Showing posts with label Grand Canyon National Park. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grand Canyon National Park. Show all posts
Thursday, July 5, 2018

A Gray-Headed Dark-Eyed Junco on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon

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Our trip across the Colorado Plateau last month was a geology field studies course, not a bird-watching expedition. But when I could step ...
Thursday, July 20, 2017

Western Tanager and Tourons at the North Rim of Grand Canyon

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Photo by Mrs. Geotripper Being in a national park can cause people to do things they normally wouldn't in any other place. For examp...
Friday, March 24, 2017

Great Blue Heron on the Colorado River in Grand Canyon

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It's a rainy day outside, so no walks along the river today, and it's been a few weeks since a birding trip, so I didn't hav...
Saturday, September 3, 2016

A Look at California Condors on International Vulture Awareness Day

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California Condors on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park It always sneaks up to me, but today is International Vulture Aware...
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Monday, August 17, 2015

Dark-eyed Junco (Red-backed/Gray-headed) at Grand Canyon, North Rim

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The Dark-eyed Junco ( Junco hyemalis ) is one of the most common birds in North America (so why has it taken me so long to photograph on...
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Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Spotted Towhee at Grand Canyon National Park

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We were having our last presentation at Desert View in Grand Canyon on our recent trip, and while the students were having stage fright ab...
Friday, June 5, 2015

Let's Play a Search Game! Not "Where's Waldo?", but "Where's Warbler?"

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We were on the north rim of Grand Canyon last week enjoying a spectacular sunset when I noticed rustlings in the underbrush. I snapped a c...
Thursday, June 4, 2015

Clark's Nutcracker on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon

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It's the first time on my blog, but not the first time I've ever seen a Clark's Nutcracker ( Nucifraga columbiana ). I've ...