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Some of America?s Avian Treasures

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North America is home to many amazing bird species, including several which require a special effort to see and appreciate. New Mexico Nature & Culture. Southeast Arizona Sky Island Spring Sampler. So let’s look at this sampler, shall we? Want to see rosy-finches on a Naturalist Journeys tour?:

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10,000 Birds goes eBirding – Part II

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As of mid-November 2021, the Collaborative had submitted more than 4,200 checklists (up from 1,700 in 2018) and has observed 691 species in the United States (up from 618). Thus, there are now seven states with 200+ observed species. The state with the largest increase was Arizona , with 139 species added.

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Becards

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There are 17 species of Becard. Two reach from South America all the way to southeastern Mexico. One occurs only in Central America and Mexico, and another occurs only on the island of Jamaica. Just one species of Becard spills across the border into the U.S., Species seen? Great photos achieved? Not quite yet.

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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. We are now headed to Tucson, Arizona, where we will park the 5th wheel for an extended amount of time, possibly as long as March 1st.

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

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There’s a new proposal before the American Ornithologists’ Union’s North American Classification Committee to split Painted Bunting into two species (yay! — maybe, more later) and to name the new species “Eastern Painted Bunting” and “Western Painted Bunting” (no!).

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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. There are at least eleven subspecies and the birds pictured here are all P.

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A Lake Reborn… sort of

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This lake, with a surface area of up to 150 square miles in good years, is my go-to site for dozens of waterfowl and shorebird species, so I take its health personally. It is also a vital wintering and migratory site for most of these species, so I imagine they take its health very personally, as well.