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The Elegant trogon (Trogon elegans). In the US it breeds and some will winter in the mountains of SE Arizona. Its range extends into Mexico and Central America.	It was previously named the Coppery-tailed trogon but elegant certainly fits too. In this photo the male is trying to entice a female to accept the cavity in a Sycamore tree as a nest site.	This male is establishing a territory by calling, defending it from other males. It has a variety of calls, some sounding like a wild turkey with a sore throat.
Male Hooded merganser Tucson, AZ	Male Hooded merganserMale	Male Hooded merganser
	Adult female Cooper's hawk (Accipiter cooperii)

Harris's hawks (Parabuteo unicinctus) have a social structure unique among N. A. raptors. They often hunt, nest, and raise young cooperatively.	Once prey is killed the group feeds. "Mantling" or trying to hide the prey under their wings.	Even when alone on a kill, like this quail, hawks will mantle.
A single male perches on a branch of a Saguaro cactus.	A group starts the hunt from a perch on a Saguaro.	A single Harris' hawk checks out a Cactus wren's nest for "contents."
Loggerhead shrike,AKA "Butcher bird" with quail chick impaled on thorns.	Immature Burrowing owl takes a look at a topsy-turvey world .	Family of Burrowing owls in more conventional positions.
Vermilion flycatcher on cattail leaf.	Pair of Scaled quail in SE Arizona	Sora rail
Scaled quail perched on cholla cactus "skeleton."	White-winged dove and Gila woodpecker contest feeding site atop a Saguaro cactus	A juvenile Cooper's hawk
Loggerhead shrike nestlings	Loggerhead shrike, Tucson, AZ	Loggerhead shrike, Tucson, AZ
Juvenile Cooper's hawk.	Laysan albatross in Aleutian Islands	Common roadrunner with grasshopper
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