Butler's Birds

We've had some fun weather these past couple of weeks in Phoenix, with the August heat punctuated by intermittent monsoon aftershocks. I...

Everyone loves jargon. At least, if you're a part of the group that understands it. Every group and every hobby, every lifestyle and eve...

Birding on Sundays is a delicate business. Sunday is the day when I have to do all of the work I put off doing on Friday and Saturday. Sund...

Just another day at the Everglades, or one of Florida's many phenomenal wetland preserves? Florida is bout the only state where the goo...

We caught some brief thunderstorms last night, but otherwise it has been silly hot this week. I spent a lot of summer doing prep work and at...

These past few weeks have been very busy with school about to restart. With the exception of one brief, photo-less trip to Glendale to see a...

A couple weeks ago I drove out to eastern Arizona for some early morning birding and some afternoon astronomy. This trip to Mt. Graham was ...