Arizona Photography

Acorn Woodpecker (F) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (M)     Gila Woodpecker (M) Curve-billed Thrasher White-winged Dove Inca Dove Lesser Goldfinch (M) Lesser Goldfinch (F) Red-winged Blackbird (Non-breeding male) Bronzed Cowbird (M) Bronzed Cowbird (F) Brown-headed Cowbird (M) Brown-headed Cowbird (F) Brown-headed Cowbird (F & M) Broad-billed (M) Anna's (M) Rivoli's (F)

 I photographed so many species on this visit that I've decided to break this update into two parts.  Hopefully, this will avoid giving you "birdie overload", and Part 2 will follow in a couple days.   We continue to see new species arriving along with the departure of some, while the regulars are here year-round.  It's always interesting to see which birds have shown up.  On this visit, I saw the Blue Grosbeak for the first time this year, as well as the Brown-crested Flycatcher.  As a bonus, the Summer Tanager was still present and posed better than last week.  Bird photography requires camera settings that lead to a very narrow depth of focus, sometimes resulting in a bird being only partially in focus.  It's unusual to get two birds in a frame that are both in focus.  While trying to get two birds together, I was lucky to include a third without even trying. White-winged Dove, Bullock's Oriole & Scott's Oriole     Bullo...

 Over the past several weeks, I was unable to go birding due to a slight case of pneumonia.  However, I was able to enjoy numerous birds visiting my back yard and even got a few photos to share with you. Wilson's Warbler Anna's (M) Western Tanager (M) House Finch (M) House Sparrow (M) Western Tanager (F) My first day back in Ash Canyon was very windy, but there were still lots of birds around.  My favorite sighting was a Summer Tanager, a bird I rarely see.  He stayed partly hidden behind a tree most of the time he was there, which really wasn't very long. Canyon Towhee Acorn Woodpecker (F) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (F) Gila Woodpecker (M) Western Tanager (F) Western Tanager (M) Summer Tanager (M) Summer Tanager (M) Scott's Oriole (M) Scott's Oriole (F) Black-headed Grosbeak (M) Black-headed Grosbeak (F) House Finch (M) House Finch (F) Lucy's Warbler Lesser Goldfinch (M) Lesser Goldfinch (F) Gambel's Quail (M) White-winged Dove Rabbit Mexican Jay Hermit Thrus...