Singing Bobolinks video clip and photo of female Bobolink

A few days ago as I birded in Florence, CO, a little town near Canon City, I was surprised to find 5 male and at least 1 female Bobolink. T...

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 ...

Glossy Ibis, rarish visitor to Colorado

Today I found a small flock of about 25 White-faced Ibis, first of the year birds here, in a flooded agricultural field in Florence. I alwa...

Black Phoebe casting a pellet

I found this Black Phoebe last week on the property of the Fremont County Sewer District near their sewer plant where I have seen Black Phoe...

Cattle Egrets decked out in breeding plumage

I found these 2 Cattle Egrets, and possibly a third, in a flooded field in Florence, CO today. They are fairly uncommon in this area and I ...

Glossy Ibis

I finally found a flock of over a hundred dark ibis in a flooded field in Florence on Thursday and in it was a bird that looked pretty good ...

Yellow-headed Blackbirds, squabbling boys

I have been seeing up to several dozen Yellow-headed Blackbirds in Florence for the past few days. The two males in the top pic had a dispu...

Glossy Ibis, a bird's just gotta scratch

Those long nails and toes come in handy when an ibis has an itch. SeEtta

Glossy Ibis near Florence, CO

I found this apparent Glossy Ibis earlier this week in a flock of about 90 White-faced Ibis feeding in a flooded field in Florence, CO. It ...

Williamson's Sapsuckers--two in Florence,CO

I had previously seen fresh sap wells at Lion's Park in Florence,CO but had not had the time to get out there early enough to find the s...

Red racer/coachwhip snake up a tree-again

Last summer I posted pics of a red racer/coachwhip snake I found up in a tree. Yesterday in Pathfinder Park in Florence, CO a California bi...

Great Horned Owl Family

This is a family of Great Horned Owls that I have been following since the parents were beginning to nest. When I checked on them right bef...