Very young Black Phoebe fledgling

This very short tailed bird behind vegetation, and with it's back to us, is a very recently fledged Black Phoebe. Note there is some ve...

One last shot of a White-throated Swift in flight

I thought this photo really showed off some of it's field marks of this species: white throat and belly and white sides on rump. The t...

Migrating White-throated Swifts

Before I left Florence River Park yesterday a flock of 30 or so White-throated Swifts that were migrating made a stop-over to feed above thi...

First of the fall Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Boy did this little Ruby-crowned Kinglet live up to it's name! It had it's bright ruby red crest raised most of the time I watched ...

Black Phoebe in Florence River Park

I posted a few days ago that there were 2 Eastern and a Black Phoebe in Florence River Park and I posted photos of one of the Eastern Phoebe...

Shy Rose-breasted Grosbeak

I spotted this Rose-breasted Grosbeak in Florence River Park yesterday but had a hard time getting a photo as it was 'camera shy'. ...

Townsend's Warbler gleaning insect larvae from leaf

Here is a Townsend's Warbler appearing to glean an insect larvae from a cottonwood tree leaf. It looks like this infestation of insect ...

Infested trees draw warbler action

On Saturday I was delighted to find dozens of warblers at Florence, CO River Park. Though they were mostly Yellow-rumped Warblers with a fe...

Eastern and Black Phoebes in Florence, CO

Today I found River Park in Florence, CO to be very active for the first time in quite a while (the city has let people drive all over, dest...

Winter drag Yellow-rumps

I saw these Yellow-rumped Warlbers a week ago in the Florence River Park in Florence,CO. They were part of a small flock feeding in Russian...

First-of-the-year Great Egret in Canon City,CO area

Yesterday I also found this Great Egret, the first I have seen this year and the first reported in Fremont County, CO. It was feeding in th...