Sneaky snipe

While at the Canon City Riverwalk this morning I caught a glimpse of a bird about 25 feet away fly a short distance that apparently flushed ...

More Canyon Towhee close-ups

The top pic here is my favorite--it provides such a sharp view of the Canyon Towhee's eye with the pupil showing distinctly inside the b...

Very up close: Canyon Towhee

Yesterday I was in Pueblo,CO for non-birding purposes. I drove out to the Pueblo Reservoir to walk my dogs, and get a little birding fix--a...

Border Wall-expensive/ineffective/dumb

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Sapsucker sap wells

As I have noted in my posts about the Yellow-bellied and Williamson's Sapsuckers, there is evidence of their feeding on trees in the for...

Chicadee from the hills

This Mountain Chickadee is another winter visitor to the Canon City, CO but it comes not from afar. Like it's name implies, this specie...

Visiting geese from the high Artic

Greater White-fronted Geese that winter in and around Colorado breed in far north Arctic areas. Every year a small flock spends the winter ...

Now a Williamson's Sapucker

Just as I was concerned that I hadn't found any Williamson's Sapsuckers yet, I found this female at the Abbey. As I noted below, on...

Another Brown Creeper

While waiting for the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker in the post below to settle down, I spotted this Brown Creeper working a conifer. I watched ...

CanonCity's Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

I found this male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker in Centennial Park in Canon City last week. It was an exceptionally shy sapsucker which made it ...

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Bird feet--Horned Lark

I think bird's feet are interesting. Even small birds like this Horned Lark have long claws--the better to grasp perches and food. I t...

Hawks and mountains--more of Westcliffe,CO

The Wet Mountain Valley where Westcliffe and Lake DeWeese are located provides many opportunities to see hawks. In winter, there are usuall...

Close up: Horned Lark

I spotted this Horned Lark while birding in the Westcliffe,CO area including Lake DeWeese. This is part of the Wet Mountain Valley, a high ...

100 Heartbeats to extinction

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Brown Creeper-at work

These pics are also what I consider intimate views, this time of a Brown Creeper as it probing between the bark of a conifer. Again I am ha...

Bushtit, an intimate view

I took these pics of a female Bushtit (females have light eyes) as it foraged in a large patch of rabbitbrush. I am really proud of how nic...

Visit by Black Phoebe

Last week this Black Phoebe paid a visit to my friend's place, just east of Canon City along the Arkansas River, the location where many...

GW Fronted Geese, Canon City regulars

Boy, am I behind on posting my pics. I took this pic of several of the 9 adult plumaged and 2 juvenal plumaged Greater White-fronted Geese ...

Flashing Ruby-crowned Kinglet

I found this and a second Ruby-crowned Kinglet engaged in some agonistic interactions at Rouse Park in Canon City, CO. Often one only gets ...

Rufous-crowned Sparrows up close

Earlier this week I stopped by the Tunnel Drive Trail area to take advantage of the beautiful Indian summer fall we have had this week. Bec...

Residents: Am. Kestrel & Brown Creeper

Unlike the Cedar Waxwings which come and go during the irruptions, and the migrating Hermit Thrush, both American Kestrels and Brown Creeper...

Yummy juniper berries for waxwings

I really like the top pic as it shows not only the juniper berry in the Cedar Waxwing's bill, but also a little of the inside of bird...