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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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…
Read MoreDesiree Loggins works to advance conservation efforts, such as those at the Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge. Photograph by Stefan Wachs. WHEN BIRDS MIGRATE thousands of miles, they follow…
Read MoreJenna McCullough studies the colorful passerines of the South Pacific islands at the University of New Mexico's Museum of Southwestern Biology. Photograph by Stefan Wachs. A THIRD-GENERATION BIRDER…
Read MoreEach 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…
Read MoreOne 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…
Read MoreWestern 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…
Read MoreTHE MORNING TEMPERATURES at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, near Socorro, can drop below freezing in the winter, when avid bird-watchers brave the chill to catch the show. They come to…
Read MoreSanta Fe Raptor Center volunteer Mario Garcia releases a red-tailed hawk inside the mews. EARLY ON A WINTER MORNING in northern New Mexico, Lori Paras enters a series of slat-covered wood-and-wire…
Read MoreAbove: 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…
Read MoreON 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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