Black-throated Gray Warbler

Late yesterday afternoon I drove through part of the Seep Springs unit of the BLM Gold Belt Area in Fremont Co,CO checking to see if the mot...

Another Turkey Vulture, but w/o tubercles

I should have added this guy yesterday for comparison. This Turkey Vulture is without tubercles on it's face, or virtually without. Th...

Colorado scientists study ptarmigans as bellwethers of climate change Read more: Colorado scientists study ptarmigans as bellwethers of climate chang

Colorado scientists study ptarmigans as bellwethers of climate change '"We think ptarmigans are going to have a limited ability to ...

Turkey Vulture-too close for visual comfort

This Turkey Vulture was with a large group, most flying but a few others hanging out on a fence, in Otero County. The top pic shows an adul...

Wary Burrowing Owl

I spotted this Burrowing Owl standing by a burrow in a field that houses a praire dog town in northern Otero Co. As soon as I stopped the c...

I found this Monarch Butterfly not far from La Junta, CO in the southeastern part of the state. Monarch Butterflies in many parts of the U....

Mississippi Kite fledgling & parent

The top pic is the fledgling Mississippi Kite I found in Rocky Ford, CO that is shown in the video clips below. The bottom pic is the paren...

Mississippi Kite-a watchful parent clip

This short clip shows one of the parent birds to the fledgling Mississippi Kite I video-taped in Rocky Ford. The parent remained in a tree o...

Mississippi Kite fledgling-video clip 2

This short clip of the Mississippi Kite fledgling I video-taped in Rocky Ford, CO shows it preening in between calls to let it's parent ...

MississippiKiteFledgling-video clip 1

I videotaped this Mississippi Kite fledgling in Rocky Ford,CO in a residential area. During this short clip, the fledgling yawns, then calls...

Lewis's Woodpecker juvenile still pics

The juvenile Lewis's Woodpecker in the top pic shows a little reddish coloration on it's belly feathers. Otherwise these look like ...

Lewis's Woodpecker parent bird

This is a parent bird that is still accompanying the juvenile Lewis's Woodpeckers shown the in video clips below and in the still pics a...

Another provocative Ted Eubanks' essay

Ted Eubanks has posted another excellent and provocative essays to his website in an interesting discussion of what a 'good' birder ...

Lewis's Woodpecker juveniles-video clip 2

This clip gives a nice view of the juvenal plumage of these Lewis's Woodpeckers including a good look at the of the warm chesnut tones o...

Lewis's Woopecker juveniles-video clip 1

I first found these Lewis's Woodpeckers in juvenal plumage on Aug 13 flying from branch to branch on the likely nest tree. However, they...

Bighorn sheep ewes with lambs

Yesterday I spotted this small herd of Rocky Mountain Bighorn sheep as I drove home through Bighorn Sheep Canon here in Fremont Co.,CO (near...

Barrow's Goldeneye near Canon City,CO-part 2

Thought we think of Barrow's Goldeneye as diving birds, this young male has done a lot of it's feeding in shallow water as is shown ...

Barrow's Goldeneye near Canon City,CO

This immature male Barrow's Goldeneye has been hanging around the Arkansas River just east of Canon City,CO since July 25. As this golde...

Young handsome male Barrow's Goldeneye

These are still pics of the immature male Barrow's Goldeneye in the video clips below. I think he's quite a looker and will be a hi...

More commentary related to Am Birding Assoc crisis

Ken Kaufman has added more commentary on his blog about the current situation with the American Birding Association and suggestions about wh...

Bear cub just 40 feet away!

After an appointment in Pueblo, I detoured to the San Isabel National Forest near Greenwood, CO this afternoon. It was a little cooler and ...

Water changing fish gender from Boulder update

This should be good news to all who drink water that flows downstream of Boulder,CO. SeEtta: "Male fish are taking longer to be "...

Very young Common Raven

Much to my surprise as I walked across a bridge over the Arkansas River at Texas Creek, CO yesterday this young Common Raven flew onto a fen...

Both juvenile phoebes still here

Both juvenile probable hybrid phoebes are still foraging right near the nest site along the Arkansas River east of Canon City,CO. I see one...

Study shows impact of birders/hikers on birds

A study of how human voices effect birds was conducted recently in Peru. Their findings, published in Biotropa: Journal of Tropical Biology...

Juvenile (prob hybrid) phoebe on fence

The two juvenile phoebes in the family I have been following seemed to have seen the same feeding feast that the Cedar Waxwings were enjoyin...

Cedar Waxwing enjoying feast

I spotted 2 Cedar Waxwings making long flights out over the Arkansas River near Canon City, CO and clearly catching large flying insects (I ...

All the blog chatter got ABA action:bylaws

The following was posted 8-10-10 on Birdchat listserve: "The ABA has convened an ad hoc committee charged with proposing revisions to ...

Sharon Stiteler also weighs in on ABA problems

Sharon Stiteler, aka Birdchick Birdchick posted on her blog about the current and continuing American Birding Association problems with su...

More "hot" links about Am Birding Association crisis

Here is a blog called Aimophila Adventures with more provocative thoughts about the American Birding Associations current crisis. There are...

"Bird People"--article about Am BirdingAssoc

Click on Bird People for a very provocative article about the American Birding Association with an emphasis on their lack of attention to c...

Phoebes-Day 16 post fledging

Today I saw the last of the young from the phoebe family I have been following flying after insects by itself for awhile. After awhile, a p...

At least one fledgling still being fed

This morning I stopped by briefly to check on the phoebe fledglings progress. I only saw one fledgling, one that I believe to be slightly b...

More info on phoebe family

Though I got some video, I had a meeting for which my Audubon chapter has conservation concerns so I haven't had time to edit and upload...

Phoebe young still being fed!

After losing track of the phoebe family for several days and thinking the young were independent with each one moving on, I was surprised to...

Quiet W. Wood-Pewee video clip

Western Wood-Pewees are usually very difficult to videotape as they are usually repeatedly flying out to catch an insect. I found this quiet...

More pics of juvenile phoebes

Two juvenile phoebes are shown one in front of the other on nearby tree branches just above the Arkansas River. The bottom pic shows some y...

Still pics of young juvenile phoebes

Here are two pics of the probable hybrid BlackXEastern Phoebes posted in recent video clips. The brown edging on wings is clearly seen on t...

Final & short clip-juvenile phoebe

One last and short video clip of one of the juveniles from the phoebe family I have been following. There is a little more sunlight in this ...

Another clip of 2 juvenile phoebes on limb

This is another clip of the two juvenile phoebes that are lined up one if front of the other on tree branches that overhang the Arkansas Riv...

Even better video of phoebes

Thanks to moonsoon rains in my area, the Arkansas River is running fast and making a lot of noise--noise that served to mask my approach to ...

Bird People

Bird People This is a very provocative article about the American Birding Association with an emphasis on their lack of attention to conserv...

Feeding the last fledgling-part1

Finally I got a daytime video clip of this phoebe family. So why is the video so dark? These phoebes like to perch below overhanging veget...

Phoebe family-feeding fledglings-part3

This is the last clip of the 3 fledglings together. It's interesting that all 3 engage in tail spreading--wonder if this is like yawni...

PhoebeFamily-feeding fledglings-part2.

This is another video clip of the 3 fledglings in the phoebe family near Canon City being fed by the one harried parent. If it looks like th...

PhoebeFamily-feeding fledglings-part1

This and the following video clips can be seen full screen by double-clicking on the video. The picture is reasonable good on my 14 inch la...

Phoebe parent birds

Though I wasn't able to get any video or photos of the phoebe fledglings on the morning after they had fledged, I did get these less tha...