Miscellaneous Birds

"Mountain Hummer" A male broad-tailed hummingbird hovering.

nobody@smugmug.com (imagesofcolorado) — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 09:50:06 -0800

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"Mountain Hummer" A male broad-tailed hummingbird hovering.

"Mountain Hummer II" A female broadtailed hummingbird.

nobody@smugmug.com (imagesofcolorado) — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 10:00:46 -0800

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"Mountain Hummer II" A female broadtailed hummingbird.

"Mountain Hummer III" A female broadtailed hummingbird.

nobody@smugmug.com (imagesofcolorado) — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 09:59:39 -0800

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"Mountain Hummer III" A female broadtailed hummingbird.

"Broad-tailed Hummingbird"

nobody@smugmug.com (imagesofcolorado) — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 10:01:50 -0800

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"Broad-tailed Hummingbird"

"Ptarmigan Headshot" A male white-tailed ptarmigan in summer plumage.

nobody@smugmug.com (imagesofcolorado) — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 09:56:56 -0800

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"Ptarmigan Headshot" A male white-tailed ptarmigan in summer plumage.

"Ptarmigan in Summer Plumage II" A male white-tailed ptarmigan on the tundra on Mt. Evans in August.

nobody@smugmug.com (imagesofcolorado) — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 09:55:08 -0800

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"Ptarmigan in Summer Plumage II" A male white-tailed ptarmigan on the tundra on Mt. Evans in August.

"Ptarmigan in Summer Plumage I" A male white-tailed ptarmigan in summer plumage. We were thrilled to find these white-tailed ptarmigan on Mt. Evans that day. Actually, we would have NEVER ...

nobody@smugmug.com (imagesofcolorado) — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 09:52:17 -0800

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"Ptarmigan in Summer Plumage I" A male white-tailed ptarmigan in summer plumage. We were thrilled to find these white-tailed ptarmigan on Mt. Evans that day. Actually, we would have NEVER ...

"Plump Chukar"

nobody@smugmug.com (imagesofcolorado) — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 17:28:38 -0800

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"Plump Chukar"

"Backyard Chukar"

nobody@smugmug.com (imagesofcolorado) — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 17:29:59 -0800

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"Backyard Chukar"

"Chukar on Chukar"

nobody@smugmug.com (imagesofcolorado) — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 17:31:07 -0800

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"Chukar on Chukar"

"Chukar Headshot"

nobody@smugmug.com (imagesofcolorado) — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 17:32:12 -0800

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"Chukar Headshot"

"Chukar on Snow" This image is sized for printing ideally at 11 x 14" or smaller.

nobody@smugmug.com (imagesofcolorado) — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 17:32:55 -0800

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"Chukar on Snow" This image is sized for printing ideally at 11 x 14" or smaller.

"Motoring"

nobody@smugmug.com (imagesofcolorado) — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 17:06:10 -0800

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"Motoring"

"Canada Goose Goslings" Or is that repetitive?

nobody@smugmug.com (imagesofcolorado) — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 17:07:03 -0800

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"Canada Goose Goslings" Or is that repetitive?

"Gosling Trio"

nobody@smugmug.com (imagesofcolorado) — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 17:07:37 -0800

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"Gosling Trio"

"Mountain Chickadee" This image is sized for printing ideally at 8 x 12" or smaller.

nobody@smugmug.com (imagesofcolorado) — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 17:07:53 -0800

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"Mountain Chickadee" This image is sized for printing ideally at 8 x 12" or smaller.

"Fall River Steller's Jay" Rocky Mountain National Park. This image is sized for printing ideally at 11 x 14" or smaller.

nobody@smugmug.com (imagesofcolorado) — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 15:54:11 -0800

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"Fall River Steller's Jay" Rocky Mountain National Park. This image is sized for printing ideally at 11 x 14" or smaller.

"Steller's Jay" This image is sized for printing ideally at 11 x 14" or smaller.

nobody@smugmug.com (imagesofcolorado) — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 18:56:21 -0800

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"Steller's Jay" This image is sized for printing ideally at 11 x 14" or smaller.

