Birds, NAz
Boat-tailed Grackle (Photo #6267)
Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major); Old Walnut Canyon Road Ponds; 2 April 2021
Family IcteridaeBirds of Northern ArizonaSuburban wildlifeRiparian areas. Artificial ponds and lakes
GreatBlueHeron (Photo #0573)
Great Blue Heron On Island; Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona; 4 March 2021;
Waterfowl And ShorebirdsOrder PelecaniformesFamily ArdeidaeHerons and EgretsPublic spacesFlagstaffNorthern ArizonaRiparian areasWinter visitors bird species
Male Common Merganser (Photo# 1038)
Male Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) InFlight; Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona; 4 March 2021;
WaterfowlDucksOrder AnseriformesFamily AnatidaePublic spacesFlagstaffNorthern ArizonaRiparian areasWinter visitors bird species
Raven Vocalizing (Photo #3596)
Common Raven (Corvus corax) Vocalizing; Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona; 12 February 2021
RedWingedBlackbirdInTree; FSPond; 6Feb2021; 1684
CorvidFliesWithSeedsInBeak; SPRM; 1Feb2021; 9765
MallardInWaterReflectingFoliage; FSPond; 14Oct2020; 9668
BIF-CorvidsFlyingNearEachOther; 14Jan2021; 7103
Female Ring Necked Duck (Photo #1568)
Female Ring Necked Duck (Aythya collaris); Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona; 6 February 2021
Geese At Dawn (Photo #3270)
Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) At Dawn; Old Walnut Canyon Road Ponds, Flagstaff, Arizona; 20 November 2020
WaterfowlDucks and geeseOrder AnseriformesFamilyAnatidaeNorthern ArizonaArtificial lakes and pondsAlpine area
MotionBlurOfGeese; OWCRPonds; 20Nov2020; 3030
Ravens On Lightpost (Photo #5901)
Ravens (Corvus Corax) On Lightpost; Flagstaff, Arizona; 30 November 2020
Order PasseriformesFamily CorvidaeFamily of Jays Crows and RavensBirds In Human Environment
Female Mallard (Photo #1642)
Female Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos); Francis Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona; 17 November 2020
WaterfowlDabbling DucksOrder AnseriformesFamily AnatidaeNorthern ArizonaWetlands in Dry RegionsPublic ParksArtificial PondsOpen Spaces
FemaleNorthernShoveler(Photo #7463)
Female Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata); Old Walnut Canyon Road Ponds, Flagstaff, Arizona; 4 November 2020
WaterfowlDucks and GeeseOrder AnseriformesFamily AnatidaeNorthern Arizona
Coots (Photo #2047)
Coots ( Fulica americana) in Francis Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona; 23 December 2020
WaterfowlOrderGruiformesFamily RallidaeFamily of rails gallinules and coots
Female White-Crowned Sparrow (Photo #1497)
Female White-Crowned Sparrow; (Zonotrichia leucophrys); Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona;; 21 December 2020
Raven (probably) In Gray Sky (Photo #9234)
Raven; Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona; 14 December 2020
Geese Flying In V-Formation (Photo #7611)
Canada Geese ( (Branta canadensis) in V-Formation; Old Walnut Canyon Road Ponds; 9 December 2020
GeeseSplashyTakeOff; (Photo #7959)
Dawn Take-Off of Canada Geese (Branta canadensis);Old Walnut Canyon Road Ponds; 9 December 2020
Mallards Splashed By Another (Photo #2368)
Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) Splashed By Another; Francis Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona; 19 November 2020
WaterfowlDabbling DucksOrder AnseriformesFamily AnatidaeNorthern ArizonaWetlands in Dry RegionsPublic ParksArtificial PondsOpen Spaces
Northern Shoveler (Photo #1363)
Female(?) Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata); Francis Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona; 17Nov2020
WaterfowlDabbling DucksOrder AnseriformesFamily AnatidaeNorthern ArizonaWetlands in Dry RegionsPublic ParksArtificial PondsOpen Spaces
Red Tailed Hawk (Photo #4424)
Red Tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis); Near Picture Canyon, Flagstaff, Arizona; 5 August 2020
RaptorsHawks and EaglesOrder AccipitriformesFamily Accipitridae
Mallard Drake swimming in InGoldenReflection (Photo #4715)
Mallard Duck (Anas platyrhynchos) Francis Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona 25 November 2020
WaterfowlOrder AnseriformesFamily AnatidaePublic landsPonds and lakesArtificial pondsParks
Mallard Drake (Photo #4639)
Mallard Duck (Anas platyrhynchos); Francis Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona 25 November 2020
WaterfowlOrder AnseriformesFamily AnatidaePublic landsPonds and lakesArtificial pondsParks
RavenAgainstEldenClouds (Photo #3545)
Raven (Corvus coral) Flies Among Clouds Over Mt. Elden; Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona; 27 March 2020;
Family CorvidaeFamily of jayscrowsand ravensNorthern Arizona
Raven Lands On Power Line (Photo #1989)
Raven Spreads Feathers Landing On Power Line RavenTowardPowerLine Schultz Pass Road; 18Nov2020;
RavenOverhead (Photo #2447)
Raven (Corvus corax) On Cloudy Day; Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona; 26 August 2020
Male Redhead; (Photo #0128)
Male Redhead (Aythya americana); Gilbert Riparian Preserve, Metro Phoenix area, Arizona; 13Nov2020;
DucksWaterfowlOrder AnseriformesFamily AnatidaeArtificial ponds and lakes
Ruddy Duck (Photo #2644)
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis); Old Walnut Canyon Road Ponds, Flagstaff, Arizona
WaterfowlDucksOrder AnseriformesFamily AnatidaeNorthern ArizonaArtificial ponds and lakes
Swallow(Probably Northern Rough Winged) (Photo #6619)
RoughWinged? Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis); Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona; 12 July 2020
SwallowsFamily HirundinidaeMunicipal ParksWetlands in arid landsNorthern Arizona
Chickadee On Pine; (Photo #4882)
Mountain Chickadee (Poecile gambeli) On Ponderosa Pine
Family ParidaeFamily of titstitmiceand chickadeesPonderosa pines mark Northern Arizona landscape
BP-ChickadeeOnSpruce; Cheshire; 3Oct2020; 6490
TurkeyVulture (Photo #8134)
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura); RioSaladoHabitatRestorationArea, Phoenix, Arizona; 6Oct2020
Female Redhead (Photo #8834)
Female Redhead Duck (Aythya americana); Old Walnut Canyon Road Ponds, Flagstaff, Arizona, 9 Oct 2020;
PiedBilledGrebe(Photo#8792)
Pied-Billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps); Old Walnut Canyon Road Ponds, Flagstaff, Arizona;
Mallard Wing Display; (Photo #1697)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) Wing Display; Francis Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona; 26 July 2020;
Order AnseriformesFamily AnatidaeAnimal BehaviorBird BehaviorAgonistic BehaviorWing Flapping Display
Red-Winged Blackbird Vs. Great Blue Heron; (Photo #9495)
Red-Winged Blackbird Harrassing Great Blue Heron; Francis Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona; June 2019;
Red-Winged Blackbird Vs. Great Blue Heron; (Photo #9494)
Red-Winged Blackbird Harrassing Great Blue Heron; Francis Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona; June 2019;
Kestrel Pair (Photo #9619)
Pair of American Kestrels (Falco sparverius); Schultz Pass Road, Flagstaff, Arizona
Order FalconiformesFamily FalconidaePair bondingRaptorsClade Inopinaves Clade Telluraves
Dark Eyed Junco Vs. Rock Squirrel; (Photo #2763)
Junco ( (Junco hyemalis) Confronting Rock Squirrel; Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona
RodentsFamily SciuridaeSquirrel familyTerritorialityInterspecies conflictAgonismAgonistic behaviorThe Small Challenge the Large in the Animal World
Dark Eyed Junco On Rock Wall; (Photo #9142)
Dark Eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis); Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona
Canada Geese (Photo #9959)
Canada Geese (Branta canadensis;) Old Walnut Canyon Road Ponds, Flagstaff, Arizona
Motion Blur PhotographyOrder AnseriformesFamily AnatidaeBehavioral SynchronyFlocking Behavior
AvocetsBeneathBlueSky; (Photo #3024)
American Avocets (Recurvirostra americana) Beneath Pastel PInk And BlueSky; Old Walnut Canyon Road Ponds, Flagstaff, Arizona
Motion Blur PhotographyShorebirdsMigratory Visitors to Northern ArizonaSocialityBehavioral SynchronyFlocking BehaviorOrder CharadriiformesFamily Recurvirostridae
Avocet Flock; (Photo #3911)
Avocet Flock (Recurvirostra americana); Old Walnut Canyon Road Ponds;
Motion Blur PhotographyShorebirdsMigratory Visitors to Northern ArizonaSocialityBehavioral SynchronyFlocking BehaviorOrder CharadriiformesFamily Recurvirostridae
Mallard; (Photo #0022)
Mallard in Flight; Old Walnut Canyon Road Ponds, Flagstaff, Arizona
Raven Harrassing Osprey (Photo#4930)
Raven Vs. Osprey (Corvus corax Vs. Pandion haliaetus), at Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona
Interspecies conflictThe Smaller Harrass The Larger Common PatternAgonistic behaviorOpen spacesParksNorthern Arizona
Two Swallows Pass Close In The Air; (Photo #1945)
Two unidentified swallows (possible Violet-green (Tachycineta thalassina); Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona
Family Hirundinidae SwallowsNorthern ArizonaOpen spacesParksWetlands In Arid Areas
Wilson's Warbler (Photo# 4762)
Wilsonia pusilla; Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona
Wood WarblersGenus WilsoniaOpen SpacesParksWetlands In Arid Areas
Christina Vojta
on May 19, 2017I love the expressiveness of the bird subjects in many of these photos. In particular, the bald eagle with head thrown back and the yellow-dumped warbler on a mullein. For dramatic, I go for the osprey diving into a pond with a red-winged blackbird just off of one wing. For artistic-unusual, I like the totem pole image of the raven on a pole.
Colin Shepley
on April 23, 2016I find many of these shots engrossing because of spectacular timing. I also really love the color context of the Tanger and Ravens in particular.