Butler's Birds

This Townsend's was one of many warblers bobbing about in a group of shady trees at Encanto Park. Even from a distance and with the nake...

The Gilbert Water Ranch is an excellent riparian area in southeast Phoenix that plays host to over 200 species of birds throughout the year....

This medium sized egret has a slender, black bill offset by its yellow  cere  and eye. It is moted noted for its pretty yellow slippers, whi...

The Eurasian Collared Dove is an introduced species from the Caribbean, although it was originally indigenous to Eurasia. This was an unexpe...

This is my first good (yes I'll say it!) batch of Warbler photos, and I am very glad this fine looking Black-Throated Gray Warbler agree...

You'll find Stilts just about anywhere you'll find Avocets. Like the Avocet, they are immediately recognizable with their uniquely b...

These graceful wading birds populate the U.S. west of the line of semi-aridity (about half-way through Texas). They have long, slender, blui...

This predictably named sandpiper has all the normal trimmings of the innocuous shorebird group. A dull white to its underside with darker br...