Feathered Friday - Desert Edition

Here are some desert birds for this #featheredfriday by Hive account@melinda010100

These are just a few shots from Southern Arizona where it is nice and warm. This first one is a gila woodpecker, very common in Arizona.

Here is another unique desert bird called the curve-billed thrasher. They have a unique call and a bright orange eye.

This is some sort of flycatcher, possibly an ash-throated flycatcher. You can see lots of flycatchers in Arizona this time of year.

Here is another flycatcher most likely a gray flycatcher. I got most of these shots within a 100 foot area. They are all quite busy catching bugs.

This one appears to be a western goldfinch. It has a tint of yellow and gray much like the American goldfinches I see in Illinois.

Here is another seed eater, I believe this one is Abert's Towhee.

Here is a common ground dove. They look quite a bit like mourning doves but are much smaller and lack the blue eye ring.

I believe this is Lincoln's sparrow, or it could possibly be a lark sparrow.

Look at this guy, sadly I could not get closer to it... I'm pretty sure this is a summer tanager. I also saw a western tanager but the photos turned out blurry. I took most of these photos in a riparian area of the San Pedro river