Cannundrums

I had a fondness for the plumbeous vireo before I saw it. I knew it was a bird I might see in southeastern Arizona. In March I saw a plumbeo...

I first heard of the Arizona woodpecker when my son, Sam, visited southeastern Arizona. He specifically mentioned seeing them near the Santa...

One of the marvelous things about hiring a birding guide is that they get paid to know things about rare and unusual birds, such as where th...

My guide, Jake Thompson, took me into the fairly rugged and sparsely vegetated Tumacacori Mountains, up into Rock Corral Canyon, over some r...

My guide, Jake Thompson, knew right where to find this bird. We were looking for Botteri's sparrow. We were in Madera Canyon in the Sant...

The red-faced warbler is a bird I really wanted to see in southeastern Arizona. It has a black band on the crown that extends down the sides...

The painted redstart is a gorgeous bird that moves around so fast it is hard to photograph. It flits around, wings and tail whirring, jerkin...