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Common Backyard Birds

The house finch is one of the state's most common backyard species. Photograph by Christina Selby. NEW MEXICO IS VAST AND ECOLOGICALLY DIVERSE. The birds that frequent your Taos backyard will likely…

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Guide to Birding in New Mexico

Each winter, sandhill c ranes draw thousands of photographers, birders, and interested folks to the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge . Photograph by Aaron Blanc. EARLY LAST SEPTEMBER, I walked…

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Bird-Watching Tips for Beginners

One of the best ways to learn birding is with other bird-watchers. Photograph by Yuriy Seleznev/Shutterstock. Gather the right tools. Bird-watching is a pretty inexpensive activity, but you need some…

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Editor's Letter: Close Call

Western bluebirds are a common sight in backyards across New Mexico. Photograph by Benoit Gauzere/Unsplash. I WAS MINDING MY OWN BUSINESS on a sunny November afternoon when a commotion arose in the…

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Call of the Plains

Above: A Swainson's hawk at Maxwell National Wildlife Refuge. Photographs by Jim O'Donnell. ON A BLUEBIRD MORNING IN MAY, Tony Godfrey pulls his pickup off a steep gravel road winding through a stand…

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Meet Our State Bird

ON MARCH 16, 1949, the New Mexico Legislature named as our official state avian species the “Chaparral Bird,” aka Geococcyx californianus , aka the greater roadrunner. Longtime hero of Saturday morning…

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