Octopus walking up on land: really cool video

This video shows an octopus as it walks onto land and proceeds to walk a significant distance (for an octopus) apparently to a crab it eithe...

Female Williamson's Sapsucker-is she a vagabond?

The only female Williamson's Sapsucker I have found so far this season was at Harrison School on November 4. However, though I had stop...

Juv.Yellow-belliedSapsucker: update

I thought it was time to go check on the juvenile Yellow-bellied Sapsucker that I found just over a week ago in Centennial Park in Canon Cit...

Video: 'Talking with a Pale-billed Woodpecker'

This is a great video by Cornell Lab of Ornithology about a study in Costa Rica of these cool and brilliantly colored woodpeckers that have ...

Busy bushtits

These two Bushtits have dark eyes which are features of males. The one in the top pic is pulling off seeds from rabbit brush, which is a ver...

Bustits on rabbitbrush

Bushtits are one of my favorite birds and these are foraging on one of my favorite native shrubs-rabittbrush. Though so nondescript in appe...

Juvenile Yellow-bellied Sapsucker here for the winter

Yesterday I found this juvenile Yellow-bellied Sapsucker at Centennial Park in Canon City,CO. I have been seeing fresh sap wells in the pin...

Diving Belted Kingfisher

I was very pleased to get the above photo of a Belted Kingfisher as it dove towards a pond to get a fish. Fortunately the light was good so...

Surprise: Worm-eating Warbler still in Canon City

I was surprised to refind the Worm-eating Warbler, that I found a week ago today, along the eastern section of the Canon City Riverwalk this...

"The hidden beauty of pollination"

This is an extraordinary video showing hummingbirds, butterflies, bees, bats and flowers so close up and so vivid it takes your breath away....

High flying Northern Harrier

Among several interesting hawks I have seen in the Canon City area in the past week is this juvenile Northern Harrier.  With it's dark h...

Another Harlan's Hawk photo

Though the bird was more distant in this pic, about 200 feet away, the light was a little better so it provides a nice view of it's head...

Harlan's Red-tailed Hawk

This is a Harlan's Red-tailed Hawk that has been visiting in the Canon City, CO area for several days. It was quite sensitive and did n...

"Insects can be scared to death by the mere presence of a predator"

This is some amazing research:  " Insects may not have the biggest brains in the animal world, but that doesn’t mean they don’t feel fe...

Worm-eating Warbler: here are the calls I heard

Following is a link to the calls I heard given by the Worm-eating Warbler on the Canon City Riverwalk: http://www.xeno-canto.org/sounds-Worm...

Worm-eating Warbler: seen again with sunlight

I met a small group of intrepid birders from northern Colorado (mostly Denver area) who came to look for this rare vagrant warbler this morn...

Worm-eating Warbler: upside down view

So this really is a pic of the Worm-eating Warbler though it is upside down and the view is of it's underparts. However, it is crisper ...

Worm-eating Warbler, a very rare vagrant in Canon City,CO

This morning I found this Worm-eating Warbler on the east end of the Canon City -CO Riverwalk. I first heard it giving some very raspy call...

Full HD High Speed Movie - Eagle owl 2 - Photron SA2

This is the second part of the video of the Eagle Owl that shows it making the landing with it's claws fully extended to grasp it's ...

Full HD High Speed Movie - Eagleowl - Photron SA2

This is an astonishing video in slow motion of a european owl called an EagleOwl (likely Eurasian EagleOwl, see interesting markings on wing...

Willamson's Sapsucker-very close up view of female's head

I am quite proud of this photo which provides a very nice and crisp close-up. I think this handheld shot is almost as good as one taken usi...

Female Williamson's Sapsucker in Canon City

This is the female Williamson's Sapsucker I found last week working a pine tree in front of a local elementary school (please note that ...

1st Yellow-bellied Sapsucker of the season in Canon City

Every winter the Canon City, CO area hosts Yellow-bellied, Williamson's and sometimes Red-naped Sapsuckers that apparently find our mild...