Verdin
Auriparus flaviceps
Resembling a chickadee, but not closely related, Verdins are the only member of the Auriparus genus. These birds are resident in the desert regions of the southwestern USA, from California to Texas, and south to central Mexico, wherever thorny scrub vegetation is present. Perhaps no other bird is more at home in the harsh environments of the American desert southwest, though the Black-Tailed Gnatcatcher might qualify near the top of the list as well.
These birds build bulky nests year round, but not just for raising babies. They also use them for shelter and protection from the extreme temperatures in the deserts where they live year round.
Modern science recognises six or seven subspecies of Verdin:
- A. f. acaciarum lives in the southwestern USA, in California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico, and in northwestern Mexico including Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua and Durango.
- A. f. ornatus lives in southeastern Arizona, southern New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma, and in northeastern Mexico.
- A. f. flaviceps lives in Baja California, Sonora and Sinaloa (Mexico).
- *A. f. fraterculus lives in west-central Sonora south to northern Sinaloa (Mexico), but not all observers recognise it as a subspecies.
- A. f. lamprocephalus lives in southern Baja California (Mexico).
- A. f. sinaloae lives in northwestern Sinaloa (Mexico).
- A. f. hidalgensis lives in north-central Mexico.
I look forward to meeting these ambassadors of the desert when I find myself in their habitat. Like the chickadees they resemble, they seem to take their neighborhood watch seriously. Ever curious to see who’s around, they often put all their neighbors on notice that interlopers are about. At the Boyce Thompson Arboretum in central Arizona, I observed a Verdin feasting on the sap of a Honey Mesquite tree that a Red-Naped Sapsucker had opened up, adding yet another behavior I hadn’t expected.
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Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: Henderson, Nevada outside of Las Vegas at the "Bird Viewing Preserve". |
Date Taken: 2015:05:05 12:38 |
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Location:
Bird Viewing Preserve |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/500 |
File Name: D3X9231-Verdin |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: Northeastern Tucson Arizona, near the Catalina Highway. |
Date Taken: 2015:10:21 16:31 |
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Location:
Tanque Verde |
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Camera Information: NIKON D7200, 400 mm, f/5.6, 1/320 |
File Name: D721505-Verdin |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: Palm Canyon, Borrego Springs (Anza-Borrego State Park), California. |
Date Taken: 2007:12:15 12:32 |
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Location:
Palm Canyon |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 280 mm, f/4.5, 1/6000 |
File Name: JCD0195Verdin |
| © 2007 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: Vendel Road. Salton Sea NWR. Imperial County, California. |
Date Taken: 2005:11:24 15:20 |
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Location:
Salton Sea |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 550 mm, f/7.6, 1/250 |
File Name: JCD1334Verdin |
| © 2005 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: Reid Park in Tucson, Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2008:11:27 12:19 |
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Location:
Reid Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/1000 |
File Name: JCD2362Verdin |
| © 2008 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: This desert-loving bird is resident at Agua Caliente Park in Tucson Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2008:11:28 13:46 |
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Location:
Agua Caliente Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/180 |
File Name: JCD2953Verdin |
| © 2008 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: Aqua Caliente Park in Tucson, Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2008:11:28 13:49 |
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Location:
Agua Caliente |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/250 |
File Name: JCD2977Verdin |
| © 2008 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: Near Lindsey Road. Salton Sea Vicinity. Imperial County, California. |
Date Taken: 2009:11:26 15:52 |
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Location:
Salton Sea |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/350 |
File Name: JCD8146.Verdin |
| © 2009 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: Near Lindsey Road. Salton Sea Vicinity. Imperial County, California. |
Date Taken: 2009:11:26 15:53 |
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Location:
Salton Sea |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: JCD8153.Verdin |
| © 2009 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: Gathering Nest Materials. Borrego Sink. Near Borrego Springs, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2003:03:07 9:06 |
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Location:
Borrego |
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Camera Information: Nikon SUPER COOLSCAN 4000 ED, |
File Name: A3C07a09-Verdin |
| © 2003 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: Borrego Sink. Near Borrego Springs, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2003:03:07 9:06 |
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Location:
Borrego |
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Camera Information: Nikon SUPER COOLSCAN 4000 ED, |
File Name: A3C07a17-Verdin |
| © 2003 - Jack Daynes - shadeTree Imaging |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: Borrego Sink. Near Borrego Springs, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2003:03:07 9:06 |
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Location:
Borrego |
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Camera Information: |
File Name: A3C07a21-Verdin |
