THE BIRDS

Since one of the things we love about Arizona is all the different birds, I thought I would show you some of the different birds we have seen lately.

A Brewer's Sparrow:

A couple of Acorn Woodpeckers:

A Cactus Wren investigating a peanut:

A Cactus Wren perched on a Saguaro Cactus:

Curved-billed Thrasher:

These were two Common Ravens that were sitting together on a rock. They look like they are just shadows:

A House Finch at our bird feeder:

A Gilded Flicker, which is different from the Northern Flicker we have in Idaho:

A Mexican Jay:

Lesser Goldfinches:

A Lark Sparrow:

Northern Mockingbird:

A Say's Phoebe which is part of the Flycatcher family: One of my favorites, a Phainopepla.

A Red-winged Blackbird:

And one of my very favorites, a Pyrrhuloxia (sometimes known as the Mexican Cardinal):