You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. I’ve been tracking the progress of a family of Great Horned Owls. The parents appropriated a nest previously constructed by a pair of Red-tailed Hawks (Great Horned Owls don’t build nests, they
You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. I’ve been seeing a lot of Burrowing Owls in recent days. This is breeding season for the little owls. So far, I haven’t seen any offspring, but I’ve encountered numerous owls standing
You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. Another Hummingbird today — this is a Broad-tailed Hummingbird. This beautiful little hummingbird is a relatively common species in the upland areas of the western United States. I encountered this individual in
You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. I was very fortunate to be able to return to my neighbor’s backyard on a second and a third occasion in order to observe and photograph the Western Screech Owl family that
You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. I had my first encounter with Acorn Woodpeckers about six or seven years ago while visiting the observatories at the summit of Kitt Peak, about 50 miles west of our Tucson home.
You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. Recently, I posted some images of male Broad-billed Hummingbirds. I’m posting a few more today. I made these images at a different location than that of the first posts. Broad-billed Hummingbirds may
You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. Red-tailed Hawks are among the easiest to identify of all birds of prey, if you know what to look for. These big hawks have several defining characteristics. One characteristic, displayed vividly by
You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. Today I’m featuring a hummingbird whose range reaches into southeastern Arizona and just a couple of other areas in the United States (southeastern New Mexico, and southwestern Texas). This is Rivoli’s Hummingbird.
You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. Today, one more chapter in the saga of southern Arizona’s several flycatcher species. Recently, I searched for subjects to photograph in Miller Canyon, in the Huachucha Mountains, near the US – Mexico
You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. In a recent post I displayed an image of what I believe is an Ash-throated Flycatcher. I bemoaned my identification issues with flycatchers: there are several look-alike species that visit southern Arizona
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