New Mexico

amy has been to this state for a brief trip, including sightseeing. Maybe amy will get some of her pictures organized soon!

Aircraft: Hot Air Balloon

Amphibian: New Mexico Spadefoot Toad (Spea multiplicata)

Animal: Black Bear (Ursus americanus)

Ballad: "Land of Enchantment - New Mexico"

Balloon: Anderson-Abruzzo International Balloon Museum

Bilingual Song: "New Mexico - Mi Lindo Nuevo Mexico"

Bird: Roadrunner or Chaparral Bird (Geococcyx californianus)

Butterfly: Sandia Hairstreak

Cookie: Biscochito

Colors: Red and Yellow of Old Spain

Fish: New Mexico Cutthroat Trout or Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarki virginalis)

Flower: Yucca Flower (Yucca glauca)

Fossil: Coelophysis Dinosaur

Gem: Turquoise

Grass: Blue Grama Grass (Bouteloua gracillis)

Great Seal: State Seal

Insect: Tarantula Hawk Wasp (Pepsis formosa )

Motto: "Crescit Eundo" - "It Grows As It Goes"

Poem: "A Nuevo Mexico"

Question: Red or Green?

Reptile: New Mexico Whiptail Lizard (Cnemidophorus neomexicanus)

Slogan, business, commerce and industry: "Everybody is somebody in New Mexico."

Spanish Language Song: "Asi Es Nuevo Mejico"

Tartan: New Mexico Tartan (Website)

Tree: Nut Pine or Pinon Tree (Pinus edulis)

Vegetables: Chile & Frijol (Pinto bean)