Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay and rainfall
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) in Durango, Colorado
Horned Lark
Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris) foraging on a snowy spring day on the edge of the Colorado State Forest in northeastern North Park, Colorado
Wilson's Warbler bathing
Wilson's Warbler, male, (Cardellina pusilla) bathing in small pond
Dusky Grouse
Dusky Grouse (Dendragapus obscurus) on the forest floor of Yellowstone NP, Wyoming
Red-shafted Flicker nest
Red-shafted Flicker (Colaptes auratus) at its nest hole in an aspen tree
Red-Shafted Flicker nest
Red-shafted Flicker (Colaptes auratus), aka. Northern Flicker, female at nesthole feeding its young in an aspen trunk in Colorado
Red-shafted Flicker
Red-shafted Flicker at nesthole in Pike NF, Colorado
Elegant Trogan
Elegant Trogan (Trogan elegans), male, in a mesquite grove on the shore of Patagonia Lake State Park, Arizona, USA
Curve-billed Thrasher
Curve-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre) on a dried cholla branch in the Sonoran Desert of southeastern Arizona
Bullock's Oriole
Bullock's Oriole (Icterus bullockii) perched in some reeds
Pyrrhuloxia
Pyrrhuloxia (Cardinalis sinuatus), male, in the Sonoran Desert of southeastern Arizona
A lone male Gambel's Quail (Callipepla gambelii) in desert scrub
Gambel's Quail
Gambel's Quail (Callipepla gambelii) on a dried cholla cactus branch in the Sonoran Desert of southeastern Arizona
Gambel's Quail (Callipepla gambelii)m male on left, female on right, in the Sonoran Desert of southeastern Arizona
Mexican Jay
Mexican Jay (Aphelocoma ultramarina arizonae), Arizona race, prefers the pine-oak canyons of southeastern Arizona, such as here in Madera Canyon, and northern Mexico
Mourning Doves
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
Cordilleran Flycatcher
Cordilleran Flycatcher (Empidonax occidentalis) perched on a branch in Pike National Forest
Brewer's Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus), male, during breeding season in Yellowstone NP, Wyoming
Dusky Grouse (Dendragapus obscurus) male displaying for the attention of a female in spring in Yellowstone NP, Wyoming
Dusky Grouse (Dendragapus obscurus) male doing a springtime display to attract a female for mating purposes,
