My Observation Lists

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

Floating Crash Landing

American Crow

In Flight Call (AUDIO) Perched

American Flamingo*

Wading

American Goldfinch

Male Singing (AUDIO) Male / Breeding Plumage Male / Breeding Plumage 2 Male / Non-Breeding Plumage Female / Breeding Plumage Male Drinking Six Different Ones Parent Feeding Juvenile

American Kestrel

Close Up On Utility Pole Multiple Views Perched Floating With Rodent Eating Rodent

American Robin

Profile Profile 2 Profile 3 Worming Song (AUDIO) Juvenile Partially Albino Mother/Juvenile (VIDEO) Mother on Nest Juvenile on Nest

American Tree Sparrow

In Brush

American White Pelican

Multiple Views Flying Over the River With Cormorants

Bald Eagle

Bald Eagle Profile 1 Bald Eagle Profile 2 Bald Eagle Soaring Adult and 2nd Year Juvenile Catching Fish Bald Eagle Eyes Bald Eagle Peering Bald Eagle Profile 3 Flying with Fish Bald Eagle Flying Eagle In Tree Eagle Soaring Eagle Mooning 2nd Year Juvenile In Flight 16 Silhouettes Juvenile Overhead Adult on Ice Adult Perched Mid-Air Scuffle Eagle In Flight

Baltimore Oriole

Male

Barn Swallow

Squawking Call (AUDIO) Yawn? (VIDEO)

Belted Kingfisher

Perched

Black-Capped Chickadee

Perched Hanging Around

Black Vulture*

Frontal

Blue Jay

Attacking Hawk In Tree

Blue-Winged Teal

Breeding Male

Bobwhite

Broad-Winged Hawk

Soaring

Brown Creeper

Climbing Climbing 2

Brown-Headed Cowbird

Both Sexes Juvenile (VIDEO)

Brown Thrasher

Perched

Bufflehead

Both Sexes Males

Canada Goose

Multiple Photos Goslings

Canvasback

Group of Males Large Group

Cedar Waxwing

Perched

Chipping Sparrow

Perched

Common Grackle

Perched Foraging (VIDEO)

Common Goldeneye

Male (Juvenile) Male (Breeding)

Common Redpoll

Both Sexes

Cooper's Hawk

Juvenile in Flight

Dark-Eyed Junco

Frontal View Waiting

Double-Breasted Cormorant

With Pelicans

Downy Woodpecker

Clinging Foraging Pecking (VIDEO) Profile

Eastern Bluebird

Male Perched Perched

Eastern Goldfinch - See American Goldfinch

Eastern Kingbird

Perched

Eastern Meadowlark

Close Up Perched Call (AUDIO)

Eastern Phoebe

Perched Perched 2

Eastern Towhee

Both sexes

Eurasian Coot*

European Starling

Perched Multi-Colored On Stop Light Juvenile (VIDEO)

Fox Sparrow

In Brush

Golden-Crowned Kinglet

Blurry Photo

Gray Catbird

Perched

Graylag Goose

Walking Close Up

Great Blue Heron

Standing

Great Egret

Wading

Greater Flamingo*

Hairy Woodpecker

Clinging

Harlequin Duck

Swimming

Hermit Thrush

Foraging

Herring Gull

1st Winter and Adult 2nd Winter 3rd Winter Flying with Fish 1st Winter Flying

Horned Lark

On Gravel Road

House Finch

Male Getting Sun Female Getting Sun Male Perched Female Perched Both Sexes Female Walking (VIDEO) Pair

House Sparrow

Male Perched Female Perched Male Nesting Waiting

House Wren

Perched With Birdhouse

Indigo Bunting

Juvenile

Killdeer

Wading In Flight Running (VIDEO)

Lesser Scaup

Both Sexes Males Large Group

Lincoln's Sparrow

Melospiza Sparrows

Mallard (Domestic)

Pekin Duck

Mallard (Wild)

Mallard Female Mallards Flying Male and Dark-Billed Female Male and Female (breeding) Dark Head Flying

Mourning Dove

Perched Silhouetted

Northern Cardinal

Female Perched Male Singing Male Perched Male Sunning Song (AUDIO) One-Eyed Female Juvenile Scruffy Male

Northern Flicker

Both Sexes (Yellow Shaft) Male Front (Yellow Shaft)

Northern Rough-Winged Swallow

In Flight Close Up

Northern Shoveler

Both Sexes

Orange-Crowned Warbler

Multiple Views

Palm Warbler

Perched

Red-Bellied Woodpecker

In Flight Female Female 2 Male Male 2 Eating

Red-Breasted Nuthatch

Clinging

Red-Headed Woodpecker

Red-Tailed Hawk

Front and Back From Below Juvenile In Flight Attacked by Blue Jay Profile Mid-Air Scuffle Flying Low

