Observations by libbygonzalez

Pennisetum setaceum also known as fountain grass. While purple fountain grass is known as a perennial, it is actually considered a tender perennial referenced from: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/foliage/purple-fountain-grass/grow-purple-fountain-grass.htm

Passer domesticus also known as the House Sparrow, female species are a plain brown overall with dingy gray-brown underparts. just like the one pictured here. referenced from: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/House_Sparrow/id

Picoides scalaris the Ladder backed Woodpecker is found across the southwestern United States. it is found in very arid parts of the country, occupying in both the Sonoran and Chihuahuan deserts
referenced from:https://txtbba.tamu.edu/species-accounts/ladder-backed-woodpecker/

In the family, Cactaceae. Also known as the prickly pear, it is found in Mexico and in areas of arid western Untied States. These also happen to be the most cold tolerant of the lowland cacti. referenced from https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=openl

Anas platyrhynchos The mallard is widely distributed across the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Here are two that were observed in Ruidoso NM. referenced from: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Mallard/id

Cnemidophorus tesselatus is a species of lizard found in the southwestern United States in Colorado, Texas and New Mexico, and in northern Mexico in Chihuahua and Coahuila. referenced from http://digital-desert.com/wildlife/whiptail-lizard.html

Zenaida asiatica this dove can be found in desert habitats in the Southwest and in citites and suburbs of Texas and coastal southeast. Individuals wander widely and irregularly across the continent after the breeding season ends. referenced from https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/White-winged_Dove/id