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-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
Bald Eagle - Haliaeetus leucocephalus - also known as Le pygargue à tête blanche (French), aigle à tête blanche (French), Amerikaanse zeearend (Dutch), Weißkopf-Seeadler (German), and Pigargo Americano (Spanish).
In the winter time, when the Mississippi River isn’t completely frozen, the eagles like to sit on the edge of the ice and watch for fish. Sometimes, they don’t sit on the edge of the ice, but rather on ice flows - meandering down the cold, slowly flowing river (photos 3 and 4).
Photos taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XT / 350D and a Sigma 70-300mm Lens on February 2, 2008 at Lock and Dam 14.
Excellent blog you have here! It seems like Bald Eagle activity is really ramping up around the country with the start of nesting season. Fantastic shots. I found you through the nature blog network, I’ll be back often.
March 6, 2009 Today is a beautiful 50 degree at 1p.m. We have many bald eagles on Lake Red Rock. Today I saw 13 sitting at various locations on the lake ice . Most had the white heads, but I also saw 3 that did not. Yesterday I witnessed one catch a fish from a pond. I was not more than 100 feet away as the eagle swooped in and grabbed the fish from the water. Beautiful sight.
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stunning bald eagle photos! WOW
February 16th, 2008 at 9:19 pmExcellent blog you have here! It seems like Bald Eagle activity is really ramping up around the country with the start of nesting season. Fantastic shots. I found you through the nature blog network, I’ll be back often.
Tom
February 17th, 2008 at 3:12 amThat is so wonderful! Seeing a bald eagle fishing! How lucky you are!
February 17th, 2008 at 8:25 amthats a sweet picture
February 20th, 2008 at 10:12 pmMarch 6, 2009 Today is a beautiful 50 degree at 1p.m. We have many bald eagles on Lake Red Rock. Today I saw 13 sitting at various locations on the lake ice . Most had the white heads, but I also saw 3 that did not. Yesterday I witnessed one catch a fish from a pond. I was not more than 100 feet away as the eagle swooped in and grabbed the fish from the water. Beautiful sight.
March 6th, 2009 at 6:00 pmI have not been out to see any this year, Chuck. Glad to see they are still out! Watching them fish is great.
March 9th, 2009 at 8:52 am