Wild Things: Cinnamon Teal (Spatula cyanoptera)
This dabbling duck is a common breeder throughout the western United States. Its breeding range...
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Wild Things: Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)
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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Wild Things: Gambel’s quail (Callipepla gambelii)
This quail is a desert inhabitant, favoring bare soils with scattered shrubs, small trees, and...
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Wild Things: Swainson’s hawk (Buteo swainsoni)
The Swainson’s hawk is similar in size to the Red-tailed hawk, a bit shorter in length at...
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Wild Things: Cliff swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
The cliff swallow is a 5-inch long bird with a very short bill. Both sexes are similar in their...
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Wild Things: Northern Shoveler duck (Spatula clypeata)
The Northern Shoveler duck gets its common, and scientific, names from the unusual size and shape...
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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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Wild Things: Bullock’s Oriole (Icterus bullockii)
This brightly colored songbird is a member of the blackbird family Icteridae. Males display...
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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: 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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Wild Things: Common Black hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus)
This medium-sized hawk measures somewhat less than two feet in length and weighs in at about two...
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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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Wild Things: Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)
Summer tanagers breed in the southeastern U.S., extending across Texas and into southern New...
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Wild Things: Pine siskin (Spinus pinus)
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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Wild Things: Reddish potato beetle (Leptinotarsa rubinigosa)
This small beetle is more than reddish, it is a bright dark red, with black eyes, legs, and...
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Wild Things: Desert cottontail (Sylvilagus audubonii)
The desert cottontail is one of three New Mexico rabbits, along with the eastern and mountain...
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Ringtail, ‘squirrel of the night,’ visits Natural History Center
A ringtail made a temporary home in the rafters of the Sandia Mountain Natural History Center in...
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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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Ancient mosquito hunter found in Stanley mud puddle
Water brings the desert alive. For some ancient life forms, all it takes is a puddle. One such...
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