New Mexico, Sept.- October, 2019.

Smooth Green snake, Taos Canyon, 9/21.

Plateau Whiptail, mouth of Taos Canyon, 9/21.

Prairie Rattler, Petaca Canyon, 10/1.

Praying Mantis, Seton Village, Santa Fe, 10/4.

Bighorns along the road at Carson, 10/6.
 

Transition, winter to spring, March in NM

 Buffleheads, Ring-necked ducks, and Cinnamon teal at a local pond, 3/8.

 A pair of Canvasbacks, 3/8.

 Apricots in full splendor, 3/11, Santa Fe.

 Bighorn ram, Taos gorge, 3/13.

Long after the rut, still acting out, 3/13.

December on the Rio Grande, short days, warm birds.

 Common Goldeneyes dive for invertebrates, 12/31.

 As do the always bobbing, and often singing Dippers, 1/3/16.

 One ram of the new herd of bighorns in the gorge, 1/4/16.

 A female Kingfisher, 1/4/16.

Wintering Bald eagles hunt fish and ducks, 1/6/16.

Some NM summer sightings

 Black-tailed Jack.

 Pika with forage.

 Bighorn ewe with nursing lamb.

Marmot with forage.