var title         = 'Flare: An Online Photo Gallery of Cranes and Geese at the Bosque del Apache, by Simmons B. Buntin';
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var majorCaption  = new Array( 'Afternoon arrival at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, twenty miles south of Socorro.', 'The \"multi-use\" refuge includes viewing decks. My daughters watch ducks and other waterfowl.', 'Cottonwoods along one of the many canals of the Bosque.', 'Looking west across wetlands toward the Chupadera Mountains.', 'Looking southeast across a large pond to the bosque--forests of cottonwood--and the Little San Pascual Mountains beyond.', 'Shapes and shadows on the water.', 'Cottonwoods with, if you look closely, a large marsh hawk in the closest tree.', 'Remnants of a riparian forest provide good cover and forage for all kinds of water-loving birds.', 'Our first view of Sandhill cranes.', 'And our first view of snow geese, as the sun begins setting.', 'Ducks, mergansers, and other waterfowl in a pond at the refuge, Mesa de Contadero in the distance.', 'A growing gathering of Sandhill cranes, with moonrise and snow geese flying in.', 'Another dusk view of the cranes and snowgeese, their numbers now growing exponentially.', 'Geese and cranes continued to fly in even as the sun slipped well below the horizon.', 'View of cranes and the Little San Pascual Mountains from one of the refuge\'s primary observation decks.', 'Small trees, pond, and moonrise.', 'Observation deck and moonrise.', 'Final shot of the evening, snow geese contnuing to fly in for the night roost.', 'Sunrise on New Year\'s Day 2009; view from the observation deck, where many of the morning photos were taken.', 'Sandhill cranes tucked into themselves to keep warm in the chilly morning, with a crow on the tree above.', 'Solitary duck and sunrise over the Little San Pascual Mountains.', 'The first congregation of snow geese took off before sunrise. Multiply this photo by about twenty to get a true indication.', 'Not all birds prefer such social behavior.', 'The sun crests over the ridge behind the bottomlands, and the Sandhill cranes begin to stir.', 'Their graceful necks and red-splashed heads rise with the sun.', 'At the south end of the pond, another congregation of snow geese takes off.', 'As vibrant in sound as it is in sight.', 'The geese fly to nearby fields to munch on spent grains and other tasty treats.', 'Ascension.', 'Snow geese on their way for the day.', 'The Sandhill cranes take a bit longer to warm up.', 'Once the sun rose, we left the main portion of the refuge and drove north toward the village of San Antonio, finding many more cranes near the road.', 'Warming up their wings before taking flight, though most socialized for an hour or more before finally taking flight.', 'Sandhill cranes with the Chupadera Mountains in the background. Interstate 25 is tucked right behind the first ridge.', 'The pond was mostly frozen over, so the cranes stood on the ice, occassionally sinking through.', 'Some of the first of this congregation of cranes to take off.', 'Unlike herons and egrets, cranes fly with necks extended.', 'Unlike geese, however, their legs trail behind them as they fly.', 'As comical as they can appear when taking off and landing, they are majestic in flight.', 'A bit further north, we found a roadside pond brimming with snow geese, quite a delight since we weren\'t able to view them this closely from the observation deck.', 'The geese fly to New Mexico (and sometimes as far south as northern Mexico) from Alaska, where they breed and spend most of the year.', 'The geese shared close (and icy) quarters with more Sandhill cranes.', 'This quartet of Sandhill cranes was a delight to watch as they argued among themselves about when, I suppose, they\'d take flight.', 'They finally decide to go, and line up two-by-two as if jets on a runway waiting their turn.', 'Taking flight. Is it cliched to call them poetry in motion? So be it!', 'The birds stand about four feet tall, and being that large need a good push to get up into the air.', 'Like the snow geese before them, they flare into the day.' );
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