Gila Woodpecker - Wings on Wed.



Male Gila Woodpecker



Gila Woodpecker on Cholla and Saquaro cactus  -  Tucson, Az. 

Winter Greetings - Wings On Wed.

Dark-headed Junco -  Prescott, Az

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                         Wishing you happy Holidays and a prosperous New Year!!

Long-billed Dowitchers - Wed. Wings

Long-billed Dowitchers - Gilbert Water Ranch - Gilbert,Az.  4/1/2011

Lunar Eclipse

Lunar Eclipse taken from our deck - Prescott, Az.

Juniper Titmouse for Wings on Wed.

                                                   

                                                         Juniper Titmouse -  Prescott, Az.

This pretty little bird has posed a challenge for me to get a passable photo.  They appear to be very skittish on the ground while searching for food and spend just seconds at the feeders before flying off into the trees.

Geese: New & Redux for Wed.Wings

Banded Canadian Goose on left  - Willow Lake - Prescott, Az.  (10/2011)

Greater White-fronted Geese rolling around nest-like material  at Watson Lake  - Prescott, Az. (11/2010)

Someone,(not me) left food for a feeding frenzy at Lynx Lake - Prescott, Az. (11/2011)

Snow Goose coming in for a landing at Willow Lake -Prescott, Az (10/2010)

Pretty blue eyes - Male Pilgrim Goose?  - Goldwater Lake - Prescott, Az. 



Show Your Color-Woodpecker Wings on Wed.

Acorn Woodpecker (m)

                                                      

Ladder-backed Woodpecker (m)



Hairy Woodpecker (m)



Northern Flicker  (m)

 Variety of Woodpeckers that visit the suet feeders in my backyard.   Prescott, Az.

Nice Cool Drink -Wings on Wed.

Mallard male & female  -  Lynx Lake -  Prescott, Az.

Pine Tree Heron-Wed. Wings

            While hiking with friends at Lynx Lake, this Great Blue Heron quietly let us pass, hoping perhaps he was inconspicuous - perched high in a ponderosoa pine  :)      Prescott, Az.
            

Don't Bug Me-Juv.Bald Eagle-Wed. Wings














Bald Eagle (juv)  Hebgen Lake, MT.  Aug. 2011


I was hoping to get more photos at Hebgen Lake, MT. that morning, but zoom in and you can see all the gnats that were pestering us AND the birds.

  


  

BOO! naturally scary.....

This is the prickly pear version of 'wilson' in Castaway  (10/17/10)

Prescott National Forest

                                                                  Scary looking tree trunk      (10/17/10)
                                                                  Prescott National Forest

Fun photos taken last year with my gransdons, and recycled into this year.

                                                     Meet the Beatles - Halloween 2011 

                                                               HAPPY HALLOWEEN !!

White-crowned Sparrow-Wed. Wings

White crowned-Sparrow (M) Willow Lake - Prescott, Az.

White-faced Ibis-Wed Wings



White-faced Ibis at Willow Lake - Prescott, Az. 



Western Grebe Goes Fishing - Wings on Wed.



Western Grebe - Willow Lake - Prescott, Az.   

Wed. Wings-Black-crowned Night Heron (juv)

Back-crowned Night Heron - Gilbert Water Ranch - Gilbert, Arizona

Ash-throated Flycatcher-Wed.Wings



Ash-throated Flycatcher - Prescott Nat'l Forest








                                  Could this be an Olive-sided  Flycatcher? Prescott Nat'l Forest - Prescott, Az.

Wildflower Colors of Fall

This past weekend revealed the beauty of Fall wildflowers & fruit along the trails of the Prescott Nat'l Forest -Prescott, Az.