Butler's Birds

There are many birds with confusing or even misleading names. The Redhead is not one of them. This mighty handsome duck was one of the few h...

John James Audubon spent all of June 18th aboard the boat, arranging and drawing his specimens as best he could while observing many differe...

Well it took about a month and a half to decide, but the jury has finally reached a verdict on the best Butler Bird of the Year (also know a...

This morning I went out to the Box Bar wildlife-and-walkin'-around area at the Rio Verde, a nice little river running down the east side...

I snuck in a quick bit of birding this evening after work. I have been trying to relocate a Common Yellowthroat I saw a while back (a curren...

I know, a Phoebe is a Flycatcher, but I've always been a sucker for alliteration. Anyway, these two photos were taken in late summer at...

The Snow Goose is a medium sized white and black goose that is most well known for its massive breeding populations up North. They migrate s...

Liminal is a nifty word that describes the border between two different things, be they cultures or environments. The liminal space is where...

With a relatively small range (for a dove) that does not much exceed the southern parts of Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas, the I...

I've had a wonderful time finding and photographing the various wintering waterfowl here in Arizona. The Shovelers, Pintails, Ring-Necks...