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
Raven's neck (Photo #1644)
Common raven; Corvus corax; northern Arizona; Flagstaff, Arizona
Bird VocalizaitonFamily Corvidaeanimal signssemioticsvisible and audible signs
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
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
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
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; FrancesShortPond, Flagstaff, Arizona
Family IcteridaeGrackles and blackbirdsIcteridspublic spaceswetlands
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
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
Northern Shovelers
Spatula clypeata; Old Walnut Canyon Road Ponds, Flagstaff, Arizona
Order AnseriformesFamily AnatidaeNorthern Arizonawaterfowlducksshovelers and teals
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.