“Because of the proliferation of white-winged doves, the city-dwelling hawks have an abundant year-round food source,” Millsap said.
Best Bird Sighting of the Year, So Far
This bird is a great bustard posing in front of Stonehenge. Great bustards went extinct in England in 1832, so how is this possible?
Guinea Fowl Are Semi-Wild in the South Valley
I saw a flock of them land in tall alfalfa, where they disappeared to hunt for grasshoppers and other insects and the moving alfalfa looked like it had been hit by a strong wind.
Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge
I recently took a 2.2 mile walk around New Mexico’s newest wildlife refuge, and I was impressed by its beauty and its potential.
Sighting of the Month and ABQ a Bird Sanctuary City
It is the largest swallow in North America and is not supposed to live in the South Valley of Albuquerque, so it is not listed in A Field Guide to the Plants and Animals of the Middle Rio Grande Bosque (UNM Press, 2008).