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...

Bear, being a bear up a tree

This is another on my photos I took of the bear I spotted 2 weeks ago about 75 feet up a tree. I will post more when I have a chance to edi...

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...