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
Ring-Billed Gull - Larus delawarensis - also known as Goéland à bec cerclé (French), Ringsnavelmeeuw (Dutch), Ringschnabelmöwe (German), Gavina americana (Italian), Gaviota de Delaware (Spanish), and Ringnäbbad mås (Swedish).
I apologize for posting this cold weather photo at a time when we are all dying for the warmth of Spring to fully take over, but I hate leaving photos in the archives. Plus, I’ve been so busy over the past few weeks I haven’t been able to get out and get any more recent photos. The backyard birds are back, though, so I’ll get some new stuff out soon.
Photo taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XT / 350D and a Sigma 70-300mm Lens on February 9, 2008 at Leach Park in Bettendorf, Iowa.
Spring? Where? We had a few flakes of the white stuff this morning. But we can’t complain too much as north of us they got slammed with snow! The poor early spring birds in Minnesota and Wisconsin are going to head on back to us in Iowa and Illinois!
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Spring? Where? We had a few flakes of the white stuff this morning. But we can’t complain too much as north of us they got slammed with snow! The poor early spring birds in Minnesota and Wisconsin are going to head on back to us in Iowa and Illinois!
April 12th, 2008 at 9:38 amThese are wonderful… I forgive the cold photos because they’re so beautiful!!!
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April 16th, 2008 at 10:51 pmBEAUTIFUL pictures!!
April 17th, 2008 at 1:02 pmThanks, all!
April 18th, 2008 at 8:47 am