Butler's Birds

This is my favorite Ring-Necked Duck, for a number of reasons. It's the first and only specimen I've seen since I got my camera, and...

At 5 inches, the Brewer's Sparrow is one of the smaller emberizids, and also one of the less colorful. The Brewer's Sparrow has the...

I made the short drive outside of Phoenix to the Boyce Thompson Arboretum this Saturday. Having heard its sterling reputation for attracting...

The Lesser, or Western Goldfinch has two subspecies, black-backed and green-backed, which have an overlapping range in the Rocky Mountains a...

Incorporating a camera into my birding adventures has, among other things, allowed me to observe and appreciate the pretty and peculiar feet...

It was another beautiful morning at the Desert Botanical Gardens. Feeling empowered by my official membership, Pops and I showed up at 6 am...

At 5 and 1/2 inches, the Elf owl is the shortest owl in North America. It's range is similarly small; this uncommon owl is seen only in ...