Young male Broad-billed Hummingbird in the rain at Ash Canyon Sanctuary, in the Huachucas, last week.

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Bird of the Day - Calliope Hummingbird, Arizona 2023

Zippy

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Bird of the Day — Broad-billed Hummingbird, Arizona 2023

Adolescent Bill

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Hot day here in Flyover Country (110°F, 43°C). and the birds appreciate the water in the bird bath. Here is a female Summer Tanager cooling off.

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Bird of the Day — Chihuahuan Raven, Colorado 2023

Cryptic Corvid

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Bird of the Day — Prairie Falcon, New Mexico 2023

Pale predator on the Llano Estacado

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Bird of the Day — Violet-crowned Hummingbird

"They grow up so fast!"

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Bird of the Day - Yellow-eyed Junco (fledgling), Arizona 2023

Speckled cutie

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Bird of the Day - Bridled Titmouse, Arizona 2023

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Bird of the Day - Lucifer Hummingbird, Arizona 2023

Light-bearer

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Bird of the Day - Marsh Wren, Colorado 2023

Spunky

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Bird of the Day - Brewer's Sparrow, Colorado 2019

Understated elegance

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Bird of the Day - Swainson's Hawk (dark-morph), Colorado 2023

The Dark Lord

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Bird of the Day — Black-fronted Nunbird, Brazil 2011

Goth and lipstick

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Snowberry Clearwing nectaring on thistle.

Bird of the Day - Rufous Hummingbird, Arizona 2017

Shady rest

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Southern France, 2005

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Petroglyphs in Coso Canyon, China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station, California. Some of the petroglyphs in this canyon are thought to be over 10,000 years old.

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Bird of the Day — Common Eider, Orkney 2008

Hunkering down

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