Red-tailed Hawk | Bosque del Apache | February, 2011
We saw this dark morph Red-tailed Hawk 3 or 4 times during the winter it spent at Bosque. |MC32-0071
Read MoreNorthern Cardinal – Male | Lordsburg, New Mexico | March, 2010
Unfortunately, there are very few Northern Cardinals in New Mexico. |MC23-0287
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Northern Shoveler – Male | Bosque del Apache | April, 2011
Northern Shovelers use their large flattened bill to strain the water for small aquatic plants and animals. |MC36-0081
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Blue Grouse – Male | Burgess Junction, Wyoming | May, 2009
This bird is displaying in an effort to attract a female. Blue Grouse do not display on communal leks used by other males. Each adult male bird finds his own favorite spot to perform. |MC4-0302
Read MoreLesser Prairie-Chickens – Males | Roswell, New Mexico | April, 2011
These 2 males are fighting to establish who is the dominate bird on this lek or strutting ground. The dominate birds will mate with the majority of the females. | MC34-0379
Read MoreLesser Prairie-Chicken – Male | Roswell, New Mexico | April, 2011
This bird is displaying on a lek in an effort to attract a female. |MC35-0020
Read MoreSharp-tailed Grouse – Male | Craig, Colorado | April, 2010
This bird is displaying on a communal lek used by other males all with the hope of attracting a female. |MC21-0365
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Sandhill Cranes | Bosque del Apache | January, 2011
Sandhill Cranes usually always fly with their legs stretched out behind them, except on very cold mornings. When this picture was taken the temperature was -2 degrees. |MC29-0250
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Ring-necked Duck – Male | Albuquerque, New Mexico | January, 2011
These ducks look like they have been missnamed. They do in fact have a light colored ring around their necks, but it can only be seen when they extend their necks. |MC31-0113
Read MoreWild Turkey – Male | Carlsbad, New Mexico | April, 2011
This bird is an adult Rio Grande subspecies gobbler. |MC35-0197
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Wild Turkeys – Immature Males | Carlsbad, New Mexico | April, 2011
These birds are immature males of the Rio Grande subspecies. These one year males are called “jakes”. |MC35-0114
Read MoreWild Turkey – Male | Carlsbad, New Mexico | April, 2011
This bird is an adult Rio Grande subspecies gobbler. |MC35-0139
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Wild Turkeys – Male & Female | Peloncillo Mts. NM | June, 2009
The largest of all wild turkey’s, this adult gobbler and hen of the Gould’s subspecies are quite rare in New Mexico, where they are found only in the Peloncillo Mts. This range of mountains is located along the New Mexico, Arizona border just north of the border with Mexico. The Sierra Madre Occidental Mts. in northern and central Mexico are home to most of the Gould’s turkeys. |MC10-0113
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Arctic Tern | Anchorage, Alaska | June, 2011
Arctic Terns have, by far, the longest regular migration of any animal, from it’s summer breeding grounds in the Arctic and Sub-Arctic, to the oceans around the Antarctic. They will chart a meandering course to take advantage of prevailing winds and can easily travel 40,000 to 50,000 miles during a yearly migration. These birds may live to 25 or 30 years of age and will travel 1.5 million miles during their lifetime. |MC45-0324
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Cackling Goose | Albuquerque, New Mexico | November, 2010
Genetic testing has revealed that these smaller birds are genetically distinct from Canada Geese, and they are grouped into a distinct species, the Cackling Goose. Along with their much smaller size they lack the white neck band that is typical of many Canada Geese.MC28-0106
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Greater Sage Grouse – Male | Walden, Colorado | April, 2009
Sage Grouse are the largest of all North American grouse, and are well known for their courtship displays which they perform each spring on communal leks or strutting grounds. These leks are generally open clearings in the surronding sagebrush, often on a small knoll. Birds will start flying into these leks in complete darkness, at least 1/2 hour before any hint of sunrise. The dominant males at the center of the lek will mate with the majority of the females. |MC3-0443
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Ring-necked Duck – Male | Albuquerque, New Mexico | March, 2011
These ducks do have a pale colored ring around their necks, but you can only see it when they extend their necks. |MC33-0077
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