Below are images compiled in one of the many photo galleries illustrating our blog, Musings From Paradise. Click on any photo and then sweep through the collection (or use your keyboard’s arrow keys). More Albums
"Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani 4/2) Empire Ranch, Sonoita, Arizona",
"American Kestrel (© Nick Viani 4/2) Empire Ranch, Sonoita, Arizona",
"Hammond's Flycatcher (© Nick Viani 4/3) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",
"Gambel Quail (© Nick Viani 4/3) Paton's Hummingbird Center, Patagonia, Arizona",
"Rufous-backed Robin (© Nick Viani 4/3) Paton's Hummingbird Center, Patagonia, Arizona",
"Rufous-backed Robin (© Nick Viani 4/3) Paton's Hummingbird Center, Patagonia, Arizona",
"Inca Dove (© Nick Viani 4/3) Paton's Hummingbird Center, Patagonia, Arizona",
"Violet-crowned Hummingbird (© Nick Viani 4/3) Paton's Hummingbird Center, Patagonia, Arizona",
"Lark Sparrow (© Nick Viani 4/4) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",
"Gray Hawk (© Nick Viani 4/4) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",
"Gray Hawk (© Nick Viani 4/4) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",
"Gray Hawk (© Nick Viani 4/4) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",
"Gray Hawk vocalizing (© Nick Viani 4/4) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",
"Yellow Warbler (© Nick Viani 4/4) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",
"Great Horned Owl (© Nick Viani 4/4) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",
"Gray Hawk - juvenile (© Nick Viani 4/4) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",
"Black-crowned Night-Heron (© Nick Viani 4/5) Patagonia Lake State Park, Arizona - Birding by Kayak",
"Sora (© Nick Viani 4/5) Patagonia Lake State Park, Arizona - Birding by Kayak",
"Great Blue Heron (© Nick Viani 4/5) Patagonia Lake State Park, Arizona - Birding by Kayak",
"Tent Caterpillar (© Nick Viani 4/5) Patagonia Lake State Park, Arizona - Birding by Kayak",
"Sooney in our Kayak (© Nick Viani 4/5) Patagonia Lake State Park, Arizona",
"Bufflehead Duck (© Nick Viani 4/5) Patagonia Lake State Park, Arizona - Birding by Kayak",
"Bufflehead Duck (© Nick Viani 4/5) Patagonia Lake State Park, Arizona - Birding by Kayak",
"Common Black Hawk (© Nick Viani 4/5) Patagonia Lake State Park, Arizona - Birding by Kayak",
"Common Black Hawk (© Nick Viani 4/5) Patagonia Lake State Park, Arizona - Birding by Kayak",
"Common Yellowthroat Warbler (© Nick Viani 4/5) Patagonia Lake State Park, Arizona - Birding by Kayak",
"Neotropic Cormorant (© Nick Viani 4/5) Patagonia Lake State Park, Arizona - Birding by Kayak",
"Neotropic Cormorant (© Nick Viani 4/5) Patagonia Lake State Park, Arizona - Birding by Kayak",
"Double-crested Cormorant (© Nick Viani 4/5) Patagonia Lake State Park, Arizona - Birding by Kayak",
"Double-crested (l) & Neotropic (r) Cormorants (© Nick Viani 4/5) Patagonia Lake State Park, Arizona - Birding by Kayak",
"Double-crested & Neotropic Cormorants (© Nick Viani 4/5) Patagonia Lake State Park, Arizona - Birding by Kayak",
"Great-tailed Grackle - female (© Nick Viani 4/5) Patagonia Lake State Park, Arizona - Birding by Kayak",
"Black-chinned Hummingbird (© Nick Viani 4/6) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",
"Anna's Hummingbird (© Nick Viani 4/6) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",
"Vermillion Flycatcher - on nest (© Nick Viani 4/6) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",
"Lark Sparrow (© Nick Viani 4/6) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",
"Black Vulture (© Nick Viani 4/6) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",
"Mud Swallows on Lake Havasu Shoreline (© Nick Viani 4/10) Cattail Cove State Park, Arizona",
"Anna's Hummingbird (© Nick Viani 4/10) Cattail Cove State Park, Arizona",
"Zone-tailed Hawk (© Nick Viani 4/8) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",
"Gould's Turkey (© Nick Viani 4/8) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",
"Anna's Hummingbird Abandoned Nest (© Nick Viani 4/8) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",
"Curve-billed Thrasher (© Nick Viani 4/8) Gilbert Ray County Park, Tucson, Arizona",
"Saguaro Cactus & Ocotillo (© Nick Viani 4/8) Gilbert Ray County Park, Tucson, Arizona",
"Townsend's Warbler (© Nick Viani 4/8) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",
"Townsend's Warbler (© Nick Viani 4/8) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",
"Great-tailed Grackle (© Nick Viani 4/10) Cattail Cove State Park, Arizona",
"Ash-throated Flycatcher (© Nick Viani 4/10) Cattail Cove State Park, Arizona",
"Wilson's Snipe (© Nick Viani 4/23) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR",
"Wilson's Snipe (© Nick Viani 4/23) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR",
"Lincoln's Sparrow (© Nick Viani 4/23) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR",
"Golden-crowned Sparrow (© Nick Viani 4/23) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR",
"Golden-crowned Sparrow (© Nick Viani 4/23) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR",
"Canada Goose (© Nick Viani 4/23) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR",
"Song Sparrow (© Nick Viani 4/23) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR Note: this bird is banded",
"Song Sparrow (© Nick Viani 4/23) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR Note: this bird is banded",
"Brewer's Blackbird (© Nick Viani 4/23) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR",
"White-fronted Goose (© Nick Viani 4/15) Cosumnes River Preserve & Wildlife Area, California",
"Sand Dunes (© Nick Viani 5/13) Death Valley, CA",
"Sand Dunes (© Nick Viani 5/13) Death Valley, CA",
"Sand Dunes (© Nick Viani 5/13) Death Valley, CA",
"Sand Dunes (© Nick Viani 5/13) Death Valley, CA",