For World Migratory Bird Day, we"ve journeyed down to Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in southern New Mexico to join a group of sandhill cranes and their mallard duck friends as they feed in shallow water. Each year beginning in late October, this 57,000-acre refuge becomes the winter home to tens of thousands of migratory birds including sandhill cranes and various species of geese and ducks who travel from as far away as Alaska and Siberia to hunker down in warmer climes. They stay until late February when they begin their journey back north to their summer homes.
Birds of a feather
Today in History
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Welcome to my neck of the woods
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Happy Easter!
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Swinging into International Jazz Day
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In celebration of America’s national bird
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Celebrating Norwegian Constitution Day
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Here we honor the women who ve served
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What are these creatures?
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Burchells zebras for International Zebra Day
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Road to Hana, Maui, Hawaii
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Eben Ice Caves, Upper Peninsula, Michigan
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Seonam Temple, South Korea
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This park is Superkilen
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The Kelpies statues in Falkirk, Scotland
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Looking back on 150 years of rail travel
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Where is this gorgeous peak?
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The ‘Night of Nights’
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Carnival of Venice
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Guild houses of Grand-Place, Brussels, Belgium
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A wild and scenic scene
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League of Nations, 100 years later
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Darwin Day
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All is silent for Big Ben’s musical milestone
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World Otter Day
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Happy New Year! (Again!)
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‘You should see the one that got away!’
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Belgium celebrates its independence
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In praise of the pipes
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Maldives
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Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico
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World Teachers Day