Had a great visit to Arizona again this winter. I was hoping to catch a Gila woodpecker on a cactus and this one, at the Riparian Preserve in Gilbert, obliged.
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An oldie but goodie for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme of #PowerPose -
A 🪶Harris’s Hawk showing off its power during a raptor display at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in 2014.
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I stepped out to get a quick photo of the new snow on the mountain with my phone. Then I realized, THAT’S A RAPTOR ON A SAGUARO on the left! 😅 Grabbed my camera and got these shots of this gorgeous Red-tailed hawk. Southeastern Arizona. #birds #hawks #arizonabirds #raptors
A 🪶Northern Flicker takes a short break from feeding on saguaro flowers to look around and inspect it’s surroundings
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#Speckles&Spots
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A male Phainopepla at dusk in a palo verde tree, southern Arizona. #birds #arizonabirds
A beautiful 🪶Long-billed Dowitcher #OnTheEdge
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A black feathered coot with a red eye and a white beak stands in water in front of green reeds at Sweetwater wetlands in Tucson, Arizona
A cootie patootie
#coot #swamphen
#birdsofafeather #🪶 #ArizonaBirds #birds #birding #nature #Tucson #TucsonAudubon
📍Photo made on the ancestral lands of the O'odham Jewed, Tohono O'odham & Hohokam
Anna's Hummingbird gives me attitude from the safety of the pomegranate tree. #birds #hummingbird #tucson #arizonabirds #wildlife #photography
This captive bird from the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum perfectly displays how beautifully #mottled the feathers of a 🪶Barn Owl are. Exquisite!!!
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If you look closely, you will see more than one 🪶American Coot! #BirdOfTheDay #CootsAndMoorhens #ArizonaBirds
A black bird with a white stomach, a black phoebe, perches in front of a mass of pink berries from a Chinese pistache tree in Tucson AZ
A black phoebe in the middle of the pistache pink 🩷🖤🤍
#blackphoebe #birdsofafeather #🪶 #ArizonaBirds #birds #birding #nature #Tucson #TucsonAudubon
📍Photo made on the ancestral lands of the O'odham Jewed, Tohono O'odham & Hohokam
Black bird with red eye sitting with its back towards the camera, looking to the right. It’s in a tree with very thin green branches and tiny leaves that look like dots against a foggy sky.
The gorgeous male Phainopepla in a Palo Verde tree after much needed rain, southern Arizona. #birds #arizonabirds
Nothing ‘lesser’ about this handsome dude, look at those markings, perfect pose! #arizonagoldfinchlesser #arizonabirds #arizonahighways #photographersofbluesky
#hummingbirdresting #hummingbirdrestingstatetorpornightly #arizonahummingbird #arizonabirds #hummingbirdrufous #arizonawings #arizonahighways #blueskyphotographers
Great horned owl
A better view of this week’s backyard visitor. So cool & we had a moment! 👁️👁️
#owls #arizonabirds #birds_nature #raptors #backyardbirds
Barn Owl takes flight.
Rarely get to see Barn Owls much so seeing this beauty in Arizona was a special treat! 🥰🦉📷🌿 moniquedao.com/birding
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The shadow enhances the form of this photo capture! #arizonafloraandfauna #arizonabirds #arizonacactus #birds #purplemartin #purplemartinproject #cactus #cactussaguaro #arizonahighways #arizonadestinations
OH, be still my heart! #hummingbird #hummingbirdrufous #photograhersofbluesky #ashcanyonbirdsanctuary #arizonabirds #arizonahighways #southwestdestinations
Cactus wren
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Ray mentioned the Varied Bunting on last week's show (#1,047 July 20) and this lovely piece Matt Griffiths wrote about it for Tucson Bird Alliance. Got any photos of this bird? We'd love to see them!
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Props to the #bigsigma lens! #pyrrhuloxiamajestic #arizonabirds #arizonabluesky #photographersofbluesky #southwestwings
A Black-necked Stilt wading in water, standing in profile. The water reflects the bird below.
Sara and I have a soft spot for birds with extreme evolutionary quirks - like this Black-necked Stilt. It's basically 90% legs!
Looks like it waded straight out of a bird fashion runway.
#Birding #BlackNeckedStilt #birds #ArizonaBirds #NaturePhotography
QUEST for the Red-faced Warbler. Latest episode in our Birding Arizona series has us visit Madera Canyon.
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a Black-headed Grossbeak perched on a wire, peering towards the camera which causes a subtle lens distortion affect, making the birds head looks slightly larger.
Big head? No - big personality.
This Black-headed Grosbeak stared straight down the lens like I owed him lunch!
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Juniper Titmouse perched at the top of a thin, sun bleached branch
Juniper Titmouse, perched above the Grand Canyon - where everything else looked windswept, but this little bird was holding that crest together just fine.
Calm, composed, and perfectly fluffed. Respect.
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Bringing a treat for the girlfriend..
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Great Horned Owl and her owlets prepare for a night of hunting. Southeast Arizona. #birds #owls #arizonabirds #desertbirds
Hummingbirds are so silly. Er, fierce, I mean fierce! 🤣 This Great Horned Owl is slowly waking up for her night of hunting and the hummingbird has something to say about it. Southern Arizona. 2/2. #owls #hummingbirds #arizonabirds #desertbirds
Hummingbirds are so silly. Er, fierce, I mean fierce! 🤣 This Great Horned Owl is slowly waking up for her night of hunting and the hummingbird has something to say about it. Southern Arizona. 1/2. #owls #hummingbirds #arizonabirds #desertbirds