Handsome Harris's Sparrows

I found two 1st year Harris's Sparrows yesterday in a field just outside of Florence,CO (a little town not far from where I live). I sp...

Bushy Bushtits

I was delighted last week to host a flock of 25-30 Bushtits in my yard. I have only seen Bushtits in my yard on one other occasion since I ...

Wintering sapsuckers: Red-naped

All but one of the sapsuckers I have found overwintering this season in Canon City have been Williamson's except this male Red-naped tha...

Wintering sapsuckers in Canon City,CO: an update

Before I was out of town for a month on my Rio Grande Valley trip there had been up to 23 sapsuckers wintering in the Canon City area. Sinc...

Bighorn sheep in Bighorn Sheep Canyon

To top off a great day filled with Bald Eagles and Pinyon Jays, I spotted this bighorn sheep ewe just as it was getting dark. She and a sec...

Pinyon Jay flock further up the Bighorn Sheep Canyon

After viewing the Bald Eagles perched, flying or soaring above the Bighorn Sheep Canyon yesterday, I birded in Howard, CO, a small, spread-o...

Bald Eagle: final sequence of flight pics

In these pics the Bald Eagle has gained altitude and is now more than 150 feet above me as it put on a nice show by soaring around at this l...

Bald Eagle: sequence of flying pics continues

These pics follow the Bald Eagle after it lifted off and banked to fly downriver. The pic below shows how it is gaining altitude. SeEtta

Bald Eagle take off

After keeping an eye, literally, on the birds overhead the Bald Eagle takes off from it's perch. It banks and turns to fly downriver. S...

What's flying high above the Bald Eagle?

While I was watching the Bald Eagle from the last post with my spotting scope, I wondered why it kept turning it's head to the side with...

Back in Colorado: Beautiful Bald Eagles

I still have several more video clips and a number of pics from my Texas trip to post but it was just such a great birding day here near hom...

Clapper Rail clip 6: the final 'stalk'

If you have viewed the other 5 clips and now ready to view this one, you are either a bird behavior lover (like I am) or a rail-o-phile . T...

Clapper Rail clip 5: longer view of rail in good light & more close-ups

A little longer clip with the rail in good light and some close-up views as it stalks and actively forages. SeEtta

ClapperRail-clip 4: close-up views of cinnamon, buff & gray plumage

This is another very short clip and it provides some close-up views of the Clapper Rail. Though it is under the boardwalk, the cinnamon, bu...

ClapperRail-clip 3: rail stalks slowly then quick action

In this short video clip the Clapper Rail begins with a slow stalk then locates a target feast prompting some vigorous movement. SeEtta

Clapper Rail: a few photos

I had to throw in a few still pics for a change of pace. Check out the drop of water in the bottom pic that I caught just as it hit the wate...

Clapper Rail clip2: video clip of rail foraging under the boardwalk

In this short clip the Clapper Rail is foraging under a section of the boardwalk. A very close-up view is at the end of the clip. SeEtta

Clapper Rail clip1: video clip of rail walking around in the open

I videotaped this Clapper Rail from the famous So Padre Island Convention Center boardwalk and am posting a series of short clips (most unde...

Long-billed Thrasher foraging for food in the leaf litter: video clip

One of the Rio Grande Valley's specialty birds (resident of So Texas & Eastern Mexico)is shown engaging in their distinctive feeding...

Thousands of Sandhill Cranes line the fields adacent to H87--more west Texas fun

The very top pic shows a crane beginning a leap up while flapping it's wings. Though often associated with dances of breeding behavior,...

Chihuahuan Raven flock infiltrated by a hawk: video clip of the action

This short clip shows a rather hapless hawk that flew into the midst of a loose flock of Chihuahuan Ravens and it was not welcome. Both the...

Chihuahuan Ravens: Jan, 2011 clip of hundreds flying overhead

I got this clip a few days ago on my return trip through the Lamesa, TX area. These are only a small part of the very large congregation of...

Chihuahuan Ravens: close-up video clip

This short clip gives a closer view of two Chihuahuan Ravens. Previous to this clip the raven on the right was making a non-too-subtle move...

Chihuahuan Ravens: large flock flying

This short video clip gives another nice view of the large concentration of Chihuahuan Ravens near Lamesa,TX as this group flies fairly clos...

Chihuahuan Raven: beak view

This raven was one of the very large winter concentration in the Lamesa, TX area. It, and many others I saw, showed very clearly the field ...

Wintering concentration of Chihuahuan Ravens

This video clip shows one of the large loose flocks of Chihuahuan Ravens I saw in and around Lamesa, TX both on my way to the Rio Grande Val...

Pretty Pyrrhuloxia

I photographed this gorgeous male at San Angelo State Park in San Angelo, TX 2 days ago. What stunning plumage. (Also my Canon EF400,5.6 l...

Hummer-still pics--[Post note: probable Black-chinned]

[POST NOTE: I have requested and received feedback from several members of the Texbird listserve, including those with considerable experie...

Hummingbird--video clip 3-[Post note: probable Black-chinned]

[POST NOTE: I have requested and received feedback from several members of the Texbird listserve, including those with considerable experie...

Hummingbird: another video clip-[post note: prob Black-chinned]

[POST NOTE: I have requested and received feedback from several members of the Texbird listserve, including those with considerable experie...

[Prob Black-chinned ] Hummingbird at Bentsen Palm Village RV Park in Mission,TX

[[POST NOTE: I have requested and received feedback from several members of the Texbird listserve, including those with considerable experi...

75-80 Long-billed Curlews in one field--WOW

While searching for Aplomado Falcons I spotted several Long-billed Curlews in a field. When I stopped to look at them I saw there were actu...

Aplomado Falcons!

Aplomado Falcons are a success story for reintroduction into So Texas after they were extirpated. Today I birded areas near Brownsville incl...

Sabal Palm Santuary-Least Grebe

Though not the first waterfowl to return to the resaca that is being filled with water after being dry for some time, this Least Grebe was e...

Sabal Palm Santuary-it has reopened (hurray!)

After being closed over 18 months ago, the Sabal Palm Sanctuary reopened last week. I visited yesterday and it looks wonderful. Thank goo...