Chestnut-Sided Warbler

Perhaps the most colorful of warblers, the Chestnut-Sided Warbler is a sight to behold, and I had the opportunity to finally see one with a small group of birders in early 

Mountain Chickadee

This gallery contains 3 photos. On December 14, 2017, I made the acquaintance of a Mountain Chickadee at the home and open invitation of some very gracious local birders (whom I also met for the first time). As its name implies,

Wilson’s Warblers

This gallery contains 4 photos. One of the smallest migratory birds to visit the Pacific Northwest during the breeding season is the Wilson’s Warbler. These highly active songbirds–another one of Mother Nature’s natural

Orange-Crowned Warblers

This gallery contains 5 photos. A restless bundle of energy with a fondness for early fruit blossoms in the spring, I have had the fortune of seeing Orange-Crowned Warblers in the backyard

Mountain Bluebird

This gallery contains 6 photos. My experiences with photographing songbirds of the blue-colored persuasion–notably, Lazuli Buntings, Steller’s Jays, Harlequin Ducks, and Belted Kingfishers–have been erring

Varied Thrushes

This gallery contains 2 photos. A bright flash of orange and grey pops out–usually at the base of an evergreen tree or thicket, to flip over leaf litter with a foot

Dark-Eyed Juncos

This gallery contains 3 photos. In addition to the bone-chilling Polar Vortex that began in the last two weeks of December 2016 (and continued on and off for the next

Hermit Thrush

This is the third sighting we have had of this lovely singer in the yard in the past two years, but the only time we have spotted it on the front lawn — this time, perfectly posed on

Yellow-Rumped Warblers

This gallery contains 3 photos. It hardly seems fair–or flattering–to be described by the colour of your bottom, especially when you are those pretty songbirds known as Yellow-Rumped