Butler's Birds

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

Funny duck the Gadwall. They're not especially colorful or elegant, at least as far as ducks are concerned, but they still have their pr...

I saw my first ever Lark Sparrow Wednesday evening outside of work. It was hoping against hope, but there he was the very next morning, out ...

While looking through my field guides, I always found the Lark Sparrow to be one of the most beautiful and intriguing of the emberizids . Al...

The Gilbert Water Ranch provided the setting for another excellent day of birding with some good pictures, some bad pictures, some easy IDs,...

It is overcast and rainy today, and by all accounts will stay so for the rest of the day. I was planning to go down to the Gilbert Water Ran...