Today we drove east but mostly north….. I know north is not the direction to go but we only went a couple hundred kilometres north. The last time we were in New Mexico we visited Basque del Apache Wildlife Refuge but as it was March a lot of the birds had left. We figured it was a worth a couple of hundred kilometre detour to actually see the birds. The wildlife refuge is known as a winter home to Sandhill Cranes, Snow Geese and many types of ducks. The main attraction, of course, is the Sandhill Cranes and Snow Geese. And see them, we did.

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Snow Geese

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Sandhill Cranes

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Snow Geese

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A pair of cranes. Cranes are usually found in family groups of two or three: a male, female and possible juvenile

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Sandhill cranes landing.

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Sunset