Young Black Phoebes in Canon City

Last evening I was surprised to find a Black Phoebe parent bird with at least 2 fledglings in tow across the Arkansas River from the Canon C...

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...

Yellow-rumped Warblers moving through Canon City,CO area

Last week there was a big push of Yellow-rumped Warblers moving through the Canon City,CO area as they migrate for the winter. I saw a numb...

Sapsucker sap wells

As I have noted in my posts about the Yellow-bellied and Williamson's Sapsuckers, there is evidence of their feeding on trees in the for...

Chicadee from the hills

This Mountain Chickadee is another winter visitor to the Canon City, CO but it comes not from afar. Like it's name implies, this specie...

Residents: Am. Kestrel & Brown Creeper

Unlike the Cedar Waxwings which come and go during the irruptions, and the migrating Hermit Thrush, both American Kestrels and Brown Creeper...