As can be seen in the top pic, this bird is attempting to pick up food with it's damaged bill though I cannot imagine how it can feed it...

American Golden-Plover, a sad sight

Earlier this week I traveled to the lower Arkansas Valley to do some birding during a brief respite (only a few days) in the 100+ temps they...

Snowy Plovers

Last week I drove back out to Lake Holbrook which is north of La Junta. The water level has been fairly low providing good shoreline that h...

Crane Magic

I drove down to the La Junta,CO area today and was rewarded both by a gorgeous Indian summer day and some enjoyable birding including flocks...

Clark's Grebe with staining on breast

When I scoped for waterfowl at Lake Henry (near Ordway,CO), I was disappointed to find no nesting grebes. Last summer hundreds of Clark...