Butler's Birds

Verdins have a family all to themselves. Small and active, they inhabit the southwestern U.S. Verdin's heads are a strong yellow, and wh...

The White-Crowned Sparrow has a striped cap that stands in sharp contrast to the normal, mottled browns and grays that cover most of the spa...

The acorn woodpecker is a common woodpecker with some uncommon characteristics. It is one of the few uniformly black-backed woodpeckers, and...

Lots of people assume Crows are these disgusting, Machiavellian scavengers. They may have a point, but sometimes they can look decent if the...

The Scrub has several North American manifestations. The Pacific Coast Jay has a much darker hue of blue compared to the interior Scrub Jay,...

The Steller's Jay is the darkest jay, but still has a lot of variation within the blue on its wings and tail. It additionally has some v...

The Beach Patrol! Flying in formation, these Brown Pelicans keep an eye out for any misdemeanors or fish. They also don't mind being pho...

There are fives subspecies comprising the junco hyemalis  group. The Oregon-Race is the most widespread in the West, and sports a dark hood ...

A normal-looking gull in most respects, the California Gull is set apart by its red eye, which the Glaucous-Winged Gull lacks, and its black...

I've had repeated run-ins with this Warbler now in Arizona as well as California. I still have been unable to get a better picture, even...