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Feather Trails: A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Coyotes took carrion from young Condors and then killed the weakest ones. Osborn gives story after story of having to “haze” young condors away from admiring crowds and off cliff sites accessible to coyotes (it seems that running and yelling at the top of your lungs is a job requirement).

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What is the State Bird of New Mexico?

10,000 Birds

These ground birds have been clocked going 20 mph, though their coyote predators can go more than twice that. million breeding birds, Greater Roadrunners have a stable population (according to Partners in Flight). Car collisions, feral cats, and run-ins with hunters also cause problems, even for this speed-racer.