Butler's Birds

After spending the first hour or so cruising around the farm roads and chasing Larks, I eventually made my way to Baumgartner Road and the ...

Also known as the Buff-bellied Pipit, this bird isn't the biggest, the strongest, the loudest, or the wealthiest, but it's still 10...

For the next week or two, I am afraid I must bombard you all with photos and gushings from a recent trip out to the Santa Cruz flats in betw...

Green-winged Teal... For a long time now, these guys have titillated and tantalized me. They're the most common Teal in Arizona, and ...

It's as old and established as love and war. The Gilbert Water Ranch is one of the birding foundations in central Arizona. It pulls in r...

Hello Bird Nerds and other Respectable People. My monthly post is up over at Birding Is Fun. Check out the action from the Santa Cruz Flats...

From the Scottish/early English scalp , referring to a mussel or clam bed. Greater Scaup are not overly common in the United States, but are...

For the last few weeks there has been a squadron of five American White Pelicans at the Gilbert Water Ranch in east Phoenix. Prior to their ...

Legions of coots, they mass and march. They eat their grass and gain their starch. They grunt and groan and squeal and fuss. ...