Here is one of natures great singers, an aptly named Song Sparrow . Here is a little of what Wikipedia has to say about their song: The son...

Here's another of Victoria's sparrows, a Golden-crowned Sparrow. This one was photographed at Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary in 2014.

I've recently shown you some views from high points in the city. Today's view of the city was taken on a recent visit Fern and I mad...

While browsing among the year's photos looking for calendar shots I began to think that some of the year's posts were worth a second...

I think this is the best view overlooking the city. Here we are looking southwest from the top of Christmas Hill. In the foreground is Swan ...

Like many other birds at this time of year this little Savannah Sparrow was busily gathering nest materials when I took this photo out at S...

The last couple of times I went out to Swan Lake I was hoping to get some photos of Marsh Wrens. These perky little birds are especially act...

Whenever I see a Double-crested Cormorant up close I am always dazzled by their dappled plumage. The colors and pattern are so subtle - if ...

Here's what Swan Lake looked like earlier this week. There's just the faintest green blush of leaf buds on the various kinds of bush...

Just as I was leaving the Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary last week another photographer drew my attention to this Barred Owl having a snooze in...

I've mentioned before that one of the difficulties of identifying birds is that members of the same species don't always look the sa...

I went out to Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary on Wednesday to see what birds were there. I saw a very nice assortment though nothing unusual - R...

Just to round out a birdy week, above is a photo of a Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) that I took a few days ago at Swan Lake. The ...

Out at Swan Lake yesterday I enjoyed this trio catching some rays.

Ah, for the days when I imagined that bird identification was simply a matter of checking off significant features. What I am discovering as...

I've always liked the feeling of photos where the scene is framed by something within the photo itself. Here some branches arching over ...

Great Blue Herons are quite common in North America and I see them often on my morning walk. I like them because they are large, not too shy...

Volunteers at the Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary have tethered floating logs here and there all around the edges of the lake as basking spots fo...

We're getting lots of April Showers these days but after winter's long doldrums spring is forging ahead. The Maple blossoms above an...

While the topside of the wings visible here is a deep russet shade, this butterfly is named Mourning Cloak because of the dark underside of...