Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) in flight. Viewed from the deck of the MV Explorer. Semester at Sea Spring 2010 Enrichment Voyage.
More images of Magnificent Frigatebirds are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
American Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides dorsalis). Observed while hiking on the Longs Peak Trail in Rocky Mountain National Park. Other images of American Three-toed Woodpeckers are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
Canada Jay (Perisoreus canadensis) observed while hiking on the Longs Peak Trail in Rocky Mountain National Park. Other images of Canada Jays are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus). Observed, actually first heard — loud chirps at the Lily Lake area in Rocky Mountain National Park. Lily lake is on Colorado highway 7 just outside of Estes Park. I would come back to Lily Lake many times over the time I was working part time in Boulder, Colorado just to look for the Broad-tailed Hummingbirds. Other images of Broad-tailed Hummingbirds are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
Eighteen-Years Ago Today. World Life List #63. Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus). Observed at Lily Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. More images of Red-winged Blackbirds are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
While out taking pictures of the flowers blooming in my back wildflower meadow a large dark bird flew out of the pond landing in a tree next to the pond. I was able to quickly get a picture and identify it as a Green Heron (Butorides virescens). Shortly afterwards a second Green Heron flew out of the pond and away before I could capture an image. Note that this image was taken with a 10-year-old Nikon 1 V3 camera with a 70-300 mm VR lens. I still find this to be a great camera and lens combination for bird images.
I have previously seen Green Herons at the local Sourland Mountain Preserve in 2012, 2013, and 2016 but not in my backyard pond. I expanded the pond a couple of years ago, and it is now full of frogs attracting Green Herons and Great Blue Herons. Additional Green Heron images are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
Gadwall (Mareca strepera) observed leaving a pond along the Auto Loop in the Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge, Colorado. Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge was a 2+ hour drive from Boulder, Colorado. I would visit the refuge several times on weekends while I was working part time in Boulder. The Auto Loop provides many opportunities for viewing wildlife in central Colorado. Additional images of Gadwall are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
A pair of American Wigeons (Mareca americana) observed near a pond along the Auto Loop in the Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge, Colorado. The Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is among the highest wildlife refuges in the continental United States situated at an elevation between 8,100 to 8,700 feet and sitting in an interglacial plain between two mountain ranges. It encompasses diverse habitats, including sagebrush steppe uplands, grassland meadows, willow riparian zones, and wetlands. This 23,464-acre refuge was established in 1967, primarily to provide suitable nesting and rearing habitats for migratory.
Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) with a mouth full of something fluffy for a nest, or food for a hatchling? Morning walkabout at the nearby Sourland Mountain Preserve. This was a new bird for me.
Mountain Chickadee (Poecile gambeli). Observed during a walk in Moraine Park in Rocky Mountain National Park. While working part time in Boulder, I would spend time in Rocky Mountain National Park almost every weekend. It gave me a chance to try out various camera/lens combinations to capture images of the wildlife in the park.
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