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California Towhee (© Nick Viani) North Mtn. Park, Ashland
"Golden-crowned Sparrow",
"Fox Sparrow",
"California Towhee",
"Mountain Bluebird (© Nick Viani) Picard Rd., Doris, CA",
"Mountain Bluebird (© Nick Viani) Picard Rd., Doris, CA",
"Mountain Bluebird (© Nick Viani) Picard Rd., Doris, CA",
"Mountain Bluebird (© Nick Viani) Picard Rd., Doris, CA",
"Mountain Bluebird (© Nick Viani) Picard Rd., Doris, CA",
"Mountain Bluebird (© Nick Viani) Picard Rd., Doris, CA",
"Rough-legged Hawk",
"Evening Grosbeak (taking a break from binging on Juniper berries and, possibly, rose hip berries)",
"Red-tailed Hawk (a juvenile in the process of pre-digestion)",
"Red-tailed Hawk (a juvenile in the process of pre-digestion)",
"Black-capped Chickadee",
"Acorn Woodpecker",
"Anna's Hummingbird",
"Red-winged Blackbird - female (© Nick Viani)",
"Acorn Woodpecker",
"Spotted Towhee",
"Golden-crowned Sparrow",
"Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani) #2 Green River, AZ",
"Coopers Hawk (© Nick Viani) #3 Tucson, AZ. In Phil's back yard.",
"Northern Cardinal (© Nick Viani)",
"Arizona Woodpecker (© Nick Viani)",
"Blue-gray Gnatcatcher",
"Costa's Hummingbird (© Nick Viani 1/28)",
"Black-throated Sparrow (© Nick Viani 1/28)",
"White-Breasted Nuthatch (© Nick Viani)",
"Black-Throated Sparrow",
"Yellow-Eyed Junco (© Nick Viani)",
"Yellow-rumped Warbler",
"Rivoli (Magnificent) Hummingbird (© Nick Viani)",
"Hermit Thrush (© Nick Viani)",
"Canyon Towhee (© Nick Viani)",
"Mockingbird",
"Western Bluebird (Female) (© Nick Viani) Rio Rico, AZ",
"Greater Roadrunner (© Nick Viani 1/28)",
"Rufous-winged Sparrow (© Nick Viani)",
"Rufous-winged Sparrow",
"Mexican Jay",
"Bridled Titmouse (© Nick Viani 1/28)",
"Costa's Hummingbird (© Nick Viani 1/28)",
"Dark-Eyed Junco (Arizona) (© Nick Viani 1/28)",
"Greater Roadrunner (© Nick Viani)",
"White-Crowned Sparrow (© Nick Viani)",
"Black-Throated Sparrow (© Nick Viani)",
"House Finch (female) (© Nick Viani)",
"Pyrrhuloxia (male) (© Nick Viani)",
"Painted Redstart (© Nick Viani 1/28) Madera Canyon, AZ",
"Hepatic Tanager (© Nick Viani 1/28)",
"Red-Naped Sapsucker (© Nick Viani)",
"Bridled Titmouse",
"Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Female) (© Nick Viani)",
"Verdin",
"Vermillion Flycatcher (© Nick Viani)",
"Say's Phoebe (© Nick Viani)",
"Red-Breasted Nuthatch (© Nick Viani)",
"Greater Roadrunner",
"Phainopepla (male) (© Nick Viani)",
"Gila Woodpecker",
"Anna's Hummingbird (© Nick Viani)",
"Verdin (© Nick Viani 1/28)",
"Verdin (© Nick Viani)",
"Eurasian Collared-Dove (© Nick Viani)",
"American Kestrel (Female) (© Nick Viani)",
"Mourning Dove (© Nick Viani)",
"Gila Woodpecker (© Nick Viani)",
"Curve-billed Thrasher at Sunset (© Nick Viani 1/28) Arizona",
"Verdin (© Nick Viani)",
"Black-tailed Gnatcatcher (© Nick Viani)",
"Rufous-winged Sparrow (© Nick Viani)",
"Hutton's Vireo - AZ (© Nick Viani)",
"Chipping Sparrow (© Nick Viani)",
"Dark-Eyed Junco (Arizona) (© Nick Viani)",
"Canyon Towhee (© Nick Viani)",
"Dark-Eyed Junco (Arizona)",
"Lark Sparrow (© Nick Viani)",
"Pine Siskin",
"Juniper Titmouse (© Nick Viani)",
"Costa's Hummingbird (© Nick Viani)",
"Female Mallard (© Nick Viani)",
"Pied-billed Grebe (© Nick Viani)",
