A Night Heron preens in the morning sun at the Riparian Preserve at Gilbert Water Ranch, Arizona
A week later, the owlets have grown and are full of feathers. They were observed preening and moving around in the nest as their tired mother kept a watchful eye (with the other one closed). Dixie Mountain, Desert Sonoran Preserve, Phoenix, Arizona
A male Northern Flicker pauses on a perch in search for food at the Pond at Elephant Head in Amado, AZ
