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
House Wren - Troglodytes aedon - also known as Troglodyte familier (French), Chivir�n saltapared (Spanish), Hauszaunkönig (German), huiswinterkoning (Dutch), Домо́вый крапивник (Russian).
Still cleaning out the digital library…
One of the birds that is actually increasing across its range! Unfortunately, the little guy has the bad habit of piercing the eggs of other birds :(
I usually identify the little House Wren by his song, which is pretty unique. As for little brown birds, you can also pick him out by the little pattern on his wings.
House Wrens spend the summer throughout the contiguous US and southern Canada, and the winter in Mexico.
Taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XT / 350D and a Sigma 70-300mm Lens. Top two photos taken on April 29, 2007, at Scott County Park in Davenport, Iowa, and the bottom picture on July 4, 2007, in Dahinda (Oak Run), Illinois.
The power of blogs: I find it easier to identify birds from blogs than from my books. I hope to see this bird one day here. It’s a cutie (with a nasty habit!).
December 27th, 2007 at 8:51 pm
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sandy Says:
I always enjoying seeing your bird pics, plus I learn things I didn’t know. Have a great new year.
sandy
Andree - I also use blogs and forums as much as I use the bird guides. The guides help me get a start so I at least know a few birds I need to search for, but the blogs and forums are the ones that help me really learn.
January 7th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
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The power of blogs: I find it easier to identify birds from blogs than from my books. I hope to see this bird one day here. It’s a cutie (with a nasty habit!).
December 27th, 2007 at 8:51 pmI always enjoying seeing your bird pics, plus I learn things I didn’t know. Have a great new year.
December 28th, 2007 at 1:51 pmsandy
Wonderful shot of this House Wren!! Looks like the one with it singing!
December 28th, 2007 at 10:44 pmThanks for the comments!
Andree - I also use blogs and forums as much as I use the bird guides. The guides help me get a start so I at least know a few birds I need to search for, but the blogs and forums are the ones that help me really learn.
January 7th, 2008 at 11:08 pm