Xploring The Nature

While most of the pipits had streaked chests, some were the 'light' adults as shown in the bottom two pics.
All four pics here are of excellent quality so they can be enlarged to view really close up and for best viewing. SeEtta

Trumpeter Swan in Colorado from SeEtta Moss on Vimeo.
This short video shows the Trumpeter Swan in Florence, CO grooming. It was interesting that it dipped it's bill in the water then to it's breast to wash it's feathers. A couple of times Mallard Ducks photo bombed the video. SeEtta

Brightly colored male Cinnamon Teal are all around the area now even flooded agricultural fields like this one in Florence, CO where I found this guy. These Greater Yellowlegs were the first I have seen this year and are all decked out in their spring plumage. Also saw one Lesser Yellowlegs but didn't get a pic. SeEtta

While Black Phoebes have overwintered a number of times in the Canon City area this is the first Black Phoebe I have seen for awhile. SeEtta

This is one of two American Pipits I found at the Fremont Sanitation District Plant in Florence, CO today. They winter just south of Colorado in New Mexico and some are seen intermittently in Colorado. Still unusual to see them in winter here as I am used to seeing them in large flocks in South Texas in winter. SeEtta