Snow Geese, Chen caerulescens, at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge.

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Snow Geese, Chen caerulescens, at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge. At Bosque, tens of thousands of birds--including sandhill cranes, Arctic geese, and many kinds of ducks--gather each autumn and stay through the winter. Feeding snow geese erupt in explosions of wings when frightened by a stalking coyote, and at dusk, flight after flight of geese and cranes return to roost in the marshes.

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Size: 4752px × 2747px
Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico 1, San Antonio, NM, USA
Photo credit: © Janice and Nolan Braud / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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