Glendale – Page 6

Say’s phoebe (Sayornis saya) at Sahauro Ranch, Glendale, Arizona.

Tomate.

Bonus Garden Party shot: A male Anna’s hummingbird at the feeder.

Garden Party: These hummingbirds are all recent visitors to my backyard feeder in Glendale, Arizona. The birds with bright iridescent gorgets (chin feathers) are males.

From top:

Photos 1 – 3: Anna’s hummingbird (Calypte anna).

Photos 4 – 6: Black-chinned hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri).

Photos 7 – 8: Costa’s hummingbird (Calypte costae). The Costa’s is the latest to join our little community, and I haven’t see a female at my feeder yet.

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At the library.

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Untitled.

Fairy duster (Calliandra eriophylla), at the Xeriscape Demonstration Garden in Glendale, Arizona.

Orchid tree.

Crane fly.

Here in the Sonoran Desert almost all of our streams are ephemeral, so insects that spend long larval phases in flowing water – like the tipulid flies – are rare or uncommon. With this year’s abundant rain and snow melt the washes and watercourses are running, and we are seeing crane flies unusual numbers.

See this ancient post for an explanation of why we use the naming convention crane fly instead of cranefly.

Pompadour.

Snowy egret (Egretta thula), at the Glendale Recharge Ponds, Glendale, Arizona.