Wild Things: Cinnamon Teal (Spatula cyanoptera)
This dabbling duck is a common breeder throughout the western United States. Its breeding range...
Read Moreby James Taulman | Sep 7, 2022 | Feature Stories, Wild Things | 0 |
This dabbling duck is a common breeder throughout the western United States. Its breeding range...
Read Moreby James Taulman | Aug 12, 2022 | Feature Stories, Wild Things | 0 |
Wild Things: The male of this beautiful songbird, the summer tanager, has a completely red body and tail and black eyes.
Read Moreby James Taulman | Jun 17, 2022 | wild things, Wild Things | 0 |
This quail is a desert inhabitant, favoring bare soils with scattered shrubs, small trees, and...
Read Moreby James Taulman | Jun 3, 2022 | Feature Stories, Wild Things, Wild Things | 0 |
The Swainson’s hawk is similar in size to the Red-tailed hawk, a bit shorter in length at...
Read Moreby Leota Harriman | Jun 1, 2022 | Feature Stories, Wild Things | 0 |
The cliff swallow is a 5-inch long bird with a very short bill. Both sexes are similar in their...
Read Moreby James Taulman | May 23, 2022 | Feature Stories, Wild Things | 0 |
The Northern Shoveler duck gets its common, and scientific, names from the unusual size and shape...
Read Moreby James Taulman | Dec 17, 2021 | Feature Stories | 0 |
This duck winters on lakes, wetlands, and fields in New Mexico, the west coast states, the Great...
Read Moreby James Taulman | Dec 6, 2021 | Wild Things | 0 |
This brightly colored songbird is a member of the blackbird family Icteridae. Males display...
Read Moreby 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...
Read Moreby 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...
Read Moreby 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...
Read Moreby 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...
Read Moreby 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....
Read Moreby James Taulman | Sep 10, 2021 | Wild Things | 0 |
Summer tanagers breed in the southeastern U.S., extending across Texas and into southern New...
Read Moreby 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...
Read Moreby 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...
Read Moreby James Taulman | Aug 20, 2021 | Feature Stories | 0 |
The desert cottontail is one of three New Mexico rabbits, along with the eastern and mountain...
Read Moreby 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...
Read Moreby 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....
Read Moreby 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...
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