We happened upon this Belted KF pair flying from piling to piling and dock to dock near a pier across the tracks and street from our place in Tacoma, WA. We have seen the male and female separately and frequently on our walks but this was special. Mostly it was the male chasing the female...
Watching a pair of young Barred Owls in terrible light (hence the B&W presentation of the pair roosted). Later saw the adult capture a snake and after beaking it for a while handed it off to one of the young ones.
In May visited the Chiricahua Mts area of SE Arizona...
Verdin
Bridled Titmouse
Gambel's Quail
Bullock's Oriole
Rosebreasted Grosbeak
Northern Yellow Warbler
Pyrrhuloxia
Grace's Warbler
Northern House Wren
Yes, Jim
Flying insects are these birds main but not only food source. Think swallows and swifts also which eat flying insects on the wing so to speak.
thanks for liking the images!
Mike
Some Flycathers (mostly) from a trip to the Chiricahua Mountains area of SE Arizona.
Western Kingbird
Western Wood-Peewee
Flame Skimmer
Thick-billed Kingbird
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Western Flycatcher (formerly Pacific Slope Flycatcher)
Vermillion Flycatcher
Greater...
Again, on a birding trip to the Chiricahua Mts area, we spotted several species of Woodpeckers (Sapsuckers).
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Acorn Woodpecker
Ladder-backed
Red-napped Sapsucker
Arizona Woodpecker
several species
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