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Tommy J. DeBardeleben

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)

I photographed this vocal Blue-gray Gnatcatcher at the Rio Salado Habitat Project near downtown Phoenix.  Gnatcatcher species can look very similiar, and the Blue-gray can be told apart from the Black-tailed by its much whiter undertail (see picture below).

The Best of the Year

My latest favorites.

 

Birding in Maricopa County

An online guide to the birds and hotspots of Maricopa County, Arizona.

 

The Maricopa County Big Year

My quest to see as many birds as possible in Maricopa County during one calender year..