Author: Amy Law
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Hummingbird Nesting Material
A broad-tailed hummingbird gathered a tuft of dog fur for nesting material.
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Say’s Phoebe Nesting Material
Say’s Phoebes are birds that flew under my radar for a long time — they aren’t big, they aren’t small, they aren’t flashy, and their song is just two slurred notes. It was the song that eventually caught my ear, and led me to figure out what I was hearing, and seeing. Since then, I’ve…
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Hummingbirds Nesting
I am an opportunistic bird photographer — I photograph them when I see them. That means that late spring, I take my camera with me everywhere. (My husband tells me that presents certain problems, but our marriage survives on the strength of the other 11 months, I guess.) But that means that I had my…
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Windy Mountain Shrub Ecosystem Hike
With the leaf canopy of the big trees fill in and the baby Great Horned Owls fledged, my husband and I decided to take a hike in the foothills west of our house. This hike took us through the Mountain Shrub plant community — the boundary between the High Plains and the Ponderosa Pine plant…
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Birds and Bunnies
An American Goldfinch has been at the feeder for the past two days. Thirty years ago, I saw one of these guys and thought somebody’s parakeet had escaped. Researching what it was started me on a lifetime of bird watching. White-breasted Nuthatch making off with a sunflower chip. If you look closely at this shot,…
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Birds Around the Neighborhood
Ever since I almost missed the Cedar Waxwings at the beginning of March, I’ve been toting my camera along when we take the dogs on their morning walk around the neighborhood. That thing weighs six pounds! But it is worth it. Part of our normal walk takes us through an “old growth” part of the…
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