Great Horned Owl
With its long, earlike tufts, intimidating yellow-eyed stare, and deep hooting voice, the Great Horned Owl is the quintessential owl of storybooks. This powerful predator possess a wingspan of up to 5 feet, near silent flight and can take down birds and mammals even larger than itself, but it also dines on daintier fare such as tiny scorpions, mice, and frogs. It’s one of the most common owls in North America, equally at home in deserts, wetlands, forests, grasslands, backyards, cities, and almost any other semi-open habitat between the Arctic and the tropics.
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Sandhill Crane
Sandhill cranes typically begin to arrive in central New Mexico and at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in late October and stay through mid February. Family groups migrate together, with juvenile birds typically staying with their parents through their first winter.
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Finback Whale
Finback (or simply “Fin”) Whales are giants even amongst whales. Adult Finback Whales can reach lengths of 89 feet, easily making them the second largest animal on the planet (only the Blue Whale is larger). In fact many of the Finback Whales double the length of most of the Humpback Whales. However the sleek design, fast speed, and elusive nature of the Finback Whale makes a more difficult animal to get a close look at than the relatively slow-moving Humpback Whales. This “greyhound of the sea” can swim in bursts up to nearly 50 km/h (30 mph), making it faster than all other whales. And there are only about 100,000 of these magnificent creatures left on the earth.
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Dragonfly
Dragonflies were some of the first winged insects to evolve, some 300 million years ago. Modern dragonflies have wingspans of only two to five inches, but fossil dragonflies have been found with wingspans of up to two feet.
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Gray Whale
The gray whale migrates between feeding and breeding grounds yearly. It reaches a length of 14.9 meters (49 ft), a weight of up to 41 tonnes (90,000 lb) and lives between 55 and 70 years, although one female was estimated to be 75–80 years of age. The common name of the whale comes from the gray patches and white mottling on its dark skin.
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Snow Geese 1
At winter's end, snow geese fly north to their breeding grounds on the Arctic tundra. Pairs mate for life, and produce two to six eggs each year in a shallow ground nest. Chicks can swim and eat on their own within 24 hours, but families remain together through the young's first winter. Families can be identified as groups during both the southern and northern migrations.
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Kestrel
The Kestrel is North America’s smallest falcon. They are most easily distinguished by their typical hunting behavior which is to hover at a height of around 10–20 meters over open country and swoop down on prey, usually small mammals, lizards or large insects
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Sandhill Crane 2
Sandhill cranes are the most abundant of the world’s cranes and are found throughout most of North America. They spend most of the year in Canada and the northern United States and migrate to the southern United States and Mexico for the winter.
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Snow Geese
Snow geese are harbingers of the changing seasons. They fly south for the winter in huge, honking flocks that may appear as a "V" formation or simply as a large "snowstorm" of white birds. They spend the colder seasons in southern coastal marshes, bays, wet grasslands, and fields. Their diet is entirely vegetarian, consisting of grasses and grains, grazed from damp soils or even shallow water.
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Snow Goose
While watching the graceful flight of the snow goose, it's no wonder that humans have forever dreamed of winged flight. Wilbur wright found inspiration while watching birds in flight which led to humanity's achievement of controlled flight in 1903 by the Wright brothers.
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Sea Lions
Sea lions are pinnipeds characterized by external ear flaps, long foreflippers, the ability to walk on all fours, short, thick hair, and a big chest and belly. Their lifespan is 20 to 30 years.
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Gray Whale 2
The gray whale is one of the animal kingdom's great migrators. Traveling in groups called pods, some of these giants swim 12,430 miles round-trip from their summer home in Alaskan waters to the warmer waters off the Mexican coast. The whales winter and breed in the shallow southern waters and balmier climate.
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Mule Deer
The mule deer is named for the ears which look like those of a mule. It is found throughout western North America.
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Gray Whale Syphop
The 'shyhop' behavior is likely to help the whales hear better. It has been observed that during spy hop behavior the eyes do not always come above the surface of the water. During migration, it may be to hear the surf since their route usually follows the coastline.
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Western Diamondback
The western diamondback rattlesnake is found throughout the southwestern United States. It can be found living in deserts, grassy plains, forests, rocky hillsides and areas along the coast from below sea level up to 6500 feet. An adult can reach a length of seven and a half feet.
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Mule Deer 2
The antlers of the mule deer buck fall off during the winter, then grow again in preparation for the next season's rut. The annual cycle of antler growth is regulated by changes in the length of the day.
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Seal Of Approval
Harbor seals are brown, silvery white, tan, or gray, with distinctive V-shaped nostrils. An adult can attain a length of 1.85 m (6.1 ft) and a mass of up to 168 kg (370 lb). Blubber under the seal's skin helps to maintain body temperature. Females outlive males (30–35 years versus 20–25 years). Harbor seals stick to familiar resting spots or haulout sites, generally rocky areas (although ice, sand, and mud may also be used) where they are protected from adverse weather conditions and predation, near a foraging area. Males may fight over mates under water and on land. Females bear a single pup after a nine-month gestation, which they care for alone. Pups can weigh up to 16 kg (35 lb) and are able to swim and dive within hours of birth. They develop quickly on their mothers' fat-rich milk, and are weaned after four to six weeks.
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Snowy Egret
The Snowy Egret is a beautiful, graceful small heron known by its contrasting yellow feet and black beak. It is very active in its feeding behavior in shallow waters where it often forages actively, walking or running in shallow water, also standing still and waiting for prey to approach. The species was slaughtered for its plumes in the 19th century, but protection brought a rapid recovery of numbers.
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Bee On Thistle
We owe a great deal to the busy bees. Due to loss of habitat, disease, pesticides, and climate change, bee populations are declining. This decline threatens a vital source of pollination required to insure the survival of many crop varieties we depend on for our food sources.
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Leaping Dolphin
Dolphins are extremely social, intelligent mammals. But even though they look friendly, bottlenose dolphins can be aggressive. They have been known to attack sharks and porpoises. Bottlenose dolphins can grow to 12 feet in length and weigh 300 to 400 pounds.They usually swim two to four miles per hour, but can swim nearly 18 miles per hour.
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