Another Painted Redstart-molting from juvenal to adult plumage

This is another Painted Redstart I saw in close proximity, in the same tree, to an adult Painted Redstart today. Juvenal plumage has no red ...

Gorgeous Painted Redstarts

After some birding a little this morning along the San Pedro Riparian area, the quickly rising temps and slow birding motivated me to head f...

Plain-capped Starthroat, most distinctive 'plain' hummer

Though the Plain-capped Starthroat is not as colorful as some of the other hummers, the white stripes on it's head, it's large size ...

Plain-capped Starthroat, a very rare hummingbird

The Brodkins who have a residence in Carr Canyon a short distance south of Sierra Vista, AZ have had a Plain-capped Starthroat visiting thei...

Awful raggedy Zone-tailed Hawk

While I was birding on Blue Heaven Road just a few hundred yards south of the Paton's yard I spotted this raptor that looked like a poss...

Varied Buntings-another lifer today in Patagonia area

Another neat find today and another lifer species--Varied Bunting. This is the distinctive male but first saw the female (see next post). ...

Thick-billed Kingbird-a lifer I found today in Patagonia, AZ area

I had hoped to get to see a Thick-billed Kingbird when I traveled to the Patagonia, AZ area today but it had not been reported since last we...