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New Mexico Governor Opposes Chimp Transfer

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Bill Richardson is asking to tour a former medical research lab in southern New Mexico that houses more than 200 chimpanzees. Tags: chimpanzees animal research animal laboratories Texas new mexico. From the AP. Richardson made the comment Tuesday after meeting in Bethesda, Md.

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Little Big Year – Week 36: Southern New Mexico hotspots.

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Not so with our visit to Bosque de Apache NWR in southern New Mexico. The second half of the week was spent near the town of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. The post Little Big Year – Week 36: Southern New Mexico hotspots. eBird.org submissions – 312. US species – 243.

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Pterodactyl-Like 'Bird' Observed Flying Near Alamogordo, New Mexico

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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. However, in real life Greater Roadrunners are quite different. Officially adopted as the state bird in 1949 , the Greater Roadrunner was once known as the “Chaparral Bird.”

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Horse Slaughterhouse Proposed in New Mexico

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This article reaffirms my belief that it's more humane to slaughter horses in the US than to ship them for slaughter to Canada or Mexico. I don't like it either way, but one is better than the other for sure.

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Good News for the Alamagordo Chimps!

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The Alamagordo chimps will be allowed to remain in New Mexico for about two years while the NIH studies the issue of their transference. AP) - Some 186 chimpanzees will remain at a federal facility in New Mexico for now. This gives animal rights activists some time to prepare further defense of the animals.

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Some of America?s Avian Treasures

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In autumn and winter, they descend these high ridges to avoid the worst of the high winds and blowing snow – sometimes to feeders such as Sandia Crest in New Mexico, where there is a long ongoing study on these fascinatingly tough songbirds. New Mexico Nature & Culture. Painted Bunting by Carlos Sanchez.

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City of Albuquerque Being Sued for Trap-Neuter-Release Program

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The lawsuit was filed with the state of New Mexico, county of Bernalillo, Second Judicial District Court by attorney A. Conservation cats New Mexico' Blair Dunn on behalf of Marcy Britton, a resident of Albuquerque. They do great work!

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Alamagordo Chimps Fate Still Uncertain

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Here's the latest I could find.still no real news. Tags: chimpanzees animal research primates National Institutes of Health new mexico.

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Almagordo Chimp Story Hits the Los Angeles Times

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Tags: chimpanzees animal research almagordo primates National Institutes of Health new mexico.

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Almagordo Chimp Story Hits the New York Times

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Tags: chimpanzees primates National Institutes of Health medical research new mexico.

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Help the Almagordo Chimpanzees

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Tags: chimpanzees animal research primates National Institutes of Health new mexico.

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Write to Your Congressional Representatives to Help the Almagordo Chimps

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Sincerely, Tags: chimpanzees animal research almagordo primates new mexico. This is a matter of human compassion to prevent the further suffering of animals that have already served this species in prior experiments. They deserve better and we are capable of providing them with better.

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10,000 Birds goes eBirding – Part II

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There are several states with 100-199 species: North Carolina (172, unchanged), Washington (171, up from 144), Michigan (159, unchanged), Virginia (147, up from 122), North Dakota (141, unchanged), Idaho (129, up from 57); New Mexico (112, unchanged); Massachusetts (110, up from 81); Colorado (106, unchanged), and Pennsylvania (109, up from 102).

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Birding around Qinghai Lake, China

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It seems Common Mergansers are similarly lazy birds – according to a study quoted in the HBW, wintering individuals in New Mexico spent 58.6% Maybe we all have the wrong jobs (or skills). of time loafing, 17.5% sleeping, 5.7% preening, 4.0% stretching, 3.8% swimming, and <4% feeding.

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The Juniper Titmouse Nesting Project

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In fact, they have risen to become the most active Nest Watching group in New Mexico (regardless of species), contributing 77% of the state’s data in 2018.”. We at NestWatch are very excited that this group has burst onto the scene and quickly become our primary source of information about this species.

