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June is in full flower now and as we ease, or in some tragic cases are swept into summer, things, by which I mean birdy things, are slowing down dramatically. When visiting your favorite birding haunts, be sure to have a plan or you’ll be doing more bug and butterfly watching than bird watching. That’s [...]

At the tail end of my birding expedition today I was fortunate enough to have a close encounter with an extremely confiding, cooperative, and curious Carolina Wren. I had just arrived at the water hole at Forest Park and was sitting on a log watching White-throated Sparrows forage in the leaves when the wren [...]

Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
USA and Mexico. Various dates 2004/05
 
The Cactus Wren is the largest North American wren, and is 18-23 cm (7-9 inches) long. Native to the south-western United States southwards (southern California, southern Nevada, Utah, Arizona - it’s Arizona’s State bird, and western Texas) to central Mexico it is as might be expected a [...]

“Guide to 101 Birding Sites - Phoenix”
Michael J. Rupp (Rupp Aerial Photography inc, 2002)
 
I found this slim, glossy, wonderfully organised book on my last visit to Phoenix - a city that looks to have been dropped down in the middle of a desert, is surrounded by mountains, and is within a short drive of [...]

Desert Botanical Gardens, Phoenix, Arizona.
21 November 2005

 
“Desert Botanical Gardens” - that’s a juxtapositioning of words that doesn’t quite sound right, does it?

Well, it may not sound right, but it exists and it’s a good place to look for birds if you’re in Phoenix and don’t have much spare time. Right next to Phoenix Zoo [...]