Spotted Sandpiper chicks getting bigger

I continue following the Spotted Sandpiper parent and when possible it's chicks. Over the week-end the parent, who gives warning calls ...

Silver-spotted Skipper

Another critter I photographed at Florence River Park, this member of the skipper family of butterflies [ "Skippers have large eyes, sh...

Band-winged Meadowhawk, female dragonfly

I photographed this female dragonfly, a Band-winged Meadowhawk, at Florence River Park this week. "This meadowhawk is named for the ba...

Spotted Sandpiper Chicks, 3 more days older

Two days when I went to check on the Spotted Sandpiper family at Florence River Park I thought they had likely perished--there were two men ...

Red Canyon Park: Gray Flycatcher carrying food and more

I drove up to Red Canyon Park this evening as I have not been up there for a month or so. I spotted several Gray Flycatchers, the specialty...

Just fledged Yellow Warbler and dad

Summer is such fun with all the newly fledged youngsters that look so little like the adults of their species to add a lot of challenge to i...

Video clip: Protective parent Spotted Sandpiper

Agitated Spotted Sandpiper from SeEtta Moss on Vimeo This is the parent Spotted Sandpiper that gets agitated as I try to walk the trail p...