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The female Mexican Spotted owl perched near male after a year of no nesting of all the owls within the region of the Lincoln National Forest in 2021, possibly due to the drought of the past year.

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Image Size: 4330x3248 / 11.4MB; Basin and Range-East Lincoln National Forest Mexican spotted owl New Mexico Smokey Bear District Southern rockies Strix occidentalis lucida birds canyonns criticial habitat mixed-conifer forest monogamous owls perched reversed sexual dimorphism roost solitary threatened
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The female Mexican Spotted owl perched near male after a year of no nesting of all the owls within the region of the Lincoln National Forest in 2021, possibly due to the drought of the past year.