Am Kestrel fledgling-climbing up a tree!

I had previously observed a pair of American Kestrels that I thought were nesting in a cottonwood grove between the Arkansas River and a hay...

More pics of Grace's Warbler

The top photo was almost full screen. And I like to add photos with back views, that are eschewed by most photographers, since most of us s...

Grace's Warbler, very close-up

After I snapped a couple of photos of the bird in a conifer 80 feet away, it flew right into a tree near where I was standing. Instead of be...

Grace's Warbler, rare in eastern Colorado

Since I had to drive to Trinidad (the one in Colorado, not the island) yesterday to give a presentation to a watershed group I went early so...

Acorn Woodpeckers, a pair

I watched this male and the female whose pics I posted previous for about an hour and a half. They both perched on this same tree that is p...

Acorn Woodpeckers at Pueblo Mtn Park-wow

Late this afternoon I drove to Pueblo Mtn Park to look for the Acorn Woodpecker that had been found last week-end by Dave Van Manen, Directo...

A Yellow-billed Cuckoo, rare here

[note: I haven't posted as I have been very busy finishing Colo Breeding Bird Atlas II surveys, following a few special birds, and seve...