Where Wildlife Finds Refuge
BITTER LAKE, ROSWELL Where the Chihuahuan Desert meets the high plains and Pecos River, a surprising oasis teems with life. Across 25,000 ecologically diverse acres, Bitter Lake draws 357 migratory…
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Tag: Bird-watching
Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 See two exhibitions in one gallery. Santa Fe’s Hecho Gallery celebrates the opening of two new exhibitions on Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. Award-winning author and illustrator Zahra Marwan presents 27…
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Find These Birds in the Gila
LOCATED AT THE NORTHERNMOST end of some birds’ range and the southernmost of others, the Gila Wilderness climbs from cactus-filled desert to steep, pine-covered peaks. Those features, combined with…
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Pinyon Jays Flourish in the Gila Forest
PINYON JAYS LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THEMSELVES with a chuckling kind of call, sung out while they fly overhead or settle into chatty flocks, often perched in the branches of the pine tree with which they…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Capture a new perspective. The New Mexico Museum of Art unveils its newest exhibition, Ways of Seeing: Four Photographic Collections , on Saturday, featuring 40 photographs that span decades and an…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Dance with the Nutcracker. Festival Ballet Albuquerque puts an enchanting spin on The Nutcracker this weekend by incorporating New Mexican heritage and traditions into Tchaikovsky’s traditional…
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Editor's Letter: Bird Counts
AT DUSK, the birds returned in waves to the Wetland Roost at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge. Hundreds of snow geese floated in the water as the rest of the overwintering flock looked for a…
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These Spots Are Paradise For Bird-Watchers
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: BEGINNER Rattlesnake Springs. You want a desert oasis? This is a desert oasis. Managed by Carlsbad Caverns National Park, these spring-fed ponds and streams were once an extensive…
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Elevate Your Birding Game
A SWAINSON’S HAWK LIFTED FROM THE CANYON rim and dropped below my own perch, 1,000 feet above the Canadian River. A light breeze hissed over the grasses. The hawk caught the wind, turned into a…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Float over Gallup. Hot-air balloons mosey along dramatic canyons and over sandstone cliffs at the Red Rock Balloon Rally—the second-largest balloon rally in North America (and in New Mexico!)—which…
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