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 Vulture*
Blue Jay
Blue-Winged Teal
Bobwhite
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-Breasted 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 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
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
Bald Eagle - Haliaeetus leucocephalus - also known as Le pygargue à tête blanche (French), aigle à tête blanche (French), Amerikaanse zeearend (Dutch), Weißkopf-Seeadler (German), and Pigargo Americano (Spanish).
Photo taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XT / 350D and a Sigma 175-500mm Lens on February 28, 2010 near Maysville, Iowa.
Bald Eagle - Haliaeetus leucocephalus - also known as Le pygargue à tête blanche (French), aigle à tête blanche (French), Amerikaanse zeearend (Dutch), Weißkopf-Seeadler (German), and Pigargo Americano (Spanish).
Photo taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XT / 350D and a Sigma 175-500mm Lens on February 28, 2010 near Maysville, Iowa.
Bald Eagle - Haliaeetus leucocephalus - also known as Le pygargue à tête blanche (French), aigle à tête blanche (French), Amerikaanse zeearend (Dutch), Weißkopf-Seeadler (German), and Pigargo Americano (Spanish).
Photo taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XT / 350D and a Sigma 175-500mm Lens on February 28, 2010 near Maysville, Iowa.
American Kestrel - Falco sparverius - also known as sparrow hawk (English), Crécerelle d’Amérique (French), Amerikaanse torenvalk (Dutch), Buntfalke (German), Gheppio americano (Italian), and Cernícalo Americano (Spanish).
Photo taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XT / 350D and a Sigma 175-500mm Lens on February 28, 2010 near Maysville, Iowa.
American Kestrel - Falco sparverius - also known as Crécerelle d’Amérique (French), Amerikaanse torenvalk (Dutch), Buntfalke (German), Gheppio americano (Italian), and Cernícalo Americano (Spanish).
Still snowing in Iowa. Still waiting for a good, clear day to test the new lens.
Photos taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XT / 350D and a Sigma 175-500mm Lens on February 24, 2010 in Davenport, Iowa.
Nothing says clean like “cow pie.”
Near Joslin, Illinois.
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 XT / 350D and a Sigma 500mm Lens on January 10, 2010 in Davenport, Iowa.
Bald Eagle - Haliaeetus leucocephalus - also known as Le pygargue à tête blanche (French), aigle à tête blanche (French), Amerikaanse zeearend (Dutch), Weißkopf-Seeadler (German), and Pigargo Americano (Spanish).
Photo taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XT / 350D and a Sigma 175-500mm Lens on January 10, 2010 at Lock and Dam 15 in Davenport, Iowa.
Bald Eagle - Haliaeetus leucocephalus - also known as Le pygargue à tête blanche (French), aigle à tête blanche (French), Amerikaanse zeearend (Dutch), Weißkopf-Seeadler (German), and Pigargo Americano (Spanish).
Photo taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XT / 350D and a Sigma 175-500mm Lens on January 10, 2010 at Lock and Dam 15 in Davenport, Iowa.
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).
I am always amazed at how they can simply float in the water in such cold temperatures. It was well below the freezing point, but the roller dam kept the water flowing. The ducks did not seem to mind at all.
Photo taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XT / 350D and a Sigma 500mm Lens on January 10, 2010 in Davenport, Iowa.
Prince Baskettail - Epitheca princeps.
I had just posted this on Flickr in hopes of finding an ID, and two people were able to help me out - so it gets posted, despite the not-so-sharp image!
Photo taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XT / 350D and a Sigma 70-300mm Lens on July 5, 2008 in Oak Run (Dahinda), Illinois.
Caribbean Sea - also known as Karibische Meer (German), mar Caribe (Spanish), mer des Caraïbes (French), mer des Antilles (French), mare Caraibico (Italian), mar dei Caraibi (Italian), Caraïbische Zee (Dutch), Karibiska havet (Swedish), Karibiska sjön (Swedish), Karayip Denizi (Turkish).
Photo taken January 24, 2010 in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (Republica Dominicana).
American Flamingo - Phoenicopterus ruber - also known as Pink Flamingo, Caribbean Flamingo, Kuba-Flamingo (German), flamenco del caribe (Spanish), Flamant des Caraïbes (French), Flamant de Cuba (French), Flamant rouge (French), Fenicottero rosa (Italian), rode flamingo (Dutch), Amerikaanse flamingo (Dutch), Karibisk flamingo (Swedish), kubaflamingo (Swedish), rosenflamingo (Swedish).
Photos taken with the HP Photosmart on January 25, 2010 in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
Palm Tree - from the Arecaceae or Palmae Family of plants.
Photos taken with the HP Photosmart on January 26, 2010 in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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