Great-tailed grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus
♂), preening and posing after a bath, at the Glendale Recharge Ponds, Glendale, Arizona.
Tag: Glendale
Untitled.
Side by side.
Size comparison of a snowy egret (Egretta thula) and great egret (Ardea alba), at the Glendale Recharge Ponds, Glendale, Arizona.
Ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis
♀), at the Glendale Recharge Ponds, Glendale, Arizona.
I love ruddies’ pert little tails and goofy grins.
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.
Dithyramb 