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Bird Portraits

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Sometimes it’s nice to just be able to set up your camera, sit comfortably and wait for the birds come to you.

At the end of March I spent another morning at Battiste’s B&B in Lower Miller Canyon, Hereford, for another try at the Piñon Jay. It semi-cooperated by calling loudly behind me while I was in the photo blind and then quickly disappeared when I attempted to see it. So for now, it remains a “heard-only” bird. The other rarity, the Golden-crowned Sparrow was much more cooperative, just as it was on my last visit.

Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)

I love birding here — the variety of birds is amazing and photographic opportunities abound. Woodpeckers were very cooperative on this lovely spring morning.

Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)

Ladder-backed Woodpecker, male (Picoides scalaris)

Ladder-backed Woodpecker, female (Picoides scalaris)

I was particularly pleased to photograph two species that are typically in vegetation that makes them hard to photograph.

Bridled Titmouse (Baeolophus wollweberi)

Bewick’s Wren (Thryomanes bewickii)

Lately there have been a lot of changes here in the Dragoons which I’ll be discussing in my next post.

Published by Arlene Ripley on April 7th, 2010 Tagged Arizona, Birds, Cochise County, Nature

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