In the animal and bird kingdom, there are no fancy restaurants, beauty shops or other pleasures that we have in our world. Although we do have a plethora of “salons” for our pets. Nature does provide the necessities for our wild friends in other ways. In most cases, the females are graced with more subdued colors and trimmings than the males as it is their responsibility to keep the young safe and the more they blend in with the environment, the better. In the birding world it is common in raptors for the female to be the largest, perhaps as much as 30% or more. This is called reverse sexual dimorphism, and there are many theories about why this is so, but no one really knows for sure. Otherwise, most species bird or animal follow with the male being the larger and ofttimes the most colorful of each species.
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Image one (At the top of this page): A very large female adult bald eagle in flight in the Page Springs area. They weigh between six and 15 pounds with wingspans up to nearly eight feet. Image two: A female Great-tailed Grackle. The male of the species is an iridescent black.
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Image three: This is Katie, my American Shorthair black cat. She can be found almost anywhere in our home enjoying all the luxury she can.
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Image four: This is a female Belted Kingfisher that I photographed in Page Springs. The female has a large rust colored belt of feathers across the abdomen while the male does not.
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Image five: A favorite of mine with a young burro foal nuzzling up to mom. There are hundreds of these wild burros in Arizona, and anytime you are in the vicinity of Lake Pleasant you will likely see them.