Red-Winged Blackbird

Female Male Male Sqwauking Male Call (AUDIO) Female Foraging

Ring-Billed Gull

In Flight In Flight 2 1st Winter and Adult In Flight 3 1st Winter in Flight Adult Posing In Flight 4

Ring-Necked Duck

Large Group

Rock Pigeon

White & Gray All-White Form Common Gray

Ruby-Crowned Kinglet

Profile Profile 2

Scarlet Tanager

Male

Solitary Sandpiper

Wading

Song Sparrow

Close Up Multiple Views Silhouette Melospiza Sparrows Song (AUDIO) Perched

Spotted Sandpiper

Call (AUDIO)

Swamp Sparrow

In Brush Frontal View Melospiza Sparrows Buzzed

Tufted Titmouse

Profile With Icicle

Turkey Vulture

Multiple Views

White-Breasted Nuthatch

Under side Multiple Views Hopping

White-Crowned Sparrow

Posing Perched On Fence

White-Throated Sparrow

Multiple Shots

Wild Turkey

Multiple Shots Tracks

Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker

Male Female

Yellow-Rumped Warbler

Multiple Views

INSECTS, ARACHNIDS, MYRIAPODS & GASTROPODS

Categorized by family, placed chronologically by common name

Ants (Formicidae)

Reddish Carpenter Ant

Bee Flies (Bombyliidae)

Bombylius sp.

Blow Flies (Calliphoridae)

Green Bottle Fly Green Bottle Fly 2 Fly Stuck in Web

Brown Lacewings (Hemerobiidae)

Micromus posticus
Bumble Bees, etc. (Apidae)
Honey Bee on Crown Vetch Brownbelted Bumblebee Common Eastern Bumblebee

Carrion Beetles (Silphidae)

American Carrion Beetle

Cellar Spiders (Pholcidae)

In Basement

Centipedes, House (Scutigeridae)

Scutigera coleoptrata

Cicadas (Cicadidae)

Tibicen linnei

Common Sawflies (Tenthredinidae)

Nematus ventralis (larva)

Crane Flies (Tipulidae)

Giant Crane Fly Silhouette

Emeralds (Corduliidae)

Prince baskettail

Fireflies (Lampyridae)

On Day Lily

Flower Flies - See Syrphid Flies

Funnel-Web Spiders (Agelenidae)

Agelenopsis sp.

Honey Bees - See Bumble Bees, etc.

Hornets - See Yellowjackets, etc.

Hover Flies - See Syrphid Flies

Ichneumon Wasps (Ichneumonidae)

Pimplidae

Jumping Spiders (Salticidae)

Phidippus clarus Phidippus clarus w/ Prey Phidippus audax Phidippus audax - subadult

Katydids (Tettigoniidae)

Short-Winged Meadow Katydid Short-Winged Meadow Katydid 2

Ladybird Beetles (Coccinellidae)

Twelve-Spotted Lady Beetle Twelve-Spotted Lady Beetle #2 Twelve-Spotted Lady Beetle #3 Seven-Spotted Lady Beetle Convergent Lady Beetle Multic. Asian L. Beetle No Spots Multic. Asian L. Beetle W/ 2 Spots Multic. Asian L. Beetle W/ 10 Spots Ladybird Beetle Larva

Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae)

Flea Beetle - dis. pennsylvanica Flea Beetle - dis. caroliniana Flea Beetle - dis. xanthomelas Spotted Cucumber Beetle Northern Corn Rootworm Spotted Cucumber Beetle 2 Spotted Cucumber Beetle 3 Potato Beetle Larva

Leaffooted Bugs (Coreidae)

Leptoglossus clypealis

Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae)

Red-Banded Leafhopper

Lightning Bugs - See Fireflies

Longhorned Beetles (Cerambycidae)

Orthosoma brunneum Batyle Suturalis

Mantid Flies (Mantispidae)

Wasp Mantidfly

Mantids (Mantidae)

Chinese Mantis / Close Up Chinese Mantis Eating Chinese Mantis Growing Up Chinese Mantis Full Size

Minettia Flies (Minettia)

Obscura

Narrow-Winged Damselflies (Coenagrionidae)

American Bluet Eastern Forktail

New York Weevils (Ithyceridae)

New York Weevil

Orb-Weavers (Araneidae)

L. Cornutus vs. Yellow Jacket L. Cornutus in Web L. Cornutus with Fly Banded Argiope Argiope aurantia Neoscona crucifera Mangora gibberosa

Paper Wasps - See Yellowjackets, etc.

Picture-Winged Flies (Ulidiidae)

Chaetopsis sp.

Plant Bugs (Miridae)

Lygus on B-E Susan Plant Bug on Marigold

Robber Flies (Asilidae)

Taracticus octopunctatus

Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae)

Japanese Beetle

Scentless Plant Bugs (Rhopalidae)

Box Elder Bug

Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae)

Differential Grasshopper Red-Legged Grasshopper

Signal Flies (Platystomatidae)

Rivellia sp.

