On one of our trips to Yellowstone I had the opportunity to photograph a few Cassin's finch. I almost missed out because at first I t...

Black-billed cuckoos breed through out much of the eastern half of the United States and southeastern Canada.  They prefer woody areas, ty...

 Every couple of years or so we make a trip out to Yellowstone National Park to photograph the wildlife. Since most of what we photograp...

 The zebra clubtail is a member of the Gomphidae or clubtail family. Cubtails are named for the wide or clubbed end of their abdomen that ...

 Yellow-headed blackbirds are members of the Icteridae family which consists of their smaller cousin the red-winged black bird as well as ...

 In the world of birds if there is a difference in color between male and female it is typically the male of the species that is brighter ...

 Did you know that only the mature male turkey (called a tom) makes a gobble sound? Females (called hens) only cluck.

The rough-legged hawk is a large buteo found throughout much of the northern hemisphere.  Hawks are classified into one of two genus, Bute...

 The pied-billed grebe is the second smallest grebe found in North America. Only the least grebe, which is only found in Texas and Mexico ...

 The osprey is a bird that is in a class all its own. Literally, the osprey is the only member of the genus Pandion, which is the only gen...

 The Nashville warbler is a poorly named new world warbler. Rarely are these birds found near Nashville. They breed primarily in eastern C...

 The marsh wren is found across most of the United States and Mexico. They breed in the northern half of the US and up into Canada. They m...

Dragonfly families can typically be distinguished by their eyes. All dragonflies have compound eyes but some families of dragonflies have ...