Snow-Geese-Over-WhitewaterDraw-P3065078-wilcephotos.com
Snow Geese (Anser caerulescens) Over Whitewater Draw; 6 March 2022
Order AnseriformesFamily AnatidaeRiparian areas in arid regionswaterfowlbirds in flight
GreatEgret (Photo #P3099312)
Great Egret; Gilbert Riparian Preserve, Gilbert (in Greater Phoenix), Arizona; 9th March 2022
WaterfowlRiparian areas in arid regionsParks and public spacesCentral and southern Arizona
WhitePelicanP3099181
White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos); Gilbert Riparian Preserve, Gilbert (in Greater Phoenix), Arizona; 9th March 2022
WaterfowlOrder PelecaniformesFamily PelecanidaeRiparian areas in arid regionsParks and public spaces
HoneybeeOnFairyDuster (Photo #6110)
Western Honeybee (Apis mellifera) On Fairy Duster (Calliandra eriophylla); Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona; 7 January 2021
Phylum ArthropodClass InsectaOrder HymenopteraFamily ApidaeFamily Of Wasps Bees and AntsBotanical gardensSonoran desert Arizonasymbiotic relationshipspollinators
Cinnamon Teal Wing Display; (Photo #6541)
Cinnamon Teal Wing Display In Early Morning Light; Whitewater Draw, McNeal, Arizona; February 2020
Order Anseriformes Family AnatidaeAnimal BehaviorBird BehaviorAgonistic BehaviorWing Flapping DisplaySouthern Arizona
Green Darner?
Anax Junius? GilbertRiparianPreserve; Gilbert, Arizona
Family Aeshnidae DarnersRiparian preservesOpen spaces
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Flicker On Saguaro
Colaptes auratus; NatureTrail, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona
Order PiciformesFamily PicidaeWoodpeckersCactiDesertCactus flowers
Albert's Towhee
Melozone aberti; Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area, Phoenix, Arizona
Family EmberizidaePublic SpacesPhoenix Parks and RecreationSeedeating passerinesNeotropical birdsTowhees
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias; Gilbert Riparian Preserve, Gilbert, Arizona
Family Ardeidaeherons egrets and bitternsflightpublic spaces
Cormorants
Double-crested cormorants?; (Phalacrocorax auritus); Gilbert Riparian Preserve, GIlbert, Arizona
Genus Phalacrocorax CormorantsFamily PhalacrocoracidaeOrder Suliformes
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Wasp? in Potentilla
Potentilla thurberi?
Other names Monarch's VelvetRed Cinquefoilflora of Sonoran Desert
Ash-Throated Flycatcher
Myiarchus cinerascens, RIo Salado Habitat Restoration Area, Phoenix AZ
Family TyrannidaeTyrant flycatchersDesert wildlifeUrbanrural interface
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Cactus wren
On saguaro cactus, Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix AZ
Campylorhynchusbrunneicapillus
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Fairy Duster Flower
Calliandra eriophylla; Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona
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Curve-Billed Thrasher
Toxostoma curvirostre; Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona
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Cactus Wren
Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus; Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona
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Cactus Wrens
Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus; Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona
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Greater Roadrunner
Geococcyx californianus; Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona
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Greater Roadrunner
Geococcyx californianus; Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona
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Greater Roadrunner
Geococcyx californianus; Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona
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Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus, hunched over asleep; Desert Botanical Garden; Phoenix, Arizona
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