Wild Things: Honey bee (Apis mellifera)
The fossil record shows evidence of honey bees as far back as 34 million years ago in Europe....
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Wild Things: Vesper sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus)
This medium sized sparrow is 5-6 inches in length and has a wingspan of 9 inches. Identifying...
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Wild Things: Red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
This broad-winged hawk is the most common and widespread hawk in North America, occurring year...
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Wild Things: Hairy woodpecker (Dryobates villosus)
Hairy woodpeckers have interspersed black and white feathers, with black and white striping on the...
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Wild Things: Rock squirrel (Otospermophilus variegates)
This large ground squirrel can reach over 20 inches in body length, with a tail almost as long. It...
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Wild Things: Western Wood Pewee (Contopus sordidulus)
Western wood pewees are mostly gray or brownish gray, with a crown of feathers that can be...
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Wild Things: Violet-green swallow (Tachycineta thalassina)
This small swallow has a bright white belly, neck and cheek, with a white stripe extending up...
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Wild Things: Spiny Tachina fly (Paradejeania rutilioides)
The spiny tachina fly is yellow-orange with heavy black bristles and rather large at about ½...
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Wild Things: Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
This interesting finch has a distinctive offset overlapping bill that provides good leverage for...
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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: 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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