Birds, NAz
White-Crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrys, female or juvenile; Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona
White-Crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrys, adult male; Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona
Canada Geese
Branta canadensis; Old Walnut Canyon Road, Flagstaff, Arizona
Yellow-Rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronata; Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona
Yellow-Rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronata; Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratus; Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratus; Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona
Summer tanager
Piranga rubra; Bubbling Ponds, Cornville, Arizona
Swallows
Immature swallows awaiting food; Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff Arizona
Flycatcher (Cordilleran?)
The Arboretum at Flagstaff, Flagstaff, Arizona
Steller's Jay
Cyanocitta stelleri, with crest feathers blown back in wind; Flagstaff, Arizona
Steller’s Jay
Cyanocitta stelleri, with crest feathers blown in wind; Flagstaff, Arizona
Flycatcher (Dusky-Capped?)
Myiarchus tuberculifer?; Bubbling Ponds, Cornville, Arizona
Tyrant flycatchersFamily TyrannidaeVerde ValleyArizona Fish and Game
Acorn Woodpecker
Melanerpes formicivorus; Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, Arizona
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratus; Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra; Page Spring Fish Hatchery, Cornville, Arizona
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus; Old Walnut Canyon Road, Flagstaff, Arizona
Yellow-Headed Blackbird
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus; Kinkinnick Lake, northern Arizona
Bullock's Oriole
Icterus bullockii, female; Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona
Dual Snags (wilcephotos #p80576201)
Dual Snags At Sunset
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.