Who is the best groomed bird in the Verde Valley? The Cedar Waxwing has got to win that title. Here is why: Read more
Archive for Bird Picture Gallery
Camera at Page Springs
I took a birding trip to Bubbling Ponds at Page Springs this week to play with the camera and to take these photos. Read more
Category: Bird Picture Gallery, Digital Photography /
Tags: Page Springs, Song Sparrow, Yellowthroat
Red-winged Blackbirds Setting up Territories
Several days ago – before our big snowstorm – I wrote a post concerning the observation that some Red-winged Blackbirds were making territorial calls but that all were still hidden in the bottom of the cattails. All that has changed now. Read more
Category: Bird Picture Gallery, Dead Horse State Park, Riparian Bird Issues /
Tags: Red-winged Blackbirds, territorial call
Great Blue – Swan or Heron?
Do you know what a Great Blue Heron looks like in deep water? Look at this Heron with his trout and see for yourself. Read more
Category: Bird Picture Gallery, Dead Horse State Park /
Tags: Dead Horse Ranch State Park, Great Blue Heron, trout
Vermillion Flycatcher along the Verde River.
These are photos of the Vermillion Flycatcher I worked with today outside Camp Verde, Arizona. But, did you know that these birds have had an economic impact beyond just looking pretty? Read more
Category: Bird Picture Gallery, Riparian Bird Issues, Uncategorized /
Tags: breeding biology, Cottonwood tree, Vermillion Flycatcher
What’s So Great About “Riparian” I
Are you drawn to the green belts that live along streams and washes in the Southwestern deserts? So are the birds and you may start to list reasons why this is so. I will give you one more that you probably missed: 3-dimensional geometry. Read more
Category: Bird Picture Gallery, Riparian Bird Issues /
Tags: green belts, habitat complexity, niches
January Robins in the Verde Valley
We have been visited big-time by Robins this winter. The Verde seems to have been chosen as the favorite stopping place for Robin migration. Read more
CBC Camp Verde
Today – Jan. 02, 2012, six of us participated in the Audubon CBC in Camp Verde, AZ. In nearly eight hours we listed 50species for 1496 individual birds. These are photos of some of them. Read more
Category: Bird Picture Gallery, Local Audubon News /
Montezuma Well Birds Dec 28, 2011
Montezuma Well Nat. Mon. was the destination today for the weekly bird walk that Jay’s Bird Barn in Sedona sponsors. These are some of the 21 species we saw this morning. Read more
Tapco on the Verde Christmas
How good is the birding here along the Verde River? We spent an hour today at Tapco just sitting on a log today (Christmas) and we saw the following eleven species: Read more
