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
House Finch - Carpodacus mexicanus - also known as Le roselin familier (French), Mexicaanse Roodmus (Dutch), Hausgimpel (Germany), Ciuffolotto messicano (Italian), Carpodaco Común (Spanish), and Husrosenfink (Swedish).
This is an archive photo, but I decided to use it because I realized that my previous shots never really showed the female’s face, despite the fact that the best way to distinguish the House Finch from the Purple finch is by looking at the female’s face. The female Purple Finch has a noticeable white eye stripe, which is conspicuously absent here.
Photo taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XT / 350D and a Sigma 70-300mm Lens on December 30, 2007, in Davenport, Iowa.
I see that male playing peek-a-boo. Great shot of a female. I hardly ever see this species in my yard even though they are quite common in our area. I usually see the American Goldfinch in large numbers and they are gorgeous so I can’t complain.
I usually have a lot of goldfinches, too. I’ve only seen one so far this year, though. The house finch seems to be here almost all year round (or at least it seems to stay late in the year and show up pretty early in the year).
April 17th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
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I see that male playing peek-a-boo. Great shot of a female. I hardly ever see this species in my yard even though they are quite common in our area. I usually see the American Goldfinch in large numbers and they are gorgeous so I can’t complain.
April 15th, 2009 at 9:16 amI usually have a lot of goldfinches, too. I’ve only seen one so far this year, though. The house finch seems to be here almost all year round (or at least it seems to stay late in the year and show up pretty early in the year).
April 17th, 2009 at 9:34 pm