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-Headed Gull*
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 Pochard*
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 Duck*
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
While the Quad Cities has thusfar been spared relative to the rest of Iowa and the Midwest, the Mississippi is not supposed to crest until late tonight or early tomorrow, so there is damage yet to be done.
Looks like the Conoco is open for boat service… I’m not sure I’d let my kids wallow around in that water…
My friend’s family motorcycle shop, Klemme Motorcycles.
Hoping the house is spared when the river crests.
If the cars behind you were under water and the river still had not crested, wouldn’t you move your cars? It’s not like he hasn’t had ample time to do so.
Update: Even some of the bigger political blogs are getting involved: Michelle Malkin, Liberty Pundit. Drop a dollar at Liberty Pundit if you can.
Michelle Malkin? Yikes. I’m quite surprised to see a link to her site here. It’s kind of funny - the normal posts of Iowa wildlife always sooth the nerves when I visit here, but seeing her name evoked some sort of a visceral blood boil. Hilarious. Ah well.
Your photos are amazing! I hope your city is spared from too much more damage Moe. At least they’ve taken the rain out of the forecast for the rest of the week. That will help.
Matt - Was following links and she had linked to an Iowa site (Liberty Pundit) that was looking for donations. I linked it simply to say that bigger people were getting involved and trying to raise money / awareness, etc.
Sally - I hope so! We’re pretty used to flooding around here. As long as we don’t get the major flooding like we had in 1993 most people won’t bat an eye.
I keep finding pics of Iowa that just blow my mind. I’m originally from C.R. but I moved to Portland, OR in late ‘02. I remember the flood of ‘93 well but it seems like it doesn’t even come close to the floods this year. Just a couple days ago there was a post on one of the motorcycle drag racing forums asking about the Klemme’s. I assume your friends are the same Klemme’s that are always at Cordova, correct?
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Michelle Malkin? Yikes. I’m quite surprised to see a link to her site here. It’s kind of funny - the normal posts of Iowa wildlife always sooth the nerves when I visit here, but seeing her name evoked some sort of a visceral blood boil. Hilarious. Ah well.
June 17th, 2008 at 8:24 amYour photos are amazing! I hope your city is spared from too much more damage Moe. At least they’ve taken the rain out of the forecast for the rest of the week. That will help.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:35 amMatt - Was following links and she had linked to an Iowa site (Liberty Pundit) that was looking for donations. I linked it simply to say that bigger people were getting involved and trying to raise money / awareness, etc.
Sally - I hope so! We’re pretty used to flooding around here. As long as we don’t get the major flooding like we had in 1993 most people won’t bat an eye.
June 17th, 2008 at 11:04 amThe flooding is horrible! Thanks for the updates!
June 17th, 2008 at 10:18 pmI keep finding pics of Iowa that just blow my mind. I’m originally from C.R. but I moved to Portland, OR in late ‘02. I remember the flood of ‘93 well but it seems like it doesn’t even come close to the floods this year. Just a couple days ago there was a post on one of the motorcycle drag racing forums asking about the Klemme’s. I assume your friends are the same Klemme’s that are always at Cordova, correct?
June 23rd, 2008 at 4:57 amYes, those are the same Klemme’s. I have not followed up to see if they got any water in the shop.
June 23rd, 2008 at 6:48 am