Rivoli’s hummingbird (Eugenes fulgens) at Santa Rita Lodge, Madera Canyon, in Coronado National Forest, Pima County, Arizona.
I am in the throes of a kitchen remodel, and haven’t lifted the camera in a few days. There will be fresh material soon, I hope!
Rivoli’s.
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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.
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Watering hole.
Coatimundi (Nasua narica, the white-nosed coati), at Santa Rita Lodge, Madera Canyon, in Coronado National Forest, Arizona.
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Coatimundi (Nasua narica, the white-nosed coati), at Santa Rita Lodge. Coatis are diurnally active, and this handsome fellow climbs up from the canyon below to the lodge’s bird feeding area several times each day to check out the action, scrounge a few treats, and get a drink of water. He’s still a wild animal, but habituated to people – an opportunist who isn’t put off by gawkers on the lodge deck.
At Santa Rita Lodge, Madera Canyon, in Coronado National Forest, Pima County, Arizona.
Mexican jay (Aphelocoma wollweberi), at Santa Rita Lodge, Madera Canyon, in Coronado National Forest, Pima County, Arizona.
Clark’s spiny lizard (Sceloporus clarkii) on an alligator juniper tree (Juniperus deppeana), at Madera Canyon in Coronado National Forest, Pima County, Arizona.
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