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A white breasted nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) on a conifer in the Coronado National Forest on Mt. Lemmon near Tucson, Arizona.
We encountered several of these Pygmy Nuthatches during our visit to Arizona earlier this month. It was fun watching them as they moved down the branches. They offer a nice challenge as small and fast as they are making them pretty much irresistible.
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Sitta pygmaea
In New Mexico and Arizona, the brisk song of the Red-faced Warbler is heard in summer, in leafy groves surrounded by conifer forest, high in the mountains. This bird and the Painted Redstart, both Mexican border specialties, are our only warblers that wear bright red.
(Audubon)
Observed at the summit of Mt Lemmon AZ
Annual pilgrimage to Mt Lemmon Arizona elevation 8,200 ft.
No color or vibrance enhancement applied in post processing.. Just needed one to stay still for 1/2 of a second.
An Abert's squirrel (Sciurus aberti) residing in the pine/oak forest on Mt. Lemmon near Summerhaven, about a 1-hour drive from Tucson, Arizona.
Dash and I took a four day side trip down to Tuscon and the surrounding area this week. We had quite a bit of fun hanging out in the city and exploring the nearby towns and countryside.
Saturday we drove up Mt. Lemmon which was really quite fun and beautiful. There are some really quite incredible views and, of course, we also found some snow to play in.
Out of the archive a photo I've always wanted to post to Flickr but for some reason never did. It was taken on Mount Lemmon in the Santa Catalina Mountains near Tucson, Arizona, in 2009.
"Frenzy!" - Cluster of Ladybird Beetles. The day I photographed this, there were THOUSANDS of Ladybugs everywhere! Very cool sight to see.
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Mt.Lemmon, Arizona
This is a record shot of an adult rare Short-tailed Hawk carrying food which I witnessed feed to a begging juvenile. If you want to listen to the juvenile head over here xeno-canto.org/741324 to listen
It was a magical experience and I found out it is the first confirmed breeding record north of the Chiricahuas.
"The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction."
Rachel Carson
Happy Mother's Day! - Yellow-eyed Juncos
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Mt.Lemmon, AZ
I was pretty excited when I heard “trees trees beautiful trees” when we were up in the mountains of SE Arizona. It didn’t take long to find the source of the sound; a beautiful Brown Creeper. Even though we were able to get close to this tiny bird getting good photos was a real challenge. They move so quickly along the tree-trunks that they make a difficult target. The dark bark next to that white breast and throat make nailing the exposure challenging as well. I was sure happy to find this shot when I came home, there were quite a few “almost shots” and only a few like this.
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Certhia americana
seen from Mt. Lemmon, Arizona. EXPLORE June 29, 2016.
This photo is from my archives. However, it is now monsoon season in Arizona, and our old neighborhood in Tucson was in the bullseye of an intense monsoon storm on Sunday, June 26, 2016. Details at tucson.com/news/weather/sunday-s-storm-dropped-like-a-bom...
And this shows the storm moving in: tucson.com/online/video/watch-sunday-s-storm-roll-in/yout...
Meanwhile, here in Asheville, North Carolina (where we have lived since November 2014), typically one of the wettest greenest places in the USA, we are, ironically, experiencing a drought.
My kind of birding!! I sat down along the bank of a stream in a gulch at the top of a mountain. The birds just came to the water and ignored me. It was like a slice of heaven.
This tanager just popped down on the other side of the stream and commenced taking a bath. How wonderful. I did not want to leave that place. The lighting was challenging and had the sun not gone behind the clouds, he would have been totally backlit.