"Shoveler (© Nick Viani) Sweetwater Treatment Plant, Tucson, AZ",
"Bushtit (© Nick Viani)",
"Phainopepla (female) (© Nick Viani)",
"Bald Eagle not far from the nest at Lynx Lake, Prescott, AZ (© Nick Viani)",
"Coopers Hawk - juvenile (© Nick Viani) #5 unusual lighter eye and marked graduation in the tail feathers. Streaking on chest (vs. horizontal barring) indicates juvenile.",
"Spotted Towhee",
"Kestrel (© Nick Viani) Gresham, OR",
"Belted Kinkfisher @ No. Mtn. Park",
"Golden-crowned Sparrow",
"Yellow-rumped Warbler",
"Spotted Towhee",
"American Robin",
"Downey Woodpecker (Pacific—females lack the red spot on the nape)",
"American Robin",
"Dark-eyed Junco (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park",
"White-crowned Sparrow (mid-molt: in transition and not yet displaying adult breeding color)",
"Acorn Woodpecker",
"California Towhee",
"Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)",
"White-crowned Sparrow (immature)",
"White-crowned Sparrow (immature)",
"Golden-crowned Sparrow",
"White-crowned Sparrow (Adult breeding)",
"Mountain Bluebird (© Nick Viani) Picard Rd., Doris, CA",
"Lewis's Woodpecker",
"Hairy Woodpecker (© Nick Viani) Sampson Creek Preserve, Southern OR",
"Lewis's Woodpecker (Agate Lake)",
"White-breasted Nuthatch (Agate Lake)",
"Burrowing Owl (Agate Lake)",
"Lewis's Woodpecker (Agate Lake)",
"White-breasted Nuthatch (raiding the granary of an Acorn Woodpecker)",
"Tree Swallow (Agate Lake)",
"Golden-crowned Sparrow (Denman Wildlife Area)",
"White-brested Nuthatch (Denman Wildlife Area)",
"Golden-crowned Sparrow (Denman Wildlife Area)",
"California Towhee (Denman Wildlife Area)",
"Brewers Blackbird - female (© Nick Viani) Centennial Golf Club, Medford, OR",
"Brewers Blackbird - male (© Nick Viani) Centennial Golf Club, Medford, OR",
"American Dipper in Ashland Creek",
"American Goldfinch (North Mtn. Park)",
"Golden-crowned Sparrow",
"Lesser Goldfinch (North Mtn. Park)",
"Purple Finch (North Mtn. Park)",
"Black-capped Chickadee (excavating a cavity for possible nesting)",
"Black-capped Chickadee",
"Spotted Towhee",
"Yellow-rumped Warbler (note full crop of food being softened before passing into the stomach)",
"Pine Siskin (North Mtn. Park)",
"Pine Siskins (female l, male r)",
"White-crowned Sparrow",
"Yellow-rumped Warbler",
"Cedar Waxwing (Washington DC)",
"Cedar Waxwing (Washington DC)",
"Cedar Waxwing (Washington DC)",
"Tufted Titmouse (Washington DC)",
"White-throated Sparrow (Washington DC)",
"Mockingbird (Washington DC)",
"White-throated Sparrow (Washington DC)",
"Blue-grey Gnatcatcher (Washington DC)",
"White-throated Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Washington DC",
"Bonaparte's Gull (transitioning) - (Washington DC)",
"Common Grackle (© Nick Viani) Washington DC",
"Swamp Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Washington DC",
"Spotted Sandpiper (Washington DC)",
"Northern Water Thrush (Washington DC)",
"Red-bellied Woodpecker plundering a (supposed) Starling nest (Washington DC)",
"Cedarwaxwing (Washington DC)",
"Orchard Oriole (© Nick Viani) Washington, DC",
"Blue-grey Gnatcatcher (Washington DC)",
"White-throated Sparrow",
"Song Sparrow (Eastern) - (Washington DC)",
"Palm Warbler (Washington DC)",
