Wild Things: Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
This iconic butterfly is classified in the family Nymphalidae, the brush-footed butterflies. There...
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This iconic butterfly is classified in the family Nymphalidae, the brush-footed butterflies. There...
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This medium-sized thrush is 6-7” long with wingspan of up to a foot across. The back is brown to...
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Hairy woodpeckers have interspersed black and white feathers, with black and white striping on the...
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This dabbling duck is a common breeder throughout the western United States. Its breeding range...
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This colorful 5-inch-long warbler may be seen in New Mexico during spring and fall migrations. The...
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Wild Things: The male of this beautiful songbird, the summer tanager, has a completely red body and tail and black eyes.
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The Swainson’s hawk is similar in size to the Red-tailed hawk, a bit shorter in length at...
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The cliff swallow is a 5-inch long bird with a very short bill. Both sexes are similar in their...
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The Northern Shoveler duck gets its common, and scientific, names from the unusual size and shape...
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The Northern Pintail is a rather large duck with a wingspan of about three feet, body length about...
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The spotted tussock moth occurs in four geographic races. The western race occurs across a broad...
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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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This brightly colored songbird has a yellow body and black wings with white bars. The red wash of...
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The American badger is a nocturnal burrowing mammal in the Mustelidae family, which also includes...
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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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The Turkey vulture is a wide-ranging soaring bird, with a wingspan up to 7 feet and body length...
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This flightless cricket is about an inch long, up to nearly two inches, and has a large head with...
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This small flycatcher measures about 6 inches in length and has a wingspan of about 9 inches....
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Summer tanagers breed in the southeastern U.S., extending across Texas and into southern New...
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This small finch is 4.5 to 5.5 inches in length, with a wingspan of less than 9 inches. For a...
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