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Corvids are above average in size among the Passeriformes, and some of the larger species show high levels of intelligence. The island scrub-jay is endemic to Santa Cruz Island. Island scrub-jay, Aphelocoma insularis (SC) Clark's nutcracker, Nucifraga columbiana (A) (SC) Yellow-billed magpie, Pica nuttalli (A) (ANA) American crow, Corvus ...
Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge is a 2,088-acre (8.45 km 2) National Wildlife Refuge situated along the banks of the Rio Grande, south of Alamo in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, in Hidalgo County, South Texas. The wildlife refuge was established for the protection of migratory birds in 1943.
The Indian Runner duck, Anas platyrhynchos domesticus, is a breed of domestic duck. They have slender bodies with long necks and slim heads. Their legs are set back closer to their tails, so the ...
The Santa Ana sucker (Catostomus santaanae) is a freshwater ray-finned fish, endemic to California. It is closely related to the mountain sucker and has dark grey upper parts and silvery underparts. It grows to a maximum length of 25 cm (10 in), but most adults are much smaller than this.
The warm and cold flavors of Santa Ana winds are generally rooted in the same dynamics. But cold Santa Ana wind events, Houk said, are driven by mid- and upper-level low pressure and colder air aloft.
The white-cheeked pintail (Anas bahamensis), also known as the Bahama pintail or summer duck, is a species of dabbling duck that is spottily distributed throughout South America and the Caribbean. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae under its current scientific name.
Santa Ana winds flow east to west through Southern California's mountains, according to the National Weather Service. They begin when winds from the desert flow westward toward an area of low ...
The American wigeon (Mareca americana), also known as the baldpate, is a species of dabbling duck found in North America. Formerly assigned to Anas, this species is classified with the other wigeons in the dabbling duck genus Mareca. It is the New World counterpart of the Eurasian wigeon.