"The Crossing"

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Comment by Tom McMurray on January 12, 2012 at 4:25pm

Thanks, Robert. This was at Bosque de Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico. The last couple of years I've taken 2 or 3 extra days to get home after the Xmas holidays by going there. Most of my family is in Dallas/Ft. Worth and I'm just outside Crestone, Colorado.  In the spring and fall I make numerous trips to Monte Vista NWR to see the cranes, roughly 30,000 migrate through the San Luis Valley. 10,000 or so winter at Bosque along with 35,000 Snow Geese. 

Yeah, they are amazing and, if you didn't know, are believed (fossil records) to be the oldest extant species of bird. Or so I've read.....

Comment by Robert P. Meyer Jr. on January 12, 2012 at 10:04am

Also, the title is PERFECT!  ;-)

Comment by Robert P. Meyer Jr. on January 12, 2012 at 10:03am

An excellent shot, Tom!  Sandhills are amazing birds and you have really jumped in there close with this one! Where are you?

Comment by Maryrose Orlans on January 11, 2012 at 4:09pm

What an amazing shot!  So clear, so beautiful--love it!!

Comment by Tom McMurray on January 11, 2012 at 2:52pm

Thank you, Lisa. Sometimes I get lucky.

As for the legs, one of my friends commented they looked like hers when in school and was glad they filled out as she got older......

Comment by wiffledust on January 11, 2012 at 2:03pm

beautifully shot, tom! i can't get over those legs! :-)