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A relaxing video of Vermillion flycatchers in the community park.

A relaxing video featuring desert scenes. Video by Rob Torres.

A pair of Harris's hawks perched on a power pole near the Glendale Airport.

A northern harrier hides in the grass while hunting doves.

A large red-tailed hawk perched in a tree at the entrance to Horse Lover's Park in North Phoenix, Arizona.

Gambel's quail hidden in a thicket.

Oryx at the zoo practice fighting.

Mallards in a courtship dance at the Rio Vista Community Park in Peoria, Arizona

Peach-faced lovebirds enjoying the morning sun in my backyard.

Just a few of the species at the Glendale ponds in Maricopa County.

An antelope squirrel scampers around on a South Mountain trail in Phoenix, Arizona.

A little Costa's hummingbird living in a Palo Verde tree near the 101 Freeway in Phoenix, Arizona.

A rare sighting of a Long-eared owl in Phoenix, Arizona in 2022. I was expecting to see a Great Horned owl but stumbled upon this rare owl in a Palo Verde tree on my hike.

A heron overlooks the spillway at the Tres Rios Wetlands.

A Cooper's hawk at the Bullfrog Pond in the Reach 11 Recreation Area in 2023.

A coyote hunts along the squirrel habitat in the Reach 11 Recreation Area.

A little hummingbird enjoys the morning in my front yard.

Jackrabbits are large mammals inhabiting the desert in Arizona; three times the size of a cottontail and can easily escape predators.

Squirrel enjoying the day at Horizon Park in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Heron struggles with a large fish at the Rio Vista Community Park.

Thanksgiving Day 2023 and I watched these quail in the cactus garden.

Cactus Wren making calls in North Phoenix, Arizona at the Music Instrument Museum. The cactus wren is Arizona's state bird.

A cactus wren in the landscaping at Scottsdale Community College.

A large osprey making calls at the Glendale Recharge Ponds in Arizona.

A male quail making calls at the Rio Vista Community Park, in Peoria, Arizona.