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
Something I posted on the old blog. I moved it over to this blog last year, but it retained its original date/time stamp (and went automatically into the archives), so it never graced the front page of the blog.
Taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XT / 350D and a Sigma 70-300mm Lens on July 17, 2007 in Davenport, Iowa.
Hi, love your site. Beautiful pictures. I found you through Essential Estrogen. I have a question: we had a bird at our feeder this spring. I can’t find it in our bird book. thought perhaps you might know. Its about the size of a robin, though not as chubby, grey all over but for a black cap. I believe the beak was black and pointed. It loved to eat apples. There were two or three. First time we have ever seen them. Again, great site, I’m putting it on my blogroll. I do a political one mostly.
Hey, Sherry - Thanks for the link and stopping by! The only thing I can think of off the top of my head is possibly a Gray Catbird, although I don’t know if they like apples or not!
Your web pictures are awesome! With your pictures I was able to identify a beautiful orb weaver found here in southern oregon. Thank you for sharing the pictures and comments.Please keep up the great work!! :-)
October 3rd, 2010 at 12:09 pm
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Cool photos of the spider. They deserve their shot on the front page.
August 2nd, 2008 at 12:32 amwow, so much detail in these photos.
August 2nd, 2008 at 1:12 pmHi, love your site. Beautiful pictures. I found you through Essential Estrogen. I have a question: we had a bird at our feeder this spring. I can’t find it in our bird book. thought perhaps you might know. Its about the size of a robin, though not as chubby, grey all over but for a black cap. I believe the beak was black and pointed. It loved to eat apples. There were two or three. First time we have ever seen them. Again, great site, I’m putting it on my blogroll. I do a political one mostly.
August 4th, 2008 at 3:26 pmHey, Sherry - Thanks for the link and stopping by! The only thing I can think of off the top of my head is possibly a Gray Catbird, although I don’t know if they like apples or not!
August 10th, 2008 at 12:21 pmYour web pictures are awesome! With your pictures I was able to identify a beautiful orb weaver found here in southern oregon. Thank you for sharing the pictures and comments.Please keep up the great work!! :-)
October 3rd, 2010 at 12:09 pm