Wild Things: American Widgeon (Mareca americana)
This duck winters on lakes, wetlands, and fields in New Mexico, the west coast states, the Great...
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Category: Feature Stories
A Hawaiian adventure: Maui, Molokai and a little Oahu
Having been to the Big Island of Hawai’i and Kauai, I can tell you from experience, the...
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Students engineer, bake and build a gingerbread pueblo
Fifteen 4th and 5th graders at San Antonito Elementary School in Theresa Rodriguez’ class...
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Art show will be like ‘nothing the town of Mountainair has ever experienced’
I first met Ruthie Ballen (aka The Wayward Elf) in 2012 at Alpine Alley Coffee Shop in...
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Residents bring fun back to Estancia, and luminarias too
“We have some good memories of growing up in Estancia,” said Lillian Hernandez, an Estancia...
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Wild Things: Spotted tussock moth (Lophocampa maculata)
The spotted tussock moth occurs in four geographic races. The western race occurs across a broad...
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Things to do in your garden during the cold winter months, like planning
It has been said that Autumn is an odd time of year to start a column on gardening. I guess you...
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Wild Things: Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
The Bobcat is a medium sized cat with a body up to about 4 feet in length. It has a mottled brown...
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Wild Things: Western tanager (Piranga ludoviciana)
This brightly colored songbird has a yellow body and black wings with white bars. The red wash of...
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Student bakers take home Best of Show and lots of ribbons
Twenty-one students in grades 2 to 5 from San Antonito Elementary school entered the State...
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Movies in the Mountains: ‘Shaun of the Dead’
We’re celebrating Halloween early with the comedy-zombie movie, Shaun of the Dead (2004). (It will...
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Wild Things: American Badger (Taxidea taxus)
The American badger is a nocturnal burrowing mammal in the Mustelidae family, which also includes...
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Wild Things: Sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis)
This large crane is from 3 to 5 feet tall and 8 to 10 pounds, with a 5- to 7-foot wingspan. The...
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Wild Things: Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura)
The Turkey vulture is a wide-ranging soaring bird, with a wingspan up to 7 feet and body length...
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Highland Games, food, music, dancing at Edgewood Celtic Festival
On October 16 and 17, Venus Park will host the 4th Annual Edgewood Celtic Festival, and the...
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Introducing new column: That Blooming Garden
Hello! My name is Aimee. I married into the Elliott family, which has been farming in the Estancia...
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Highland games are a family affair for the Thompsons
When watching Highland games athletes toss tree trunks—called cabers—and swing hammers at Celtic...
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Free Movies in the Mountains recommends ‘Steamboat Bill, Jr.’
By the 1960s, Buster Keaton was generally, if belatedly, recognized as America’s greatest film...
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Wild Things: Jerusalem cricket (Ammopelmatus fuscus)
This flightless cricket is about an inch long, up to nearly two inches, and has a large head with...
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Wild Things: Gray flycatcher (Empidonax wrightii)
This small flycatcher measures about 6 inches in length and has a wingspan of about 9 inches....
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