First-of-the-year Great Egret in Canon City,CO area

Yesterday I also found this Great Egret, the first I have seen this year and the first reported in Fremont County, CO. It was feeding in th...

More pics of unusual hybrid phoebe

Here are two more pics of that unusual hybrid phoebe I posted on below. Unfortunately it was fairly shy so I was unable to get any pics in ...

Probable hybrid phoebe with very unusual plumage

I found this probable Black/Eastern Phoebe hybrid today at my friend's in the Canon City,CO area. It has bright brown, almost rust colo...

Curve-billed Thrasher posing

Curve-billed Thrashers can be found in several areas around Canon City, CO. This one was along Tunnel Drive Road at the far west end of tow...

Vesper Sparrows have returned

I photographed this Vesper Sparrow this week in Crowley County, Colo on the eastern plains in the company of several other Vesper Sparrows. ...

Great Horned Owl on nest

This owl mom is sitting on a nest in the Canon City, Colo area. SeEtta

First-of-the-year Greater Yellowlegs

I found this first-of-the-year shorebird working in a flooded field in Florence, Colo with some Canada Geese and a few ducks. SeEtta

Video clip of the intermediate plumaged phoebe singing

I took this video clip yesterday (and it has taken me until today to get it in a format for uploading) of the possible hybrid Black X Easter...

More intermediate plumaged phoebe pics

Here are two more pics of the intermediate plumaged phoebe that I took today. You can see the small hook at the tip of the phoebes bill, a ...

Possible Black/Eastern Phoebe

I took these pics of an intermediate plumaged phoebe today in Fremont Co., Colo. As can be seen in these pics, this looks a lot like a Blac...

American Dipper gathering nesting material

For the last several years one to two American Dippers have spent the winter on the Arkansas River just east of Canon City, CO. Since the A...

These are the parents to the Great Horned Owl nestling in the post below. SeEtta

Great Horned Owl Nestling

I'm back and there are already some new baby birds including this young Great Horned Owl nestling I photographed at dusk tonight in Pueb...