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
American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos - also known as La corneille d’Amérique (French), Cuervo americano (Spanish), Amerikanerkrähe (German), Amerikanvaris (Finnish), cornacchia americana (Italian), corvo-americano (Portuguese), Америка́нская воро́на (Russian).
Did you notice the Spanish name is Cuervo Americano? So does José Cuervo just mean “Joe Crow” in Mexico? “Joe Crow Tequila”? Nice.
Anyway, I’m a big fan of the crow. He’s big, he’s all black, and he’s smart. The crow is generally easy to spot because he is so large compared to most birds and because he is head-to-toe black (compare to the Common Grackle, another common bird in these parts). This guy was foraging in an open filed during one of our unseasonably warm days last weekend (it reached 63 degrees on Sunday!).
Sexes look similarly.
American Crows live in the contiguous US all year round.
Taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XT / 350D and a Sigma 70-300mm Lens on January 6, 2008 in Davenport, Iowa.
Beautiful photos as usual. I kind of like the crow as well, they move into town in the winter and summer in the country apparently as I never see them much in the summer. I leave for work before daylight and the areas where the roost are solid black, they are really social.
January 12th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
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Frank G Says:
I feel a connection with this one.
June 3rd, 2008 at 6:21 am
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wanderingnewt Says:
good photo for a motion shot, but the road in the background detracts for my taste. the joke about the tequila was poor.
August 14th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
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Stunning shot of this crow! they can be hard to photograph at times!
January 8th, 2008 at 8:09 pmThey are shifty guys, aren’t they? Being as smart as they are, they rarely sit still long enough to be photographed.
January 8th, 2008 at 8:52 pmNicely captured … from beak to the feet!
January 9th, 2008 at 9:38 amThat’s a simply stunning photo. Beautiful, beautiful shot — not to mention a handsome model. :)
January 9th, 2008 at 10:43 pmWe love the American Crow, they are so smart! They have so much personality if you can watch them long enough.
Great photo and good birding to you!
January 10th, 2008 at 3:58 pmGreat capture of an amazing bird.
I saw some of these about a year ago up close when about 10 of them landed in my neighbor’s yard and stayed all day.
January 11th, 2008 at 12:03 amoH …great shot of the crow.
sandy
January 12th, 2008 at 3:16 pmBeautiful photos as usual. I kind of like the crow as well, they move into town in the winter and summer in the country apparently as I never see them much in the summer. I leave for work before daylight and the areas where the roost are solid black, they are really social.
January 12th, 2008 at 7:40 pmI feel a connection with this one.
June 3rd, 2008 at 6:21 amgood photo for a motion shot, but the road in the background detracts for my taste. the joke about the tequila was poor.
August 14th, 2008 at 2:43 pm