Butler's Birds

As promised, I returned to Camelback with our camera for another weekend's adventure. We were prepared for the wildlife and the view thi...

This Western Juvenile (the Eastern Juveniles look different) was both active and photogenic atop Camelback Mountain. There's enough vari...

These hummers seem to have a large population on the top on Camelback Mountain in Phoenix. They're still too impatient to pose very well...

There is no Lesser Roadrunner  that I am aware of, but nonetheless this emblematic bird of the American southwest is pretty great. At almost...

Red-Tails are the most common hawk in North America, and their variation in color and plumage can make them both beautiful and frustrating t...

The ultimate urban survivor, it often seems pigeons have adapted better to city life than people. In their original plumage, pigeons can sti...

Wife and I hiked Camelback Mountain this last Saturday morning. I decided to leave the camera at home, thinking that birding would be minima...

The Double-Crested is the most wide-spread Cormorant in North America, and is really the only species to be found very far inland. I've ...

I don't know anything about spiders, and I find Spider-Man to be an underwhelming superhero. Still, this Green Lynx Spider was too cool ...

The Black-Chinned Hummingbird is one of the less vibrantly colored species, being mostly iridescent green with a bit of dark, even purple on...