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    Mystery bird at New Mexico wildlife refuge stumps experts

    Mystery bird at New Mexico wildlife refuge stumps experts
    By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN
    Associated PressAssociated Press
    Posted: 11/30/2012 06:02:39 PM PST
    December 1, 2012 2:3 AM GMTUpdated: 11/30/2012 06:02:39 PM PST

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Wildlife managers at one of the nation's premiere bird-watching spots have a mystery on their hands.

    A strange-looking bird with dark plumage showed up at the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge earlier this month to join the tens of thousands of cranes and geese that spend the winter in the Rio Grande Valley.

    The problem: No one knows exactly what kind of bird it is.

    The debate has spread from the refuge's fields and wetlands onto Facebook, where guesses have ranged from some kind of mutant to a Thanksgiving turkey disguised as a crane for self-preservation. Birding experts from New York to California continued studying photographs of the bird Thursday, spurring even more theories.

    The refuge posted a photograph of the bird on its Facebook page this week, sparking dozens of comments. Aside from the disguised turkey and oil-slicked bird theories, some suggested it could be a hybridization between a crane and an emu or a trumpeter, which are native to South America.

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