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Guide to the Flora and Fauna of Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve

A Natural Cienega Highlighting New Mexico’s Biodiversity

The Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve is a 35-acre nature preserve located on the I-25 frontage road in La Cienega, adjacent to El Rancho de las Golondrinas. This rare natural cienega, or “marsh” in Spanish, hosts a bountiful ...more ↓

Greater Roadrunner 1
Geococcyx californianus
Eurasian Collared-Dove 2
Streptopelia decaocto
Turkey Vulture 3
Cathartes aura
Great Blue Heron 4
Ardea herodias
Cooper's Hawk 5
Accipiter cooperii
Swainson's Hawk 6
Buteo swainsoni
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 7
Selasphorus platycercus
Black-chinned Hummingbird 8
Archilochus alexandri
Mallard 9
Anas platyrhynchos
Green-winged Teal 10
Anas crecca
Bufflehead 11
Bucephala albeola
Ring-necked Duck 11
Aythya collaris
Lesser Scaup 12
Aythya affinis
Canvasback 8
Aythya valisineria
Canada Goose 13
Branta canadensis
Wood Duck 14
Aix sponsa
Hooded Merganser 15
Lophodytes cucullatus
Bushtit 16
Psaltriparus minimus
Cedar Waxwing 17
Bombycilla cedrorum
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 8
Polioptila caerulea
House Wren 8
Troglodytes aedon
Bewick's Wren 18
Thryomanes bewickii
Lincoln's Sparrow 19
Melospiza lincolnii
Song Sparrow 20
Melospiza melodia
White-crowned Sparrow 21
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Spotted Towhee 22
Pipilo maculatus
Great-tailed Grackle 23
Quiscalus mexicanus
Common Yellowthroat 24
Geothlypis trichas
Red-winged Blackbird 25
Agelaius phoeniceus
Summer Tanager 26
Piranga rubra
Western Tanager 8
Piranga ludoviciana
Dark-eyed Junco 27
Junco hyemalis
Yellow-breasted Chat 3
Icteria virens
Black-headed Grosbeak 18
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Brown-headed Cowbird 8
Molothrus ater
Yellow-headed Blackbird 28
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Lark Sparrow 29
Chondestes grammacus
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 8
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
American Robin 30
Turdus migratorius
Western Bluebird 20
Sialia mexicana
Juniper Titmouse 31
Baeolophus ridgwayi
White-breasted Nuthatch 32
Sitta carolinensis
Ash-throated Flycatcher 33
Myiarchus cinerascens
Western Wood-Pewee 34
Contopus sordidulus
Olive-sided Flycatcher 35
Contopus cooperi
Western Kingbird 3
Tyrannus verticalis
Northern Flicker 36
Colaptes auratus
Western Terrestrial Garter Snake 37
Thamnophis elegans
Wandering Garter Snake 38
Thamnophis elegans vagrans
Common Raccoon 39
Procyon lotor
American Badger 8
Taxidea taxus
Striped Skunk 40
Mephitis mephitis
Bobcat 41
Lynx rufus
Coyote 42
Canis latrans
Muskrat 43
Ondatra zibethicus
Western Black Widow 44
Latrodectus hesperus
Flame Skimmer 45
Libellula saturata
Widow Skimmer 46
Libellula luctuosa
Painted Lady 47
Vanessa cardui
Catnip 48
Nepeta cataria
Monarch 49
Danaus plexippus
broadleaf cattail 50
Typha latifolia
Convergent Lady Beetle 51
Hippodamia convergens
Queen 49
Danaus gilippus
Hooker's evening primrose 52
Oenothera elata
eastern cottonwood 13
Populus deltoides
Iceland Poppy 53
Papaver nudicaule
common yarrow 54
Achillea millefolium
Black Saddlebags 18
Tramea lacerata
Pearl Crescent 55
Phyciodes tharos
bull thistle 56
Cirsium vulgare
Plains Beebalm 57
Monarda pectinata
field bindweed 58
Convolvulus arvensis
prickly lettuce 59
Lactuca serriola
European Mantis 60
Mantis religiosa
yellow salsify 61
Tragopogon dubius
Spotted Cucumber Beetle 62
Diabrotica undecimpunctata
wild teasel 63
Dipsacus fullonum
American Bumble Bee 64
Bombus pensylvanicus
black medick 65
Medicago lupulina
yellow sweetclover 66
Melilotus officinalis
common sunflower 50
Helianthus annuus
fourwing saltbush 67
Atriplex canescens
buffalo gourd 68
Cucurbita foetidissima
cheatgrass 69
Bromus tectorum
wild licorice 70
Glycyrrhiza lepidota
white sweetclover 66
Melilotus albus
Checkered White 71
Pontia protodice
Freckled Milkvetch 72
Astragalus lentiginosus
fringed puccoon 73
Lithospermum incisum
yerba mansa 74
Anemopsis californica
blue vervain 75
Verbena hastata
squirreltail 76
Hordeum jubatum
Western Yellowjacket 77
Vespula pensylvanica
broadleaf milkweed 78
Asclepias latifolia
Russian olive 79
Elaeagnus angustifolia
American Bullfrog 80
Lithobates catesbeianus
Variegated Meadowhawk 81
Sympetrum corruptum
Western Carpenter Ant 82
Camponotus modoc
blue grama 83
Bouteloua gracilis

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