"Yellow Warbler (Washington DC)",
"Blue-headed Vireo (Washington DC)",
"Eastern Towhee (Washington DC)",
"Blue Jay (Eastern) (Washington DC)",
"Downy Woodpecker (Washington DC - Note nictitating membrane)",
"Carolina Wren (© Nick Viani) Charlottesville, VA",
"Carolina Wren (© Nick Viani) Charlottesville, VA",
"Carolina Chickadee (Charlottesville, VA)",
"Hermit Thrush (Charlottesville, VA)",
"White-throated Sparrow (Charlottesville, VA)",
"Tufted Titmouse (Charlottesville, VA)",
"Chipping Sparrow (Blue Ridge Parkway, NC)",
"Eastern Phoebe (Blue Ridge Parkway, NC)",
"Song Sparrow (Blue Ridge Parkway, NC)",
"Black-throated Blue Warbler (f - Price Lake, NC)",
"Black-throated Blue Warbler (f - Price Lake, NC)",
"Hooded Warbler (Blue Ridge Parkway, NC)",
"Veery (Blue Ridge Parkway, NC)",
"Worm-eating Warbler (Linville Falls, NC)",
"Rough-winged Swallow (Linville Falls, NC)",
"Eastern Bluebird (Biltmore Estate, NC)",
"Flycatcher (Cradle of Forestry, NC)",
"Blackburnian Warbler (Cradle of Forestry, NC)",
"Red-eyed Vireo (Beaver Lake, NC)",
"Brown-headed Nuthatch (Beaver Lake, NC)",
"American Redstart (female) (Beaver Lake, NC)",
"Eastern Towhee",
"Eastern Phoebe (Shenandoah NP, VA)",
"American Redstart (Shenandoah NP, VA)",
Worm-eating Warbler (© Nick Viani)
"Hairy Woodpecker (eastern - Shenandoah NP, VA)",
"Red-eyed Vireo (Shenandoah NP, VA)",
"Carolina Chickadee (Blue Ridge Parkway, NC)",
"Black and White Warbler (Blue Ridge Parkway, NC)",
"Tufted Titmouse (Blue Ridge Parkway, NC)",
"Blue-headed Vireo (Blue Ridge Parkway, NC)",
"Black-throated Green Warbler (Blue Ridge Parkway, NC)",
"Dark-eyed Junco (Blue Ridge Parkway, NC)",
"Ovenbird (Blue Ridge Parkway, NC)",
"American Redstart - female (Blue Ridge Parkway, NC)",
"Ovenbird (Blue Ridge Parkway, NC)",
"American Redstart (Blue Ridge Parkway, NC)",
"Dark-eyed Junco (Blue Ridge Parkway, NC)",
"Downy Woodpecker (Blue Ridge Parkway, NC)",
"Catbird (Blue Ridge Parkway, NC)",
"Oven Bird (Blue Ridge Parkway, NC)",
"Hooded Warbler (Blue Ridge Parkway, NC)",
"Red-bellied Woodpecker (Blue Ridge Parkway, NC)",
"Yellow-rumped Warbler (Blue Ridge Parkway, NC)",
"Field Sparrow (Blue Ridge Parkway, NC)",
"Alder Flycatcher (Shenandoah NP, VA)",
"American Redstart (Shenandoah NP, VA)",
"Indigo Bunting (Shenandoah NP, VA)",
"Flycatcher (Shenandoah NP, VA)",
"Flycatcher (Shenandoah NP, VA)",
"Eastern Towhee (Shenandoah NP, VA)",
"Baltimore Oriole (© Nick Viani) Royal Front, VA",
"Tufted Titmouse (Royal Front, VA)",
"Tree Swallow - Ashland Pond",
"Bullocks Oriole - male (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond",
"Tree Swallow - Ashland Pond",
"Mallard & ducklings - Ashland Pond",
"Barn Swallow (James River, VA)",
"BioBlitz: Grizzly Peak - Hermit Warbler",
"House Wren at Willow-Witt Farm - BioBlitz: Grizzly Peak",
"Western Tanager - BioBlitz: Grizzly Peak",
"Yellow-rumped Warbler (m) - BioBlitz: Grizzly Peak",
"Yellow-rumped Warbler (f) - BioBlitz: Grizzly Peak",
"Western Tanager (Greensprings Mt. Trail)",
"Hermit Warbler (Greensprings Mt. Trail)",
"MacGillivrays Warbler (Greensprings Mt. Trail)",
"Lazuli Bunting (Greensprings Mt. Trail)",
"American White Pelican exhibiting the vertical plate characteristic of a breeding male (Hyatt Lake, OR)",
"Osprey (Hyatt Lake, OR)",
