F/7.1, 1/200, ISO 250. Ruby-crowned Kinglet Why did the boy take a ladder to school? It was a high school. Interesting Fact: Ruby-Crowned Kinglets make their nests in trees, occasionally as high up as 100 feet. Females choose a nest site near the tree trunk or suspended from small twigs and branchlets. Because of the …
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You may enlarge any of the images in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. For those readers who are not familiar with Tucson and its environs, much of our community rests among mountain ranges. In fact, Tucson and many of its suburbs sit in a bowl of a valley, …
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GUILLEMOT Uria Alger Words & pictures by Graham Stewart Normally found in Northern waters, the Guillemot is a bird that spends most of its time out at sea, only coming ashore to breed. It is a relative of the penguin that has retained the ability to fly. Once ashore the Guillemot nests in colonies on […] …
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it’s much too soon to start a nest dear it always snows in April via Mourning Doves In The Afternoon — leaf and twig
Foto: Arcadio MarinNombre en español: Piranga Alinegra Nombre en inglés: Scarlet Tanager Nombre científico: Piranga olivacea Familia: Cardinalidae Canto: Andrew SpencerLa tángara rojinegra migratoria (Piranga olivacea) es una especie de ave paseriforme de la familia Cardinalidae (aunque algunas fuentes sitúan su género, Piranga, en Thraupidae). Mide aproximadamente 17 cm y pesa de 23 a 33 …
Here’s a hummingbird species whose tail is even longer than its name. The tail of a Black-tailed Trainbearer – a pretty cool name for this species – is half again as long as its body. Perhaps to compensate, it has one of the shortest bills of the hummingbirds. The species favors open areas, gardens and […] …
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Its nest is composed of the frailest materials, and is light and small in proportion to the size of the bird. ~John James Audubon on the nest of what he called the Blue-grey Fly-catcher A friend and co-worker of Melissa says the wispy call of the Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) sounds like a faint “Steve”. […] …
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Several v-shaped honking masses flew overhead as I was driving home yesterday morning, luckily I was able to capture some of the action.
In these early, still nippy, Spring days, some of us just can't wait for the warmer temps to arrive to enjoy the simple outdoor pleasures.
The Northern Herper 
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