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What is the State Bird of New Mexico?

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Officially adopted as the state bird in 1949 , the Greater Roadrunner was once known as the “Chaparral Bird.” Their impressive speed is used for hunting, and roadrunners will eat almost anything that moves. Rattlesnakes are fair game, as are other reptiles, scorpions, frogs, birds, and insects.

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The Domestic Turkey and the First Thanksgiving

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Long before that time Mexican domesticated Turkeys had been adopted by Native Americans in the American Southwest as well. The trip was probably reasonably well planned and it would have been known to these travelers that game birds, as well as deer and fish, were abundant in the region they were traveling to.

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