Corvids and Clouds

Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona

Family Corvidae

House Wren

Troglodytes aedon; The Arboretum, Flagstaff, Arizona

FamilyTroglodytidae

Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica; Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona

Family Hirundinidae

Northern Flicker

Colaptes auratus; Flagstaff Urban Trail, Arizona

Family Picidae

Savannah Sparrow

Passerculus sandwichensis; Highway 180, Flagstaff, Arizona

Family Emberizidae

Yellow Rumped Warbler

Setophaga coronata; Highway180, Flagstaff, Arizona

Family ParulidaeNew World warblers

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Western Bluebird

Sialia mexicana; Picture Canyon, Flagstaff, Arizona

ThrushesFamily Turidae

Mountain Chickadee In Rabbit Brush

Poecile gambeli; Picture Canyon Natural and Cultural Preserve, City of Flagstaff, Arizona

Family Paridaepublic spacesnatural areas

Lesser Goldfinch

Spinus psaltria; Picture Canyon Natural and Cultural Preserve, City of Flagstaff, Arizona;

Family FringillidaeSubfamily CarduelinaeOpen spacesPublic spacesNature preservesNatural areasNorthern ArizonaFinches

Lincoln's Sparrow

Melospiza lincolnii; Near Oak Creek, Bubbling Ponds, Cornville Arizona

Family Emberizidae

Common Black Hawk

Buteogallus anthracinus; Bubbling Ponds, Cornville, Arizona

Family AccipitridaeVerde ValleyImportant Bird Areas

Crows in Autumn

Corvus corvus; Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona

Fall colorsbirds in flight

Corvid At Dawn

Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona

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Corvid On Cloudy Morning

Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona

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Evening Grosbeaks

Coccothraustes vespertinaus; Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona

Family FringillidaeSubfamily CarduelinaeBird bathsbackyard birding

Coot in Late Afternoon

Fulica americana; Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona

Subclass NeornithesInfraclass NeognathaeSuperorder NeoavesOrder GruiformesFamily Rallidae

Bluebird in Birdbath

Sialia mexicana; Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona

Family Turdidae

White-Crowned Sparrow

Zonotrichia leucophrys; Paulden, Arizona

Family Emberizidae

Coot

Fulica americana; Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona;

WaterfowlPublic SpacesNorthern Arizona

Coot walking on Ice

Fulica americana; Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona

Subclass NeornithesOrder GruiformesFamily Rallidaeanimals in motionwaterfowlbeauty of the ordinary

Mallard Hen On Ice

Anas platyrhynchos; Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona;

Order AnseriformesFamily Anatidae

Mallard Hen Near Sunset

Anas platyrhynchos; Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona;

WaterfowlPublic SpacesNorthern Arizona

Mallard Display

Anas platyrhynchos; Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona;

Bird behaviorwaterfowlpublic spacesNorthern Arizona

Mallard And Coot

Anas platyrhynchos and Fulica americana; Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona;

WaterfowlPublic SpacesNorthern Arizona

In the Flight Path

Fulica americana and Anas platyrhynchos; Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona;

WaterfowlPublic SpacesNorthern Arizona

Interred On Ice;

Brewer's Blackbird? (Euphagus cyanocephalus); Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona;

Family IcteridaeBlackbirdsPublic SpacesNorthern Arizona

Female White-Crowned Sparrow

Zonotrichia leucophrys; Paulden, Arizona

Family Emberizidae American SparrowsCentral ArizonaVerde ValleyGreater Prescott Area

Female White-Crowned Sparrow

Zonotrichia leucophrys; Paulden, Arizona

FamilyEmberizidaeAmericanSparrowsCentralArizonaVerdeValley

Male Ruddy Duck

Oxyura jamaicensis; Old Walnut Canyon Road Ponds, Flagstaff, Arizona

Order AnseriformesFamily AnatidaeStifftailed ducks

American Kestrel

Falco sparverius; BubblingPonds, Cornville, Arizona

Order FalconiformesFamily FalconidaeImportant Birding AreasVerde ValleyArizona

American Wigeon

Mareca americana; PageSprings, Cornville, Arizona

Order AnseriformesFamily AnatidaeImportant Birding Areas

Coots

Fulica americana; Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona

Subclass NeornithesOrder GruiformesFamily Rallidaeanimals in motionwaterfowlagonistic behavioraction shots

Red-Tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis; Hwy180, Flagstaff, Arizona

Family Accipitridae

Domestic-hybrid ducks

Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona

Public spaceswetlandsNorthern Arizonahybridityruralurban interface

Hybrid-domestic duck

Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona

Public spaceswetlandsNorthern Arizonahybridityruralurban interface

Mallard On Ice

Anas platyrhynchos; Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona

Order AnseriformesFamily AnatidaePublic spaces

Northern Shovelers

Spatula clypeata; Old Walnut Canyon Road Ponds, Flagstaff, Arizona

Order AnseriformesFamily AnatidaeNorthern Arizonawaterfowlducksshovelers and teals

Male Redhead

Aythya americana; Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona

Order AnseriformesFamily AnatidaeGenus Aythya diving ducks

Great-tailed Grackle (Female)

Quiscalus mexicanus; Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona

Family IcteridaePublic spaces

Redhead

Aythya americana; Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona

Family AnatidaeAythyini Diving ducksPublic spacesWetlandsUrbanwildlife interface

Redhead Mid-Splash

Aythya americana; Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona

Family AnatidaeAythyini Diving ducksPublic spacesWetlandsUrbanwildlife interface

Bald Eagle

Haliaeetus leucocephalus; Old Walnut Canyon Road, Flagstaff, Arizona

Family Accipitridae

Verdin

Auriparus flaviceps; Palo Verde tree, Mayo Clinic, Scottdale, Arizona

Family RemizidaeNature trailsDesert

Two male and one female merganser

Mergus merganser; Old Walnut Canyon Road Ponds, Flagstaff, Arizona

Family Anatidae

Male Northern Shoveler

Spatula clypeata; Old Walnut Canyon Road Ponds, Flagstaff, Arizona

Family AnatidaeGenus Spatula shovelers and some teals

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias; Old Walnut Canyon Road Ponds, Flagstaff, Arizona

Order PelecaniformesFamily Ardeidae