"Cassins Finch (m) (Hyatt Lake, OR)",
"Chipping Sparrow (Hyatt Lake, OR)`",
"House Wren (Hyatt Lake, OR)",
"Yellow Warbler (f) (Hyatt Lake, OR)",
"Yellow-rumped Warbler (Hyatt Lake, OR)",
"American White Pelican exhibiting the vertical plate characteristic of a breeding male (Hyatt Lake, OR)",
"Tree Swallow (Hyatt Lake, OR)",
"Killdeer (presumed male & female) (Hyatt Lake, OR)",
"Osprey chasing off Bald Eagle (Hyatt Lake, OR)",
"Green-tailed Towhee (Hyatt Lake, OR)",
"Green-tailed Towhee (Hyatt Lake, OR)",
"Common Merganser (Hyatt Lake, OR)",
"American White Pelican (Hyatt Lake, OR)",
"Yellow Warbler (m) (Hyatt Lake, OR)",
American Robin (in the distance) Hyatt Lake, OR
"Lesser Goldfinch (f) Oredson-Todd Woods, Ashland",
"Lesser Goldfinch (m) Oredson-Todd Woods, Ashland",
"Pacific Wren - "Nymph of the Forest" (Oredson-Todd Woods, Ashland)",
"Pacific Wren (Oredson-Todd Woods, Ashland)",
"Willow Flycatcher (Gresham, OR)",
"Bushtit (Gresham, OR)",
"Song Sparrow (Gresham, OR)",
"Northern Flicker (Red-shafted male) (Gresham, OR)",
"Townsend's Warbler (Matheson Lake, Sooke, BC)",
"Rufous Hummingbird (Sooke, BC)",
"Wilsons Warbler tagged (Matheson Lake, Sooke, BC)",
"Anna's Hummingbird (Sooke, BC)",
"MacGillivrays Warbler (Potholes Regional Park, Sooke, BC)",
"Red-breasted Sapsucker (Strathcona Provincial Park, Comox, BC)",
"Spotted Towhee Juvenile (© Nick Viani) Comox, BC",
"Spotted Towhee Juvenile (© Nick Viani) Comox, BC",
"Song Sparrow? (Comox, BC)",
"Song Sparrow - Juvinile (Salt Spring Island, BC)",
"Rufous Hummingbird - male (Salt Spring Island, BC)",
"Peafowl (© Nick Viani) Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada",
"Northwestern Crow (Beacon Hill, Victoria, BC)",
"Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Beacon Hill, Victoria, BC)",
"Peahen Peafowl (© Nick Viani) Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada",
"Northwestern Crow (Beacon Hill, Victoria, BC)",
"American Bittern (© Nick Viani) Ankeny National Wildlife Preserve, Salem, OR",
"American Bittern (© Nick Viani) Ankeny National Wildlife Preserve, Salem, OR",
"American Robin - juvenile (Ankeny National Wildlife Preserve, Salem, OR)",
"Brown-headed Cowbird and its surrogate "parent" (Western Tanager) (© Nick Viani) Crane Flats Reservoir, Bend, OR - An example of "brood/nest parasitism" where a cowbird allegedly placed an egg into the Tanager's nest who then treats it as i
"Red-breasted Sapsucker, Juvenile. Mt. Ashland",
"Coopers Hawk (© Nick Viani) #6 Mt. Ashland",
"Lesser Goldfinch (immature/female) - backyard birds in Paradise",
"Rufous Hummingbird - Paradise Lane backyard",
"Black-headed Grosbeak (immature/female) - Paradise Lane backyard",
"White-crowned Sparrow? (White-crowned Sparrows generally have a plain breast but this may be a feature of a juvenile) - Oregon coast",
"Wrentit - Bandon Marsh",
"Wandering Tattler - Bandon Jetty",
"White-breasted Nuthatch, Backyard Birds in Paradise (on the Trumpet Vine)",
"Red-necked Phalarope, Kirtland Pond, Medford",
"Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon), Female/immature - Ditch Trail",
"Black-throated Gray Warbler, Oredson-Todd Woods",
"Black-capped Chickadee, Backyard Birds in Paradise",
"Lesser Goldfinch, Backyard Birds in Paradise",
