Having technical difficulties here at BirdingPI.com this morning due to the ongoing cold (+ recent snow), so pulling something random out of the “drafts” folder for a quick post. These shots taken last summer 2024 outside the BIRDS (BirdingPI.com regional desert southwest) field station in Casas Adobes, Arizona, in the Tucson metro area, starting with everyone’s favourite silky-flycatcher, a beautiful male Phainopepla:
