Birds, NAz
Brewer's Blackbirds
Blackbirds Interacting InTreetop; Euphagus cyanocephalus; Hwy180 field, Flagstaff, Arizona
Family IcteridaeOpen spacesUndeveloped areasNorthern Arizona
Female Brewer's Blackbird
Euphagus cyanocephalus; Cheshire; 2June2018; 5674; C2PSD3
Family IcteridaeIcteridsOpen spacesUndeveloped areasNorthern Arizona
Male Great-Tailed Grackle
Quiscalus mexicanus; Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona
Heron Swallowing Trout
Great blue heron, Ardea herodias; Frances Short Pond; Flagstaff; Arizona
Icterid Eating Insect
Cheshire Park, Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona
Duck and Grackle
Pond Dwellers In White and Black; Domestic duck; Great- tailed (or "Mexican") grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus); FrancesShortPond, Flagstaff, Arizona
Male Great-Tailed Grackle
Quiscalus mexicanus; FrancesShortPond, Flagstaff, Arizona
Family IcteridaeGrackles and blackbirdsIcteridspublic spaceswetlands
Pied-Billed Grebe
Bubbling Ponds, Page Springs, Arizona
Male Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinaus; Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona
Family FringillidaeSubfamily Carduelinaebirds attracted by feederssuburban birdsNorthern Arizona
Say's Phoebe
Sayornis saya; Sedona Wetlands Preserve, West Sedona, Arizona
Family TyrannidaePublic landsdesert wetlandsVerde ValleyWest Sedonanorthern Arizona
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias; Old Walnut Canyon Road Ponds, Flagstaff, Arizona
Male Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeata; Old Walnut Canyon Road Ponds, Flagstaff, Arizona
Two male and one female merganser
Mergus merganser; Old Walnut Canyon Road Ponds, Flagstaff, Arizona
Verdin
Auriparus flaviceps; Palo Verde tree, Mayo Clinic, Scottdale, Arizona
Steller's Jay Clowning (2December2014; EditedFeb2018)
Redhead Mid-Splash
Aythya americana; Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona
Family AnatidaeAythyini Diving ducksPublic spacesWetlandsUrbanwildlife interface
Redhead
Aythya americana; Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona
Family AnatidaeAythyini Diving ducksPublic spacesWetlandsUrbanwildlife interface
Great-tailed Grackle (Female)
Quiscalus mexicanus; Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona
Male Redhead
Aythya americana; Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona
Northern Shovelers
Spatula clypeata; Old Walnut Canyon Road Ponds, Flagstaff, Arizona
Order AnseriformesFamily AnatidaeNorthern Arizonawaterfowlducksshovelers and teals
Mallard On Ice
Anas platyrhynchos; Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona
Hybrid-domestic duck
Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona
Public spaceswetlandsNorthern Arizonahybridityruralurban interface
Domestic-hybrid ducks
Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona
Public spaceswetlandsNorthern Arizonahybridityruralurban interface
Coots
Fulica americana; Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona
Subclass NeornithesOrder GruiformesFamily RallidaeFamily of rails gallinules and cootsAnimals in motionwaterfowlagonistic behavioraction shots
American Wigeon
Mareca americana; PageSprings, Cornville, Arizona
American Kestrel
Falco sparverius; BubblingPonds, Cornville, Arizona
Order FalconiformesFamily FalconidaeImportant Birding AreasVerde ValleyArizona
Male Ruddy Duck
Oxyura jamaicensis; Old Walnut Canyon Road Ponds, Flagstaff, Arizona
Mallard Display (Photo #1217)
Anas platyrhynchos; Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona;
Animal behaviorBird behaviorAgonistic behaviorDuckswaterfowlpublic spacesNorthern Arizona
Female White-Crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrys; Paulden, Arizona
Female White-Crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrys; Paulden, Arizona
Family Emberizidae American SparrowsCentral ArizonaVerde ValleyGreater Prescott Area
Mallard Hen Near Sunset
Anas platyrhynchos; Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona;
Coot
Fulica americana; Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona;
WaterfowlFamily RallidaeFamily of rails gallinules and cootsPublic SpacesNorthern Arizona
Interred On Ice;
Brewer's Blackbird? (Euphagus cyanocephalus); Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona;
In the Flight Path
Fulica americana and Anas platyrhynchos; Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona;
Mallard And Coot
Anas platyrhynchos and Fulica americana; Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona;
Mallard Hen On Ice
Anas platyrhynchos; Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona;
Coot walking on Ice
Fulica americana; Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona
Subclass NeornithesOrder GruiformesFamily Rallidaeanimals in motionwaterfowlbeauty of the ordinary
Coot in Late Afternoon
Fulica americana; Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona
Subclass NeornithesInfraclass NeognathaeSuperorder NeoavesOrder GruiformesFamily Rallidae
Evening Grosbeaks
Coccothraustes vespertinaus; Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona
Family FringillidaeSubfamily CarduelinaeBird bathsbackyard birding
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.