"Savannah Sparrow: Burns, OR",
"House Finch (immature): Burns, OR",
"Vesper Sparrow: Zumwalt Prairie, OR",
"Savannah Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Grizzly Peak Preserve",
"Vesper Sparrow: Zumwalt Prairie, OR",
"Yellow-rumped Warbler: Zumwalt Prairie, OR",
"Northern Harrier: Zumwalt Prairie, OR",
"Red-breasted Nuthatch: Zumwalt Prairie, OR",
"Mountain Bluebirds on the Line: Frazier Campground",
"American Pipit: Zumwalt Prairie, OR",
"Wild Turkay: Zumwalt Prairie, OR",
"Ruby-crowned Kinglet: Wallowa State Park",
"Black-capped Chickadee: Wallowa State Park",
"Grouse: Zumwalt Prairie, OR",
"Pileated Woodpecker: Wallowa State Park, OR",
"Great Horned Owl: Wallowa State Park",
"American Dipper: Wallowa State Park, OR",
"Merlin: Yaak, MT",
"Wild Turkey, Whitefish, Mt",
"Tom Oar's Homing Pigeons in their traveling cage in his pickup.",
"Pileated Woodpecker (© Nick Viani) Dining on the few remaining serviceberry fruits.",
"Blue Jay - uncommon west of the Cascades. This photo was taken in Whitefish, MT.",
"Blue-winged Teal on the Hoster pond.",
"Great Egret (© Nick Viani)",
"White-crowned Sparrow (immature), Klamath Falls, Wood River Wetlands",
"American White Pelican, Klamath Falls, Wood River Wetlands",
"Warbling Vireo, Klamath Falls, Wood River Wetlands",
"Fox Sparrow (Sooty), Ashland Pond",
"Watching over the strike of the outdoor Elizabethan stage. Oregon Shakespeare Festival.",
"Golden-crowned Sparrow (immature) - North Mountain Park",
"Lesser Goldfinch (female/immature) - North Mountain Park",
"Hermit Thrush - Ashland Pond",
"Dark-eyed Junco - Ditch Trail above Paradise",
"Oak Titmouse - Ditch Trail above Paradise",
"Oak Titmouse - Ditch Trail above Paradise",
"Red-tailed Hawk in the wind - Ditch Trail above Paradise",
"Townsend Solitaire bracing against autumn morning chill - Ditch Trail above Paradise",
"Northern Shrike - Eagle Ridge recreation area on Upper Klamath Lake",
"Bushtit - Eagle Ridge recreation area on Upper Klamath Lake",
"Townsend Solitaire - Eagle Ridge recreation area on Upper Klamath Lake",
"Red-tailed Hawk - Running-Y Resort, Klamath Co.",
"Ring-necked Pheasant - Miller Lake, Klamath County",
"Fox Sparrow (Sooty - also note the two-toned beak) - North Mountain Park, Ashland",
"Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Backyard Birds, Ashland, OR",
"Red-tailed Hawk; birds in our backyard, Ashland, OR",
"Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) #10 nNorth Mountain Park - ID based on shape of body and tail with minimal graduation.",
"Golden-crowned Sparrow - North Mountain Park",
"Lesser Goldfinch - North Mountain Park",
"Acorn Woodpecker - North Mountain Park",
"Red-shouldered Hawk - North Mountain Park",
"House Finch - North Mountain Park",
"Hermit Thrush - backyard birds in Paradise",
"Yellow-rumped Warbler - backyard birds in Paradise",
Red-breasted Sapsucker - backyard birds in Paradise
"Dark-eyed Junco - Backyard Birds, Paradise Lane, Ashland, OR",
"Pygmy Nuthatch - Bend, OR",
"Black-billed Magpie, Mammoth Hot Springs, YNP",
Willow Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Wood River Marsh
Spruce Grouse (© Nick Viani) Yaak, MT
Blue-winged Teal (immature) on the Hoster pond, Yaak, MT
Golden-crowned Kinglet, Yaak, MT
