Love watching the sandhill cranes. Saw one eagle, but it was to far away to get a good picture. Did not see as many grebes this visit, which was disappointing.
The Socorro area is so nice. Would like to try and stay 4 or 5 weeks next year.
You often see two cranes have a beak-to-beak face off, with their wings up…probably a territory issue. One usually ends up walking strutting away.
I stopped at a pond mid-day where there were initially a few geese. Then wave upon wave of geese flew in until the pond was packed. It was like a call was sent out for all the geese in the refuge to go to this one pond. When I drove by later in the day, they were all gone.
Above, geese settle into a cornfield at Bosque del Apache. They are not eating, but rather packed in like they were in the pond.
