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Cassin’s Vireo

Cassin’s Vireo

A delicately beautiful songbird with a bold white ring encircling the eye, Cassin’s Vireo sings a loud, burry song while foraging slowly through the lower and middle parts of trees....

Cassin’s Vireo

A delicately beautiful songbird with a bold white ring encircling the eye, Cassin’s Vireo sings a loud, burry song while foraging slowly through the lower and middle parts of trees....

Cave Swallow

Cave Swallow

As recently as the 1960s, the Cave Swallow was a rare bird in the United States. It nested only in a few southwestern caves, plastering its cuplike mud nest against...

Cave Swallow

As recently as the 1960s, the Cave Swallow was a rare bird in the United States. It nested only in a few southwestern caves, plastering its cuplike mud nest against...

Brown-crested Flycatcher

Brown-crested Flycatcher

Of the three similar crested Flycatchers in the west, these birds are the largest. They are a common summer resident in the southwest, mainly in southern Texas and Arizona. The...

Brown-crested Flycatcher

Of the three similar crested Flycatchers in the west, these birds are the largest. They are a common summer resident in the southwest, mainly in southern Texas and Arizona. The...

Brewer’s Sparrow

Brewer’s Sparrow

The Brewer’s Sparrow have popularly been discarded as some of the drabbest looking Sparrows in North America, but their inconspicuous appearance does little justice to their dynamic personalities. These Sparrows...

Brewer’s Sparrow

The Brewer’s Sparrow have popularly been discarded as some of the drabbest looking Sparrows in North America, but their inconspicuous appearance does little justice to their dynamic personalities. These Sparrows...

Black-throated Sparrow

Black-throated Sparrow

Found throughout the southwestern United States and Mexico in arid upland habitats, Black-throated Sparrow breeds as far north as Washington State. Although often quite common, these conspicuous birds are little...

Black-throated Sparrow

Found throughout the southwestern United States and Mexico in arid upland habitats, Black-throated Sparrow breeds as far north as Washington State. Although often quite common, these conspicuous birds are little...

Black Oystercatcher

Black Oystercatcher

Acclaimed American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter John James Audubon is credited with the discovery of the Black Oystercatcher. Known as the Haematopus bachmani scientifically, meaning "Hot Foot" due to their...

Black Oystercatcher

Acclaimed American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter John James Audubon is credited with the discovery of the Black Oystercatcher. Known as the Haematopus bachmani scientifically, meaning "Hot Foot" due to their...