From 9.29.26-10.5.26 my father, sister and I drove from Chicago, IL to Las Vegas, NM and back. This is part of Day 6.
See all of the New Mexico trip posts at New Mexico 2026.
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| Dog Vomit Slime Mold (Fuligo septica). This decomposing amoeba is made of a single cell and increases soil fertility. It is not a fungus, but is very similar. |
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| Rock Pigeons on a statue |
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| Texas Blue Prickly Pear cactus. The red and green buds are ripe and unripe fruit, respectively |
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| Tree Cholla cactus. The yellow things are fruit |
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| Weird plant |
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| Hot Air balloons, a Cooper's or Sharp-shinned Hawk, and mountains |
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| Landscape |
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| Unidentified Prickly Pears |
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| Landscape |
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| Blue-winged Teals (a species of duck). The color teal is named after the many duck species known as teals |
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| White-breasted Nuthatch |
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| This nuthatch was literally straight above me |
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| Spotted Towhee (new species for my family and I) |
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| Flying! |
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| White-winged Doves (new species for my family and I) |
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| Unidentified Snail |
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| Look at those tentacles! (The eyes are situated on the end of tentacles) |
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| Rio Grande Cottonwood |
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| Rio Grande Cottonwood. The Rio Grande Cottonwood is a subspecies of the Eastern Cottonwood, which I see a lot back home in Chicago. However, the Rio Grande Cottonwood is not the subspecies native and common in Chicago. |
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| House Finch with a seed in its mouth |
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| Exceptionally lumpy polypores on Rio Grande Cottonwood |
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