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Hobbes, great thread. This is the early transplant information I have been able to gather. Unfortunately there seems to be very little information on where in NM the birds came from. The CO birds would have been from the far southern part of the state in those years.1935 15 New Mexico Merriam's sent to Wyoming1951 26 New Mexico birds to Wyoming (Black Hills)1948 29 NM + CO birds to South Dakota1954 13 CO birds to Montana1955 18 Wyoming birds (presumably from NM transplants) to MontanaMerriam's from the Gila National Forest in southwest New MexicoMore buff colored Merriam's from Lincoln National Forest, southeast New MexicoWe have found the Gila birds to be more white on average than the Lincoln Merriam's, but with a lot of overlap.
I hunt Merriams in Washington, Oregon and Idaho. I’ve noticed that the camera will take a buff colored Merriams and turn it pretty white. Curious Hobbes, do you think some of those photos make the birds look whiter than they were.