Categorized by genus/species, placed chronologically by common name
American Coot
American Crow
American Flamingo*
American Goldfinch
American Kestrel
American Robin
American Tree Sparrow
American White Pelican
Bald Eagle
Baltimore Oriole
Barn Swallow
Belted Kingfisher
Black-Capped Chickadee
Black-Headed Gull*
Black Vulture*
Blue Jay
Blue-Winged Teal
Bobwhite
Broad-Winged Hawk
Brown Creeper
Brown-Headed Cowbird
Brown Thrasher
Bufflehead
Canada Goose
Canvasback
Cedar Waxwing
Chipping Sparrow
Common Grackle
Common Goldeneye
Common Redpoll
Cooper's Hawk
Dark-Eyed Junco
Double-Crested Cormorant
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Bluebird
Eastern Goldfinch - See American Goldfinch
Eastern Kingbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Towhee
Eurasian Coot*
European Starling
Fox Sparrow
Golden-Crowned Kinglet
Gray Catbird
Graylag Goose
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Greater Flamingo*
Hairy Woodpecker
Harlequin Duck
Hermit Thrush
Herring Gull
Horned Lark
House Finch
House Sparrow
House Wren
Indigo Bunting
Killdeer
Lesser Scaup
Lincoln's Sparrow
Mallard (Domestic)
Mallard (Wild)
Mourning Dove
Northern Cardinal
Northern Flicker
Northern Rough-Winged Swallow
Northern Shoveler
Orange-Crowned Warbler
Palm Warbler
Red-Bellied Woodpecker
Red-Breasted Nuthatch
Red-Headed Woodpecker
Red-Tailed Hawk
Red-Winged Blackbird
Ring-Billed Gull
Ring-Necked Duck
Rock Pigeon
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
Scarlet Tanager
Solitary Sandpiper
Song Sparrow
Spotted Sandpiper
Swamp Sparrow
Tufted Duck*
Tufted Titmouse
Turkey Vulture
White-Breasted Nuthatch
White-Crowned Sparrow
White-Throated Sparrow
Wild Turkey
Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker
Yellow-Rumped Warbler
Categorized by family, placed chronologically by common name
Ants (Formicidae)
Bee Flies (Bombyliidae)
Blow Flies (Calliphoridae)
Brown Lacewings (Hemerobiidae)
Carrion Beetles (Silphidae)
Cellar Spiders (Pholcidae)
Centipedes, House (Scutigeridae)
Cicadas (Cicadidae)
Common Sawflies (Tenthredinidae)
Crane Flies (Tipulidae)
Emeralds (Corduliidae)
Fireflies (Lampyridae)
Flower Flies - See Syrphid Flies
Funnel-Web Spiders (Agelenidae)
Honey Bees - See Bumble Bees, etc.
Hornets - See Yellowjackets, etc.
Hover Flies - See Syrphid Flies
Ichneumon Wasps (Ichneumonidae)
Jumping Spiders (Salticidae)
Katydids (Tettigoniidae)
Ladybird Beetles (Coccinellidae)
Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae)
Leaffooted Bugs (Coreidae)
Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae)
Lightning Bugs - See Fireflies
Longhorned Beetles (Cerambycidae)
Mantid Flies (Mantispidae)
Mantids (Mantidae)
Minettia Flies (Minettia)
Narrow-Winged Damselflies (Coenagrionidae)
New York Weevils (Ithyceridae)
Orb-Weavers (Araneidae)
Paper Wasps - See Yellowjackets, etc.
Picture-Winged Flies (Ulidiidae)
Plant Bugs (Miridae)
Robber Flies (Asilidae)
Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae)
Scentless Plant Bugs (Rhopalidae)
Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae)
Signal Flies (Platystomatidae)
Soldier Beetles (Cantharidae)
Soldier Flies (Stratiomyidae)
Spittlebugs (Cercopidae)
Stink Bugs (Pentatomidae)
Swallowtails (Papilionidae)
Sweat Bees (Halictidae)
Syrphid Flies (Syrphidae)
Tiger Moths (Arctiidae)
Tiphiid Wasps (Tiphiidae)
Yellowjackets, etc. (Vespidae)
American Beaver
Common Raccoon
Eastern Chipmunk
Eastern Cottontail
Eastern Fox Squirrel
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Groundhog - See Woodchuck
Ground Squirrel - See Eastern Chipmunk
Red Fox
Striped Skunk
Virginia Opossum
White-Tailed Deer
Woodchuck
Brown-Eyed Susan
Buttonbush
Clematis
Crown Vetch
Dandelion
Day Lily
Field Marigold
Larkspur
Mountain Blue
Palm Tree*
Purple Coneflower
Rose
Sedum
Spider Lily - See Spiderwort
Spiderwort
Stinkhorn
Sweet Alyssum
Tulip
Whorled Tickseed
Wild Pansy
Yarrow
American Toad
Common Garter Snake
Eastern Box Turtle*
Green Frog
Long-Tailed Salamander*
Northern Fence Lizard*
Painted Turtle
Crayfish
Events
Farm Implements
Landscapes / Rivers
Miscellaneous
Planes / Trains / Autos / Boats
Rainbows / Clouds / Sky Formations
Signs, Billboards, etc.
