Yesterday and today have been perfect at the oasis so I've spent more time there than I normally do. In these two days I've identifi...

Today was quite windy so I mostly stayed indoors. I was surprised to see three ravens* perched on the utility wires behind the house. I don...

This individual was probably here last year too, as he's banded. We're going to try to recapture him next week and see who he is. I...

I had decided to put a cage over my tray seed feeder to deter doves because I have so many of them, but then I discovered the Scaled Quail a...

This may not be the first Hammond's Flycatcher at my oasis, but it's the first one I photographed and ID'd.

Today we banded hummingbirds at the oasis and caught what appears to be a hybrid juvenile male. The bander (Kelly Bryan) says it's proba...

With all the rain we've had this year, the oasis was a pleasure to explore in the cool of the morning. No mosquitos, no snakes, really g...

Migration is in full swing. Here's a handsome Allen's Hummingbird at our feeders in Alpine. Adult male Allen's

Kelly Bryan, a licensed bander, banded the leucistic female Black-chinned (see August 3 posting). He figures it's less than a month out ...

It's apparently a female Black-chinned Hummingbird .  Here her dark roots are showing. This last shot is inc...