Photo Gallery
Photos by Chris Wood unless otherwise noted
In the United States, Yellow-footed Gull can be seen reliably only at the Salton Sea.
A regular sight around water, this young male Vermilion Flycatcher is just beginning to molt in red feathers on the crown.
A blackbird on a lawn may seem uninteresting, but this Tricolored Blackbird is a west-of-the-Sierras endemic.
Winter is a great time for finding rarities, here a female Ruddy Ground-Dove…
…and here a Rufous-backed Robin.
A number of birds, like this Lewis’s Woodpecker, winter in the Southwest…
…and others, like this male Lazuli Bunting, winter every year but in small numbers.
The high grasslands of southeastern Arizona, places of stunning beauty, are winter home to Sprague’s Pipit…
…and Baird’s Sparrow.
Photo: Michael O'Brien
Many of southeast Arizona’s special birds are present year-round, like these Mexican Jays.
Southeast Arizona’s many birdfeeders are excellent places to study birds like this Acorn Woodpecker.
About 15,000 Sandhill Cranes winter in the Sulphur Springs Valley; the sight and sounds of these birds are truly stunning.
In addition to cranes, the Sulphur Springs Valley normally has a very large population of raptors, including at least a few “Prairie” Merlins.