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
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.
Dandelion - Taraxacum.
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.
Twelve-Spotted Lady Beetles seem to be exclusively on my yellow plants - Day Lilies, Field Marigolds, and now Dandelions.
Photo taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XT / 350D and a Sigma 70-300mm Lens on May 4, 2009, in Davenport, Iowa.
Beautiful pictures. I love photographing lady beetles. You should submit photos of the ladybugs you take to the Lost Ladybug Project that Cornell University is sponsoring. The web address is http://treadwell.cce.cornell.edu/ladybeetles/ I’ve been submitting photos to it and they are very grateful to have them and are super nice people. It is a worthwhile project.
You know, now that I think of it, I think I found the LadyBug Project from a post you did a few months ago… I remember following the link and have actually corresponded with Ms. Smyth at the Project via email on a number of occasions. We have so many ladybugs here that I thought it’d be fun to get involved. Thanks!
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Beautiful pictures. I love photographing lady beetles. You should submit photos of the ladybugs you take to the Lost Ladybug Project that Cornell University is sponsoring. The web address is http://treadwell.cce.cornell.edu/ladybeetles/ I’ve been submitting photos to it and they are very grateful to have them and are super nice people. It is a worthwhile project.
May 11th, 2009 at 9:44 amI’ve been submitting my pictures for awhile now. It is a very worthwhile project!
May 11th, 2009 at 9:58 amAwesome, yes it is.
May 11th, 2009 at 10:27 amYou know, now that I think of it, I think I found the LadyBug Project from a post you did a few months ago… I remember following the link and have actually corresponded with Ms. Smyth at the Project via email on a number of occasions. We have so many ladybugs here that I thought it’d be fun to get involved. Thanks!
May 12th, 2009 at 7:53 amRebecca is so nice isn’t she. I’m glad the post I put up generated some interest. It is nice to put our photos to good use.
May 12th, 2009 at 9:06 amWow, beautiful shots!!!
May 18th, 2009 at 1:25 pmI love looking at your pictures! These ones are fabulous.
June 1st, 2009 at 3:15 pmWhat neat photos of these insects on the dandy!lions.
June 2nd, 2009 at 11:39 am