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
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
Categorized by family, placed chronologically by common name
Ants (Formicidae)
Bee Flies (Bombyliidae)
Blow Flies (Calliphoridae)
Brown Lacewings (Hemerobiidae)
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)
American Beaver
Common Raccoon
Eastern Chipmunk
Eastern Cottontail
Eastern Fox Squirrel
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Groundhog - See Woodchuck
Ground Squirrel - See Eastern Chipmunk
Red Fox
Striped Skunk
Virginia Opossum
White-Tailed Deer
Woodchuck
Brown-Eyed Susan
Buttonbush
Clematis
Crown Vetch
Dandelion
Day Lily
Field Marigold
Larkspur
Mountain Blue
Palm Tree*
Purple Coneflower
Rose
Sedum
Spider Lily - See Spiderwort
Spiderwort
Stinkhorn
Sweet Alyssum
Whorled Tickseed
Wild Pansy
Yarrow
American Toad
Common Garter Snake
Eastern Box Turtle*
Green Frog
Long-Tailed Salamander*
Northern Fence Lizard*
Painted Turtle
Crayfish
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Rainbows / Clouds / Sky Formations
Signs, Billboards, etc.
Structures / Buildings
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Weather
Woodchuck - Marmota monax - also known as the Groundhog and the Eastern Marmot (English (US)), marmota (Spanish), marmotte d’Amérique (French), marmotta americana (Italian).
Just relaxing in the dandelion field.
Photo taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XT / 350D and a Sigma 70-300mm Lens on May 10, 2008, in Davenport, Iowa.
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How cute. I’ve never seen one in person. Are Woodchucks considered rodents? It sort of resembles a gopher.
May 25th, 2008 at 4:57 pmAiyana
such a cutie!
May 25th, 2008 at 10:16 pmHave you ever heard of a woodchuck attacking a house cat or small kitten for food for her litter?
May 27th, 2008 at 1:35 pmR. - No, I haven’t. I’ve never heard of them eating anything but vegetation. However, I presume that they can be defensive when protecting their own young. They usually do not stray far from their burrow, so if you see one around your house, terrorizing your cats, their burrow is probably close by.
If the woodchuck is close by, you’ll probably want to get rid of him, as he could potentially hurt your pets if they get in a fight. If they have burrowed up against your house, they can do damage to the foundation, too (by excavating dirt at, near, under, or around the foundation).
May 27th, 2008 at 3:41 pm