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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Biologists who have been working for years to reintroduce the endangered northern aplomado falcon to its historic range across the Southwest said Thursday they have spotted baby birds in a trio of nests in southern New Mexico and West Texas.
The chicks hatched in New Mexico are the first here under a restoration effort that began last summer when 11 captive-bred falcons were released on media mogul Ted Turner's Armendaris Ranch east of Truth or Consequences.
"Even under natural circumstances, a lot of young birds that fledge don't make it. So to have so many continuing to be seen and to have a nesting pair in the first year, it is beyond what we had hoped for," Patricia Zenone, a senior biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service told The Associated Press.
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