Birds, NAz
Coot
American Coot (Fulica americana) Swimming In Open Waters
Coot (Photo #0704)
American Coot (Fulica americana) Swimming Between Reeds;
Great Blue Heron; (Photo #8706)
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias); Francis Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona
Waterfowl And ShorebirdsOrder PelecaniformesFamily ArdeidaeHerons
Flicker
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus); Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona
Order PiciformesFamily PicidaeWoodpeckersPublic landsWetlands
Great Blue Heron; (Photo #2312)
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) On Roof Of House; Cheshire Park;
Order PelecaniformesFamily ArdeidaeWildlife In Human EnvironmentSuburban Lands As HabitatHumor
Coot And Great Blue Heron; (Photo #1127)
Coot And Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias); Francis Short Pond;
Osprey; (Photo #5976B)
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) In Eyre; Old Walnut Canyon Ponds, Flagstaff, Arizona
Osprey In Treetop
Osprey In Treetop; Pandion haliaetus; Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona
Icterid Attacks Corvid
Blackbird? Icterid Dives Toward Corvid; Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona
Pied-Billed Grebe
Pied-Billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps); Old Walnut Canyon Road Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona
Order PodicipediformesFamily PodicipedidaeFlagstaff area birds
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; Kachina Wetlands Preserve near Flagstaff, Arizona; 16 July 2021
WaterfowlDucks and geeseOrder AnseriformesFamily AnatidaeStifftailed ducksOpen spacesImportance of riparian areas in arid regionsReclaimed sewage to platinum standardOlympus photography
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;
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.