Birds

Beautiful Chickadee
White Breasted Nuthatch
Black Crested Titmouse
Brown Thrasher
YUM! Yes, delicious!
Should I? Should I?
A small prayer to the bird Gods for this offering before me;)
The kingpin of the bunch
I had no idea how magnificent these birds were
Brilliant colours
Mrs. Cardinal
Beautiful Cardinals singing in the bushes
Bendires Thrasher calling out for a friend
A White Collared Dove and her blue eye shadow
Red Tailed Hawk
Phoebe
Mr. Western Bluebird
Mrs. Western Bluebird
Mrs. Wood duck, subtle yet elegant
The glorious Mr. Wood Duck
Handsome fellow
Huey, Dewey and Louie? 😉
Love these Einstein tufts
Mr. Ring Necked Duck, why not Tuxedo duck;)
Mr. Ruddy Duck and that beautiful bill…now you see him..
Common Merganser slinking away..
Sweet Love:)
Yellow Rumped Warbler
A pair of Northern Shovelers
This lady Cinnamon Teal has many admirers!
“Like I was saying, don’t be talking to the other guy ducks!”
Mrs. and Mr. American Widgeon
Mr. Ring Necked Duck, could be Tuxedo Duck;)
Red Winged Blackbirds
Mrs. Ring Necked Duck
A real quaker;) Gadwell Duck
Black Necked Stilts, why did someone not call these pink legged stilts?;)
Reddish Egret
Tri-Coloured Heron
Snowy Egret
Brown Pelican
Male Frigate Bird
A yellow Crowned Night Heron waits in the mangroves
Great Egret patiently hunting
In flight
Gila Woodpecker
The crew of the SS Lupes III 😉
A silly walk from a Raven
Turkey Vulture
Double Crested Cormorant
Cactus Wren
Diving for dinner
Brown Pelicans
The resident Osprey nests on top of the palapa at the end of the Pier
Beautiful breeding plummage
Pelicans gossiping;)
Just act natural, they’ll never know I’m a gull….
These Oystercatchers are hilarious:)
My new windvane:) Reddish Egret
Elegant Terns facing into the wind
The Heerman’s gull is looking at the Reddish Egret as if to say.” who dressed you this morning?” 😉
Where did I leave my keys? 😉
Heerman’s Gulls
In flight
Elegant Terns
American Avocets
Snowy-He is not a fan of the Tri-Coloured Heron
What a clown, he is actually shading the water to better see the fish..ingenious!
Black Crowned Night Heron
Yellow Crowned Night Heron
Heerman’s Gull-looks like I was boring the guy in the back;)
A pair of American Brown Pelicans
I seez another fishy…
Fishy fishy fishy…come to Papa!
Gotcha…yumyum….
I seez a fish…
Great Blue Heron
Red Shouldered Hawk
This branch is too flimsy-Local Osprey
Ring Necked Duck
The Gilas were fond of the hummingbird feeder
I usually have a hard time capturing these quick little Verdin’s but warming up in the morning sun he stood for a moment
Beautiful Black Throated Sparrow
An Ospery finishing his breakfast
Walk this way…
Great White Pelicans
American Widgeons
Northern Shoveler duck
A lovely pair of mallard gents
How lot’s of us felt after the election results
Osprey bringing home lunch, he snacked first
Great Egret flyover
The odd couple
Did you really drop myour keys Burt? We’ll never find them. Black Necked Stilt humour
Do I look good in black? Double Crested Cormorant
Tri-Coloured Heron whooping it up
Yellow Crowned Night Heron solemnly staring at the crazy Tri-Coloured Heron
Snowy Egret getting an itch
This Curved Billed Thrasher has been into the cactus fruit. His right foot is slightly mangled but he seems to get by.
Female Pyrrhuloxia, always a mouthful!
The ever present doves
Male Gambels quail, such a lovely sound
Captive male Great Horned Owl, imprinted on humans, what an amazing creature.
Acorn Woodpecker about to stash his acorn.
In the bird blind, a juvenile Goldfinch checks out his feet;)
Turkey vulture fly over
Juvenile Turkey Vulture
Some nice Canadians
Juvenile Mallards
the evening Heron
The prize
Youngster
Showing the youngun’s the ropes
Blue Jay family feasting on a tent caterpillar nest
Warning!
American Goldfinches
Indigo Bunting
A shy Wood Thrush
American Robin
A juvenile Red Tail lived in the park. The Orioles were always chasing him away.
Female Mountain Bluebird putting my tripod to good use
A Magpie
A Juvenile Scrub Jay calling out for food
A leaky faucet is a bonus in the Mojave desert
Acorn Woodpeckers
Arizona Woodpecker
Western Kingbird
Lazuli Bunting
Lazuli Bunting
Black Throated Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
White Winged Dove
Acorn Woodpecker
Scott’s oriole
Scott’s
Gila Woodpeckers in their cactus
Female Pyrrhuloxia
The Faucet-Curve Billed Thrasher
Pyrrhuloxia Female
Miffed about missing the fish-Snowy Egret
Male Vermilion Flycatcher
Flock of Whimbrels and a few Long billed Curlews
Snowy Plovers
Ash Throated Flycatcher
Verdin
Yum… breakfast for a Northern Mockingbird
Mexican standoff? Stellar Jays at an impasse
Perched and waiting..everyone took cover;)
Mountain chickadee
Junco’s
Raven talking away
White Faced Ibis
Townsends Solitaire
Stellar jay
Raven
White breasted Nuthatch
Starlings
I’m a walkin’ Reddish Egret