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New Mexico Nature, Urban and Rural
Photographs taken in Albuquerque, New Mexico or in the mountains and desert nearby
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Rio Grande
A snowy egret (Egretta thula) at Tingley Beach, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Photo taken on March 20, 2023.
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New Mexico Nature, Urban and Rural
Two cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis) roosting on a cold, gray day. I chose to process this photo as a black and white image, because it better captures the day's somber mood. Photo taken at Tingley Beach, Albuquerque, on March 20, 2023.
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New Mexico Nature, Urban and Rural
A rock squirrel (Spermophilus variegates) stuffing its cheeks at a bird feeder, at Rio Grande Nature Center State Park (Albuquerque, New Mexico). Rock squirrels stash food in their cheeks, until the cheeks are bulging. Then they run back to their dens to store the food against future needs. The more food you put out, the more they'll try to remove and store. Photo taken on March 18, 2023.
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New Mexico Nature, Urban and Rural
A male mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) sticking his head up out of the grass. Photo taken at Rio Grande Nature Center State Park, Albuquerque, New Mexico on March 14, 2023.
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New Mexico Nature, Urban and Rural
A greater roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) in the Rio Grande Bosque in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This close-up shows the blue feathers in the raised crest, along with the orange behind the eyes and in the feathers.
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New Mexico Nature, Urban and Rural
Tapping Maple Trees
Mexico Nature
Painted Bunting
Northern Canada
Bird Watchers
Hounds Tooth
White Patches
Rare Birds
A male yellow-bellied sapsucker in Albuquerque, New Mexico (where it's a rare visitor). I was disappointed to find out that these birds' bellies aren't bright yellow! Instead that color is present as a pale "wash." Photo taken on February 26, 2023.
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New Mexico Nature, Urban and Rural
New Mexico
The Mountain
Blue Bird
Rural
Westerns
Female
Photographer
A female Western bluebird (Sialia mexicana) in a breeze. Photo taken on February 26, 2023.
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New Mexico Nature, Urban and Rural
Say's Phoebe
American Robin
Sycamore Tree
River Edge
Nuthatch
Flying Insects
Flycatcher
And July
A white-breasted nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) on a cottonwood trunk in the Rio Grande Bosque, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Photo taken on February 25, 2023.
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New Mexico Nature, Urban and Rural
Albuquerque
February
Fish
Beach
Photo
The Beach
A neotropic cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum) about to consume a fish. As I watched, the cormorant ate the fish whole, head-first. Photo taken at Tingley Beach, Albuquerque, New Mexico on February 16, 2023.
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New Mexico Nature, Urban and Rural
Haliaeetus Leucocephalus
Cooper's Hawk
Photo Series
Puddle
Rio Grande
An immature Cooper's hawk (Accipiter cooperii) was bathing in a puddle in the Rio Grande Bosque, when I rudely interrupted it. After glaring at me for a while, it few off into the bushes. Photo taken in Albuquerque, New Mexico on February 18, 2023.
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New Mexico Nature, Urban and Rural
Northern Flicker
Downy Woodpecker
Moustache
Dark Spots
The Locals
A male northern flicker (Colaptes auratus), red-shafted variety, in the Rio Grande Bosque, Albuquerque, New Mexico. The red "moustache" marks this flicker as a male. Photo taken on February 17, 2023.
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New Mexico Nature, Urban and Rural
Blue Gray Gnatcatcher
Dark Mask
Song Sparrow
Black Capped Chickadee
Common Birds
John James Audubon
Yellow Bird
It's not always obvious why a yellow-rumped warbler (Setophaga coronata) is called that. At times the wings on a sitting bird are clapped together over the yellow rump, so you can't see it. But in this photo the wings are pulled apart. Photo taken at Bachechi Open Space, Albuquerque on January 30, 2023.