Structures / Buildings
Sun and Moon
Weather
Tufted Duck- Aythya fuligula - also known as Die Reiherente (German), El porrón moñudo (Spanish), Le fuligule morillon (French), La Moretta (Italian), and Vigg (Swedish).
Not native to Iowa, and only a rare, winter visitor to parts of North America. Top picture depicts the female in the middle, flanked by males.
Photo taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XT and a Sigma 150-500mm Lens on April 5, 2012, in Malmö, Sweden (Västra Hamnen).
Black-Headed Gull- Chroicocephalus ridibundus - also known as Die Lachmöwe (German), La gaviota reidora (Spanish), La Mouette rieuse (French), Il gabbiano comune (Italian), and Skrattmås (Swedish).
Not native to Iowa, and only a rare visitor to parts of North America.
Photo taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XT and a Sigma 150-500mm Lens on April 3, 201, in Malmö, Sweden (Västra Hamnen).
Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos - also known as the Canard colvert (French), maillard (French), ainette (French), enette (French), Wilde Eend (Dutch), Stockente (German), Germano reale (Italian), Anade real (Spanish), Gräsand (Swedish), Kryakva (Russian).
Photo taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XSi and a Sigma 150-500mm Lens on May 30, 2011, in Davenport, Iowa.
Margined Leatherwing - Chauliognathus marginatus - also known as a Soldier Beetle, Goldenrod Soldier Beetle, or Leather-Winged Beetle (although it has been said thats the term “Goldenrod” is not correct as this beetle emerges before the Goldenrod blooms). Similar to Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus, but has a dark band on back of pronotum and not an irregular spot.
Photo taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XT and a Canon EFS 60mm macro lens on June 19, 2011 in Davenport, Iowa.
Small Carpenter Bee - Ceratina Subgenus Zadontomerus.
Photo taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XT and a Canon EFS 60mm macro lens on June 19, 2011 in Davenport, Iowa.
Spined Soldier Bug - Podisus masculiventris - in the Stink Bug family (Pentatomidae), subfamily of Predatory Stink Bugs (Asopinae).
Photo taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XT and a Canon EFS 60mm macro lens on June 19, 2011 in Davenport, Iowa.
Margined Leatherwing - Chauliognathus marginatus - also known as a Soldier Beetle, Goldenrod Soldier Beetle, or Leather-Winged Beetle (although it has been said thats the term “Goldenrod” is not correct as this beetle emerges before the Goldenrod blooms). Similar to Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus, but has a dark band on back of pronotum and not an irregular spot.
Photo taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XT and a Canon EFS 60mm macro lens on June 19, 2011 in Davenport, Iowa.
Double-Crested Cormorant - Phalacrocorax auritus -also known as Le Cormoran à aigrettes (French), Die Ohrenscharbe (German), El cormorán orejudo (Spanish), and De Amerikaanse aalscholver (Dutch).
Photos taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XSi and a Sigma 150-500mm Lens on May 27, 2011, in Davenport, Iowa.
Iceberg Rose that has come up raspberry color. Doubtful it’s a sport, since this is the second time in the last few years. Most of the bush is raspberry, as well.
Photo taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XT and a Canon EFS 60mm macro lens on June 5, 2011 in Davenport, Iowa.
Double-Crested Cormorant - Phalacrocorax auritus -also known as Le Cormoran à aigrettes (French), Die Ohrenscharbe (German), El cormorán orejudo (Spanish), and De Amerikaanse aalscholver (Dutch).
Photos taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XSi and a Sigma 150-500mm Lens in late May 2011, in Davenport, Iowa.
Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus - also known as Killdeer Plover (English), Pluvier kildir (French), Killdeerplevier (Dutch), Keilschwanz-Regenpfeifer (German), Corriere vocifero (Italian), Chorlitejo Culirrojo (Spanish).
Photos taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XSi and a Sigma 150-500mm Lens on May 7, 2011, in Davenport, Iowa.
Gray Catbird - Dumetella carolinensis - also known as Le moqueur chat (French), Katvogel (Dutch), Katzenvogel (German), Uccello gatto (Italian), Pájaro Gato (Spanish), Kattfågel (Swedish).
Photos taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XSi and a Sigma 150-500mm Lens on June 4, 2011, in Davenport, Iowa.
Tranverse Flower Fly - Eristalis transversa - in the Family “Syrphid Flies” (Syrphidae).
Photo taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XT and a Canon EFS 60mm macro lens on June 19, 2011 in Davenport, Iowa.
Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia - also known as Bruant chanteur (French), Zanggors (Dutch), Singammer (German), Passero cantore (Italian), and Chingolo Melodioso (Spanish).
Photos taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XSi and a Sigma 150-500mm Lens on May 30, 2011, in Davenport, Iowa.
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