Male Dickcissel keeping company with female Dickcissel

So as I watched the Dickcissels flying frequently around the hayfield yesterday it seemed that something was clearly different from previous...

Singing Dickcissel

As Canon City is at the western edge of the breeding range for Dickcissel we do not get this species every year. A few did show up and righ...

Scaled Quail family-video clip and pics

A friend of mine here in Canon City lives in an area with a lot of Scaled Quail. She feeds the birds and the Scaled Quail come into her yar...

Migrating shorebirds, waterbirds, ducks and even gulls benefit from flood irrigation of ag fields in Colorado

As I live in a semi-arid part of Colorado, and we have few ponds/lakes, most migrating shorebirds and waterbirds that make it over this way ...

Rare Red-necked Phalarope in Canon City

I stopped by the Canon City Valco Ponds which were teaming with migrating Franklin's Gulls fishing and calling. I spotted a first of th...

Finally got pics of Harris's Sparrow

I have seen this Harris's Sparrow a number of times in the past few months but always briefly and almost always it is behind some vegeta...

Harris's Sparrow, a rarish winter visitor to Canon City

I refound this adult Harris's Sparrow earlier this week in Canon City. I had spotted it briefly a few weeks ago but it flew onto private...

Western Screech-Owl that I found dead

I found this dead Western Screech-Owl several days ago next to a very busy street on the edge of my town where traffic drives 50 or so in a ...

Lone Sandhill Crane in Canon City

This morning I spotted this single Sandhill Crane in a cut hay field on the east edge of Canon City. We do usually get some of these migrat...

Yellow-bellied and Red-naped Sapsuckers in town now

I have not refound the adult Yellow-bellied Sapsucker I posted about earlier this month and only 1 of the 6 Williamson's Sapsuckers earl...

Rufous morph Red-tailed Hawk

It has been awhile since I have seen a Red-tailed Hawk that was not the usual light morph seen in this area. Today I spotted this Rufous mo...

One of 3 Willliamson's Sapsuckers in Canon City today

In addition to the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker today I found 2 male and 1 female Williamson's Sapsuckers. This male was feeding actively a...

First Yellow-bellied Sapsucker in Canon City this fall/winter

Not a great shot as this sapsucker was 30-40 feet up a deciduous tree (with lots of leaves still on it blurring the focus) in a private yard...

Sage and Curve-billed Thrashers

I found a Sage Thrasher this week in some 4-winged Salt Brush/Cholla cactus habitat in Canon City where I usually find Curve-billed Thrasher...

Lewis's Woodpeckers- some good looks

A few days ago I found a number of Lewis's Woodpeckers at my friend's property east of Canon City as well as near a local orchard. ...

First American Dipper for the fall season

American Dippers come down the Arkansas River as it runs through Canon City, usually arriving in the fall and spending the winter. I have a...

First of the fall Williamson's Sapsucker in Canon City

Last year I found the first Williamsons Sapsuckers (both a male and a female) in Canon City in mid-October. In 2012 I found both a Williamso...