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  • Black-billed Magpie in Flight

    Black-billed Magpie in Flight

    Black-billed Magpie in flight in Utah.

  • Common Merganser

    Common Merganser

    This beautiful merganser, a female Common Merganser, was viewed from kayak on the California side of Lake Havasu in the Lower Colorado River Valley.

  • Wilson's Phalarope - Phalaropus tricolor

    Wilson's Phalarope - Phalaropus tricolor

    A beautiful bird to watch on the shoreline and in the water. If you are fortunate to see it, the phalarope spins around in shallow water stirring food to the surface.

  • Brewer's Blackbird - Euphagus cyanocephalus

    Brewer's Blackbird - Euphagus cyanocephalus

    Blackbird, Brewer's Blackbird, male

  • Brewer's Blackbird with lunch

    Brewer's Blackbird with lunch

    Blackbird, Brewer's Blackbird. This Brewer's Blackbird was in a Ponderosa Pine in Grand Canyon Village, GCNP

  • Red-winged Blackbirds on Cattail

    Red-winged Blackbirds on Cattail

    Blackbird, Red-winged Blackbird. These female Red-winged Blackbirds were observed in Coconino County, Arizona

  • Red-winged Blackbird, female - Agelaius phoeniceus

    Red-winged Blackbird, female - Agelaius phoeniceus

    Blackbird, Red-winged Blackbird. This female Red-winged Blackbird was observed in Mohave County, Arizona

  • Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus

    Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus

    Blackbird, Red-winged Blackbird. This male Red-winged Blackbird popped up out of the reeds just long enough for a quick photo before disappearing back into the thick cattails. Along the Colorado River, April 2013

  • Western Bluebird, juvenile

    Western Bluebird, juvenile

    Bluebird, Western Bluebird. This juvenile Western Bluebird was observed at Grand Canyon National Park, Coconino County, AZ

  • Western Bluebird in Russian Olive Tree

    Western Bluebird in Russian Olive Tree

    Bluebird, Western Bluebird. This Western Bluebird was observed in Coconino County, Arizona

  • Blue-footed Booby

    Blue-footed Booby

    Booby, Blue-footed Booby. This magnificent bird, which is rare for the Lower Colorado River Valley, was observed at the delta of the Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge. Viewed from kayak.

  • Brown Booby at rest

    Brown Booby at rest

    Booby, Brown Booby. It is always fun to see a rare bird in the area. This Brown Booby stayed around Lake Havasu in the Lower Colorado River Valley for a couple of months in 2013

  • Brown Booby diving at Lake Havasu

    Brown Booby diving at Lake Havasu

    Booby, Brown Booby. This incredible view from my kayak was captured near Lake Havasu State Park in the Lower Colorado River Valley

  • Bushtit at Salem Audubon Nature Reserve

    Bushtit at Salem Audubon Nature Reserve

    Bushtit. This beautiful little bushtit was observed in West Salem, Oregon

  • Common Merganser

    Common Merganser

    Common Merganser photo taken while kayaking along the Colorado River near Lake Havasu. By diffusing the original image the photo looks more like a drawing.

  • American Coot at the Moment of Sunrise

    American Coot at the Moment of Sunrise

    Coot, American Coot - Fulica americana The sun was just coming up and the coot took off in front of my kayak on the Bill Williams River one fine morning. Simple things, pure joy. It is peaceful.

  • Bufflehead in Flight

    Bufflehead in Flight

    Duck, Bufflehead Male Buffleheads in flight over the Bill Williams River as viewed from kayak.

  • Lesser Scaup, female - Aythya affinis

    Lesser Scaup, female - Aythya affinis

    Duck, Scaup, Lesser Scaup. This beautiful female Lesser Scaup was photographed from kayak on the Havasu National Wildlife Refuge near Castle Rock in the Lower Colorado River Valley. December 2015

  • Dove & Egret

    Dove & Egret

    Eurasian Collared-Dove and Great Egret

  • Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus

    Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus

    Falcon, Peregrine Falcon. This beautiful peregrine was on a gravel bar in shallow waters near Windsor Beach, Lake Havasu City, AZ. Photographed from kayak. 14 February 2014

  • Great-tailed Grackle

    Great-tailed Grackle

    Female Great-tailed Grackle at Site 6, Lake Havasu City, Arizona

  • Lesser Goldfinch - Carduelis psaltria

    Lesser Goldfinch - Carduelis psaltria

    Goldfinch, Lesser Goldfinch. This bird was observed near Portland, Oregon

  • Great Blue Heron hiding in the reeds

    Great Blue Heron hiding in the reeds

    Great Blue Heron along the shoreline of Lake Havasu in the Lower Colorado River Valley

  • Great Blue Heron

    Great Blue Heron

    Havasu National Wildlife Refuge at Topock Marsh

  • Mallards in Flight

    Mallards in Flight

    Kayaking presents many opportunities to see waterfowl. This Mallard pair was viewed in Havasu National Wildlife Refuge as they lifted of backwaters of the Colorado River, Mohave County, Arizona

  • Common Loon

    Common Loon

    Loon, Common Loon - Gavia immer I watched this loon preen from a respectable distance while paddling Lake Havasu in my kayak. Lower Colorado River Valley #WaterIsLife

  • Black-billed Magpie - Pica hudsonia

    Black-billed Magpie - Pica hudsonia

    Magpie, Black-billed Magpie. Photographed in South Central Utah

  • Mallard in Flight

    Mallard in Flight

    Mallard in flight in the Lower Colorado River Valley

  • Mallards in Flight on Havasu National Wildlife Refuge

    Mallards in Flight on Havasu National Wildlife Refuge

    Mallard pair in flight as viewed from kayak on backwaters of the Colorado River, Havasu National Wildlife Refuge north of Lake Havasu.

  • Mallard Preening

    Mallard Preening

    Mallard preening

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    Western Bluebird, juvenile
    Western Bluebird in Russian Olive Tree
    Blue-footed Booby