| © 2003 - Jack Daynes - shadeTree Imaging |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: The Boyce-Thompson Arboretum near Superior Arizona is a well known desert oasis and a great place to meet birds. |
Date Taken: 2019:10:23 16:50 |
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Location:
Boyce-Thompson Arboretum |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/3200 |
File Name: Verdin_D5X4599-Boyce-Thompson-Arboretum |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: I watched this suburban bird gather several feathers and carry them away. Are they still building nests in October? Thatcher Arizona, in the Gila River Valley. |
Date Taken: 2019:10:21 11:08 |
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Location:
West 1st Street |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1600 |
File Name: Verdin_D5X2920-Thatcher-Arizona |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: Suburban birds in Thatcher Arizona, in the Gila River Valley. |
Date Taken: 2019:10:21 11:06 |
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Location:
West 1st Street |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: Verdin_D5X2894-Thatcher-Arizona |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: With an eye on the spider who wove this web, this suburban bird later made good its catch. Thatcher Arizona, in the Gila River Valley. |
Date Taken: 2019:10:21 11:06 |
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Location:
West 1st Street |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: Verdin_D5X2878-Thatcher-Arizona |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: Suburban birds in Thatcher Arizona, in the Gila River Valley. |
Date Taken: 2019:10:20 10:41 |
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Location:
West 1st Street |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/1000 |
File Name: Verdin_D5X1728-Thatcher-AZ |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: Birds *AND* mammals were the subject of the SDNHM study during this expedition. Though rodents occupied my primary focus, I did not neglect the common birds at this site. Pinyon Wells, Joshua Tree National Park. Riverside County, California. |
Date Taken: 2016:10:12 11:15 |
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Location:
Pinyon Wells |
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Camera Information: NIKON D7200, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2500 |
File Name: Verdin_D728128 |
| © 2016 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: Suburban birds in Thatcher Arizona, in the Gila River Valley. |
Date Taken: 2019:10:20 10:39 |
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Location:
West 1st Street |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/5000 |
File Name: Verdin_D5X1680-Thatcher-AZ |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: A study in back-lighting. I'd camped here in late September with the Science Team from the San Diego Natural History Museum gathering data as a followup study from previous studies of about 80 years prior. Mojave National Preserve in San Bernardino County, California. |
Date Taken: 2016:11:28 6:08 |
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Location:
Cottonwood Spring |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/4000 |
File Name: Verdin_D5X0382 |
| © 2016 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: Poe Road. Salton Sea. Near Westmoreland in Imperial County, California. |
Date Taken: 2014:10:21 11:01 |
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Location:
Salton Sea |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1600 |
File Name: D3X1305-Verdin |
| © 2014 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: Nest building in Henderson, Nevada outside of Las Vegas at the "Bird Viewing Preserve". |
Date Taken: 2015:05:05 12:36 |
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Location:
Bird Viewing Preserve |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: D3X9207-Verdin |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: Poe Road, Salton Sea NWR. Imperial County, Southern California. |
Date Taken: 2014:11:30 14:06 |
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Location:
Poe Road |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2500 |
File Name: D3X3326-Verdin |
| © 2014 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: Poe Road, Salton Sea NWR. Imperial County, Southern California. |
Date Taken: 2014:11:30 14:06 |
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Location:
Poe Road |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2500 |
File Name: D3X3333-Verdin |
| © 2014 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: These are birds I met at the Gilbert Water Ranch, or Riparian Preserve which is located in the middle of the Valley of the Sun, or the Greater Phoenix Metropolian area, Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2020:02:23 8:19 |
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Location:
Gilbert Water Ranch |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/8000 |
File Name: Verdin_D5X0057-GilbertArizona |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: These are birds I met at the Gilbert Water Ranch, or Riparian Preserve which is located in the middle of the Valley of the Sun, or the Greater Phoenix Metropolian area, Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2020:02:23 8:33 |
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Location:
Gilbert Water Ranch |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/3200 |
File Name: Verdin_D5X0114-GilbertArizona |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: These are birds I met at the Gilbert Water Ranch, or Riparian Preserve which is located in the middle of the Valley of the Sun, or the Greater Phoenix Metropolian area, Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2020:02:23 8:37 |
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Location:
Gilbert Water Ranch |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/6400 |
