Hm. Looks I haven't been around here in a little while. :-) Well, let's jumpstart things with an announcement that I'll be at the @boulderbookstore.bsky.social this coming Wed., Feb. 11, starting at 6:30pm. Let's talk birds! And sign a few books. ;-) See you soon!

This isn't a bluebird or robin redbreast. It's an American Pipit, of the distinctive Rocky Mountains subspecies alticola. Seen earlier this snowy Sat., Apr. 19, 2025, at Lagerman Reservoir, Boulder Co., Colo., U.S.

Yellow-billed Oxpeckers on a greater kudu, Tragelaphus strepsiceros, at Bwabwata National Park, Caprivi, Namibia, Fri., Mar. 21, 2025

Real Ziggy Stardust vibes with this bird.

Pine Grosbeak in the Boulder County, Colorado, high country, back on Tuesday of this week.

The dipper has the best eyelids of any bird. (Boulder, Colorado, Feb. 13, 2025.)

This adult female American Kestrel was at the Broomfield Public Library in Broomfield, Colo., earlier this cool, sunny, and breezy Superb Owl Sunday afternoon, Feb. 9.

This adult Short-billed Gull was at Port Townsend, Jefferson Co., Wash., on Sat., Jan. 18, 2025.

Ferruginous Hawks at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, just outside Denver, earlier this blustery Sat. afternoon, Jan. 11.

Earlier this sunny but chilly afternoon, enjoyed a quiet New Years Day hike in the steep foothills west of Boulder, Colo. Pics: smooth sumac, Rhus glabra; creeping mahonia, Berberis repens; mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus; pygmy nuthatch, Sitta pygmaea.

This strange and beautiful adult male Red-shafted Flicker was on the Boulder, Colo., Christmas Bird Count held yesterday, Sun., Dec. 15.

These Bushtits, male (with dark eye, upper right) and female (with pale eye, lower left), were part of a prime number flock of 29 a little while ago this Sat. afternoon, Nov. 30, at Greenlee Wildlife Preserve in Lafayette, Boulder Co., Colo., USA.

This beautiful Prairie Merlin, Falco columbarius richardsonii, an adult male, was at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, just outside Denver, Colo., USA, earlier today, Sat., Nov. 16, 2024.

This Red-throated Loon, very rare in Colorado, was at Baseline Reservoir in Boulder this sunny Wed. morning, Nov. 13.

A male American Kestrel watches from Morgan Bottoms Rd., Routt Co., Colo., USA, on a hot, dry, sunny last day of Aug. 2024.

This White-winged Junco, a presumed adult female, was part of a big junco flock outside Lyons, Colo., USA, earlier today, Sat., Nov. 11, 2023.

An American Bushtit, a male, pauses ever so briefly whilst foraging. Lafayette, Boulder Co., Colo., USA, Fri., Oct. 6, 2023.

A Greater Roadrunner trots past the outdoor eateries at the Mission San Xavier del Bac near Tucson.

Birds, mostly. Like this Broad-tailed Hummingbird in Boulder County, Colorado.