April 2015

How are Anthony Bourdain and the Jaguar Club of New Mexico alike? They both had their episode of “NO RESERVATIONS”. When arriving for the regular monthly meeting at Mimi’s Café in March the restaurant had lost the club’s monthly reservation. However, after some gentle and very persuasive requests, Mimi’s was able to accommodate the 14+ members in attendance.

Tip for finding jaguars : Like all cats, the jaguar is an obligate carnivore, feeding only on meat. It is an opportunistic hunter and its diet encompasses at least 87 species. The jaguar can take virtually any terrestrial or riparian vertebrate found in Central or South America, with a preference for large prey. The jaguar is more of a dietary generalist than its Old World cousins: the American tropics have a high diversity of small animals but relatively low populations and diversity of the large ungulates which this genus favors. They regularly take adult caimans, deer, capybaras, tapirs, peccaries, dogs, zorros, and sometimes even anacondas. However, the cat will eat any small species that can be caught, including frogs, mice, birds (mainly ground-based species such as cracids), fish, sloths, monkeys, and turtles; a study conducted in Belize, for example, revealed that the diets of jaguars there consisted primarily of armadillos and pacas. Some jaguars will also take domestic livestock, including adult cattle and horses. They can often be found dining at local eateries in New Mexico on the third Saturday of each month feasting on breakfast burritos, bacon, eggs, hash browns, and green or red chilies.

Up Coming Events

Wednesday, April 1, regular meeting. We will meet at Mimi’s Cafe at 6:30 pm. Regular time, regular place. Third Saturday, April 18, Coffee & Cars. Meet at Coffee & Cars location on Jefferson at 9:00 am and then head to Murphy’s Mule Barn, 9700 2nd St NW, Albuquerque, NM 87114 for breakfast around 9:30 am.

A Trip to the Indian Pueblo

Cultural Center and Breakfast

at the

The parking lot was full at the Owl Café.

Look’s like breakfast was a hit.

Where In the #@%^! Is

Jerome, AZ?

Photos courtesy of Chuck Howe