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Best Photobomb By A Bird Ever!

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Matt Daw just had the find of a lifetime at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico. He was busy filming a Least Bittern , a pretty good bird to get video of to begin with, when, well, watch the video! That Rufous-necked Wood-Rail is a first in the ABA Area and it is way, way, way, out of place.

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Mangrove Birds of Costa Rica

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Curiously, it has also been found in some moist forest sites and in common with other rails, wanders on occasion (like when one took that weird vacation in New Mexico) but in general, it seems to love creeping around the bowed roots of mangroves. Mangrove Rail.

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Becards

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in the usual places for such spillover: the southern tip of Texas and the mountains of southeast Arizona and southwest New Mexico. This species, the Rose-throated Becard , is also a fairly common resident of the pine-oak forests of southwestern Mexico, where I live.

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New York City’s oldest dog, Paco Sosa

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Wolf Dog, is the story of Paco Sosa and his owner Bernadine’s journey to New Mexico to help him find his peace. The filmmakers have launched an IndieGoGo campaign to help raise money so they can finish the film.

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Jusani; Clothes for a Cause

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And please take a moment to visit their site and learn about the rescue they are helping , New Mexico Pets Alive! I would suggest ordering up a size though, as the shirt seemed to run a little small. You can shop from their website, www.jusani.com , or supporting retailers. until the end of June. A really great group!

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Mikal Deese: Dead Bird Flies Again For Love

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This guest blog was written by Mikal Deese, Wildlife Educator, Rehabilitator, and founder of On A Wing And A Prayer in Corrales, New Mexico.

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Little Big Year – Week 35: Route 66, Tucumcari and The Albuquerque area

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After our brief trip thru the great state of Texas, we were headed back into New Mexico, a state I was quite excited to explore. I have been all around the western states, here and there, but never spent any time in New Mexico. Our next stop was another mutually agreed upon stop, Albuquerque New Mexico.

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A Lake Reborn… sort of

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The good news is that this summer central Mexico is experiencing its best rains since 2018. Even the American Southwest is benefitting from our newly-abundant monsoon rains, with Arizona and New Mexico now mostly out of the “exceptional drought” category. Down here, it’s green as far as the eye can see.

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Animal Legal Defense Fund Ranks States on Animal Protection

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And the worst: Alabama, Alaska, American Samoa, Arkansas, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northern Mariana Islands, South Dakota, Wyoming You can check out the whole report on their web site.

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To Drill, or Not to Drill? That’s the Wrong Question.

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Chaco Cultural National Historic Park, a World Heritage Site in New Mexico, teeters back and forth with ongoing lawsuits. Under fire for the last 30 years at varying degrees of effectiveness, the pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is threatened again by salivating oil company execs and their political cronies.

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My eBird 10th Anniversary

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Birding trips to Florida , New Mexico , and Texas are obvious too. A checklist from Rock Creek Park in Washington D.C. was good for 11 lifers. Our honeymoon in the U.S Virgin Islands ( St. John and St. Thomas ) was good for 26 lifers. Naturally, a walk through one’s life lists triggers memories.

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Top 25 National Wildlife Refuges for Birding

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Bosque del Apache NWR (New Mexico). Forsythe NWR (New Jersey). Anahuac NWR (Texas). Aransas NWR (Texas). Bear River MBR (Utah). Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR (Washington). Bombay Hook NWR (Delaware). Chinteague NWR (Virginia). Desert NWR (Nevada). Harris Neck NWR (Georgia). Horicon NWR (Wisconsin). Ding Darling NWR (Florida).

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The Economic Impact of Birding on National Wildlife Refuges: Creating Local Jobs

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For example, Bosque del Apache NWR in New Mexico is renowned for its winter birding, featuring huge numbers of Sandhill Cranes and Snow Geese, among others. The report also analyzed numerous individual refuges, several of which are popular birding hotspots. (A A number of these NWRs appear on my list of the Top 25 NWRs for Birding.).

