In the 1850s, the northern Chihuahuan Desert in southern New Mexico was a vast expanse of black grama and tobosa grasses, broken only by the solitary spikes of soaptree yuccas. The aplomado falcon ...

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RAYMONDVILLE — The majestic aplomado falcon hadn't flown in South Texas for years when representatives of the Peregrine Fund arrived at Frank Yturria's bank office with a request. The Idaho-based ...

ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes reintroducing northern Aplomado falcons in southern New Mexico, where there have been only sporadic sightings of the endangered bird. The ...

WASHINGTON — The endangered Northern Aplomado Falcon, a regal gray bird with beige markings that was common across Texas and the Southwest until 1952, is making a comeback. A combined effort by ...

I’m always up for trying new ways to catch dinner, so I jumped at the chance to go hunting with my friend, Spence Wise. But instead of guns, we used trained raptors. Yes, raptors. No, not dinosaurs.

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The northern aplomado falcon (Falco femoralis septentrionalis) was once fairly common in the savannas of southern Texas and in other parts of ...