Soldier Beetles (Cantharidae)

Margined Leatherwing Podabrus sp.

Soldier Flies (Stratiomyidae)

Nemotelus kansensis

Spittlebugs (Cercopidae)

Dogwood Spittlebug (adult) Meadow Spittlebug (nymph) Meadow Spittlebug (black adult) Meadow Spittlebug (spotted adult)

Stink Bugs (Pentatomidae)

Euschistus variolius Euschistus sp. Acrosternum hilare

Swallowtails (Papilionidae)

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Sweat Bees (Halictidae)

Agapostemon splendens Halictus ligatus Augochlora pura

Syrphid Flies (Syrphidae)

Toxomerus marginatus Toxomerus marginatus 2 Toxomerus marginatus 3 Helophilus fasciatus Sphaerophoris sp. Eupeodes sp. Unknown Genus Unknown Genus 2

Tiger Moths (Arctiidae)

Isabella (Larva)

Tiphiid Wasps (Tiphiidae)

Myzinum quinquecinctum

Yellowjackets, etc. (Vespidae)

Paper Wasp - Polistes fuscatus Paper Wasp - Polistes fuscatus 2 Paper Wasp - Polistes dominula Yellowjacket vs. Spider

MAMMALS

American Beaver

Multiple Views

Common Raccoon

Multiple Views

Eastern Chipmunk

Stealing Seed

Eastern Cottontail

Juvenile

Eastern Fox Squirrel

Multiple Views

Eastern Gray Squirrel

Black Phase Huddle in Birdhouse

Groundhog - See Woodchuck

Ground Squirrel - See Eastern Chipmunk

Red Fox

Staring

Striped Skunk

Fleeing

Virginia Opossum

Eating

White-Tailed Deer

Jumping Face

Woodchuck

Profile

PLANTS

Brown-Eyed Susan

With Plant Bug

Buttonbush

With Swallowtail

Clematis

Daniel Deronda

Crown Vetch

Honey Bee on Crown Vetch Bee Fly on Crown Vetch

Dandelion

Field

Day Lily

Yellow / Macro With Paper Wasp With Water Droplets

Field Marigold

Calendula arvensis Spotted Cucumber Beetle on Marigold Plant Bug on Marigold

Larkspur

Guardian Blue

Mountain Blue

With Flower Fly With Brownbelted Bee

Palm Tree*

Climbing

Purple Coneflower

In Full Bloom Going to Seed

Rose

Diana, Princess of Wales Iceberg Paul Shirville Rio Samba Summer Dream Ultimate Pink

Sedum

Autumn Joy

Spider Lily - See Spiderwort

Spiderwort

With Flower Flies

Stinkhorn

With Flies

Sweet Alyssum

In Summer

Whorled Tickseed

With Soldier Beetle

Wild Pansy

Wild Pansy

Yarrow

w/ Beetle

REPTILES and AMPHIBIANS

American Toad

Frontal View

Common Garter Snake

Slithering

Eastern Box Turtle*

Frontal View

Green Frog

Top View

Long-Tailed Salamander*

Top View

Northern Fence Lizard*

Top View

Painted Turtle

Sunning

CRUSTACEANS

Crayfish

Astacidae or Cambaridae

EVENTS / OTHER

Events

Bald Eagle Days

Farm Implements

Old Corn Cutter Horse-Drawn Hay Mower

Landscapes / Rivers

Mississippi River Partial Freeze Miss. River Flood Spring 2008 Miss. River Flood Spring 2008 2 Miss. River Flood Summer 2008 Miss. River Flood Summer 2008 2 Miss. River Flood Summer 2008 3 Steam Fog from Miss. River

Miscellaneous

Cat in a Bag

Planes / Trains / Autos / Boats

2007 QC Airshow Graffiti on Train Car Tugboats Tug/Crane Coal Train Barge - Deana Ann

Rainbows / Clouds / Sky Formations

Rainbow Over Office Building

Signs, Billboards, etc.

No Train Horn Around E. Iowa

Structures / Buildings

"Pepsi" Barn Old Rustic Barn Rainbow Barn Lock and Dam 14 The Timmermann Company The Davenport Printing Company River/Gulf Grain Company Patriotic Hydrants House on Stilts Cow Pie Truck Wash

Sun and Moon

Sunset - Grass Silhouette Sunset - Large Glow Sunset - Orange Sky Sunrise Over Farm House Sunsets - Multiple Kentucky Sunset One Frigid Sunrise Full Moon

Weather

Iowa Ice Storm 2007 Iowa Ice Storm 2007 Part 2 Iowa Ice Storm 2007 Part 3 Miss. River Flood Spring 2008 Miss. River Flood Spring 2008 2 Miss. River Flood Summer 2008 Miss. River Flood Summer 2008 2 Miss. River Flood Summer 2008 3 Electrical Storm / Lightning