Birds, NAz
Say's Phoebe Preening (Photo #3891)
Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya) Preening; McGuireville Rest Area (Interstate 17; I-17), Arizona
Family TyrannidaePhoebes And FlycatchersBird behaviorFeather hygienePreening
Great Blue Heron (Photo #7322)
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Perched In Tree; Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona
Family ArdeidaeFish Eating BirdsParks and other public spaces
Pair of Common Mergansers
Common Mergansers (Mergus merganser); Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona
Family AnatidaeParks and other public spacesNorthern Arizonaearly springFlocks of ducks and related birdsWaterfowl
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
Kinglet? (probably) Regulus calendula; Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona
Family RegulidaeParks and other public spacesNorthern ArizonaEarly spring
RavensHopOnSnow; Cheshire; 1551
Raven's neck (Photo #1644)
Common raven; Corvus corax; northern Arizona; Flagstaff, Arizona
Bird VocalizaitonFamily Corvidaeanimal signssemioticsvisible and audible signs
Two Corvids (Photo #1660)
Two Ravens or crows; Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona
Two Redheads (Ducks); (Photo #8179)
Pair of Redheads (Mating?); Deadhorse Ranch State Park, Verde Valley, Arizona
WaterfowlFamily AnatidaeFamily Ducks Geese and SwansPublic ParksWetlands in Arid Areas
Wigeon And Mallard (Photo #0513)
Wigeon (Mareca americana) And Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos); Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona
WaterfowlFamily AnatidaeFamilly of DucksGeeseand SwansInterspecies conflictPublic SpacesWetlands in Arid AreasNorthern Arizona
Flicker; (Photo #2028)
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) With Eye Closed; On bird bath, Cheshire Neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona
Family PicidaeWoodpeckersHuman Environment As Wildlife Habitat
Corvid Chasing Hawk; (Photo #9893)
Corvid Chasing Hawk
Coot; (Photo #0742)
Coot (Fulica americana) Walking; Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona
WaterfowlTerrestrial Bipedal LocomotionOrder Gruiformes Cranelike birdsFamily RallidaeFamily of rails gallinules and cootsBirds with colorful feet
Female Mallard; (Photo #0730)
Female Mallard swimming; Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona
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
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.