You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. I have a tendency to change my preferred subjects occasionally. I’ll go through a period where I’m busy pursuing certain birds of prey, for example. Or, I’ll become obsessed with photographing hummingbirds.
You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. In most years I have collected dozens of images of Swainson’s Hawks by now. They come through our area in waves, sometimes of hundreds of birds, during their annual migrations. A fair
You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. The is a popular video game marketed under the title “Angry Birds.” The principal characters featured in the game are caricatures of birds — enlarged heads, almost no bodies, evidently wingless and
You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. There’s a municipal park about a five minute drive from our home where we walk our dog a couple of times a day. The park features a small pond. At times the
You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. Nestling Crested Caracaras grow at a pace that is so fast that they seem to enlarge and mature even as one watches them. At birth, they are tiny balls of fluff. Just
You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. Today and tomorrow I’ll be featuring images that I made at the Crested Caracara nest that I discussed a couple of days ago. I made three trips to the nest site this
You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. There are several species of finch-like Grosbeaks. In southern Arizona the Black-headed Grosbeak is a fairly common summertime visitor. Other species make rare appearances in our area. Black-headed Grosbeaks prefer woodlands and
You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. I’m back after a week off. After 3500+ posts, nearly all of them consecutive, I felt a need to do something else for a few days. But that’s behind me, it will
You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. I’ll be on hiatus for a week, starting tomorrow. I have a few personal matters that I need to take care of. But, worry not, I’ll be back a week from tomorrow
You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. I’ve posted relatively frequently about Great Horned Owls and I’m sure that I’ve mentioned more than once that these big raptors are devoted parents. Today’s post illustrates just how devoted they are.
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