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
If you don’t look closely, you might not realize how many different species of Lady Beetle (ladybug) you have.
A so called “convergent” lady beetle because of the white lines that converge behind the head. I also noticed immediately that this species looks longer and more slender than the Multi-Colored Asian Lady Beetle and the Seven-Spotted Lady Beetle (the traditional “ladybug”). According to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the Convergent Lady Beetle, like the Twelve-Spotted Lady Beetle, is a native species. According to the Lost Ladybugy Project, the Convergent Lady Beetle is the fifth-most abundant lady beetle in America in terms of specimens collected by volunteers (an inexact science, to be sure).
Many sites credit the expansion of the Convergent Lady Beetle to sales to garden centers for pest control. In fact, this specimen was on a foxglove I purchased from Lowe’s the day before. Considering I have never seen this particular species before I assume he was a stow-away. Being a native, I’m happy to have him in the yard.
Photo taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XT / 350D and a Sigma 70-300mm Lens in Davenport, Iowa, on May 17, 2009.
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I too am always happy to find a native lady beetle since most of the ones I encounter are Multi-colored Asians.
Great shot of this Convergent
May 30th, 2009 at 1:12 amThanks, Marvin.
June 1st, 2009 at 7:55 am