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Little Big Year – Week 34: We visit Colorado and Texas

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Trinidad Colorado is located just a few miles north of the Colorado – New Mexico border, and home to the Trinidad Reservoir. Next week we will spend some time in New Mexico. With Wyoming and South Dakota in our rear view mirror, we look toward Colorado, and a hot spot I have been anxious to visit.

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Kentucky: First in Crane Hunting?

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Nine thousand pour into tiny Socorro, New Mexico, each November for Bosque del Apache’s Festival of the Cranes. Everywhere cranes gather, from New Mexico to Indiana to Tennessee, people come to watch them. Cranes, with their purring calls and lanky angular forms, stir peoples’ souls.

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What is the State Bird of Colorado?

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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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On Not Chasing Grace’s Warbler

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The southwestern US is still undiscovered country for me – barring one trip to San Diego and a handfull of layovers in Las Vegas, I’ve never been – and I had imagined a Grace’s Warbler darting out of a treetop in Nevada or New Mexico to add a flash of color to my first real exploration of the region.

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Scanning the skies for Zone-tailed hawks

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Zone-tailed Hawks can be found in the extreme lower parts of the US, in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, with an estimated population of 450-650 birds. Mexico’s baja Peninsula has a strong resident population, and they can be found sporadically thru out main land Mexico.

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Ross’s Goose, the Little Snow Goose

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The main wintering area for Ross’s Goose ( Chen rossii ) is presently in the Central Valley of California, though increasing numbers winter in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Texas, and the north-central highlands of Mexico 1. Map courtesy of Terry Sohl at South Dakota Birds and Birding.

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10,000 Birds goes eBirding

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Virginia (122), New Mexico (112); Texas (106); Colorado (106), and Pennsylvania (102). After those five, there are relative handful with over 100 species: North Carolina (172), Michigan (159), Arizona (155), Washington (144), North Dakota (141!),

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Gray Jay Perisoreus canadensis

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They are also found in the mountainous interior west as far south as Arizona and New Mexico, as well as in the far northern reaches of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, and New England.

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Save the Painted Bunting, y’all: Keep wonder alive

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There are two Painted Bunting populations, one that breeds along the Atlantic Coast from North Carolina to Florida and one that breeds in the interior United States and northern Mexico from southeastern New Mexico to western Mississippi.

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Glue Trapped

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What a coincidence,” says Mikal Deese of On A WIng and A Prayer in New Mexico. “I I could laugh about it because the mole was fine.”. Alternatives to mouse-catching glue traps? See Safe Rodent Control. Glue traps! I just spent the last hour working on a Greater Roadrunner with both feet and his tail stuck on a glue board.

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A Rehabber’s List of Worst Bird Myths

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That’s why I can’t take owls to a lot of my education programs out here in New Mexico.”. “Ravens belong to the Devil,” wrote Monte Merrick. “If If you see an owl,” wrote Mikal Deese, “someone in your family is going to die.

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Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch in New York

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The ornithologist and author of Birds of New Mexico , Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey , was born there in 1863. *Assuming you don’t count the single-observer, sight report from Rochester in January of 1923. This is not Locust Grove’s first brush with ornithological fame. ……… a.

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NYT Opens the Door to the Humane Myth

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The imperfection comes at the end of the editorial with: "Earlier this year, New Mexico repealed its death penalty, joining 14 other states — and the District of Columbia — that do not allow it. There are also the many innocent people who have been executed, though that's an entirely different discussion.

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WPAs: America’s Duck Factories

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Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), contain many of the nation’s most renowned birding locations, including Bosque del Apache NWR in New Mexico, Laguna Atascosa NWR in Texas, and J.N. National Wildlife Refuges (NWRs), which are managed by the U.S. Ding” Darling NWR in Florida.

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