Hundreds of these dust-colored bees, along with a few of the bright yellow ones visible at the right edge of the clump above, were buzzing close to the ground at Whitewater yesterday morning, dropping in to check out small holes and occasionally coming together into what seemed like furious battles.
Anybody know a name for these [...]

Whitewater Draw, south of Elfrida, is a very well-known winter birding site, particularly popular for the flock of Sandhill Cranes that can usually be found roosting there, or feeding in nearby fields, from late October to March. It can also be excellent this time of the fall, though, and Darlene and I made a leisurely [...]

 
Michael and I thudded and jostled out the rough and rocky road to Chino Canyon early this morning, where we hoped to run across a Mexican rarity or two. It wasn’t to be, but on the way back out, while Rufous-winged Sparrows sang around us and Greater Roadrunners bounded down the road, we glimpsed movement [...]

It was an IBA day today, and the morning’s walk at the Sabino / Bear Creek site was spectacular: not so much for the birding, perhaps, which was good but not overwhelming, as for the vegetation, which truly deserves the appellation “rank.” Tremendous floods had swept through the area, laying down many inches, even feet, [...]

In my time at Winging It, we ran at least two articles on Angel Paz and his antpittas. The phenomenon seemed interesting, and if I ever made it to Ecuador again….
Well, I joined Tim and Debbie, Darlene, and Nick for one of the strangest mornings of my life. We left Tandayapa Lodge in the early [...]