Bourbon, Bastards, and Birds.

It was June. The birder's summer had officially begun. With my spring in Texas in the history books, it was time to make my way back...

Black-chinned Hummingbird is a sort of bland species, unless you catch them in jussssssssssst the right light. Florida Canyon. Back wh...

Black-chinned and Broad-billed (the strange glowing thing in the background) Hummingbirds. Florida Canyon, AZ. My indigent lackies who sla...

Look at this.  A basket of baby butcher birds.  They will grow up to slaughter livestock and slow-moving humans by the thousands, but now t...

Black-chinned Hummingbirds frequently lurk at our feeders. Alaska tickets have been purchased.   Damn!  Life is crazy sometimes.  I just h...

An epic Madera Canyon sunset was a solid crowd-pleaser . Well.....it seems Ive made it. I write to you, late on a Saturday night, from...