"Ready to Take Off" A Steller's jay. This image is sized for printing ideally at 8 x 10" or smaller.

nobody@smugmug.com (imagesofcolorado) — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 18:56:57 -0800

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"Ready to Take Off" A Steller's jay. This image is sized for printing ideally at 8 x 10" or smaller.

"Unusual Pose" A Steller's jay.

nobody@smugmug.com (imagesofcolorado) — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 18:57:22 -0800

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"Unusual Pose" A Steller's jay.

"Clark's Nutcracker I" This image is sized for printing ideally at 11 x 14" or smaller.

nobody@smugmug.com (imagesofcolorado) — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 18:57:53 -0800

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"Clark's Nutcracker I" This image is sized for printing ideally at 11 x 14" or smaller.

"Clark's Nutcracker II"

nobody@smugmug.com (imagesofcolorado) — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 18:58:26 -0800

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"Clark's Nutcracker II"

"All Fluffed Up" A Clark's nutcracker in Rocky Mountain National Park. 12,000 feet high. Very cold and windy up there; I was wishing I had a down coat to fluff up, too. This image is size ...

nobody@smugmug.com (imagesofcolorado) — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 18:59:14 -0800

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"All Fluffed Up" A Clark's nutcracker in Rocky Mountain National Park. 12,000 feet high. Very cold and windy up there; I was wishing I had a down coat to fluff up, too. This image is size ...

"Clark Kent" The Superman of Clark's nutcrackers?

nobody@smugmug.com (imagesofcolorado) — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 18:59:50 -0800

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"Clark Kent" The Superman of Clark's nutcrackers?

"Snowy Egret"

nobody@smugmug.com (imagesofcolorado) — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 19:00:42 -0800

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"Snowy Egret"

"Lovers' Dance" I think this is the most beautiful thing I have ever witnessed in nature. After mating, avocets perform a graceful dance. He puts his wing over hers, they cross beaks, and ...

nobody@smugmug.com (imagesofcolorado) — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 15:50:10 -0800

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"Lovers' Dance" I think this is the most beautiful thing I have ever witnessed in nature. After mating, avocets perform a graceful dance. He puts his wing over hers, they cross beaks, and ...

"Mute Swan in Fall"

nobody@smugmug.com (imagesofcolorado) — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 15:51:07 -0800

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"Mute Swan in Fall"

"Hell Hath No Fury..." ...like a swan scorned. This is a mute swan.

nobody@smugmug.com (imagesofcolorado) — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 15:52:14 -0800

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"Hell Hath No Fury..." ...like a swan scorned. This is a mute swan.

"Mute Swan" Taken at a friend's pond. This is a captive bird.

nobody@smugmug.com (imagesofcolorado) — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 15:53:04 -0800

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"Mute Swan" Taken at a friend's pond. This is a captive bird.

"Sunning Cormorant" This image is sized for printing ideally at 11 x 14" or smaller.

nobody@smugmug.com (imagesofcolorado) — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 15:55:16 -0800

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"Sunning Cormorant" This image is sized for printing ideally at 11 x 14" or smaller.

"Slate-Colored Junco" Rocky Mountain National Park. This image is sized for printing ideally at 11 x 14" or smaller.

nobody@smugmug.com (imagesofcolorado) — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 15:56:35 -0800

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"Slate-Colored Junco" Rocky Mountain National Park. This image is sized for printing ideally at 11 x 14" or smaller.

"Scrub Jay" This image is sized for printing ideally at 11 x 14" or smaller.

nobody@smugmug.com (imagesofcolorado) — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 13:30:56 -0700

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"Scrub Jay" This image is sized for printing ideally at 11 x 14" or smaller.

"Coot on Ice" Their feet are so strange, almost like a lizard's. This image is sized for printing ideally at 11 x 14" or smaller.

nobody@smugmug.com (imagesofcolorado) — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 15:34:38 -0800

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"Coot on Ice" Their feet are so strange, almost like a lizard's. This image is sized for printing ideally at 11 x 14" or smaller.

