Newbie bridled titmouse (Baeolophus wollweberi) being fed by a parent.
Mom looks utterly exhausted.
Tag: birding
Recent birds.
Northern rough-winged swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis).
Broad-billed hummingbird (Cynanthus latirostris). This female has been banded. I love her subtle aquamarine feathers.
Yellow warbler (Setophaga petechia), who refused to leave the tops of the willows for a better photo.
Bewick’s wren (Thryomanes bewickii). The wren was named by Audubon in honor of his friend, wood engraver Thomas Bewick.
All photographed at San Pedro House, Cochise County, Arizona.
Recent birds.
From top: Vermilion flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus), Bewick’s wren (Thryomanes bewickii), and black phoebe (Sayornis nigricans), at Veteran’s Memorial Park, Sierra Vista, Arizona.
Verdin (Auriparus flaviceps), at the Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona.
Lesser goldfinch (Spinus psaltria), at the Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona.
Another view of an elegant trogon (Trogon elegans), showing the silky iridescent greens and blues of its mantle feathers. At Madera Canyon in the Coronado National Forest, Pima County, Arizona.
Elegant trogon (Trogon elegans), at Madera Canyon in the Coronado National Forest, Pima County, Arizona.
I spotted several of these magnificent birds on both days of my stay at Santa Rita Lodge. This colorful specimen is a male. I saw, but was unable to photograph, his female companion.
And I heard more ETs than I saw. As they move up and down the canyon as the temperatures rise and fall during the day, they announce themselves with a repetitive bwrrr bwrrr bwrrr call, like the insistent barking of an agitated chihuahua. You can here samples of their sounds here.
Pas de deux.
Assembly: A small flock of black-necked stilts (Himantopus mexicanus), at the Glendale Recharge Ponds, Glendale, Arizona.
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