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New Mexico Nature, Urban and Rural
Red Tailed Hawk
Bald Eagles
January 27
Close Encounters
White Face
A bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) in the Rio Grande Bosque, Albuquerque. Bald eagles drift into Albuquerque during the winter, then fly back north as the world warms up. Photo taken on January 27, 2023.
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New Mexico Nature, Urban and Rural
House Sparrow
Sparrows
A white-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) drinking water. In Albuquerque, house sparrows dominate the urban landscape but white-crowned sparrows predominate away from people. Photo taken at the Rio Grande Nature Center, Albuquerque on January 25, 2023.
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New Mexico Nature, Urban and Rural
Gray Jay
American Crow
Cedar Waxwing
Orange Bodies
Black Wings
Goldfinch
A cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) in the Rio Grande Bosque in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Photo taken on December 23, 2022.
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New Mexico Nature, Urban and Rural
Under Bridge
Barn Swallow
Fancy Words
Red Feather
Gray Eyes
Thrasher
Long Legs
Fun To Be One
A female red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) in bulrushes. She was one of a group of 11 red-winged blackbirds, all females. Photo taken in the Rio Grande Bosque, Albuquerque, on December 5, 2022.
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New Mexico Nature, Urban and Rural
White Eyes
Bird Photography
First Photo
A Say's phoebe (Sayornis saya) at Los Poblanos Open Space in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Say's phoebes are a common sight in the area, mostly hunting for bugs in open areas. They rest on a perch until they see a flying bug to consume. Photo taken on November 27, 2022.
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New Mexico Nature, Urban and Rural
Ardea
Blue Heron
Cottonwood
Species
Birds
Lakes
A great blue heron (Ardea herodias) in a cottonwood tree at Isleta Lakes, Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico. Standing on one leg isn't unusual among water-loving birds, but I'm not used to seeing the raised leg stick out. Photo taken on November 26, 2022
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New Mexico Nature, Urban and Rural
The Far Side
Snowy
A great blue heron (Ardea herodias) at Isleta Lakes on November 25, 2022.
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New Mexico Nature, Urban and Rural
Sumac
Red Berries
Shrubs
Wild Flowers
Green
Plants
Sumac berries on a cold November morning -- note the snow in the background. The species is smooth sumac (Rhus glabra). Photo taken in the Sandia Mountains of New Mexico on November 16, 2022.
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New Mexico Nature, Urban and Rural
American Red Squirrel
Procyon
Ground Squirrel
Daffodil Bulbs
Ursus
Mule Deer
Nature Center
Canis
An Abert's squirrel (Sciurus aberti) opening a peanut. Photo taken in the east foothills of the Sandia Mountains of New Mexico, on November 16, 2022.
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New Mexico Nature, Urban and Rural
Evergreen Shrubs
Small Trees
A female red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus), which looks very different from the male! Photo taken at the visitor center pond at Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge, Albquerque, New Mexico. Photo taken on October 28, 2022.
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New Mexico Nature, Urban and Rural
Jumping Spider
Prey
Spiders
Webs
A jumping spider (family Salticidae) with its victim, a bee. As the name suggests, these spiders don't spin webs and then wait patiently for supper to arrive. Instead they ambush their prey -- something that also takes a great deal of patience. Photo taken in the Rio Grande Bosque, Albuquerque, on October 3, 2022.
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New Mexico Nature, Urban and Rural
Bald Eagle
Small Fish
A great blue heron (Ardea herodias) looking down at me as I take its portrait. If you hunt for small fish and similar prey in the shallows of streams and ponds, it really helps to be able to see around your own beak! Photo taken in the Rio Grande Bosque, Albuquerque, New Mexico on October 11, 2022.
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New Mexico Nature, Urban and Rural
Rocky Mountains
October 20
A late-season Edwards' skipperling (Oarisma edwardsii), on what may be a groundsel. Photo taken in the Rio Grande Bosque, Albuquerque, New Mexico on October 20, 2022.
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New Mexico Nature, Urban and Rural