The Travels of the Agnew Family

A day like to today is a day to be thankful for. Beautiful starry morning when we left the trailer at 5:30 am to head to the ponds at Bosque del Apache. The morning show put on by the birds was wonderful. The Thanksgiving turkey John prepare was very good .... the turkey was marinated in a brine for 12 hours before being roasted to perfection. The rest of dinner was good too. Just before sunset, Ed and I headed back to the Crane ponds for the evening show. Tonights color was orange. Are you tired of bird photos yet? I tried to restrain myself but there are so many wonderful photos from today that I just had to share.


Ed and John are in the middle waiting for sunrise.


Pre-dawn light and the geese begin to take off.




A family of Sandhill cranes looking for breakfast.


After the majority of Snow Geese left the pond, we drove over to the crane ponds to watch the morning light hit the mountains.


The "magic" light just lit up the Snow Geese.


The Sandhill Cranes also glowed in the light.




John, Carol and myself sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner.


Ed (and I) took a lot of wonderful photos tonight but I'm showing restraint and only publishing a few.


The sky really was this fabulous orange turning to red and the cranes co-operated and flew in the correct direction so Ed could capture this shot.