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
Spotted Lady Beetle - Coleomegilla maculata - also known as the Twelve-Spotted Lady Beetle.
Day Lily - Hemerocallis.
Who knew there were so many different varieties of Lady Bugs and Lady Beetles? This one is identifiable by the red color and twelve black spots.
Unlike many lady bugs and lady beetles imported from Asia, the Twelve-Spotted Lady Beetle is actually native to North America - and is a very beneficial garden resident, as she eats aphids and the larvae of many other pests.
Wonderful photos. I sure wish I could get some this close up, but I think I’d have to buy another lense to do it. Even on macro setting, I can’t get this much detail.
Aiyana
Thanks, Aiyana. My lens is not necessarily a fantastic macro lens. Generally, unless I have good, natural light and place the camera on a tripod I do not get decent images.
In fact, I wish I had a true macro lens and could get even closer!
[...] axyridis). As you might guess from the name, this is not a native species (unlike this native Spotted Lady Beetle from Iowa). This beetle was introduced as a agricultural pest control at several points in the 20th [...]
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Wonderful photos. I sure wish I could get some this close up, but I think I’d have to buy another lense to do it. Even on macro setting, I can’t get this much detail.
July 1st, 2008 at 4:48 amAiyana
Thanks, Aiyana. My lens is not necessarily a fantastic macro lens. Generally, unless I have good, natural light and place the camera on a tripod I do not get decent images.
In fact, I wish I had a true macro lens and could get even closer!
July 1st, 2008 at 7:58 amCool bug that you found!
July 3rd, 2008 at 10:17 amBeautiful photos, a true ‘bugs eye view’.
July 6th, 2008 at 2:14 pmNice shots of the Ladybug. With so many Asian lady beetles around, it’s great to see a native species.
Thanks for including my site in your blogroll. I’ve done the same.
Marvin @ Nature in the Ozarks
July 7th, 2008 at 11:48 pm[...] axyridis). As you might guess from the name, this is not a native species (unlike this native Spotted Lady Beetle from Iowa). This beetle was introduced as a agricultural pest control at several points in the 20th [...]
August 2nd, 2008 at 2:26 amGood photos! He’s quite different from the ones we have up here.
Thanks for the link.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:30 pm