Butler's Birds

I try to practice my Sparrow ID a lot. As far as the difficult ID groups go (Flycatchers, Gulls, Sparrows), I consider myself to be stronges...

November is a funny month for the bird world. Migration is mostly over, but stray birds still move around, and others start to appear with s...

Buffleheads are perhaps the most uncommon wintering duck in the Phoenix area that is still widely expected throughout Maricopa Country, mean...

While on a trip to Fountain Hills a few weeks ago I obtained my first presentable photos of Eared Grebes. We do fairly well with Grebe spec...

Here are some of the Arizona backyard desert scrub essentials, photographed din early morning light. These birds are part of the staple base...

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This past weekend I made a series of stops at some sweet waterfowl areas around Phoenix. The objective for the day was to see some male Hood...

The weather is finally behaving now in Phoenix, and Sunday evening I walked around Steele Indian Park just to enjoy the temperate outdoors.....

I did absolutely nothing for Halloween this year, and ya know what? It was great. That being said, I don't have kids or friends or good ...

I stopped by the Gilbert Water Ranch for a few hours of birding on Saturday. As expected, the place is teeming with White-crowned Sparrows,...