One last western bluebird from my trip to New Mexico. #birds, #nature, #photography, #NewMexico

An evening grosbeak in Santa Fe New Mexico. #birds, #nature, #photography, #NewMexico

Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay foraging around the Santa Fe New Mexico botanical garden. #birds, #nature, #photography, #NewMexico

A pair of rock wrens at Petroglyphs National Monument, in Albuquerque New Mexico. #birds, #photography, #nature, #NewMexico

Sandia Crest New Mexico. #birds, #NewMexico, #photography, #nature

A northern flicker busy searching for food in Colorado Springs. #birds, #nature, #photography, #colorado

It was another nice "birds and brews" hike today in Colorado Springs. The pygmy nuthatches were busy collecting resourses for winter. #birds, #photography, #nature, #Colorado

Sometimes it's nice to photograph something other than wildlife. #photography, #eclipse, #moon

We did our monthy "birds and brews" birding hike today and found 53 diifferent species of birds around Manitou Lake. This is the first Wilson's snipe I've seen in Colorado. #birds, #photography, #nature, #colorado

Backyard hummingbirds enjoying the agastache. #birds, #nature, #photography, #colorado

Red-winged blackbirds in the backyard this morning. #birds, #nature, #photography, #colorado

I had a visitor while enjoying my morning coffee. The robin wasn't amused. #birds, #photography, #nature, #colorado

I kept hearing a bullock's oriole during a nature walk today but couldn't spot one. After settling in at home for the evening I spotted this guy in my backyard. #birds, #nature, #photography, #colorado

The Great Blue Heron showing off his plumage. #birds, #nature, #photograph, #Colorado

So aggressive!! Canada goose claiming his territory. Along the Arkansas River. #birds, #nature, #photography, #colorado

The scaled quail is a new life bird for me. These found a home in Pueblo Colorado. #birds, #photography, #nature, #colorado

Nesting Comorants in Pueblo Colorado. #birds, #nature, #photography, #colorado

I'm headed to Pueblo Colorado for the weekend. Here is a female red-winged blackbird enjoying the morning sunshine.

A red winged blackbird singing his heart out. #birds, #nature, #photography, #colorado

Funny, I put a photo of a norther flicker up earlier by mistake. This is the harry woodpecker I meant to post. Same profile, different bird. #birds, #nature, #photography, #Colorado

A northern flicker showing some of his orange plumage. #birds, #nature, #photography, #colorado

Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge, Colorado #birding, #birds, #photography, #nature.

Avocets coming in for a landing at Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge. #birding, #birds, #nature, #photography, #Colorado

Today was a much better day in Monte Vista Colorado. Yesterday was wind and snow, today calm and sunshine. It was nice to see huge numbers of Sandhill Cranes. #birds, #nature, #photography, #colorao

First day of the Monte Vista Crane festival in Colorado. #birds, #photography, #nature, #colorado

A Townsend's Solitair making squeaky door sounds. #birds, #nature, #photography, #Colorado

An amorous pair of Northern Flickers photographed against a clear Colorado Sky. #birds, #nature, #photography, # colorado

A Spotted Towhee perched quietly in Red Rock Open Space, Colorado Springs. #birds, #nature, #photography, #Colorado

Not many birds sighted during a short hike this morning but I did manage to photograph a couple of them. #birds, #nature, #photography, #colorado

The American Dipper is North America's only truly aquatic songbird. These images were taken along Chalk Creek during our stay at the Mount Princeton Hot Springs resort. #birds, #nature, #photography, #colorado