Tropical Parula at Edinburg Scenic Wetlands/WBC-TX

This little rarish warbler was found a few days ago at Edinburg Scenic Wetlands/World Birding Center. I looked for it briefly after a lectu...

Peregrine Falcon in Texas

I found this Peregrine Falcon on a tower structure in Mercedes, Texas. It was more than 50 feet above and another hundred feet north of me b...

Lecture by Bill Clark on Raptors of the Rio Grande Valley of Texas

Busy start to my trip to the lower Rio Grande Valley--arrived Thursday, participated in Weslaco CBC Friday and then found out there was a le...

Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays to all. This Red-naped Sapsucker doesn't need a Santa Hat photoshopped on it's head, it has it's own. Took this...

First American Dipper in Canon City area this season

Every winter we have from one to a few American Dippers that move downstream along the Arkansas River in Colorado in cold weather to spend t...

Final on female sapsucker with close up video showing her drilling a sap well

So this female sapsucker that at first glance appeared to be a Yellow-bellied with her facial characteristics being more consistent with Yel...

Female Sapsucker-what about her face?

The Birdfellow website has some discussion about the differences in sapsucker facial markings and this is posted by Dave Irons: "Gener...

Female sapsucker--focus on her upperparts

The pattern of barring on the upperparts of sapsuckers is also important in distinguishing Red-naped from Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers. As not...

Female Sapsucker-what about the nape?

In the previous photos of the female sapsucker the nape area was not in view and this is an important area as we know for separating Red-nap...

Close-up shot of female sapsucker

So now using a very long telephoto lens plus some cropping you get a very close-up view of the head and neck of this female sapsucker. Some...

Think that separating Yellow-bellied from Red-naped Sapsuckers is a piece of cake?

Both photos are of the same sapsucker just taken with different cameras on the same day. I took the photos from my car that was parked about...

Golden Eagle with very full 'crop'

"Of the raptors, only the diurnal birds of prey, the hawks, eagles and falcons have a crop. Like seed-eating birds, they use it to stor...

Golden Eagle flying right near Canon City

I saw this adult Golden Eagle flying just barely outside the Canon City city limits and just a half hour or so after I photographed the Gold...

The one eyed Ferruginous Hawk in flight

Just a series of photos I took a few days ago of the one eyed Ferruginous Hawk as she flew. None good enough to enlarge but I think the ser...

Ferruginous Hawk with only one eye

I had found this female light-morph Ferruginous Hawk 3 days ago in the eastern part of my county here in Colorado. I got some close up phot...

Immature Bald Eagle in flight

I was driving home at almost dusk when I spotted this big beauty flying in my direction. Fortunately I was on a county road with no traffic ...