"Prairie Dancer" When the male prairie chicken begins his display, he starts by stomping his feet on the ground in a rapid dance. As I was observing this, I was reminded of the Native Ame ...

nobody@smugmug.com (imagesofcolorado) — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 14:20:20 -0800

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"Prairie Dancer" When the male prairie chicken begins his display, he starts by stomping his feet on the ground in a rapid dance. As I was observing this, I was reminded of the Native Ame ...

"Greater Prairie Chicken, Booming" The greater prairie chicken is in decline, and even listed as endangered in some areas. It was a thrill to see this active lek, and I hope something can ...

nobody@smugmug.com (imagesofcolorado) — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 14:18:51 -0800

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"Greater Prairie Chicken, Booming" The greater prairie chicken is in decline, and even listed as endangered in some areas. It was a thrill to see this active lek, and I hope something can ...

"Face-Off" Two wild greater prairie chickens prepare to fight on their lek (mating grounds) in eastern Colorado.

nobody@smugmug.com (imagesofcolorado) — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 14:18:27 -0800

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"Face-Off" Two wild greater prairie chickens prepare to fight on their lek (mating grounds) in eastern Colorado.

"Cock Fight (Totally Legal)" Two wild greater prairie chicken males get into it on a lek (mating grounds) in eastern Colorado.

nobody@smugmug.com (imagesofcolorado) — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 14:19:51 -0800

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"Cock Fight (Totally Legal)" Two wild greater prairie chicken males get into it on a lek (mating grounds) in eastern Colorado.

"Rosy Finch" The brown-capped rosy finch species is almost exclusively found at high altitude in Colorado.

nobody@smugmug.com (imagesofcolorado) — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 15:07:45 -0800

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"Rosy Finch" The brown-capped rosy finch species is almost exclusively found at high altitude in Colorado.

"Rosy Finch II" People come from all over the world to see these little wonders.

nobody@smugmug.com (imagesofcolorado) — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 15:09:02 -0800

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"Rosy Finch II" People come from all over the world to see these little wonders.

"Rosy Finch III" I was quite pleased to find that these birds were unskittish on this day.

nobody@smugmug.com (imagesofcolorado) — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 15:10:16 -0800

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"Rosy Finch III" I was quite pleased to find that these birds were unskittish on this day.

"Even My Tongue Is Pink" Even the tongue of the rosy finch is pink, to match the rosy breast feathers! This image is sized for printing ideally at 11 x 14" or smaller.

nobody@smugmug.com (imagesofcolorado) — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 15:10:59 -0800

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"Even My Tongue Is Pink" Even the tongue of the rosy finch is pink, to match the rosy breast feathers! This image is sized for printing ideally at 11 x 14" or smaller.

"Smug Pelican" An American White Pelican. This image is sized for printing ideally at 11 x 14" or smaller.

nobody@smugmug.com (imagesofcolorado) — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 16:34:10 -0700

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"Smug Pelican" An American White Pelican. This image is sized for printing ideally at 11 x 14" or smaller.

"Large Wingspan" The American white pelican has a wingspan up to 10 feet! These guys are huge in the air and huge in the water as well. This image is sized for printing ideally at 11 x ...

nobody@smugmug.com (imagesofcolorado) — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 16:35:36 -0700

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"Large Wingspan" The American white pelican has a wingspan up to 10 feet! These guys are huge in the air and huge in the water as well. This image is sized for printing ideally at 11 x ...

"Food Fight" The cormorant had caught a fish and the pelican wanted it. He never got it. This image is sized for printing ideally at 12 x 18" or smaller.

nobody@smugmug.com (imagesofcolorado) — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 16:35:47 -0700

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"Food Fight" The cormorant had caught a fish and the pelican wanted it. He never got it. This image is sized for printing ideally at 12 x 18" or smaller.