10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 16, 2019
No, the problem with “empids” is that they all look exactly alike… all 15 species! Why they can’t all agree on a single species and lump themselves, I’ll never know. All because you do not live in central Mexico, where most of these species spend the winter, all jumbled together.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 6, 2017
For as long as I have been living here in Mexico, I have truly enjoyed watching the Harris’s Hawks antics. harrisi can be found in southern Texas, Eastern Mexico and much of Central America. Soaring on the warm desert updrafts, or sitting on a group of cactus tops, always in groups of two, three or more.
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 19, 2012
They are often seen on the ground since their prey consists mainly of rabbit, prairie dog and, you guessed it, ground squirrel. Note the long yellow gape, a characteristic field mark of this species. Fish and Wildlife Service and as a Sensitive Species by the Bureau of Land Management 1. This is the light morph.
10,000 Birds
MAY 30, 2019
His parents moved where opportunity beckoned, taking him from San Angelo, Texas, to Columbus, New Mexico, then to Dallas, and finally on to California. Endangered Species List, giving it free reign to wander and populate North America in ever increasing numbers, including a nest on the ledge of the U.S. And grow they did.
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