Butler's Birds

A pretty petite hummingbird with lovely purple coloration, the Costa's is another arid desert specialist, although they tend to move a b...

I made my first evening trip to the Desert Botanical Gardens today, and I almost didn't see a single new bird! As I was leaving I did no...

House Sparrows are everywhere all the time always forever. They live our airports, wal-marts, and apartment complexes. They're crafty, s...

The Rufous-Crowned Sparrow has a darker back and darker wings than most of his cousins. They don't stray very far out of the southwest a...

The Great Horned is the third largest and most common Owl throughout North America. It seems kind of unusual for one of the larger species o...

I'll be birding again this weekend and hopefully coming away with lots of fun to share. In the mean time, the larger Ring-Necked Duck po...

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...

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