Wild Things: American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
This familiar “robin redbreast” is our largest thrush, at 8-11 inches in length. The odd name...
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Wild Things: Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
This interesting finch has a distinctive offset overlapping bill that provides good leverage for...
Read MoreWild things: Tiger beetles (Cicindela sp.)
This group of beetles has a world-wide distribution and is ancient; fossil records date back about 125 million years. Of some 2,600 species currently known, about 100 occur in the North America. They are related to ground...
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Wild Things: Williamson’s sapsucker (Sphyrapicus thyroideus)
This distinctively colored woodpecker is found in open pine and fir forests of central and western...
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Wild Things: Rainbow grasshopper (Dactylotum bicolor)
This beautiful grasshopper is found throughout the U.S. and Canada, and into northern Mexico....
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Wild Things: Plumbeous vireo (Vireo plumbeus)
This gray 5-inch songbird occurs throughout New Mexico, except for the eastern plains, favoring...
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Wild Things: House wren (Troglodytes aedon)
This small active songbird is 4 to 5 inches in length and has a brown head, back and tail, with...
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Wild Things: Western Spotted Skunk (Spilogale gracilis)
The spotted skunk is a smaller relative of the common striped skunk, measuring about 14-18 inches...
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Wild Things: Curve-billed thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre)
This rather large 11-inch long thrasher is a year-round resident in New Mexico, except for the...
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Wild Things: Spotted towhee (Pipilo maculatus)
The Spotted towhee is in the family of sparrows, and is about the size of a robin. They have heavy...
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Wild Things: House finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
This common finch is 5 to 6 inches in length. Males have red or pink faces and breasts and females...
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Wild Things: Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
Raccoons are distinguished by their black facial mask, dark gray fur and a tail ringed with black...
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Wild Things: Mountain Chickadee (Poecile gambeli)
This small active chickadee is about 5 to 6 inches in length and occurs throughout coniferous...
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Wild Things Brown creeper (Certhia Americana)
The Brown creeper is a small bird of mature forests, being found year round in the Rockies and...
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Wild Things: Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
This forest hawk is a member of the accipiter group, having long legs, long tails, and short,...
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Wild Things: Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)
The loggerhead shrike is a robin-sized bird, about 8 to 9 inches long, with a wingspan of about a...
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Wild Things: A Fawn’s Unsuccessful Rescue Story
Years ago I had trail cameras set up in a 400-acre urban forest in north Kansas City at a natural...
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Wild Things: Northern flicker (Colaptes auratus)
This large, 12-inch long woodpecker ranges throughout the U.S. and Canada, occurring in a variety...
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Wild Things: Darkling beetle (Eleodes obscurus)
There are about 400,000 species of beetles, which make up 25% of all existing animal species. The...
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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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