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In summer the area is hot but many water birds can be found, including such New Mexico rarities as the least bittern and occasionally the little blue heron. Late November to late February is the best time for large numbers of birds, typically over 10,000 sandhill cranes and over 20,000 Ross's and snow geese .
Songbirds can be seen in the spring, especially May. In the summer months the refuge is home to many marsh and shorebirds. In the fall there are raptor migrations. Waterfowl concentrations rise in the winter. While some species such as the sandhill crane can number in the thousands, others have been spotted only on rare occasions.
[33] [34] [35] Additionally, there is a report that even a much smaller peregrine falcon has successfully killed a 3.1 kg (6.8 lb) adult sandhill crane in a stoop. [30] [36] In New Mexico, humans hunt them with a permit granted in a lottery draw during late fall. There are a total of 17 states that allow hunting of Sandhill Cranes.
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Oliver announced his campaign for the strange bird in the New Zealand Bird of the Century contest during Nov. 5 episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver on HBO.
The whooping crane (Grus americana) is an endangered crane species, native to North America, [3] [1] named for its "whooping" calls. Along with the sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis), it is one of only two crane species native to North America, and it is also the tallest North American bird species. [3]
New Mexico Wildlife "Ladd S. Gordon Waterfowl Complex" (PDF). New Mexico Department of Game & Fish. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-03-22; Liddell, Judith; Hussey, Barbara (2011-10-26). Birding Hot Spots of Central New Mexico. Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 978-1-60344-426-2