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Avocets that have lost their breeding colors. We seldom see them this way in Colorado.

I spend tons of time watching and photographing herons and egrets. One thing I have noticed is that when a very large fish is caught, or one that they have a tenuous grasp on, they will walk to land and swallow it there. That way if it slips out of their mouth it can't get away. In this case...

Snowy Egret landing in the shade of huge Cottonwood trees with soft morning light.

My wife got to fly one of these once when she was an active pilot. It was a two-place with an instructor, and she di all kinds of cool aerobatic maneuvers.

I was on the shoreline, sitting among some plants and quietly enjoying a group of several Great Blue Herons, Snowy Egrets, and Great Egrets in the shallow water. Then, an inconsiderate person in a kayak paddled up and right through the middle of all of the birds. They all launched and flew to...

Snowy Egret hunting

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This Osprey might have invaded someone's koi pond. I've seen koi in wild waterways too, though. People who get tired of them will release them into local waterways.

A Great Blue Heron caught two fish in one strike, but one managed to get away. A Great Blue Heron caught two fish in one strike, but one managed to get away.

Wood Duck in non-breeding colors

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Female Bushtit