10,000 Birds
JULY 9, 2019
This is one small part of the family group on the dirt between the small irrigation canal and the corn field. A little less than a mile away, there is a spot where a nice population of Burrowing Owls, have been relocated in hopes of starting a new breeding population. I guess they don’t like staring into the sun, and more than we do!
10,000 Birds
MARCH 17, 2022
American White Pelicans spend their winter months along the Gulf states, California, parts of Arizona, and Mexico down into Central America. They migrate north through the Western United States, breeding in pockets all the way up through Canada.
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 11, 2019
But this potential population of California Condors will be a “nonessential experimental” group. An experimental population is a special designation for a group that will be reintroduced in an area that is geographically isolated from other populations of the species. What does that mean? The longer answer requires some background.
10,000 Birds
MAY 7, 2024
Because, although these flycatcher groups don’t have the sexy, challenging reputation of Empidonax flycatchers, they can be confusing–ask any East coast birder trying to figure out if a vagrant bird with worn tail feathers is a Western Kingbird or a Cassin’s Kingbird.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 21, 2013
Clapper Rails , as currently defined by the AOU, occur along the coasts of North and South America and Caribbean islands, and inland in southern California and Arizona. In California and Arizona, however, Clapper Rails are brightly colored and occur in both salt and freshwater environments.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 23, 2016
Instead, they are summer visitors, moving up to Colorado in the warm months to breed before returning to wintering grounds in Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and Mexico. During the summer breeding months, Lark Bunting males – a sparrow species – are jet black, their white wings contrasting beautifully with the dark bodies.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 25, 2015
Think Arizona meets Costa Rica with a Mexican twist. In the mean time, a family group of Black-throated Magpie-Jays were frolicking in the breeze high over the dry valley, showing off their exorbitantly long tail streamers. This poorly documented swallow is a breeding endemic to these high mountains. Photo by Andrew Spencer.
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