Birds around Bosque
Specialty birds of Bosque del Apache
Contributed by Kenn Kaufman
Published:
August 26, 2011
Contributing Editor Kenn Kaufman uses photographs taken by Brian E. Small to describe species that can be found around New Mexico's Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge: Ross's Goose, Townsend's Solitaire, Crissal Thrasher, Sage Sparrow, and "Gray-headed" Dark-eyed Junco. The refuge hosts the popular Festival of the Cranes annually. Kaufman also describes the unexpected results obtained when scientists encouraged Sandhill Cranes to serve as foster parents for young Whooping Cranes between 1975 and 1988.
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