Yellow-rumped Warbler, Myrtle race

Just a couple of pics of a Myrtle race Yellow-rumped Warbler I photographed on the Canon City Riverwalk this morning. We get both Myrtle a...

Plumbeous Vireo stopped over during migration in Canon City

This is one of several Plumbeous Vireos I heard and/or saw yesterday on the Canon City Riverwalk in lowland riparian forest only about a hal...

Black-headed Grosbeaks and Gray Catbirds are back in town

Yesterday I walked about a mile of the Canon City Riverwalk while the weather was pleasant. Hadn't walked it in over a week as I have b...

Two late Greater Spreadwinged Damselflies, one munching on another insect

Greater Spreadwinged Damselfly (Archilestes grandis). After I found the Western Pygmy-Blue butterfly on November 21 I went looking near a po...

Western Bluebird pair carrying food

This morning I birded the Canon City,CO Riverwalk for a bit and found this pair of Western Bluebirds in a field where they were foraging, of...

Rose-breasted Grosbeak and Black-chinned Hummingbird

Last Friday I found this first of the year Rose-breasted Grosbeak feeding near also first of the year Indigo and Lazuli Buntings. Though le...

American Kestrel: chowing down

It didn't take this female bird long to start eating her grasshopper prey, a frequent meal item for this species. It's interesting ...

American Kestrel: only a few yards above

Here is another a in series of close-up encounters I have experienced in the past few weeks--this time this American Kestrel flew onto a tre...

Black bear momma with 3 cubs: chow time

This is a video of a black bear with 3 young cubs that I shot at the Canon City, Co Riverwalk yesterday (this is the second clip, I am havi...

Sunshine butterfly-the Tiger Swallowtail

These Tiger Swallowtail Butterflies are so bright yellow and large that they are the sunshine butterflies to me. Unlike some that will fly ...

'Whit,whit'--Willow Flycatcher

Finally I got an empid flycatcher to call loud enough that I could distinguish the call. I found this bird foraging in the riparian area ne...

Incessant singer--the Red-eyed Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo are like the ever-ready bunny of singers--they just keep singing and singing and singing with only brief breaks. This bird w...

Tail-less McGillivray's Warbler

Back home now in Canon City,CO so birded the Canon City Riverwalk this morning. I found this McGillivray's Warbler that had lost it...

More Canon City Riverwalk colorful birds

I photographed these two birds on the Canon City,CO Riverwalk this week. The female Black-headed Grosbeak flew in quite close but thought s...

One of the Gray Flycatchers

This is one of the Gray Flycatchers moving through the Canon City,CO area as they migrate. This one was on the Canon City Riverwalk foragin...

More pics of the Traill's Flycatcher in previous post

I like both of these pics because they provide very good views of the wing feathers and the long primary projection . SeEtta

Enticing empid--safely calling it a Traill's Flycatcher

In addition to the Olive-sided Flycatchers and a few Western Wood-Pewees on the Canon City Riverwalk over the past few days, there were also...

Strange view of Olive-sided Flycatchers

While birding on the Canon City, CO Riverwalk last week-end I spotted 2 large birds at the top of a tree over the trail and the top pic is w...

More Broad-winged Hawk pics

The top pic shows nicely the rufous brown barring on the leg feathers on this bird. Also seen are the mostly whitish undertail coverts. Ot...