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Wild Things: Bobcat (Lynx rufus)

by James Taulman | Nov 5, 2021 | Wild Things, Wild Things | 0 |

The Bobcat is a medium sized cat with a body up to about 4 feet in length. It has a mottled brown...

Wild Things: Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura)

by James Taulman | Oct 8, 2021 | Wild Things | 0 |

The Turkey vulture is a wide-ranging soaring bird, with a wingspan up to 7 feet and body length...

Wild Things: Common Black hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus)

by James Taulman | Oct 4, 2021 | Wild Things, wild things | 0 |

This medium-sized hawk measures somewhat less than two feet in length and weighs in at about two...

Wild Things: Jerusalem cricket (Ammopelmatus fuscus)

by James Taulman | Sep 27, 2021 | Wild Things | 0 |

This flightless cricket is about an inch long, up to nearly two inches, and has a large head with...

Wild Things: Gray flycatcher (Empidonax wrightii)

by Leota Harriman | Sep 20, 2021 | Wild Things | 0 |

This small flycatcher measures about 6 inches in length and has a wingspan of about 9 inches....

Wild Things: Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)

by James Taulman | Sep 10, 2021 | Wild Things | 0 |

Summer tanagers breed in the southeastern U.S., extending across Texas and into southern New...

Wild Things: Pine siskin (Spinus pinus)

by James Taulman | Sep 7, 2021 | Wild Things | 0 |

This small finch is 4.5 to 5.5 inches in length, with a wingspan of less than 9 inches. For a...

Wild Things: Reddish potato beetle (Leptinotarsa rubinigosa)

by James Taulman | Aug 30, 2021 | Wild Things, Wild Things | 0 |

This small beetle is more than reddish, it is a bright dark red, with black eyes, legs, and...

Wild Things: Desert cottontail (Sylvilagus audubonii)

by James Taulman | Aug 20, 2021 | Feature Stories | 0 |

The desert cottontail is one of three New Mexico rabbits, along with the eastern and mountain...

Ringtail, ‘squirrel of the night,’ visits Natural History Center

by Tamara Bicknell-Lombardi | Aug 6, 2021 | Feature Stories | 0 |

A ringtail made a temporary home in the rafters of the Sandia Mountain Natural History Center in...

Wild Things: Honey bee (Apis mellifera)

by James Taulman | Jul 27, 2021 | Wild Things | 0 |

The fossil record shows evidence of honey bees as far back as 34 million years ago in Europe....

Ancient mosquito hunter found in Stanley mud puddle

by Tamara Bicknell-Lombardi | Jul 26, 2021 | News | 0 |

Water brings the desert alive. For some ancient life forms, all it takes is a puddle. One such...

Wild Things: Vesper sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus)

by James Taulman | Jul 26, 2021 | Wild Things | 0 |

This medium sized sparrow is 5-6 inches in length and has a wingspan of 9 inches. Identifying...

Wild Things: Hairy woodpecker (Dryobates villosus)

by James Taulman | Jun 18, 2021 | Feature Stories, Wild Things | 0 |

Hairy woodpeckers have interspersed black and white feathers, with black and white striping on the...

Wild Things: Rock squirrel (Otospermophilus variegates)

by James Taulman | Jun 11, 2021 | Wild Things | 0 |

This large ground squirrel can reach over 20 inches in body length, with a tail almost as long. It...

Wild Things: Spiny Tachina fly (Paradejeania rutilioides)

by James Taulman | May 21, 2021 | Feature Stories, Wild Things | 0 |

The spiny tachina fly is yellow-orange with heavy black bristles and rather large at about ½...

Wild things: Tiger beetles (Cicindela sp.)

by James Taulman | Apr 26, 2021 | Feature Stories, Wild Things | 0 |

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...

Wild Things: Williamson’s sapsucker (Sphyrapicus thyroideus)

by James Taulman | Apr 16, 2021 | Feature Stories, Wild Things | 0 |

This distinctively colored woodpecker is found in open pine and fir forests of central and western...

A day in the life of the volunteers at Wildlife West Nature Park

by Tamara Bicknell-Lombardi | Apr 2, 2021 | Feature Stories | 0 |

Following a dirt road that winds past hand-painted animals, back towards a building that ends up...

Wild Things: Rainbow grasshopper (Dactylotum bicolor)

by James Taulman | Apr 2, 2021 | Feature Stories, Wild Things | 0 |

This beautiful grasshopper is found throughout the U.S. and Canada, and into northern Mexico....

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Wild Things: Bobcat (Lynx rufus)

Wild Things: Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura)

Wild Things: Common Black hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus)

Wild Things: Jerusalem cricket (Ammopelmatus fuscus)

Wild Things: Gray flycatcher (Empidonax wrightii)

Wild Things: Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)

Wild Things: Pine siskin (Spinus pinus)

Wild Things: Reddish potato beetle (Leptinotarsa rubinigosa)

Wild Things: Desert cottontail (Sylvilagus audubonii)

Ringtail, ‘squirrel of the night,’ visits Natural History Center

Wild Things: Honey bee (Apis mellifera)

Ancient mosquito hunter found in Stanley mud puddle

Wild Things: Vesper sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus)

Wild Things: Hairy woodpecker (Dryobates villosus)

Wild Things: Rock squirrel (Otospermophilus variegates)

Wild Things: Spiny Tachina fly (Paradejeania rutilioides)

Wild things: Tiger beetles (Cicindela sp.)

Wild Things: Williamson’s sapsucker (Sphyrapicus thyroideus)

A day in the life of the volunteers at Wildlife West Nature Park

Wild Things: Rainbow grasshopper (Dactylotum bicolor)

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