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
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Mount Segla, Senja Island, Norway
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Summertime in Alaska
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A visionary artist paints his own garden view
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Traditional red fishermens cabins, Reine, Norway
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Celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day
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It s Census Day—make it count
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Audubon Christmas Bird Count
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Santa Claus Village in Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland
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Ponta da Piedade rock formations in Portugal
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Churún Merú waterfall in Venezuela
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A species no longer at risk
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Tracking ships on the Day of the Seafarer
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World Frog Day
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Northern coast of Colombia
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The Monastery of Roussanou, Greece
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Ardez, Graubunden, Switzerland
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Installation art turns heads
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‘Fringe’ takes center stage as Edinburgh celebrates the arts
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Happy Presidents Day
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Fiordland National Park, New Zealand
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La Rocque Harbour, Island of Jersey
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The smoke before the bonfire
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The Blue City of Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
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Winter in the Wild West
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Bridge of Sighs in Venice, Italy
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A narrow passage
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Juvenile manatees in a freshwater spring, Crystal River, Florida
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Bioluminescence at Trwyn Du Lighthouse in Wales
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The roots of invention
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Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California
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