• Congregations of 40,000 Snow Geese
• Sandhill Cranes numbering upwards of 17,000 birds
• Colorful western sunrises
• Roadrunners, coyotes, and much more
• Instruction on digital photography, Photoshop, and wildlife photography techniques

2010 Prices:x$650
Deposit:x$100

Prices are in US Dollars and subject to increase.

Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, located an hour’s drive south of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and embracing over 57,000 acres of marsh, grasslands, and desert uplands, is a magnet attracting wildlife photographers from around the world.

The prehistoric rattling cries of 17,000 sandhill cranes is enough to send chills of excitement through even the most seasoned professional wildlife photographer. Snow Geese, bumbering upwards of 40,000 birds, darken the skies as they take to the air. Twenty five thousand ducks, represented by 14 different species, add their voices to the avian choral. Snow, Canada, and Ross’ geese, along with mallards, pintails, and northern shovelers fill every nook and cranny in the marshes. Dozens of bald eagles occupy the cottonwoods along the river. Roadrunners... beep, beep...hurry about in search of their next meal. Gambel’s quail are everywhere. This is truly a bird photographer’s paradise of unbelievable proportions. But birds are not all that Bosque has to offer. Mule deer, coyotes, porcupines, and badgers call the refuge their home.