Bird Watching Tips

Gilded Flicker

Gilded Flickers are large woodpeckers of the desert. Male Gilded Flickers have distinctive tan crowns, gray faces with … Read more

Williamson’s Sapsuckers males are more black than many woodpeckers with a glossy black back, vertical wing patches, red … Read more

Sinaloa Wrens were unknown in the United States until 2009 when one was found in Arizona. Sinaloa Wrens … Read more

Black-vented Orioles males and females have the same black and yellow pattern. Their heads, chest, backs, wings, and … Read more

Short-tailed hawks are fairly numerous in their range but because they are mostly in flight high up in … Read more

The tiny ping ball-sized Calliope Hummingbird is the smallest bird in the United States but still manages to … Read more

Zone-tailed Hawks are similar in plumage and flight style to Turkey Vultures and often mix with them in … Read more

White-tailed Hawks are aptly named because of their white tails with a dark band at the tips that … Read more

Streak-backed Orioles are an occasional visitor to the US. Streak-backed Orioles are orange and black orioles with dark orange … Read more

Sedge Wrens are small brown wrens that are darker above with black streaking on their heads and black … Read more