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
Broad-Winged Hawk
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-Crested 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 Sparrow - Passer domesticus - also known as Moineau domestique / mogneu / mogniot / moigneu franc (French), Italiaanse Mus (Dutch), Haussperling (German), Passera d’Italia (Italian), Gorrión moruno (Spanish), Gråsparv (Swedish).
Dark-Eyed Junco - Junco hyemalis - also known as junco ardoisé (French), Grijze junco (Dutch), Junko (German), Zigolo ardesia (Italian), Junco Pizarroso (Spanish).
Two juncos and a house sparrow eagerly await my retreat into the house so they can continue the assault on my bird feeders. During the winter months, the juncos are absolutely everywhere, sitting at the feeders 10 or more at a time (and they don’t seem to care whether it is bulk feed, thistle, or sunflower seed). House Sparrows are also very common, but they prefer the bulk feed, which I only put out in the winter time when other feed is scarce (during the summer it’s just too much of a mess).
Taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XT / 350D and a Sigma 70-300mm Lens on December 18, 2007 in Davenport, Iowa.
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I like how the birds are evenly spaced out, too cute. Sparrows are one of my favorites even though they’re dull, but not to me!
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Great shot. My juncos are much darker, almost black. They are the same, feeding on the ground.
I have one House Sparrow that feeds in my backyard on bulk seed. Does yours have any friends or is he a loner also? Just wondering about their behavior.
The House Sparrows definitely do not fly solo around here. They usually feed in bunches, and if I put out bulk seed they absolutely take over the feeders.
Lots of juncos here in the foothills of the front range in Colorado. I have two, perhaps three species of the junco now and they are all around the house and feeders. When there is a lot of snow on the ground they eat from the feeders and clean up what falls in the snow under them.
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Love watching them take turns at the feeder!
January 12th, 2008 at 11:15 amMe too. Even the “common” and “boring” birds are great fun when they are eating.
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I like how the birds are evenly spaced out, too cute. Sparrows are one of my favorites even though they’re dull, but not to me!
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Great shot. My juncos are much darker, almost black. They are the same, feeding on the ground.
I have one House Sparrow that feeds in my backyard on bulk seed. Does yours have any friends or is he a loner also? Just wondering about their behavior.
January 13th, 2008 at 7:31 pmThe House Sparrows definitely do not fly solo around here. They usually feed in bunches, and if I put out bulk seed they absolutely take over the feeders.
January 14th, 2008 at 8:44 pmLots of juncos here in the foothills of the front range in Colorado. I have two, perhaps three species of the junco now and they are all around the house and feeders. When there is a lot of snow on the ground they eat from the feeders and clean up what falls in the snow under them.
January 22nd, 2008 at 11:38 amNice photo of the birds on the fence against the white snow. (I hit send before finished.)
January 22nd, 2008 at 11:39 am