Whitewater Draw is not only about cranes. The very first bird is a Great Horned Owl (Amerikaanse Oehoe), roosting in the covered lunch area. The Dutch bird picture site birdpix has a picture of this same bird in the same location from last year! There are many ducks in the area. Nothern Pintails, Shovelers and…

Sandhill Cranes (Canadese kraanvogels) winter in the southern part of the US in very large groups near water. One of these wintering areas is Whitewater Draw in the Southeastern part of Arizona, about 2 hours drive from Tucson. Whitewater Draw is a nature preserve around a lake, set aside mostly to protect the Sandhill Cranes.…

The light today is beautiful. In Tucson they call it cloudy, in the Netherlands we would say it is a sunny day with some thin high clouds. The net result is enough light, and enough dimming from the clouds to get some contrast in the pictures. This light gave me finally the perfect picture from…

After the Catalina Park I went back to Sweetwater Wetlands, always a sure place to get some good pictures. As I am doing my best on Cinnamon Teals, an old lady asks me: did you see the Heron with the big frog? A black-crowned night heron managed to catch a big frog, but had hard…

After a day with a guide I am on my own again. The first destination is Catalina Park, a park at the foot of the Catalina Mountains / Mount Lemmon on the north side of Tucson. But as a I leave the hotel property an American Kestrel (Amerikaanse torenvalk) is posing, so I need to…