File Name: Verdin_D5X0182-GilbertArizona |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: These are birds I met at the Gilbert Water Ranch, or Riparian Preserve which is located in the middle of the Valley of the Sun, or the Greater Phoenix Metropolian area, Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2020:02:23 8:37 |
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Location:
Gilbert Water Ranch |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/4000 |
File Name: Verdin_D5X0219-GilbertArizona |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: The take-off. These are birds I met at the Gilbert Water Ranch, or Riparian Preserve which is located in the middle of the Valley of the Sun, or the Greater Phoenix Metropolian area, Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2020:02:23 8:37 |
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Location:
Gilbert Water Ranch |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/4000 |
File Name: Verdin_D5X0220-GilbertArizona |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: Verdin are common in this and many parts of Texas. Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge on the South Texas Coast. |
Date Taken: 2020:03:20 14:02 |
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Location:
Laguna Atscosa NWR |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 550 mm, f/6.3, 1/6400 |
File Name: Verdin_D506649-LagunaAtascosa |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: The Verdin is a familiar desert dweller in California and Arizona. Atascosa NWR was a short drive from my camp in Brownsville, Texas, and remained open during the COVID-19 crisis, when many other nearby birding hotspots shut down. |
Date Taken: 2020:04:20 10:55 |
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Location:
Atascosa NWR |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/2500 |
File Name: Verdin_D504655-Atascosa-NWR |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: The Verdin is a familiar desert dweller in California and Arizona. Atascosa NWR was a short drive from my camp in Brownsville, Texas, and remained open during the COVID-19 crisis, when many other nearby birding hotspots shut down. |
Date Taken: 2020:04:20 10:57 |
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Location:
Atascosa NWR |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/3200 |
File Name: Verdin_D504666-Atascosa-NWR |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: The Verdin is a familiar desert dweller in California and Arizona. Atascosa NWR was a short drive from my camp in Brownsville, Texas, and remained open during the COVID-19 crisis, when many other nearby birding hotspots shut down. |
Date Taken: 2020:04:20 10:58 |
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Location:
Atascosa NWR |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/3200 |
File Name: Verdin_D504680-Atascosa-NWR |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: The Verdin is a familiar desert dweller in California and Arizona. Atascosa NWR was a short drive from my camp in Brownsville, Texas, and remained open during the COVID-19 crisis, when many other nearby birding hotspots shut down. |
Date Taken: 2020:04:20 10:58 |
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Location:
Atascosa NWR |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/3200 |
File Name: Verdin_D504682-Atascosa-NWR |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: Verdins are a familiar bird in the Desert Southwest. I spent the early morning at the Boyce-Thompson Arboretum near Superior, Arizona. The day was sunny and the birds were friendly. |
Date Taken: 2020:05:26 8:44 |
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Location:
Boyce-Thompson Arboretum |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: Verdin_D5X4837-Boyce-Thompson |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: There are few places in the desert Southwest where one can't find a family of Verdin nearby. I met them on my final push home from Texas in 2020 and passed through Brawley, California where I paid a visit to Cattle Call Park. |
Date Taken: 2020:05:28 11:49 |
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Location:
Cattle Call Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: Verdin_D5X6586-CattleCall-Brawley |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: There are few places in the desert Southwest where one can't find a family of Verdin nearby. I met them on my final push home from Texas in 2020 and passed through Brawley, California where I paid a visit to Cattle Call Park. |
Date Taken: 2020:05:28 11:49 |
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Location:
Cattle Call Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: Verdin_D5X6594-CattleCall-Brawley |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: Planet Ranch bosque on the eastern side of Bill Williams NWR in Arizona. North of Parker, Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2014:11:25 14:28 |
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Location:
Planet Ranch |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: D3X2352-Verdin |
| © 2014 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: With an eye on the spider who wove this web, this suburban bird made good its catch. Thatcher Arizona, in the Gila River Valley. |
Date Taken: 2019:10:21 11:06 |
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Location:
West 1st Street |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: Verdin_D5X2881-Thatcher-Arizona |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: Suburban birds in Thatcher Arizona, in the Gila River Valley. |
Date Taken: 2019:10:21 11:01 |
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Location:
West 1st Street |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: Verdin_D5X2750-Thatcher-Arizona |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: I spent an early mid-November morning at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum near Superior Arizona, where I found a sap tree made by a Red-Naped Sapsucker. Several other species were reaping the benefits of this food source. |
Date Taken: 2020:11:16 11:20 |
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Location:
