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What is the State Bird of New Mexico?

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In fact, they are central to many Mexican and Native American spiritual beliefs, and have been named the state bird of New Mexico. million breeding birds, Greater Roadrunners have a stable population (according to Partners in Flight). However, in real life Greater Roadrunners are quite different.

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The Domestic Turkey and the First Thanksgiving

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The original distribution of the Wild Turkey is not clearly known, but it existed from the Eastern Seaboard of the US nearly to the Rocky Mountains, avoided some of the more open plains in the north, and occurred in central Mexico. Diffusion to other european countries subsequently was very rapid.

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