Early Morning Blast-off of Snow Geese at Bosque del Apache NWR in New Mexico

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I am putting together a collections of photos that could be called Dave’s Best of Bosque. These are candidates for inclusion. They represent the large gatherings of Snow Geese that can be seen there, and are examples of the view during the early morning blast-offs.

Images were taken with a Nikon D500 and 50mm f/1.8 lens. Except for #2 (a composite of several frames), shutter speed was 1/2500 sec and ISO ranged from 100 (#1 and #8) to 2200 (#3 and #4).

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David Sparks

I retired in 2005 after 40 years of research and teaching at the University of Alabama in Birmingham (24 years), the University of Pennsylvania (8 years) and the Baylor College of Medicine (8 years). Photography is my retirement hobby.

Nature photography, especially bird photography, combines a number of things that I really enjoy: bird-watching, being outdoors, photography, travel, messing about with computers, and learning new skills and concepts.  I now spend much of my time engaged in these activities.

David Sibley in the preface to The Sibley Guide to Birds wrote "Birds are beautiful, in spectacular as well as subtle ways; their colors, shapes, actions, and sounds are among the most aesthetically pleasing in nature."  My goal is to acquire images that capture the beauty and uniqueness of selected species as well as images that highlight the engaging behaviors the birds exhibit.