Double-crested cormorants put on a show for mating season
Having picked out a nest site, a male cormorant opens its mouth and shows off for a just-arrived female. This was a fun bit of interaction to watch recently in…
Punk rock American Kestrel
This female American Kestrel was looking pretty disheveled this past weekend, almost like it had just rained although it hadn't. Kestrel’s are North America’s smallest falcon averaging only 8? long.…
Red-Tailed Hawk ready to launch
A Red-Tailed Hawk preps itself for an attack run on a prairie dog colony. Ultimately it wasn’t successful and flew off to find another victim. I don’t care for the…
Juvenile Bald Eagle takes flight
Taken a week-and-a-half ago, this handsome young eagle posed for many pictures and gave a picture perfect take off. Most eagles here in Colorado have departed and are making their…
Whoa! Did you see that?
A Great Horned Owl hunkers down and closely watches something that grabbed its attention. I was observing this male recently and all was calm when it suddenly became alerted to…
Male House Finch becomes first confirmed visitor
Some friends gave me a gift of a monstrous bag of safflower seed as a way of pushing me in to finally getting a bird feeder after just talking about…