10,000 Birds

JANUARY 13, 2021

The Sunshine State isn’t known for its massive snow drifts, nor for the massive flocks of Snow Geese that grace states like Texas and New Mexico every winter. Every year they migrate down to this Gulf Coast protected area, giving me the opportunity to observed Redheads, Hooded Mergansers, scaups, Ring-necked Ducks , and more.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Instead, they are summer visitors, moving up to Colorado in the warm months to breed before returning to wintering grounds in Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and Mexico. Unlike many other official birds, the Lark Bunting is not a year-round resident.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2016

I asked a group of wildlife rehabilitators: “What are some of the Worst Bird Myths? That’s why I can’t take owls to a lot of my education programs out here in New Mexico.”. One might think that thanks to the Internet, all those ridiculous old wild animal myths handed down for generations would finally die a deserved death.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Porcupines Raccoons Birds 183

10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2011

Their range of breeding is literally only very southern Wyoming to very northern New Mexico. Having said that, Colorado has done a wonderful job of protecting habitat and since this species breeds on super high cliffs there is no true threat to habitat destruction. Thus, Colorado encapsulates most of their breeding range.

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