Cibola National Wildlife Refuge

This is a Kestrel that DesertDale took.
Male and female both have black sideburns.

Not much info with this posting.  Have had major trouble with my computer.  Got it fixed but things are different on it.  So a whole new learning process .  It has been many months since my last posing. Hope it will not take so long between the next two.  Kitfoxgal.

Black-necked Stilt

 Black-necked Stilts wade in the shallows, picking delicately at the tiny creatures on the water surface.
They are noisy.   Even more so when something goes near their nesting area.  

 Small groups nest on open flats near water.  They lay their eggs on bare open ground.  Their eggs are a blue-gray color.
Their numbers have been increasing in recent years.  Photos was taken at Illipah, just yesterday.

This Black-necked Stilt, DesertDale took this at Ruby Lake.

White-breasted Nuthatch

 This White-breasted Nuthatch was taken at the Visitor's Center near Frenchglen.
They are common in a mature woods.  They are a loners.
The Nuthatch's feed on insects and seeds.

This White-breasted Nuthatch was taken at Patton House in Arizona.   They are seen on trunks or major limbs.  They often are climbing  head down.

DesertDale took both photo.   Sorry about the delay in posting, as he takes enough photos to be posting at least once a week.
 Kitfoxgal

Evening Grosbeck

 The Evening Grosbeak are common but irregular in a mixed forests.  They are almost always seen flying over head and perched in tree tops.  They are often seen at bird feeder.  They feed mainly on insects and seeds of trees.

They have a massive head and  bill.  They do have large and short feather tail. .  The female has a pale bill, dark lores, white wing patch and  a greenish nape.

Enjoy the posting.  Kitfoxgal

Bobolink

The Bobolink does travel some 12,500 miles to and from South America every year.
They are fairly common in the summer time.
  Boboink means rice eating,  as they eat rice and grams.  They molt twice a year.  The male grows feathers on wintering grounds they all have yellowish tips.  Eventually the pale tips wear off to reveal his black and white breeding colors.
They are daylight foragers.  On bright nights you may find some feeding    at night. during migration.

Hope you enjoy this posting as much as we did at Page Springs.  Kitfoxgal

Townsend's Warbler

 The Townsend's Warbler are common in mature forests.  They nest and foraging high in trees.  You can find them in the Pacific Northwest in the summer.
Most Townsend's Warbler go to Mexico or Central America for the winter.

A small number will remain along the coast north to Oregon, Washington and some will go  to Vancouver Island.
 A very pretty bird.  Kitfoxgal

Bewick's Wren

 The Bewick's Wren is a very common in brushy habitats .  That also includes  mesquite tickets to near forests.    The Southwest Wren's are paler and grayer than Pacific Wren's are.
Their call varied from dry harsh notes to a soft dry sound.

 DesertDale  caught  this Bewick's Wren, building its nest along the rail, next to the walk way at the park.

Kitfoxgal