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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. Their impressive speed is used for hunting, and roadrunners will eat almost anything that moves. million breeding birds, Greater Roadrunners have a stable population (according to Partners in Flight).

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What to Do at High Island When the Winds are South

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It stops those thousands of migrating birds flying across the Gulf of Mexico and directs them right onto the trees, fields, sanctuaries, beaches along the Bolivar Peninsula, where they hopefully find food and fresh water. High Island in April requires Weather, so I was told. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. Clapper Rail. Back to the Flats.

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Wonderful Wedgies

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The species ranges widely across the Pacific, as its scientific name suggests, from the Revillagigedo Islands off Mexico to the Japanese Bonin Islands to New South Wales in Australia. Another difference is that the Christmas Shearwater is a surface breeder whereas the Wedgie breeds in burrows. Pale and dark morph side-by side.

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SE Arizona 10 day birding blitz!

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There is believed to be a very small breeding population of Mississippi Kites that occupy a small area that borders Pima and Cochise Counties. We saw a total of 7 Mississippi Kites, and these three birds were hunting on the Pima County side of the line. Not great photos but what can you expect for a bird that was 500-600 yards away?

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Listening to Falcons: The Peregrines of Tom Cade

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His parents moved where opportunity beckoned, taking him from San Angelo, Texas, to Columbus, New Mexico, then to Dallas, and finally on to California. Done properly, a young hawk is curtailed in a growing compulsion to fly greater distances and hunt for herself by a process sometimes called “manning.”

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Tri-colored Herons on the water front of La Paz.

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The Bill will have a blue gray base during the breeding season. Once the tide has gone out, then they hunt for the many fine meals that are hidden under the surface of the mud. They have an extremely long bill, that is two toned, showing a darken tip all year round.

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Untamed Americas

4 The Love Of Animals

In a rarely filmed event, see newly awakened black bears go on the hunt for newborn elk calves. Then travel to the Rockies, for a ringside seat as male bighorn sheep go head-to-head in a bloody battle for breeding rights. Premieres Sunday, June 10, 9 p.m. Untamed Americas: Coasts. Premieres Monday, June 11, 9 p.m.

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