Author: wildlens
Week 48 – Townsend’s Solitaire
The Townsend's Solitaire is a member of the thrush family and is quite closely related to Robins and Bluebirds. They survive all winter almost exclusively on Juniper berries that can be found in great abundance throughout the Pinyon-Juniper woodlands of ...
Week 47 – Canyon Wren
Before I say anything, listen to the Canyon Wren's Song. This was truly the soundtrack to which I worked and played while living in northern Arizona and southern Utah until 2010. These boisterous birds predominate in the canyons of the ...
Free Mealworms from Nature’s Way!
One of the best and most reliable ways to attract bluebirds to your backyard is to set up a mealworm feeder. Unlike many common backyard songbirds, bluebirds are not seed eaters, and therefore have no interest in the standard bird ...
Week 46 – Mute Swan
I had so many photos of this Mute Swan, but chose the one that I thought made the bird look the most evil. Not that Mute Swan's are inherently evil, because they are definitely not, but I thought this would ...
Week 45 – Juniper Titmouse
Bird species that specialize within the Juniper and Pinyon Pine woodlands of the Great Basin retain a special place for me. Having spent a good deal of time in the Great Basin, I have an appreciation for the harsh, desert ...
Week 44 – White-crowned Sparrow
Man. I feel like this week was slated to be a let-down no matter what after last week's photo. Over 12,000 views on Flickr after the picture somehow made it onto Flickr's Explore page. No idea how that happened, but ...
Week 43 – Merlin
I feel like I'm cheating... almost. For the last three weeks now I have posted photographs of wild-caught raptors either in the hand, or just leaving the hand. Now some may say these photographs lack the true purity of a ...
Week 42 – Northern Goshawk
Another photo this week from the Goshutes in Nevada. If you look closely at this bird's right leg you'll notice a silver aluminum band. These bands have a unique number on them that will identify this individual bird if he ...
Week 41 – Sharp-shinned Hawk
This adult female Sharp-shinned Hawk was photographed from inside the trapping blind at HawkWatch International's Goshute Mountains Raptor Migration Site. The Goshutes are a remote field site without internet access, hence the lateness of this weeks photo. Since this isn't ...
