Surprise, surprise Black-billed Magpie Mom, I need a rest Bluebird of happiness In the rain and hail Clay-coloured Sparrow / Spizella pallida White-crowned Sparrow / Zonotrichia leucophrys Clay-coloured Sparrow / Spizella pallida When the world is a big, strange place Juvenile Swainson's Hawks Juvenile Cooper's Hawk / Accipiter cooperii Ruddy Duck / Oxyura jamaicensis Blue-winged Teal / Anas discors Elegance of the Common Grackle On marbled waters Matching the sky Red-necked Grebe / Podiceps grisegena Yellow-headed Blackbird / Xanthocephalus xanthocep… Taking a swim Afternoon nap with Mom Handsome little guy The beautiful eye of a Sandhill Crane Distant Bald Eagle Gray Jay Young Coot Sandhill Crane Dropping in to say Hello Very rare Whooping Cranes Rough-legged Hawk Bohemian Waxwings One brief moment Happy Thanksgiving! Townsend's Solitaire Any perch will do Guardian of the electricity pole : ) What a place to call home African Blue-bellied Roller / Coracias cyanogaster You can always count on these little guys How do you like my best side? Woodland bokeh When fields blossomed Red-winged Blackbird female Memories of spring Swaying in the breeze The journey to becoming handsome Clark's Nutcracker / Nucifraga columbiana House Sparrow Ever watchful Pine Grosbeak Time for a neck-lift? Male Downy Woodpecker putting on a display Sunlit, distant beauty And up comes the pellet Breathtaking beauty Common Redpoll Her very first experience Northern Saw-whet Owl Fluffed Northern Saw-whet Owl / Aegolius acadicus From black silhouette to beauty Fluffed-up Common Redpoll 'Twas a cold, cold day for us all Black-billed Magpie Time to feed the kids ... again Junco Rufous Hummingbird male Feeding time Horned Grebe feeding time Northern Flicker / Colaptes auratus Yellow-headed Blackbird Redhead / Aythya americana Ruddy Duck One of two Little fluff balls Scaup Yellow-headed Blackbird Cinnamon Teal American Coot Just a couple of guys Red-winged Blackbird female Ruddy Duck Grumpy American Robin Bohemian Waxwing / Bombycilla garrulus Mountain Bluebird / Sialia currucoides American Kestrel / Falco sparverius Get well, Jim (Garnite)! American Coot / Fulica americana Northern Pintail Swainson's Hawk with Richardson's Ground Squirrel Sweet little branchling Hooded Merganser / Lophodytes cucullatus Mountain Bluebird Hooded Merganser pair Love those little feet White-breasted Nuthatch Bohemian Waxwing / Bombycilla garrulus Don't play with your food Spring is here! Sharp-tailed Grouse Sharp-tailed Grouse Whooping Crane Sharp-tailed Grouse I'm a Boreal Chickadee, not a Black-capped Chickad… A lucky shot Boreal Chickadee American Crow Gulls, gulls and more gulls Long-eared Owl Sandhill Crane / Grus canadensis Whooping Crane / Grus americana Whooping Crane / Grus americana Greater Scaup - or Lesser? Such a cutie Tree Swallow nest Eastern Kingbird Barn Swallows Young Red-winged Blackbird House Sparrow fledgeling Eastern Kingbird Mom Bird on a wire Mr. and Mrs. Le Conte's Sparrow Height of fashion