Butler's Birds

I made another trip to the Gilbert Water Ranch today, hoping for better birding and photos than the last couple days had provided close to h...

The Pied-Billed is the second smallest Grebe in North America, but is probably the most widely seen due to its trans-constinental range. The...

Marsh Wrens are one of the more complicatedly colored Wrens. Although they don't have the size or complex markings off the Cactus Wrens ...

This Snipe belongs to Wilson. He saw it first and it belongs to him. If you look at a Wilson's Snipe, as with Wilson's Warbler, you ...

A rather infamous and undoubtedly cool bird, the Shrikes (there are 2 species) are the only predatory songbirds. To make sure other birds an...

Northern Pintails are very handsome ducks. They're not too gaudily colored, but are very sleek and elegant looking when they're dres...

Having settled in central Phoenix for the year, it can be difficult to find much birding on a day-to-day basis. The Gilbert Water Ranch and ...

Another handsome and under appreciated (by me) little brown bird, the Lincoln's Sparrow is a trim and finely colored emberizid  found in...