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My Observation Lists

Every bird watcher and nature observer has his or her "lists." Here are mine, complete with pull down menus.

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BIRDS

American Coot

Floating Crash Landing

American Crow

In Flight Call (AUDIO) Perched

American Goldfinch

Male Singing (AUDIO) Male / Breeding Plumage Male / Non-Breeding Plumage Female / Breeding Plumage Male Drinking Six Different Ones

American Kestrel

Multiple Views Perched Floating

American Robin

Profile Song (AUDIO) Juvenile Partially Albino Mother/Juvenile (VIDEO)

American Tree Sparrow

In Brush

American White Pelican

Multiple Views

Bald Eagle

Adult and 2nd Year Juvenile Catching Fish Flying with Fish 2nd Year Juvenile In Flight 16 Silhouettes Juvenile Overhead Adult on Ice Adult Perched

Barn Swallow

Squawking Call (AUDIO) Yawn? (VIDEO)

Belted Kingfisher

Perched

Black-Capped Chickadee

Perched

Black Vulture*

Frontal

Blue Jay

In Tree

Blue-Winged Teal

Bobwhite

Brown-Headed Cowbird

Both Sexes Juvenile (VIDEO)

Brown Thrasher

Perched

Bufflehead

Both Sexes Males

Canada Goose

Multiple Photos Goslings

Canvasback

Group of Males Large Group

Cedar Waxwing

Perched

Chipping Sparrow

Perched

Common Grackle

Perched Foraging (VIDEO)

Common Goldeneye

Male (Juvenile) Male (Breeding)

Common Redpoll

Both Sexes

Cooper's Hawk

Juvenile in Flight

Dark-Eyed Junco

Frontal View Waiting

Downy Woodpecker

Clinging Foraging Pecking (VIDEO)

Eastern Bluebird

Male Perched

Eastern Goldfinch - See American Goldfinch

Eastern Kingbird

Perched

Eastern Meadowlark

Close Up Perched Call (AUDIO)

Eastern Phoebe

Perched

Eastern Towhee

Both sexes

Eurasian Coot*

European Starling

Perched Multi-Colored On Stop Light Juvenile (VIDEO)

Fox Sparrow

In Brush

Gray Catbird

Perched

Graylag Goose

Walking Close Up

Great Blue Heron

Standing

Great Egret

Wading

Hairy Woodpecker

Clinging

Harlequin Duck

Swimming

Hermit Thrush

Foraging

Herring Gull

1st Winter and Adult 2nd Winter 3rd Winter Flying with Fish

Horned Lark

On Gravel Road

House Finch

Male Perched Both Sexes Female Walking (VIDEO)

House Sparrow

Male Perched Female Perched Male Nesting Waiting

House Wren

Perched

Indigo Bunting

Juvenile

Killdeer

Wading In Flight Running (VIDEO)

Lesser Scaup

Both Sexes Males Large Group

Lincoln's Sparrow

Melospiza Sparrows

Mallard (Domestic)

Pekin Duck

Mallard (Wild)

Male and Dark-Billed Female Male and Female (breeding) Dark Head Flying

Mourning Dove

Perched Silhouetted

Northern Cardinal

Female Perched Male Singing Male Sunning Song (AUDIO) One-Eyed Female Juvenile

Northern Flicker

Both Sexes (Yellow Shaft) Male Front (Yellow Shaft)

Northern Rough-Winged Swallow

In Flight Close Up

Northern Shoveler

Both Sexes

Orange-Crowned Warbler

Multiple Views

Palm Warbler

Perched

Red-Bellied Woodpecker

In Flight Female Male Eating

Red-Breasted Nuthatch

Red-Headed Woodpecker

Red-Tailed Hawk

Front and Back Juvenile In Flight

Red-Winged Blackbird

Female Male Male Sqwauking Male Call (AUDIO)

Ring-Billed Gull

In Flight In Flight 2 1st Winter and Adult In Flight 3 1st Winter in Flight Adult Posing In Flight 4

Ring-Necked Duck

Large Group

Rock Pigeon

All-White Form

Ruby-Crowned Kinglet

Profile

Scarlet Tanager

Male

Solitary Sandpiper

Wading

Song Sparrow

Multiple Views Silhouette Melospiza Sparrows Song (AUDIO) Perched

Spotted Sandpiper

Call (AUDIO)

