Red racer/coachwhip snake up a tree-again

Last summer I posted pics of a red racer/coachwhip snake I found up in a tree. Yesterday in Pathfinder Park in Florence, CO a California bi...

Better pics of Red-throated Loon near Canon City,CO

I went back out to Brush Hollow Reservoir before Memorial Day week-end to try for some better views and photos of the Red-throated Loon that...

Least Flycatcher, an uncommon visitor

Least Flycatchers migrate through eastern Colorado during migration. I found this bird on the Canon City Riverwalk, a little far west of wh...

Local warblers

The past several days have been quite cool and rainy--what is most often the weather around Memorial Day. The fronts that have brought this...

Great Horned Owl Family

This is a family of Great Horned Owls that I have been following since the parents were beginning to nest. When I checked on them right bef...

Lots of Yellow Warblers

The "sweet-sweet" songs of Yellow Warblers have filled the air in the Canon City, CO for the past several days. Though many of th...

Red-throated Loon near Canon City,CO

This Red-throated Loon was found this morning by local birder, Rich, at Brush Hollow Reservoir about 15 miles northeast of Canon City, CO, n...

More colorful Western Tanagers

Western Tanagers have been moving through the Canon City area in very good numbers in the past week so I just had to photograph more of thes...

Canon City, CO Riverwalk birds

Having missed the Black-throated Blue Warbler in So Texas, I was pleased to see one today back home in Canon City, CO. I was birding on the...

"Brownsville" Common Yellowthroat at Sabal Palm

According to Birds of North America online, one of the subspecies of Common Yellowthroat, referred to as the "Brownsville Yellowthroat...

Sabal Palm migrating warblers

These are two of the migrating warblers (Chestnut-sided Warbler above and Blackburnian Warbler below) that I saw at the Sabal Palm Audubon S...

Sabal Palm Green Heron hunting

The Sabal Palm Audubon Sanctuary also has a blind that reaches out over a pond and wetland area that allows closer views of a number of wate...

Sabal Palm other critters

The Sabal Palm Audubon Sanctuary provides habitat for not only birds but other critters including these red-eared sliders, a common turtle f...

Sabal Palm fantastic habitat

What makes Sabal Palm Audubon Sanctuary so valuable is the habitat including the sabal palm forest that was extensive along the Rio Grande V...

Saving Sabal Palm Sanctuary

Sabal Palm Audubon Sanctuary is at very high risk as the Border Wall is moving close. Following is excerpted from the Lower Rio Grande Sie...

Golden-cheeked Warbler with hatchlings

I spotted this nest and could see there was some movement in it so I took some photos. PLEASE NOTE: I HAVE TELEPHOTO LENS THAT AMOUNT TO OV...

Golden-cheeked Warblers

I stopped back in the Texas Hill Country as I began my trip back to Colorado (and away from temps in the 100's). I birded again at Neal...

Screech-Owls at Quinta Mazatlan also

The reason I returned late this afternoon was to try to get a better pic of the Eastern Screech-Owl family nesting in one of the dead palm t...

American Redstarts at Quinta Mazatlan WBC

Today I birded again at Quinta Mazatlan World Birding Center in McAllen,TX. The weather really sucked--the winds were gusting up to 35 mph,...

Luscious lime green lizard at SPI Sanctuary

Besides all the cool birds at the So Padre Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary, I also saw two lizard species including this brilliantly colored...

Painted Bunting at So Padre Island Sanctuary

This is another bird that I saw at the So Padre Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary. This bird appears to be a male but it certainly is not in ...