Bird of the Week – Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay
by Bob Walker The most common jay of the piñon-juniper zone, the Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) is more likely to […]
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Bird of the Week – Steller’s Jay
by Bob Walker Have you been enjoying the Steller’s Jays this fall? All of northern New Mexico has seen an
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Bird of the Week – Lewis’s Woodpecker
by Bob Walker Lewis’s Woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis) is a relatively uncommon woodpecker in Los Alamos County, but over the last
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Tiger Salamanders and Mammals: Underground Companions?
Expanded version of the article printed in Nature Notes No. 4, 2017 By Dr. Ellen A.G. Chernoff and Jennifer Macke Tiger salamanders
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Bird of the Week – The Mourning Dove
by Bob Walker The Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) is the most common and widely hunted game bird of the North
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Bird of the Week – The Turkey Vulture
by Bob Walker Turkey Vultures (Cathartes aura) are summertime visitors we regularly see soaring in the skies above Los Alamos
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Bird of the Week – Downy Woodpecker
by Bob Walker The Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) is one of the most common and abundant of the North American
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Wildflower of the Week by Chick Keller
Summer is in full swing, and nature has many ways of telling us. The floppy-petalled, cut-leaf coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata) is
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Bird of the Week – The Zone-tailed Hawk
Photo caption: This Zone-tailed Hawk is a Turkey Vulture look-alike, from a distance. by Bob Walker From mid-March through mid-October
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