Sandhill crane over New Mexico's Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge

A large, outstretched white bird with gray-ish wings and a red crown on its head soars gracefully

Photo By/Credit

Dwayne Longenbaugh

Media Usage Rights/License

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0

Image

A sandhill crane soars over Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, 95 miles south of Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Facility

Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge

Ecosystem

Desert

Mountain

River/stream

Recreational Activity

Birding

Species

Grus canadensis

Subject tags

Birds

Birdwatching

Migratory birds

Wildlife refuges

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