New Mexico bird society plots future at Silver City meeting - Silvercity Daily Press

New Mexico bird society plots future at Silver City meeting - Silvercity Daily Press

(Press Staff Photo by Juno Ogle)Sandy Williams of the New Mexico Ornithological Society gives a presentation on the history and status of the Worthen’s sparrow during Saturday’s annual meeting of the society at Western New Mexico University’s Harlan Hall. One of the most endangered songbirds in North America, the species was first identified from a specimen taken near Silver City in 1884. By JUNO OGLE Daily Press Staff It had been about 12 years…