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City of Albuquerque Being Sued for Trap-Neuter-Release Program

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From the American Bird Conservancy : The mayor of Albuquerque and the director of the city’s animal welfare department have been named in a lawsuit alleging that the officials have committed animal cruelty by allowing certain illegal and improper animal management practices to occur related to abandonment of stray cats. They do great work!

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Perch Wars

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This one, seen at Lake Cuitzeo in central Mexico, makes me think of a giraffe wearing a tuxedo: Now, most of the time this middling photographer can only hope to get a clear photo of a bird, not too far away, and at a good angle. One heron had the good sense to abandon his quest quickly. No, these are not time-lapse photographs.

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There goes the neighborhood

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When you are an American expatriate who lives, and birds, in Mexico, it is a topsy-turvy world. I have still seen each of these species out in the forest between two days and three weeks after they abandoned my yard. However, the platform did not allow me to include photos. That is a garden first!

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The Juniper Titmouse Nesting Project

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But a Bewick’s Wren did build a nest, which it promptly abandoned before laying any eggs. In fact, they have risen to become the most active Nest Watching group in New Mexico (regardless of species), contributing 77% of the state’s data in 2018.”. So, how many chicks hatched in my two boxes? Others had more luck.

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Carolina Parakeet: Mystery of the Incas

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But imagine those flocks are verdant green, a color unmatched by any native bird currently in North American (north of Mexico, of course). Barreling into your feeder with reckless abandon and cleaning you right out. Imagine those sun-headed, screeching demons alighting on a stand of cockleburrs or sweetgum or sycamore.

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Bird like I bird

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It’s the only one in all of Mexico. Wander into a bit of abandoned second-growth forest. (It’s in San Miguel de Allende, and it’s lovely; I must write about it someday.) The nearest Audubon Club chapter? That would also be in San Miguel de Allende. One was in my own neighborhood, so I had already discovered it.

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Burrowing Owls of Cape Coral

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There are a few places where that is especially obvious, and one of those is the town of Cape Coral, just north of Naples along the Gulf of Mexico. You can tell which abandoned lots host owls by a small roped off area with the tell-tale t-bars that the owls perch upon.

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