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4. Mexican Grey Wolf<br />
The lobo was once “top dog” in the borderlands, and when the wolf population returns to healthy<br />
numbers, biologists believe that lobos will restore balance to the Southwest’s ecosystems by<br />
keeping deer, elk and javelina—a type of peccary —populations healthy and in check.<br />
5. Sandhill Cranes<br />
Sandhill cranes fly south for the winter and as they migrate towards Southern NM, they stop<br />
over right here in <strong>Albuquerque</strong>. You can see them along the Rio Grande Bosque each Fall in<br />
flocks of up to 10,000 cranes!<br />
6. Purple Thistles<br />
One of the most interesting characteristics of the purple thistle is its ability to move toward<br />
anything which disturbs it. If something as small as an insect should try to crawl along the<br />
flower, the anthers would move to curl themselves around the insect, covering it with pollen at<br />
the same time. The plant can use the motion to protect itself from intruders.<br />
7. Prairie Dogs<br />
You can easily watch Prairie Dogs throughout <strong>Albuquerque</strong> - especially along Tramway.These<br />
charismatic, rabbit-size rodents live in underground burrows, extensive warrens of tunnels and<br />
chambers marked by many mounds of packed earth at their surface entrances. Other animals<br />
benefit from their labors. Burrows may be shared by snakes, burrowing owls, and even rare<br />
black-footed ferrets, which hunt prairie dogs in their own dwellings.
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