Swamp Sparrow

Frontal View Melospiza Sparrows

Tufted Titmouse

Profile With Icicle

Turkey Vulture

Multiple Views

White-Breasted Nuthatch

Multiple Views

White-Crowned Sparrow

Posing Perched

White-Throated Sparrow

Multiple Shots

Wild Turkey

Multiple Shots

Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker

Male Female

Yellow-Rumped Warbler

Multiple Views

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INSECTS

Banded Argiope

In Web

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

On Buttonbush

Flower Fly

On Spiderwort

Giant Wood Nymph*

Macro of Head

House Fly

Top View

Hoverfly - See Flower Fly

Orb-Weaver Spider

vs. Yellow Jacket Spinning

Paper Wasp

Multiple Views Head Shot

Yellow Jacket

vs. Spider

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MAMMALS

American Beaver

Multiple Views

Common Raccoon

Multiple Views

Eastern Chipmunk

Stealing Seed

Eastern Fox Squirrel

Multiple Views

Eastern Gray Squirrel

Black Phase Huddle in Birdhouse

Groundhog - See Woodchuck

Ground Squirrel - See Eastern Chipmunk

Striped Skunk

Fleeing

Virginia Opossum

Eating

Woodchuck

Profile

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PLANTS

Buttonbush

With Swallowtail

Clematis

Daniel Deronda

Dandelion

Field

Day Lily

Yellow / Macro With Paper Wasp

Larkspur

Guardian Blue

Rose

Diana, Princess of Wales Iceberg Paul Shirville Rio Samba Summer Dream Ultimate Pink

Spider Lily - See Spiderwort

Spiderwort

With Flower Flies

Stinkhorn

With Flies

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REPTILES

Common Garter Snake

Slithering

Painted Turtle

Sunning

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EVENTS / OTHER

Events

Bald Eagle Days

Landscapes / Rivers

Mississippi River Partial Freeze Mississippi River Flooding Mississippi River Flooding 02

Planes / Trains / Autos / Boats

2007 QC Airshow Train Car Tugboats

Rainbows / Clouds / Sky Formations

Rainbow Over Office Building

Structures / Buildings

"Pepsi" Barn Old Barn

Sunsets / Sunrises

Sunset - Grass Silhouette Sunset - Large Glow Sunset - Orange Sky Sunrise Over Farm House Sunsets - Multiple

Weather

Iowa Ice Storm 2007 Iowa Ice Storm 2007 Part 2 Iowa Ice Storm 2007 Part 3 Miss. River Flooding Spring 2008

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Iowa / Illinois BlogRoll

• An Iowa Garden
• Birdfreak
• Chicago Nature Lady
• Iowa Nature Photos
• My Iowa Garden
• Quad Cities Garden
• Quad City Images
• The Inadvertent Gardener

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Big BlogRoll

• 10,000 Birds
• A DC Birding Blog
• A L’affût
• Arkansas Birding
• Arleklint Photography
• As The Garden Grows
• Aube Nature
• Avianscapes
• Birdchick
• Birds, Bees, Bugs and Blossoms
• Birdwatching in Greece
• Bootstrap Analysis
• Chitweed
• Consworld
• Dagens Fågel
• Daily Snapshots
• David Kleinert Photography
• Deanbirders
• Digital Apoptosis
• Earth, Wind and Water
• Essential Estrogen
• Fatbirder
• From a Distant Shore
• Gardens By The Lake
• Indoor Gardener
• L’Alpe Buissonière
• Laëlew
• Liberty Pundit
• Lignes et Couleurs
• Maremagnum
• Mike’s Birding and Digiscoping Blog
• Mon@rch’s Nature Blog
• My Grandpa’s Garden
• My Two Cents Worth
• Natur’Elle
• Nature Blog
• Nature’s Pixel
• Parvum Opus
• Photosmax
• Pohangina Pete
• Search & Serendipity
• Take the Lid Off
• The Energy Blog
• The Green Fingered Photographer
• The Ohio Nature Blog

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Iowa / Illinois Links

• Iowa 515 Forums
• Biology Base: Birds of Illinois (Listed in ABC order)
• Biology Base: Birds of Iowa (Listed in ABC order)
• Iowa Audubon Society
• Iowa Ornithologists Union: Iowa Birds and Birding
• State Parks: Iowa
• State Parks: Illinois

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Other Links

• Cornell Lab of Ornithology: All About Birds Bird Guide
• John James Audubon's Birds of America
• USGS Bird Identification InfoCenter
• WhatBird?
• WhatBird? Forum
• BirdForum
• Oiseaux.net
• What's That Bug?
• Bug Guide
• Discover Life - Butterflies
• National Wildlife Federation's eNature.com
• Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History's North American Mammals web site
• USDA PLANTS Database
• What Tree Is It?

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Daily Archives

January 2008

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Archives

• May 2008
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• March 2008
• February 2008
• January 2008
• December 2007
• November 2007
• October 2007
• September 2007
• August 2007
• July 2007
• June 2007
• May 2007
• April 2007
• March 2007
• February 2007
• January 2007
• July 2006
• June 2006

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