Butler's Birds

Away down south in Arizona lie the sky islands of the Huachuca, Santa Rita, and the Chiricahua Mountains. These aria peaks provide rugged tr...

Here I have arrived at a time of sadness; this is the very last of the beach posts. It has been tremendous fun to recount the shoreline sigh...

To the Semipalmated Sandpiper! I'm nearing the end of my beach posts. Since this is the second to last one, the semifinals, if you will,...

Some of you may remember this little mystery bird that I posted on May 30th. I've still been discussing it off-and-on, with all kinds o...

Surely this must be the credo of this hooded mollusk-massacring maniac. And just look at this cool bird. With all of his fancy bracelets and...

There has been so much turbulence in the American political scene lately, and it seems any pensions for moderation have been long lost. Alle...

Two years ago the 4th of July was cancelled in Phoenix due to windy and dry conditions. Now there's a nasty rumor going around that the...

There stands the largest Plover of North America. At eleven and a half inches, these black-bellied behemoths strut about the beach with an a...

That is the official motto of the Ruddy Turnstone, one of America's most flamboyant shorebirds. What makes these birds particularly ende...

Arizona is a large state and there's lots of empty space. At first glance, it seems like much of it is hot, uninhabitable stretches of d...