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Sandhill cranes at Bosque del Apache, USA
Rest stop on the Rio
Rich rows of cottonwoods shade the marshy banks of the Rio Grande at this highway-side wilderness about an hour south of Albuquerque in the US state of New Mexico. Known as the Bosque del Apache, the 23,000-hectare protected area is an oasis for migrating birds, especially sandhill cranes such as these. They're among tens of thousands of waterfowl that holiday here beginning in the autumn, as leaves take on the signature ochres of a New Mexico "fall".
Rest stop on the Rio
Rich rows of cottonwoods shade the marshy banks of the Rio Grande at this highway-side wilderness about an hour south of Albuquerque in the US state of New Mexico. Known as the Bosque del Apache, the 23,000-hectare protected area is an oasis for migrating birds, especially sandhill cranes such as these. They're among tens of thousands of waterfowl that holiday here beginning in the autumn, as leaves take on the signature ochres of a New Mexico "fall".
This 23,000-hectare protected area is an oasis for migrating birds, especially sandhill cranes such as these.
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