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 Quick Index Featured Artist, January, 2002 at www.dappersdigitals.com, which apparently no longer exists. This page includes LOTS of hummingbirds! There are eight species of hummingbirds in the Sonoran Desert. This page currently features photographs of several of them. I have photographed six of the eight species. This page also includes photos of other Sonoran Desert birds, and of birds from other parts of the world. The eight species of hummingbirds of the Sonoran Desert frequent the deep-throated flowers of the Sonoran Desert, including Trumpet Vine (Tecoma stans) and Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens). I have photos of these species in my plant section. The hummingbird in flight in my fourth gallery is sipping from a Slipper Flower. This plant is poisonous, but the nectar is very tasty! There is a description of the Ocotillo in my science notes section. It also has tasty nectar, which can be sucked from the flowers in the same manner as the nectar of the Honeysuckle. In gallery one, there is a photo of a Gambel's Quail. These beautiful birds nest on the ground. They make a soft chuckering noise to their young, and their mating cry is lovely. We often see a pair of parents followed by a large number of babies, up to 25. Soon to come: a series of photos of young mourning doves. The mother decided to take up residence in our chicken aviary, and she has raised two broods so far, and yesterday, she had another egg. She has been raising two at a time. Update: altogether she hatched out two more broods of two. All survived and have been released. The following species of hummingbirds appear in these photographs. The English, Spanish, and zoological names
are given. Links are to external sources of information. The photos of hummingbirds are mixed in with all the other bird photos because I felt like doing it that way. :) They are easy to find because each thumbnail of a hummingbird has a tag that identifies it (many of the other thumbnails do as well). There is at least one hummingbird photo in each gallery EXCEPT galleries 15, 16, 19, 20, 23, 25, and 30. This page also includes a couple of photographs of my pet peacock, Noisy. There are portraits in Galleries 4, 14, 17, and 20. The other photos include some of the usual blue peacocks of India, and the rarer white peacocks. I have kept peacocks for a number of years. I absolutely love the way they look, their aloof manner, and their call. I tried breeding peacocks with no success, alas! I tried both hatching their eggs in an incubator, and also allowing the mother to set. Unfortunately, our climate seems to destroy peacock eggs with heat before they are able to hatch, at least on my property. Although people here do raise peacoocks, I don't have any idea how they do it. More species of birds are listed below. Please note: right-clicking on thumbnails does NOT work. Left-clicking automatically opens a new window. The thumbnails stay loaded on your browser for quick response. Clicking on either the corner x or the up arrow automatically closes the extra window. Your browser must be javascript enabled for you to view the large photos. All original art on this web site is copyright © 1999-2005 by the artist. Quick Index  Main photos pageAlabamaArizonaAnimals and WildlifeChinaClouds and SunsetsCreative PhotosEaster Sunday in Arizona, 1999HumorInsectsLandscapesMalaysia & SingaporeNatureNight ScenesPlantsRocks & ShellsWater & WoodWebrings and banner linksEmail and Credits TopBirds |
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Sonoran Desert species (more coming soon) English - Spanish - zoological names. Links are to external sources of
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