I don't believe this is what it really is, but I'm at a loss. It was flying high along with some gliders and others. I wasted 30 minutes trying to photograph these high fliers with very little success.
At least two Bobolinks present at new Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge, Albuquerque, Bernalillo Co., New Mexico, USA.
This species is casual in spring and late summer/fall in the lower elevations of New Mexico, except for one site in Rio Arriba County where a few have summered.
Capture date not known.
Only one, with Cackling and Canada geese.
Intergrade/Hybrid Zone. Last DNA work only had MtDNA and only one speciemen from SE AZ.
Frontier Drive, Las Cruces, NM. Backyard feeder; photo'd through a window.
foraging on the ripened fruits of crabapple trees
In the Gunnison's prairie dog town on the perimeter of the parking lot of the Visitor Center at Valles Caldera National Preserve, NM.
Swainson's Hawk hunting Mexican Freetail Bats
focus issues :-(
One of the 5-6 seen in remnant natural grasslands in southwest New Mexico.
Heartbreaking to come across this recent roadkill of White-sided Jackrabbit in southwest New Mexico. Mortality from automobile strikes is, along with habitat loss, the main reason for their regional decline.
Confirmed ID and first state record for this species. Per Dennis Paulson It's a perfect match for a female Coryphaeschna adnexa, not old enough to have lost its cerci yet.
Found this deceased in our front yard this morning. I believe it to be the North American Least Shrew. For size reference the ruler behind it is centimeters NOT INCHES.
As a side note, if this is determined to be a Least Shrew by those that know more than me, this is the 3rd one found on our property in the past 20 years..
Atrapada en el baño de una finca
Took us by surprise by approaching us on Spruce Bog Boardwalk.