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I encourage you to educate yourself about the behavior of the birds you are going to photograph.
The more you know, the more prepared you will be to capture moments that make for the best images.
Here are a few common behaviors: birds take off and land into the wind, ducks usually give a wing flap
after bathing and cranes lean forward and lower their heads just as they are about to take off. By studying
behavior and habitat of your subject ahead of time, you can anticipate where a bird will land, walk, or fly,
resulting in a much more compelling photograph.
For your orientation
I suggest you stop at
the Visitor Center (open
until 4:00pm every day)
as soon as you arrive,
for maps, information
on the latest wildlife
sightings and the most
recent roosting and Snow Geese creating patterns in flight on their way to a feeding site
feeding sites, as they
can change through
the winter. Bosque del
Apache Wildlife Refuge
12-mile auto tour loop
is open from one hour
before sunrise to one
hour after sunset every
day of the year. There is
a fee to be paid for the
self-guided auto tour. Blue-morph Snow Goose and White Snow Geese arriving at a feeding ground

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Flying to a corn field at Bosque del Apache

Mule Deer are very shy, in this case he went hiding behind tall grass blades

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