Ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis
♀), at the Glendale Recharge Ponds, Glendale, Arizona.
I love ruddies’ pert little tails and goofy grins.
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Launch.
Great egret (Ardea alba) at the Glendale Recharge Ponds, Glendale, Arizona.
Male and female red-winged blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus) on curly dock (Rumex crispus), at the Glendale Recharge Ponds, Glendale, Arizona.
The female (bottom photo) has just a slight hint of red epaulet feathers
― a field mark I had never noticed before taking this photo.
Golden barrel cactus blossoms (Echinocactus grusonii), at the Glendale Main Library Xeriscape Demonstration Garden, Glendale, Arizona.
Untitled.
Peacock plumage, fore and aft.
Library peacock.
Feather studies. Attached.
Glide path.
Black-necked stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) at the Glendale Recharge Ponds, Glendale, Arizona.
Bird on a wire: Belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon
♂), at the Glendale Recharge Ponds, Glendale, Arizona. In the center photo the morsel in the bird’s beak is a crayfish plucked from a nearby irrigation canal.
Dithyramb 