Denver Audubon

Doesn't seeing this bright yellow Birdy make you so very happy? 💛⭐️

We're so lucky to have these breeding visitors here from South America. Their vibrancy and long, migratory journeys can help us connect to the awe, wonder, and miracle of this wild life!

Imagine: This tiny orb of sunshine traveling thousands and thousands of miles from their overwintering grounds to be here, flitting through the same trees we are shaded by.

Yellow Warblers are not only buoyant in color, but they are inspiringly vocal. These two qualities of theirs, along with their resilient and tenacious travels, have had many cultures embrace them as symbols of joy, optimism, faith, and the invitation to free your voice and creativity!

What do you feel when you see a Yellow Warbler?

Killdeers are a species of Plover and, more specifically, are members of the "ringed plover" group. Of this group, they are the largest in North America and are distinguished by the two black bands across their chest! Other ringed Plovers, such as the Semipalmated Plover, only have one ⭐️

"I dip, you dip, we dip!" Yesterday, we witnessed these two adorable American Dippers chasing each other along South Platte! They flitted from muddy shoreline, to rock, to branches, weaving their cuteness through the waters 🌊

While most songbirds have hollow bones to aid in levity and flight, American Dippers actually have solid bones with no air pockets. The increased bone density allows them to walk and hunt along the river bottom!

Tag who you'd sit on a branch and catch flies with 👯👯‍♀️👯‍♂️♊️

Western Kingbirds are strict insectivores! Tyrant flycatchers, these vibrant Birds are often seen hunting by sitting on a branch, pole, or some other vantage point, and flying out to catch bugs in mid-air!

Thank you to for these gorgeous photos!!

Turns out the glow up happens in your Birding era 💁‍♀️💁💁‍♂️

This is all in good fun of course 😆 While Birding may not directly relate to hotness (and there's way more important things than that anyway), it does enhance our wellbeing!

Spending time in nature and with Birdsong is known to reduce stress and anxiety, uplift the mood, regulate circadian rhythms, and attune us to joy, wonder, awe, and curiosity, which are all generative emotions 💛 Noticing Birds also reconnects us with the feeling of being part of something, a vital feeling in expanding compassion and collaboration.

It's not about how we look, but where and to who are we looking, what is the quality of our noticing, where are we directing the life force of our attention. How does our orientation to life inform not how we look, but how we show up for ourselves, each other, and our ecosystems 💜🪶

The Great Blue Heron is the largest species of Heron in North America, standing at about 4 feet tall and boasting a wingspan of approximately 6 feet! While tall, large, and lanky, these ancient looking Birds weigh only 5-6 pounds, due in large part to their pneumatic, or hollow, bones.

Often, these Birds with a Dark Crystal essence can be seen lurking along the shores of marshes and rivers, but sometimes, if you're lucky, you might witness them in flight! With a speed of up to 30 miles per hour, they glide across the vast, timeless sky like a Pterodactyl, like the modern dinosaurs that they are 💙

She's an icon 🤩

Have you ever noticed the iridescent purple stripe on Mallards? Often hidden when at rest, this speculum is uncovered and can be witnessed when preening or in flight!! 💜

Another interesting fact? The quintessential "quack" sound we think of when we think of Mallards is made solely by the females!!

You won't always be judged by a Northern House Wren.. but sometimes... sometimes you will be 👩‍⚖️😒

Wilson's Warblers are one of the smallest species of Warblers, weighing just 5 to 10 grams!! 🪙

They can be seen in Colorado during late spring and early summer and are often observed flitting through thickets near water sources 💛 Have you seen one of these cuties?

Thank you to .wildwildlife for tagging us in this wonderful photo!