Red-naped Sapsucker: interesting views

Yesterday the sun was shining better and though this Red-naped Sapsucker stayed in the shade, I was able to get this close-up that highlight...

Video Clip: Neglected Ducks Get Their First Swim

This is a cute video clip from Woodstock Sanctuary (tho about domestic ducks). The moral of this story is you can lead a duck to water, eve...

Warblers also using dry gulches/washes for migration corridors

I was surprised to find the Orange-crowned Warbler shown above and several Yellow-rumped Warblers including the one below in the same dry gu...

Sapsuckers migrating via dry washes in Colorado?

In the fall of 2010 I found and followed several Williamson's Sapsuckers drilling sap wells in a complex of siberian-type elm trees sout...

Female Black-throated Blue Warbler

I found this female Black-throated Blue Warbler earlier this month on private property in the Florence, CO area. This species is quite ra...

Late Burrowing Owl

I also found this Burrowing Owl just north of La Junta, CO. It is here late and most of it's species has already migrated to parts sout...

Migrating Sage Thrashers near Lake Holbrook

I did some birding in the La Junta, CO area over the week-end and was surprised to find this and another Sage Thrasher near Lake Holbrook, a...