Pygmy Nuthatches, Estes Park, Colorado
The Pygmy nuthatches (Sitta pygmaea) entertained me as I sat having a coffee and a sandwich at Cafe on the outskirts of Estes Park, Colorado. I had driven up from Louisville, starting out early. To sit...
View ArticleSage thrasher with insect prey, Massadona, Colorado
The Sage thrasher (Oreoscoptes montanus) sat, alert, with prey on top of the sage bush out in the dry arid lands east of Massadona, Colorado. I was heading to Dinosaur in search of dry land species and...
View ArticleBlanding’s Finch, Green-tailed Towhee at Dinosaur, Colorado
The ‘Blanding’s finch was in a bush high on Harper’s Point in the Dinosaur National Monument. No longer referred to as a Finch or named after Blanding, the Green-tailed towhee (Pipilo chlorurus) can be...
View ArticleWestern kingbird, Arkansas flycatcher, Chlowish-pil
The Western kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) hangs out along the roads of Colorado, as it does all across Western North America. It appears the bird is one of the a success story as it has been...
View ArticleHorned Lark on the shore of a sea of prairies
The Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris) is how the Americans refer to our Shore lark. For we in the UK tend to see the bird in winter foraging along the sand dunes and shingle banks on along our...
View ArticleWhite Pelican high in on a mountain lake – Colorado
For a European birdwatcher, a Pelican is an exotic sounding bird. A bird of the tropics and the Mediterranean. To see them high on a mountain lake in the High Rockies of Colorado, of course is no...
View ArticleClark’s Crow, high in the mountains above sunlight
The Clark’s ‘crow‘, perched on the tall pine, perused the the forests of the sunlight mountains. Although crows can have an ominous air about them these birds have an endearing quality. There is a...
View ArticleSteller’s Jay, Alaska and a German Naturalist
The Steller’s Jay is another entertaining members of the Crow/Corvid family found in North America. In Colorado I was a bit disappointed to only see a few. My travels along the West Coast of the...
View ArticlePreparing for Brazil
Preparing for Brazil was undertaken over a six month period. Once I knew for sure I was going I searched around for the usually thinks that a birder and naturalist would need. Books, identification...
View ArticleBarred Antshrikes – Birding Brazil
Barred Antshrikes were hot on my list of birds to see in Central Brazil. To accompany my blog posts on my trip I am going to run a series of bird photography posts. Photos – Barred Antshrike –...
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