American Coot
American Crow
American Flamingo*
American Goldfinch
American Kestrel
American Robin
American Tree Sparrow
American White Pelican
Bald Eagle
Baltimore Oriole
Barn Swallow
Barnacle Goose*
Belted Kingfisher
Black-and-White Warbler
Black-Capped Chickadee
Black-Headed Gull*
Black Vulture*
Blue Jay
Blue Tit*
Blue-Winged Teal
Bobwhite
Broad-Winged Hawk
Brown Creeper
Brown-Headed Cowbird
Brown Thrasher
Bufflehead
Canada Goose
Canvasback
Cape May Warbler*
Carolina Chickadee*
Carolina Wren
Cedar Waxwing
Chipping Sparrow
Common Gallinule
Common Goldeneye
Common Grackle
Common Gull*
Common Moorhen*
Common Pochard*
Common Redpoll
Cooper's Hawk
Dark-Eyed Junco
Dicksissel
Double-Crested Cormorant
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Bluebird
Eastern Goldfinch - See American Goldfinch
Eastern Kingbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Towhee
Eastern Wood Pewee
Eurasian Blackbird*
Eurasian Collared Dove
Eurasian Coot*
Eurasian Jackdaw*
Eurasian Magpie*
European Serin*
European Starling
Fox Sparrow
Golden-Crowned Kinglet
Gray Catbird
Graylag Goose
Great Black-backed Gull*
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Great Spotted Woodpecker*
Greater Flamingo*
Greater White-Fronted Goose*
Hairy Woodpecker
Harlequin Duck
Hermit Thrush
Herring Gull
Hooded Crow*
Horned Lark
House Finch
House Sparrow
House Wren
Indigo Bunting
Killdeer
Laughing Gull*
Lesser Black-backed Gull*
Lesser Scaup
Lincoln's Sparrow
Magnolia Warbler
Mallard (Domestic)
Mallard (Wild)
Mourning Dove
Mute Swan*
Neotropic Cormorant*
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-Legged Thrush*
Red-Tailed Hawk
Red-Winged Blackbird
Ring-Billed Gull
Ring-Necked Duck
Rock Pigeon
Rook*
Ross's Goose*
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
Ruddy Turnstone*
Scarlet Tanager
Smooth-Billed Ani*
Solitary Sandpiper
Song Sparrow
Spotted Sandpiper
Swamp Sparrow
Tricolored Heron*
Tufted Duck*
Tufted Titmouse
Tundra Swan*
Turkey Vulture
White-Breasted Nuthatch
White-Cheeked Pintail*
White-Crowned Pigeon*
White-Crowned Sparrow
White-Eyed Vireo
White-Throated Sparrow
White-Winged Dove
Wild Turkey
Wilson's Warbler
Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker
Yellow-Rumped Warbler
Ants (Formicidae)
Bee Flies (Bombyliidae)
Blow Flies (Calliphoridae)
Brown Lacewings (Hemerobiidae)
Bumble Bees, etc. (Apidae)
Carrion Beetles (Silphidae)
Cellar Spiders (Pholcidae)
Centipedes, House (Scutigeridae)
Cicadas (Cicadidae)
Common Sawflies (Tenthredinidae)
Crane Flies (Tipulidae)
Emeralds (Corduliidae)
Fireflies (Lampyridae)
Flower Flies - See Syrphid Flies
Funnel-Web Spiders (Agelenidae)
Honey Bees - See Bumble Bees, etc.
Hornets - See Yellowjackets, etc.
Hover Flies - See Syrphid Flies
Ichneumon Wasps (Ichneumonidae)
Jumping Spiders (Salticidae)
Katydids (Tettigoniidae)
Ladybird Beetles (Coccinellidae)
Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae)
Leaffooted Bugs (Coreidae)
Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae)
Lightning Bugs - See Fireflies
Longhorned Beetles (Cerambycidae)
Mantid Flies (Mantispidae)
Mantids (Mantidae)
Minettia Flies (Minettia)
Narrow-Winged Damselflies (Coenagrionidae)
New York Weevils (Ithyceridae)
Orb-Weavers (Araneidae)
Paper Wasps - See Yellowjackets, etc.
Picture-Winged Flies (Ulidiidae)
Plant Bugs (Miridae)
Robber Flies (Asilidae)
Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae)
Scentless Plant Bugs (Rhopalidae)
Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae)
Signal Flies (Platystomatidae)
Soldier Beetles (Cantharidae)
Soldier Flies (Stratiomyidae)
Spittlebugs (Cercopidae)
Stink Bugs (Pentatomidae)
Swallowtails (Papilionidae)
Sweat Bees (Halictidae)
Syrphid Flies (Syrphidae)
Tiger Moths (Arctiidae)
Tiphiid Wasps (Tiphiidae)
Yellowjackets, etc. (Vespidae)
Such amazing photos of these Bald Eagles! WOW
February 6th, 2008 at 8:44 pmThose pictures are sweet!!! I would have loved to have seen the Bald Eagle in person. Amazing! Very nice work.
February 6th, 2008 at 11:13 pmLovely.
We have an Eagle nesting site nearby on the Wisconsin River. Just got a 70-300mm lens so I hope to finally get some close-up photos. Thanks for the inspiration.
February 7th, 2008 at 9:20 amIt is so great to witness a Bald Eagle catching a fish, but incredible to catch it on film! Nice one!! They are coming back in our area as well along the Rock and Kishwaukee Rivers, go Eagles!
February 7th, 2008 at 11:21 amThanks for the comments!
Glad to hear that Eagles are doing well in some of your areas, too!
February 8th, 2008 at 3:58 pmWow, Moe!
These photos are amazing … what a majestic bird.
Fantastic shots!
February 15th, 2008 at 7:51 pmIt isn’t often we get the chance to capture images such as these. Lucky you, Moe, and good photography work.
February 19th, 2008 at 9:12 amMoe,
Beautiful shots. Are there still a lot of eagles down there? Looking to come that way week of March 8 – any tips where to find some good spots fishing or any immatures?
Really nice site.
March 6th, 2008 at 12:09 amDebbie – The Eagles are still here in good numbers.
Basically along all of River Drive in east Davenport and west Bettendorf you will see Eagles, especially in the front yards of many of the older homes that have very tall, stately oak trees overlooking the river.
At River Drive and Mound St. in Davenport is the Lindsay Park Yacht Club (take a left into the club, not a right). From the yacht club there is a bike path that runs along the river. You’ll see plenty of adult and juvenile eagles.
The best place to catch eagles fishing is at one of the two Lock and Dams here in town. Lock and Dam 15 is near the government bridge in downtown Davenport and will be full of eagles fishing. Lock and Dam 14 is actually out River Drive east of Bettendorf until you reach LeClaire. You’ll see a turn off for Lock and Dam 14. They actually have a “Bald Eagle Area” out there because so many eagles live there during these months.
March 6th, 2008 at 7:45 amwow that is one amazing picture.. picture-perfect as I may say..
March 6th, 2008 at 9:53 amAre you using a teleconverter? All your eagle shots are stunning. Especially the immature and adult.
March 6th, 2008 at 11:45 amThanks, vinkoy.
Debbie – No teleconverter. All of those images are just at 300mm. At most of the places, but especially at the Lock and Dam 14, you can get pretty close. For better or worse, they seem to be rather OK with people being around.
March 6th, 2008 at 11:58 am