Red-breasted Merganser, Whitefish, Mt
Savannah Sparrow: Wood River Marsh
White-throated Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Ditch Trail, Ashland
Black-headed Grosbeak (© Nick Viani) Backyard Birds in Paradise
Yellow-rumped Warbler (© Nick Viani)
Mallard female(© Nick Viani) Yaak, MT
Stellars Jay after the bath(© Nick Viani) Ditch Trail, Ashland
White-faced Ibis (© Nick Viani)
Townsend's Solitaire (© Nick Viani) Bonner's Ferry, Idaho
Chestnut-backed Chickadee (© Nick Viani)
White-breasted Nuthatch (© Nick Viani)
Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) Paradise Lane, Ashland, OR
Wilson's Warbler (© Nick Viani) Matheson Lake, Sooke, BC
Belted Kingfisher
Spotted Towhee, Ditch Trail, Ashland
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Black-capped Chickadee (© Nick Viani)
American Dipper (© Nick Viani)
American Dipper (© Nick Viani)
Lesser Goldfinch (© Nick Viani)
White-throated Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Washington DC
Canada Goose (© Nick Viani) Bend, OR
Hermit Thrush (© Nick Viani) Wash DC
Brown Thrasher (© Nick Viani) Washington DC
Chipping Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Washington DC
Great Egret with fish and emerging breeding plumage (© Nick Viani) Washington DC
Mockingbird (© Nick Viani) Washington DC
Brown Thrasher (© Nick Viani) Washington DC
Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) #8 Backyard Birds, Ashland, OR Note: streaking on the chest characteristic of a juvenile.
"Bewick's Wren (© Nick Viani)",
Pacific-slope Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Comox, BC
Brewers Blackbird - juvenile (© Nick Viani) Crane Flats Reservoir, Bend, OR
Ovenbird (© Nick Viani) Shenandoah NP, VA
Western Tanager (© Nick Viani)
Cassin's Finch (© Nick Viani)
Hermit Thrush (© Nick Viani)
American Robin - juvenile (Crane Flats Reservoir, Bend, OR)
Townsend's Warbler (© Nick Viani) Matheson Lake, Sooke, BC
Cedar Waxwing (© Nick Viani)
"Hammond's Flycatcher (© Nick Viani)",
Peacock Peafowl (© Nick Viani) Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Cormorant (© Nick Viani) Hyatt Lake, OR
Baird's Sandpiper (© Nick Viani)
Barn Swallow (© Nick Viani) Bandon, OR
"American Dipper (© Nick Viani) Lithia Park, Ashland, OR",
American Bittern (© Nick Viani) Ankeny National Wildlife Preserve, Salem, OR
Black-capped Chickadee (© Nick Viani)
"White-breasted Nuthatch"
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"Black Phoebe (© Nick Viani)"
"Carolina Wren (© Nick Viani) Royal Front, VA",
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Red-tailed Hawk (© Nick Viani 1/2/18) Klamath
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"White-throated Sparrow (© Nick Viani)"
"Hermit Thrush (© Nick Viani)"
"Gray Flycatcher (© Nick Viani)"
"Bewicks Wren" (© Nick Viani)
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"Lincoln's Sparrow (© Nick Viani)"
"Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani) Tucson, AZ. In Phil's back yard. Note the size of the feet and the shape of the forehead."
"Cactus Wren (© Nick Viani)"
"Gila Woodpecker (© Nick Viani)"
Hepatic Tanager (© Nick Viani)
"Chestnut-backed Chickadee (© Nick Viani) Matheson Lake, Sooke, BC"
"Western Bluebird (male) (© Nick Viani) Rio Rico, AZ",