Butler's Birds

I fit a pleasant hour of birding in at the DBG after work on Wednesday. The wildflower garden there is bursting with color, and as such is o...

I've been thinking lately that it would be fun for someone do to a birding blog from the perspective of an other-worldly observer, you k...

Nah, not really. I suspect that pie would be gross. Anyhow, while out exploring the west Phoenix farmland I came across a little area where ...

This week is AIMS week, the week in which my students take lots of standardized tests to tell us and them how they compare to other students...

The Granite Reef Dam and recreations site is one of the western-most structures on the salt river as it flows into the city. None of that re...

By fun coincidence, there have been some excellent posts and photos of young Killdeer this last week in the bird Blog-o-sphere. I'd neve...

I was all set to visit the Desert Botanical Gardens for some evening birding and photography on Wednesday. The plan was to leave work and he...