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Do you love wildlife watching? Plant a pollinator garden! You can help create a healthy habitat, whether a container garden on a balcony or an entire acre in your backyard. fws.gov/story/how-build-poll…
Video: a white-lined sphinx moth feeds on a milkweed plant, Tom Koerner/USFWS
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Have you ever found a nest with eggs and no parents nearby? Or perhaps you startled a parent bird off a nest and worried that it might not return? What do you do? Find out in our Question of the Week: allaboutbirds.org/news/i-fou…
Olivia is amazing. Don’t miss this!
Did you know that there are over 1,000 species of bees in New Mexico and not all of them sting?! Olivia Carril shares her discoveries about the amazing bees of #NewMexico. 🐝
Watch ¡COLORES! Saturday at 4pm and stream anytime on the PBS App:
to.pbs.org/42rM6uW #Bees #Bee
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”in reshaping our thinking about dandelions or other so-called weeds, we might reshape our entire relationship with the living world” - Robin Wall Kimmerer
The first planting of the ABQ Backyard Refuge Program demonstration garden at #valledeoronwr is in thanks to #ancestralLandsConservationCorps & #youthConservationCorps !
Our partners @NMCommunityGeog & @UNM_GES are participating in @citnatchallenge again this year! You can join their team and help us collect data for our urban biodiversity map! inaturalist.org/projects/unm… @GeographyLane @DisasterYolanda
Burqueños! Get out there and document urban nature this weekend. Use iNaturalist to submit observations of any living being except domesticated animals and humans! @citnatchallenge
It's #CityNatureChallengeABQ against #Phoenix and #ElPaso ! Let's do this, Bernalillo, Sandoval, and Valencia counties.
You'll be able to watch the rankings here once we get started on Friday:
inaturalist.org/projects/cit…
@citnatchallenge #iNaturalist #CityNatureChallenge
Thank you, @LauraPaskus ! We love this picture of a roadrunner sitting with someone’s sign!
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ABQ Backyard Refuge Program retweeted
The @ABQbrp is increasing the presence of wildlife in the city by empowering residents to create sanctuaries for the living creatures who are native to the land.
dailylobo.com/article/2022/0… – at Albuquerque, NM
Birds need water when it is cold! Take some hot water out to melt the ice and refresh your bird bath whenever you can during the deep cold that’s upon us. #backyardhabitat #nmwx #urbanWildlife #cityNature @ABQcitynature
This is a great guide to keeping your backyard refuge healthy this winter!
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A cloud of Bushtits is gleaning insects in the trees in the newly certified habitat at Plants of the Southwest-Albuquerque #citynature @ABQcitynature #backyardhabitat
Growing habitat in your yard is an action you can take to give our wild neighbors time and space for adapting to our changing climate while making our city more resilient. abqbackyardrefuge.org @CABQParks @CABQEHD @NMCommunityGeog
Climate change got you down? Read TNC Chief Scientist @KHayhoe's @TIME Magazine op-ed on finding hope in taking action. nature.ly/3xImDN6 #ClimateAction
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Researchers are increasingly working with city planners, landscape architects and urban wildlife managers to make cities part of the solution to the global biodiversity crisis.
e360.yale.edu/features/urban…
Fostering habitat fosters biodiversity and you can start in your backyard! abqbackyardrefuge.org
With animals such as snowy owls, otters and bobcats now appearing in urban areas, scientists are recognizing that cities can play a significant role in fostering biodiversity.
e360.yale.edu/features/urban…
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Make sure when we plan new parks & natural spaces we meet people where they are, bring in the local community (and their leaders) to create space for how they enjoy nature. -Dr. Mamie Parker #OnTheirWings #BlackBirdersWeek2021
visit the CNC ABQ website for more details: abqcitynature.org/
We just challenged one of the biggest @UNM departments (Biology) to, um … a Biology contest <gulp> Now calling all alumni, friends, and supporters of Geography to join our cause: 2021 City Nature Challenge @abqcitynature.
