Every bird watcher and nature observer has his or her "lists." Here are mine for Birds, Insects, Mammals, Plants, Reptiles, and Crustaceans, complete with pull down menus.
BIRDS
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
INSECTS, ARACHNIDS, MYRIAPODS & GASTROPODS
Categorized by family, placed chronologically by common name
Because none of these photos are models of clarity, but because all certainly count towards my observation list, I thought I’d lump them together into a single post.
Palm Warbler - Dendroica palmarum - also known as Paruline à couronne rousse (French), Palmzanger (Dutch), Palmenwaldsänger (German), Dendroica delle palme (Italian), Reinita Palmera (Spanish).
The top shot is your “typical” Palm Warbler shot with rufous / reddish cap. The bottom photo is probably a juvenile (no rufous cap). Palm Warblers spend their summers in Canada and their winters on the Gulf Coast and in the Caribbean. They pass through Iowa on migration only. Both shots were basically one-and-done’s. The warblers barely stopped long enough to grab a single shot and then flew off.
Both photos were taken near water, the top near a city pond and the bottom in some tall grass on the banks of the Mississippi River. Palm Warblers are usually found near water.
Both photos taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XT / 350D and a Sigma 70-300mm Lens in Davenport, Iowa. The top photo was taken May 2, 2007 and the bottom October 10, 2007.
I’ve seen this guy twice, once in my backyard for about three seconds (top photo), and the second one off the side of the road near a corn field while driving home from work. The Eastern Phoebe is found in Iowa during the summer months only.
Both photos taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XT / 350D and a Sigma 70-300mm Lens in Davenport, Iowa. The top photo was taken September 17, 2007 and the bottom photo on October 11, 2007.
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I love the picture of the Eastern Phoebe on the fence!
November 1st, 2007 at 12:06 pmThanks! He showed up right in my backyard…
November 1st, 2007 at 12:12 pm