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On Monday, November 19th, I drove to the Bosque Del Apache Wildlife Refuge, about a five hour drive away from the Cliff Dwellings. I arrived there around sunset and parked next to a wetland in the refuge.
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| Soon others started flying in. |
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| Then I could see flocks of sandhill cranes flying in toward the wetland. |
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| Sandhill cranes are about four feet tall and their wingspan is about 5.5 feet, so they really have to put on the brakes when they land! |
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| Sandhill cranes live in small family groups during the day, but at night the all come together for protection from predators. There were several hundred cranes in this wetland by the time it was dark. They were so noisy that I couldn't carry on a conversation with the person standing next to me! |
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