Evening Grosbeak visiting my feeders

This morning when I stepped out my back door I heard the distinctive call of Evening Grobeaks. I abandoned my plans to start watering my ya...

Cassin's Finch, a montane visitor

Some years montane birds that normally reside a higher up in elevation in the foothills or mountains engage in an attitudinal migration and ...

Both tan and white morph White-throated Sparrows visiting my yard

Earlier this past week I was delighted to find my first yard bird White-throated Sparrow species and not just one but two. And to top that ...

Amazing number of migrating songbirds in my yard last evening

Both a male and female Rose-breasted Grosbeak, first of the year birds, flew between my yard and my next door neighbor's yard. Here is t...

A Lincoln's Sparrow under my nyger feeders, what a surprise

While Lincoln's Sparrows are not rare in south central Colorado, the are not very common with reports more of one or two birds seen more...

Cedar Waxwings and young offspring in my yard

Last week while I worked in my backyard I kept hearing a soft bird call with which I was unfamiliar. I looked all around and could not locat...

Recording of Gray Catbird fledgling begging calls

I recorded the Gray Catbird fledgling that I have heard a number of times giving the begging call (ie, parents, please feed me). It took me...

My neighborhood Gray Catbird family visits

My neighborhood Gray Catbirds have been visiting me for a long time. It started a number of years ago when a pair of Gray Catbirds nested ri...

Big spring for Evening Grosbeaks in Canon City area

I usually get Evening Grosbeaks at my feeders in the spring while many lowland areas only see them in the winter. This year was a big year ...

Lazuli Bunting, yard & neighborhood bird

This is one of the two male and one female Lazuli Buntings that have been singing in trees in my yard and several several adjacent yards for...

Northern Parula: yellow throat and inside of mouth too

The Northern Parula I found in my yard this afternoon was kind enough to show off it's very yellow throat and black band across it as sh...

Nice yard bird-Northen Parula

Yesterday I was pleased with the mini-fall out in my yard of neotropical migrants though none was rare at all. This morning all that remain...

My neighborhood Gray Catbird

A number of years ago a pair of Gray Catbirds nested right under my dining room window--what wonderful intimate views I had. Unfortunately ...

Cute young racoons (but oh, so destructive)

When I got out of my car the other night I spotted two young racoons running by my drive-way. When they saw me they climbed a tree in my fr...

Young Gray Catbird fledgling

I have had Gray Catbirds visit my yard for past 8 or so years since a pair nested in an overgrown shrub (laced with invading vine) right und...

Unusual yard visitors--Green-tailed Towhee, MacGillivray's Warbler & Brown Thrasher

Yesterday brought 3 consecutive surprises in my yard-and all within 10 minutes in mid-afternoon. I spotted the first surprise, a Brown Thra...