Long-billed Curlew in far southeast Colorado

Today I birded in far southeast Colorado. I found this male Long-billed Curlew on some grassland on or near the Comanche National Grassland...

Cedar Waxwings and young offspring in my yard

Last week while I worked in my backyard I kept hearing a soft bird call with which I was unfamiliar. I looked all around and could not locat...

Rufous-necked Wood-Rail makes it to CBS

The Rufous-necked Wood-Rail made it big-time yesterday when it was featured on CBS This Morning-Saturday. American Bird Association's J...

Rufous-necked Wood-Rail, very brief video but close views

One last and very short video clip of the Rufous-necked Wood-Rail that I left before because it was so short. However, it shows the Rufous-...

Rufous-necked Wood-Rail video: foraging in the rain

I took this short video clip showing this Wood-Rail in late morning on Monday, July 15, before I left to drive back to Colorado. It forages ...

Rufous-necked Wood-Rail: a little closer and in good light

The Rufous-necked Wood-Rail only showed briefly and very early on Sunday morning so I drove up to the nearby mountains to look for birds the...

Rufous-necked Wood-Rail with food

After an absence of more than 30 hours the Rufous-necked Wood-Rail made an appearance last evening after 7 pm. I got the photo above showin...

Rufous-necked Wood-Rail: video of the bird foraging

This shows the Rufous-necked Wood-Rail found by Matt Daw, a highly skilled young birder, at the Bosque del Apache NWR. It is the first repo...

Mega-rarity: Rufous-necked Wood-Rail at Bosque del Apache NWR in NM

So I don't chase rare birds much anymore and have never chased a rarity more than 150 miles. But when I saw this mega-rarity Rufous-nec...

Recording of Gray Catbird fledgling begging calls

I recorded the Gray Catbird fledgling that I have heard a number of times giving the begging call (ie, parents, please feed me). It took me...

My neighborhood Gray Catbird family visits

My neighborhood Gray Catbirds have been visiting me for a long time. It started a number of years ago when a pair of Gray Catbirds nested ri...

Immature female Cooper's Hawk nest with nestlings

Note: This photo is more than 50X the image you can see with your bare eyes as I used a long telephoto lens plus did a little cropping to e...

Green Heron at Holcim Wetlands

Though I frequently see one or occasionally two Green Herons at the Holcim Wetlands they are usually distant or flying quickly away so I don...

TRICOLORED HERON continues at Holcim Wetlands

I got these pics this morning. The TRICOLORED HERON has continued to be seen daily at Holcim Wetlands. I usually see it actively foraging ...

Mississippi Kite-super close-ups

The top pic shows that the beak of a Mississippi Kite does seem to take a beating. The middle pic was just because I love their brown eyes. ...

Ever wonder what birds do with the other foot when they stand on only one?

This Mississippi Kite I photographed in La Junta today is perching on one foot and the other is held up to it's body in the top pic. T...

Mississippi Kite: up very close

I drove to eastern Colorado yesterday and found a lot of Mississippi Kites including about 20 in the town of La Junta where I photographed t...

Very young Black Phoebe fledgling

This very short tailed bird behind vegetation, and with it's back to us, is a very recently fledged Black Phoebe. Note there is some ve...