Madera Canyon

It was a good day hiking, birding, and photographing in Madera Canyon. Finding birds and photographing birds are two different activities. We saw several Canyon Wrens, Dark Eyed Juncos, Bridled Titmouse, Acorn Woodpecker -- oh, and of course Mexican Jays. Those attempts to photograph weren't successful. 

However, the Great Find was a Red Breasted Sapsucker -- which I was able to photograph. The RBS is rare to Arizona. It lives primarily on the Pacific Coast from Alaska to Southern California. But this beautify male seemed to want to be photographed as evidence that he made the trip to Arizona. Also photographed was a nice Hutton's Vireo:

Red Breasted Sapsucker

Hutton's Vireo