Boyce-Thompson Arboretum |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: Verdin_D5X1366-BoyceThompson |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: I spent an early mid-November morning at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum near Superior Arizona, where I met several of the 'usual suspects', such as this bird. |
Date Taken: 2020:11:16 11:10 |
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Location:
Boyce-Thompson Arboretum |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: Verdin_D5X1316-BoyceThompson |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: I spent an early mid-November morning at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum near Superior Arizona, where I found a sap tree made by a Red-Naped Sapsucker. Several other species were reaping the benefits of this food source. |
Date Taken: 2020:11:16 11:07 |
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Location:
Boyce-Thompson Arboretum |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: Verdin_D5X1283-BoyceThompson |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: I spent an early mid-November morning at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum near Superior Arizona, where I met several of the 'usual suspects', such as this bird. |
Date Taken: 2020:11:16 10:25 |
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Location:
Boyce-Thompson Arboretum |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: Verdin_D5X0743-BoyceThompson |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: This desert-loving bird came in to satisfy his curiosity, rather than his thirst. The morning after I arrived, the birds found a temporary watering hole at Pine Springs Camp. The event at Guadalupe National Park was a memorable one for me. |
Date Taken: 2020:12:28 9:33 |
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Location:
Pine Springs |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/800 |
File Name: Verdin_D5X4425-GuadalupeMountain-TX |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: These tiny desert lovers seemed to prefer the perimeter of the camp. Cottonwood Camp is a primitive site eight miles from the end of the road at Santa Elena Canyon. I was lucky to book a night's stay and enjoy one of the birdiest sites in Big Bend National Park. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:03 11:05 |
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Location:
Cottonwood Camp |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: Verdin_D5X7647-CottonwoodCamp |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: Verdin range widely in the desert southwest, even in the harshest of habitats. Dug Out Wells is located between Panther Junction in the north and Rio Grande Village to the south. Originally established as a rest area for weary desert travelers in the early 1900s, the water now serves birds and wildlife. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:06 9:36 |
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Location:
Dug Out Wells |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/4000 |
File Name: Verdin_D5X8376-DugOutWells-BigBend |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: Verdins are at home in all the areas of the USA that border Mexico. Less than two miles south of the small town of Quemado Texas is a roadside rest stop, or picnic area, as Texas calls them, where I had a couple of first meetings with bird species in March 2020 on my way to Brownsville Texas. My winter visit in January 2021 had some nice surprises for me as well. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:11 12:18 |
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Location:
Roadside Stop |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/8000 |
File Name: Verdin_D5X0234-Quemado-TX |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: Verdins are at home in all the areas of the USA that border Mexico. Less than two miles south of the small town of Quemado Texas is a roadside rest stop, or picnic area, as Texas calls them, where I had a couple of first meetings with bird species in March 2020 on my way to Brownsville Texas. My winter visit in January 2021 had some nice surprises for me as well. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:11 12:04 |
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Location:
Roadside Stop |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/4000 |
File Name: Verdin_D5X9978-Quemado-TX |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: Verdin range widely in the desert southwest, even in the harshest of habitats. Dug Out Wells is located between Panther Junction in the north and Rio Grande Village to the south. Originally established as a rest area for weary desert travelers in the early 1900s, the water now serves birds and wildlife. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:06 9:36 |
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Location:
Dug Out Wells |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/4000 |
File Name: Verdin_D5X8378-DugOutWells-BigBend |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: Verdin are present year-round at the preserve. It was a lovely day at the Gilbert Water Ranch. The weather was mild, and the winds were calm. Gilbert is in the Greater Phoenix area of Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2020:11:11 16:04 |
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Location:
Gilbert Water Ranch |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: Verdin_D5X0095-GilbertWaterRanch |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: Birds *AND* mammals were the subject of the SDNHM study during this expedition. Though rodents occupied my primary focus, I did not neglect the common birds at this site. Pinyon Wells, Joshua Tree National Park. Riverside County, California. |
Date Taken: 2016:10:12 11:15 |
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Location:
Pinyon Wells |
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Camera Information: NIKON D7200, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/5000 |
File Name: Verdin_D728125 |
| © 2016 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
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