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...

Recording of Dickcissel singing in Canon City and comparison with recording of Prowers County Dickcissel

I recorded the Dickcissel shown in the photos below. And here is a recording made by Colorado birder Nathan Pieplow in Prowers County in ...

Recording of Dickcissel singing in Canon City (and comparison with Prowers County recording)

I recorded the Dickcissel shown in the photos below and finally got it uploaded to Xeno-canto. Below is the player along with a sonogram of...

Dickcissel flew up on utility wire and sang tonight

I had a meeting this morning so didn't get out to look for the Dickcissel until noontime. It sang a lot from a tree several hundred fee...

Also Dickcissel in Canon City

I also found at least one male Dickcissel in the same hay field as the Bobolink here in Canon City this week. In fact I heard the Dickcisse...

Singing Dickcissel, close-up

This photo was so good I was able to crop it for a very close-up view and like the others is tweak-free (no other editing). It is really ni...

Distinctive Dickcissel

I drove down to the lower Arkansas Valley a few days ago to look for some special species and I was successful in finding Dickcissel, a spec...

Bubbly Bobolink (what big feet you have)

I got this photo of one of the 4 Bobolinks I have saw in a hay field in the Canon City area today. I love their bubbly song and this one wa...