Trumpeter Swan

Grooming on the Firehole River in Yellowstone National Park.

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Dusky Grouse

Mating dance on Signal Mountain, Grand Teton National Park.

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Anhinga

Drying it's wings in the sun

Wet and Mad

A hawk tries to dry off after a downpour.

Anhinga Family at Mealtime

Sandhill Cranes Fly out at dawn

A pair of Sandhill Cranes take off from a pond in Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge at sunrise.

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Snow Geese and Sandhill Crane migration

Snow Geese fly off towards the rising sun and Sandhill Cranes position to do the same in a pond at Bosque del Apache, New Mexico

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A murmuration of Red-Winged Black Birds

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Graceful Landing

A Sandhill Crane lands in a pond at Bosque del Apache as the sun gets low.

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Sandhill Cranes take off

Leaving a pond in Bosque del Apache at sunrise to feed in the fields for the day

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Sandhill Cranes Moon Fly By

A group of Sandhill Cranes flying over Bosque del Apache New Mexico

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