This Female White Crowned Sparrow is enjoying quite the mid-morning brunch picking seeds from the Rabbit Brush. With the hillside covered and the plants now dry and full of seeds, she had quite the buffet to choose from.
Tag: bird photography
Thanksgiving
To see life simply.
To celebrate.
Spotted Towhee
These guys always remind me of a small funky chicken. Especially when they are working the underbrush kicking about looking for a small morsel to eat.
Mr. Finch
Extracting tiny seeds from a dried thistle seems like a tough way to earn your keep but this finch is a master of his trade. We watched as this guy quickly pulled seeds from the dried thistle and had himself quite a meal. Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge.
Magpie
A Magpie enjoying their perch at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge in Denver, CO.
After a snow
After a snowy evening and long cold night a Swainsons Hawk uses a fence post to keep an eye out for a morning meal. Photographed on a quiet stretch of road in Northern Colorado.
Downey Head
A male Downey Headed Woodpecker hanging out in the crabapple tree foraging for a meal. Denver, CO.
Walking the log
A Juvenile Spotted Sandpiper walks the log along the shore of Lewis lake in Yellowstone National Park, WY.
Waiting in the wind
A Red-Tailed Hawk waiting patiently for a meal to appear in the field below on a very windy day. It always amazes me how birds are able to hang on to the smallest of branches even on the most windy of days. Medicine Bow National Forest, WY.
Goldfinch and Thistle
Seeking seeds on a sunny fall afternoon.
nature has no boss 
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