IMG_7127 (I believe this is a Blue-winged Teal)
IMG_7134 (A Blue Heron...  the wind was mussing the feathers on its head)
IMG_7141 (After a little debate, I'm going to say this is an American Crow, though it could be a Raven (hard to tell from this angle))
IMG_6651 (Sandhill Cranes in flight)
IMG_6678 (Killdeer)
IMG_6680 (Great Blue Heron...  didn't see many of these today)
IMG_6682 (A male Mallard in the brush)
IMG_6696 (Red-Winged Blackbird)
IMG_6709 (Some of the Fall Foliage seen around Bosque Del Apache today)
IMG_6714 (Bald Eagle...  this was the first time I'd ever seen one outside a zoo)
IMG_6740 (Sandhill Cranes in flight)
IMG_6743 (Sandhill Cranes coming in for a landing)
IMG_6769 (Long-dead Sunflowers in the foreground...  Fall colors in the background)
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IMG_6771 (A White-Crowned Sparrow)
IMG_6794 (Sandhill Crane)
IMG_6802 (This is a juvenile Sandhill Crane...  note the lack of red coloring on the head)
IMG_4273 (Western Painted Turtles...  looks like they're trying to play king of the log)
IMG_4293 (White Crowned Sparrow)
IMG_4304 (Western Painted Turtles...  the turtle at the top of the picture apprears rather relaxed (look at his back legs))
IMG_4309 (Great Blue Heron)
IMG_4317 (Canadian Geese, lined up along an irrigation canal in an alfalfa field)
IMG_4333 (I want to say this is a Hairy Woodpecker, but I'm not entirely sure)
IMG_4343 (Turkey Vulture)
IMG_4355 (Coyote)
IMG_4365 (Dragonfly)
IMG_4368 (New Mexico Whiptail)
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IMG_4380 (Great Blue Heron)
IMG_4390 (Western Sandpipers)
IMG_4396 (Western Sandpiper...  liked his reflection in the water)
IMG_4401 (American White Pelican...  there were a lot of them at the far end of the pond today.)
IMG_3756 (Sparrow...  not exactly sure on the type, but definitely a Sparrow of some sort)
IMG_3757 (Great Blue Heron)
IMG_3761 (Conflicted on this...  one guide says Great Blue Heron, yet another shows it could be a Wurdemann's Heron)
IMG_3789 (Neotropic Cormorant with his wings spread)
IMG_3790 (Neotropic Cormorant)
IMG_3793 (More Sparrows)
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IMG_3804
IMG_3809
IMG_3816
IMG_3836 (Western Painted Turtle)
IMG_3848 (Again, either a Great Blue or Wurdemann's Heron)
IMG_3855 (With a sudden movement, Pedro got the Heron to take off)
IMG_3856 (And here's the Heron landing)
IMG_3871 (It was funny seeing these Western Painted Turtles sunbathing...  all but one jumped in the water moments later)
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IMG_3878 (Appears to be a Broad-Tailed Hummingbird)
IMG_3880 (Desert Side-blothced Lizard)
IMG_3034 (New Mexico Whiptail...  was hanging out on the concrete pad at the Visitors' Center)
IMG_3042 (Two Greater Yellowlegs...  one is "fishing" for a meal)
IMG_3046 (Dragonfly)
IMG_3050 (Neotropic Cormorant)
IMG_3054 (The Marsh Boardwalk (looking east))
IMG_3057 (Say's Phoebe)
IMG_3062 (Proof that green grass will grow in New Mexico (looking to the east))
IMG_3064 (Yellow-Headed Blackbird)
IMG_3067 (This Mule Deer appeared from the brush along the road, much to our surprise)
IMG_3069 (The same Mule Deer, with a bird on his back, and tongue hanging out after a drink)
IMG_3078 (Snowy Egret)
IMG_3087 (Another Snowy Egret, a little further up the marsh)
IMG_3102 (One of the many water diversion channels...  scared some ducks here a little earlier.)
IMG_3103 (Thanks to the recent monsoon rains, we saw plenty of green grass on this day (looking west))
IMG_3105 (Great Blue Heron, in a water diversion channel)
IMG_3109 (Another Great Blue Heron, this time, in a marsh)
IMG_3110 (Female Mallard)

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