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
I’ve been tagged for the “Six Word Memoir Meme” by Birdfreak and Arkansas Birding, two great blogs. The idea is to come up with a six-word phrase that describes your inner birder.
For me, it didn’t take that much thought: Four Season Birding At Its Best.
That pretty much sums it up for me, and birding in Iowa, in general, too. I always loved the hot, dry summers in Iowa and all of the birds that were around, but it was not until I was a birder that I began to appreciate the bitterly cold, wet winters; I realized that a whole new set of birds arrive - the hawks, gulls, eagles, juncos, etc. It was great! And, of course, the definitive springs and autumns separating the summers from the winters offer their own unique weather and animals, too. The spring and autumn windows are a bit more brief, but great nonetheless. I could not imagine experiencing birding without the four seasons!
Moe- Thanks for the Tag…I have been tagged but my MEME was really crappy and it was about how I was sick with the flu for my entire Florida vacation, so I’ll have to come up with something that really is much better.
Moe, I agree with you about the different seasons. Until I started birding, I didn’t realize how many different birds arrived during the winter compared to the summer. For more, I love it because it gives me the oppurtunity to add many birds to my list!
March 26th, 2008 at 5:15 am
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Thanks for tagging me! Great Meme!
March 24th, 2008 at 8:42 pmMoe- Thanks for the Tag…I have been tagged but my MEME was really crappy and it was about how I was sick with the flu for my entire Florida vacation, so I’ll have to come up with something that really is much better.
Tom
March 25th, 2008 at 5:13 pmMoe, I agree with you about the different seasons. Until I started birding, I didn’t realize how many different birds arrived during the winter compared to the summer. For more, I love it because it gives me the oppurtunity to add many birds to my list!
March 26th, 2008 at 5:15 am