You may enlarge any image in this post by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. Pine Siskins appear to reside everywhere in the United States where there are coniferous forests. In southern Arizona, that generally means the pine and oak forests on the slopes of our mountains,
You may enlarge any image in this post by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. People sometimes ask me if I’m a birder. My answer is no, I’m a nature photographer who likes to photograph birds. The two pastimes, birding and nature photography overlap, of course. Both
You may enlarge any image in this post by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. Today, another in a series of posts about a pair of Cooper’s Hawks that is intent on raising a family. I’ve observed these hawks over a period of about three weeks. During
You may enlarge any image in this post by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. We’re done with winter in southern Arizona, but we were still having fairly chilly mornings as recently as a week or so ago. I was walking on a pathway adjacent to a
You may enlarge any image in this post by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. Recently, I posted about a female Anna’s Hummingbird and her brood of two. I’m delighted to report that both youngsters have fledged and have left the nest. Hummingbirds differ from other avian
You may enlarge any image in this post by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. Forget all of the technical talk about the Equinox denoting the beginning of spring. Spring has already arrived in southern Arizona. It’s breeding season for many bird species. Yesterday, I photographed a
You may enlarge any image in this post by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. Sometimes it’s the simplest compositions that are the strongest. When I photographed this Vermilion Flycatcher in early morning sunlight I noticed immediately that the scene had reduced to just three tones: red,
You may enlarge any image in this post by clicking on it. Click again for a closer view. This is the second of a series of posts about a mated pair of Cooper’s Hawks. Cooper’s Hawks appear to mate for life. Male and female Cooper’s Hawks have essentially identical plumage,
You may enlarge any image in this post by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. I posted recently about the mating strategy of male Red-winged Blackbirds. Great-tailed Grackles are members of the blackbird family and it’s mating season for them. Males of this species like their Red-winged
You may enlarge any image in this post by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. Today’s image is of a Great Blue Heron, shown at the instant that it began to take flight. The heron was standing in shallow water when I found it. I was ready
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