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Midland Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta ssp. marginata)Observer
jnstuartDescription
Basking with Red-eared Slider. This looks like the Midland subspecies, which I've seen here before. Apparently introduced, where it occurs along with the native Western Painted Turtles.
See also:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/62063300
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/7536785
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Lucy's Warbler (Leiothlypis luciae)Observer
jnstuartDescription
Nondescript gray warbler foraging high up in cottonwoods. Could not see the rufous rump at the time, but barely captured that in last photo.
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Neotropic Cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum)Observer
jnstuartDescription
Cormorant rookery at Tingley Beach fishing ponds.
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Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)Observer
jnstuartDescription
Tingley Beach Lagoon fishing ponds. Little Blue Heron night-roosting with dozens of Cattle Egrets in trees on island; also a Neotropic Cormorant rookery here. The heron and egrets flew just before sun was up. Seen by many birders.
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jnstuartDescription
These nonnative Poppies are popping up again throughout Albuquerque as they have been each April for at least the last 5 years.
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Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)Observer
jnstuartDescription
Growing wild in bosque along the Rio Concho.
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Common Raven (Corvus corax)Observer
jnstuartDescription
Pair of ravens with a nest built on exterior of NM Game & Fish building. One on nest, one in a nearby juniper.
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Domestic Cat (Felis catus)Observer
jnstuartDescription
Several feral or semi-feral cats apparently live in the park.
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Baldcypress (Taxodium distichum)Observer
jnstuartDescription
Presumably planted here, not wild.
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Scarlet Hedgehog Cactus (Echinocereus coccineus)Observer
jnstuartDescription
Planted, not wild.
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Scarlet Hedgehog Cactus (Echinocereus coccineus)Observer
jnstuartDescription
Planted, not wild.
