Western Kingbird — Image by kenne
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Western Kingbird 1 comment
Anna’s Hummingbird 1 comment
Anna’s Hummingbird — Image by kenne
Named for the 19th-century Italian duchess Anna Massena, the
Anna’s hummingbird is one of only three hummingbird species
that are permanent residents of the United States and Canada.
(The others are the Allen’s and Costa’s.) This hardy hummingbird
has the northernmost year-round range of any North American
hummingbird species.
— American Bird Conservancy
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Birdfeeder — Photo-Artistry by kenne
If you don’t like something, change it.
If you can’t change it, change your attitude.
— Maya Angelou
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Crested Caracara 1 comment
Crested Caracara — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Crested Caracaras are large birds with wingspans up to four feet. Males and females have the same plumage:
a black-topped head, a bare, reddish-orange face, and a white neck. The back and wings
are dark browns to black; the legs and talons are yellow. The underside of the wings has white tips.
The underside of the blacktail has white at the rump. In-flight, caracaras could be mistaken for black vultures.
(Arizona Daily Independent)
Recently, my friend and fellow Sabino CanyonVolunteer Naturalist Ned Harris shared some of his recent
images of crested caracaras. He is an amazing photographer!
Check out Ted’s Flickr account. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ned_harris/
Crested Caracara On A Saguaro — Image by Ned Harris
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A Young Visitor On Our Patio 9 comments
A Visitor On The Patio (Immature Cooper’s Hawk) — Images by kenne
This immature Cooper’s Hawk perched on one of our patio chairs not far from the bird feeder frequented by doves for about one minute this morning. A mature hawk would have been up in the olive tree near the feeder. Even then, that doesn’t work as well as swooping from over the rooftop. They will learn. These images were taken through the patio door, which given the time of day the doors become a mirror.
— kenne
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Serious Birders (Tubac, Arizona — March 2018) — Image by kenne
Scopes and cameras
Black hawks on the horizon
Serious birders.
— kenne
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A Morning Birdwalk In Sabino Canyon Recreation Area (Slideshow) 2 comments
A Morning Birdwalk In Sabino Canyon Recreation Area
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Being Content With Wakened Birds Leave a comment
Male Eastern Bluebird in Sabino Canyon — Image by kenne
She says, “I am content when wakened birds,
Before they fly, test the reality
Of misty fields, by their sweet questionings;
But when the birds are gone, and their warm fields
Return no more, where, then, is paradise?”
— from Sunday Morning by Wallace Stevens
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Cedar Waxwings In Sabino Canyon 1 comment
Cedar Waxwings — Images by kenne
This time of year flocks of Cedar Waxwings descend on berry-laden trees and hedges in
Sabino Canyon. They are sociable at all seasons, and it is rare to see just one waxwing.
Occasionally a line of waxwings perched on a branch will pass a berry back and forth,
from bill to bill, until one of them swallows it.
— kenne
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Rufous-winged Sparrow 1 comment
Rufous-winged Sparrow — Images by kenne
Sabino Canyon Recreation Area (January 30, 2020)
Nervous little guy
A challenge to photograph
Hopping branch to branch.
— kenne
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Sandhill Crane (Whitewater Draw) — Image by kenne
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Sandhill Cranes Landing At Whitewater Draw — Image by kenne
Gliding into land
Neck and legs sticking way out
What natural grace.
— kenne
