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You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. I’m sure many of us think of cyclical events when we mark the change of seasons. For those living in the north, for example, the first snowfall probably signifies the advent of winter. When I used to […]

Swainson’s Hawk — The Return — Sonoran Images

Two small birds in tones of tan – the Carolina Wren and the Chipping Sparrow – are the second and third birds to make the list in the April Thirty-Bird Challenge. It didn’t surprise me to see them early on as they are both regulars at the backyard feeders. Carolina Wrens are in constant motion! […]

Thirty-Bird Challenge: Tones of Tan — Backyard Bird Nerd

Many of us parronts started began our adventure of living with birds with either just one fid or more than one of the same species. But eventually, many of us introduce a new species to our flock, often a larger species than the resident fid(s).

Sherri’s March ’23 Feathered Frenzy column highlights some of the challenges she and Rick had to address when they introduced conures and Quakers to their budgie Ollie.

Sherri offers some great suggestions on how best to introduce a new species into your flock, and how to prepare and protect existing members, especially those who represent smaller species like budgies.

Wishing all our followers and birdie friends the most wonderful and brightest new year!

May all your dreams and wishes come true and may you find much happiness and prosperity in 2023!

Cheers from Abby, Bubbles, Keito, and Zack (and their parronts too)!

You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. I had good luck recently to observe and photograph several meadowlarks while on a drive through the grasslands of Sonoita and the San Rafael Valley. Meadowlarks are inhabitants of open country, and in southern Arizona they are […]

Meadowlarks in the Grasslands — Sonoran Images

Bonaparte’s Gull, breeding plumage, Fairbanks, Alaska Bonaparte’s Gull, named after ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte, not the French emperor, is found across North America, from the northern edge of the boreal forest, where it breeds, to the Gulf of California and Gulf Coast, where it winters. In its leisurely migration, it is often seen across most […]

Return of Bird of the Week: Bonaparte’s Gull — Wickersham’s Conscience

You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. I recently encountered a Red-tailed Hawk perched on a high pole. As I watched the hawk, it stretched out one wing to its full length. My experience with these birds is that they fairly often go through […]

Red-tailed Hawk — Wing Stretch and Flight — Sonoran Images

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During our time away house sitting in Port Macquarie on the Mid-North Coast of NSW we had the privilege of seeing family and friends. We also saw many Koalas, one of Australia’s unique creatures known as marsupial mammals, though this is not altogether correct as they are uniquely Koala, having their own family : Phascolarctidae. […]

Highlights of Port Macquarie – Birds and Koalas — aussiebirder

You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. Western Meadowlarks migrate to southern Arizona each fall and winter. Currently, they are showing up in large numbers in the grasslands of Sonoita and Patagonia and in the farmlands northwest of Tucson. For years I had understood […]

Western Meadowlark — One of Three (Species) — Sonoran Images

You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. Over the past week or two I’ve featured some images of Vermilion Flycatchers — an immature male and an adult female. Today, I’m posting images of a couple of adult males that I photographed recently. This little […]

Vermilion Flycatcher — Adult Males — Sonoran Images