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Ted Floyd
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Ted Floyd is Editor of Birding magazine, the award-winning, flagship publication of the American Birding Association.
This isn't a bluebird or robin redbreast. It's an American Pipit, of the distinctive Rocky Mountains subspecies alticola. Seen earlier this snowy Sat., Apr. 19, 2025, at Lagerman Reservoir, Boulder Co., Colo., U.S.
April 20, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Yellow-billed Oxpeckers on a greater kudu, Tragelaphus strepsiceros, at Bwabwata National Park, Caprivi, Namibia, Fri., Mar. 21, 2025
April 18, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Reposted by Ted Floyd
Real Ziggy Stardust vibes with this bird.
March 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Pine Grosbeak in the Boulder County, Colorado, high country, back on Tuesday of this week.
March 15, 2025 at 2:34 AM
The dipper has the best eyelids of any bird.

(Boulder, Colorado, Feb. 13, 2025.)
February 13, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This adult female American Kestrel was at the Broomfield Public Library in Broomfield, Colo., earlier this cool, sunny, and breezy Superb Owl Sunday afternoon, Feb. 9.
February 10, 2025 at 2:17 AM
This adult Short-billed Gull was at Port Townsend, Jefferson Co., Wash., on Sat., Jan. 18, 2025.
January 24, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Ferruginous Hawks at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, just outside Denver, earlier this blustery Sat. afternoon, Jan. 11.
January 12, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Earlier this sunny but chilly afternoon, enjoyed a quiet New Years Day hike in the steep foothills west of Boulder, Colo.

Pics: smooth sumac, Rhus glabra; creeping mahonia, Berberis repens; mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus; pygmy nuthatch, Sitta pygmaea.
January 2, 2025 at 12:03 AM
This strange and beautiful adult male Red-shafted Flicker was on the Boulder, Colo., Christmas Bird Count held yesterday, Sun., Dec. 15.
December 17, 2024 at 1:34 AM
These Bushtits, male (with dark eye, upper right) and female (with pale eye, lower left), were part of a prime number flock of 29 a little while ago this Sat. afternoon, Nov. 30, at Greenlee Wildlife Preserve in Lafayette, Boulder Co., Colo., USA.
November 30, 2024 at 11:32 PM
This beautiful Prairie Merlin, Falco columbarius richardsonii, an adult male, was at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, just outside Denver, Colo., USA, earlier today, Sat., Nov. 16, 2024.
November 17, 2024 at 12:40 AM
This Red-throated Loon, very rare in Colorado, was at Baseline Reservoir in Boulder this sunny Wed. morning, Nov. 13.
November 14, 2024 at 12:09 AM
A male American Kestrel watches from Morgan Bottoms Rd., Routt Co., Colo., USA, on a hot, dry, sunny last day of Aug. 2024.
September 2, 2024 at 9:15 PM
This White-winged Junco, a presumed adult female, was part of a big junco flock outside Lyons, Colo., USA, earlier today, Sat., Nov. 11, 2023.
November 12, 2023 at 12:38 AM
An American Bushtit, a male, pauses ever so briefly whilst foraging.

Lafayette, Boulder Co., Colo., USA, Fri., Oct. 6, 2023.
October 9, 2023 at 1:37 AM
A Greater Roadrunner trots past the outdoor eateries at the Mission San Xavier del Bac near Tucson.
August 17, 2023 at 2:03 PM
Birds, mostly.

Like this Broad-tailed Hummingbird in Boulder County, Colorado.
August 10, 2023 at 11:48 PM