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
Broad-Winged Hawk
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
Categorized by family, placed chronologically by common name
Ants (Formicidae)
Bee Flies (Bombyliidae)
Blow Flies (Calliphoridae)
Brown Lacewings (Hemerobiidae)
Carrion Beetles (Silphidae)
Cellar Spiders (Pholcidae)
Centipedes, House (Scutigeridae)
Cicadas (Cicadidae)
Common Sawflies (Tenthredinidae)
Crane Flies (Tipulidae)
Emeralds (Corduliidae)
Fireflies (Lampyridae)
Flower Flies - See Syrphid Flies
Funnel-Web Spiders (Agelenidae)
Honey Bees - See Bumble Bees, etc.
Hornets - See Yellowjackets, etc.
Hover Flies - See Syrphid Flies
Ichneumon Wasps (Ichneumonidae)
Jumping Spiders (Salticidae)
Katydids (Tettigoniidae)
Ladybird Beetles (Coccinellidae)
Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae)
Leaffooted Bugs (Coreidae)
Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae)
Lightning Bugs - See Fireflies
Longhorned Beetles (Cerambycidae)
Mantid Flies (Mantispidae)
Mantids (Mantidae)
Minettia Flies (Minettia)
Narrow-Winged Damselflies (Coenagrionidae)
New York Weevils (Ithyceridae)
Orb-Weavers (Araneidae)
Paper Wasps - See Yellowjackets, etc.
Picture-Winged Flies (Ulidiidae)
Plant Bugs (Miridae)
Robber Flies (Asilidae)
Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae)
Scentless Plant Bugs (Rhopalidae)
Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae)
Signal Flies (Platystomatidae)
Soldier Beetles (Cantharidae)
Soldier Flies (Stratiomyidae)
Spittlebugs (Cercopidae)
Stink Bugs (Pentatomidae)
Swallowtails (Papilionidae)
Sweat Bees (Halictidae)
Syrphid Flies (Syrphidae)
Tiger Moths (Arctiidae)
Tiphiid Wasps (Tiphiidae)
Yellowjackets, etc. (Vespidae)
American Beaver
Common Raccoon
Eastern Chipmunk
Eastern Cottontail
Eastern Fox Squirrel
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Groundhog - See Woodchuck
Ground Squirrel - See Eastern Chipmunk
Red Fox
Striped Skunk
Virginia Opossum
White-Tailed Deer
Woodchuck
Brown-Eyed Susan
Buttonbush
Clematis
Crown Vetch
Dandelion
Day Lily
Field Marigold
Larkspur
Mountain Blue
Palm Tree*
Purple Coneflower
Rose
Sedum
Spider Lily - See Spiderwort
Spiderwort
Stinkhorn
Sweet Alyssum
Whorled Tickseed
Wild Pansy
Yarrow
American Toad
Common Garter Snake
Eastern Box Turtle*
Green Frog
Long-Tailed Salamander*
Northern Fence Lizard*
Painted Turtle
Crayfish
Events
Farm Implements
Landscapes / Rivers
Miscellaneous
Planes / Trains / Autos / Boats
Rainbows / Clouds / Sky Formations
Signs, Billboards, etc.
Structures / Buildings
Sun and Moon
Weather
Eastern Bluebird - Sialia sialis - also known as Le merlebleu de l’est (French), Oostelijke Bluebird (Dutch), Rotkehl-Hüttensänger (German), Uccello azzurro orientale (Italian), Azulillo de garganta canela (Spanish), and Östsialia (Swedish).
Photo taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XT / 350D and a Sigma 175-500mm Lens on April 16, 2010 at Ledges State Park near Ames, Iowa.
Red-Bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus - also known as Le pic à ventre roux (French), Roodbuikspecht (Dutch), Carolinaspecht (German), Picchio della Carolina (Italian), Carpintero de Carolina (Spanish), and Karolinaspett (Swedish).
Black-Capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapilla - also known as Mésange à tête noire (French), Die Schwarzkopfmeise (German), Черношапочная гаичка (Russian).
Photo taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XT / 350D and a Sigma 175-500mm Lens on March 28, 2010 in Davenport, Iowa.
Red-Bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus - also known as Le pic à ventre roux (French), Roodbuikspecht (Dutch), Carolinaspecht (German), Picchio della Carolina (Italian), Carpintero de Carolina (Spanish), and Karolinaspett (Swedish).
Female. The red coloring on the nape extends to the top of the head on the males.
Photo taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XT / 350D and a Sigma 175-500mm Lens on March 28, 2010 in Davenport, Iowa.
Red-Bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus - also known as Le pic à ventre roux (French), Roodbuikspecht (Dutch), Carolinaspecht (German), Picchio della Carolina (Italian), Carpintero de Carolina (Spanish), and Karolinaspett (Swedish).
The full red “mohawk” indicates it is a male.
Photos taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XT / 350D and a Sigma 175-500mm Lens on March 28, 2010 in Davenport, Iowa.
Broad-Winged Hawk - Buteo platypterus.
Photo taken on April 16, 2010 with the Canon Digital Rebel XT / 350D and a Sigma 175-500mm lens at Ledges State Park, near Ames, Iowa.
Red-Tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis - also known as Buse à queue rousse (French), Roodstaartbuizerd (Dutch), Rotschwanzbussard (German), Poiana della Giamaica (Italian), Busardo Colirrojo (Spanish), and Rödstjärtad vrak (Swedish).
They were hunting together peacefully until the one on the right appeared to catch something, then the fight was on.
Photos taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XT / 350D and a Sigma 175-500mm Lens on March 14, 2010 in Davenport, Iowa.
Red-Tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis - also known as Buse à queue rousse (French), Roodstaartbuizerd (Dutch), Rotschwanzbussard (German), Poiana della Giamaica (Italian), Busardo Colirrojo (Spanish), and Rödstjärtad vrak (Swedish).
Photos taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XT / 350D and a Sigma 175-500mm Lens on March 14, 2010 in Davenport, Iowa.
American Robin - Turdus migratorius - also known as merle d’Amérique (French), merle erratique, Roodborstlijster (Dutch), Wanderdrossel (German), Tordo migratore (Italian), Robín Americano (Spanish).
The quintessential early bird.
Photos taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XT / 350D and a Sigma 175-500mm Lens on March 14, 2010 in Davenport, Iowa.
American Robin - Turdus migratorius - also known as merle d’Amérique (French), merle erratique, Roodborstlijster (Dutch), Wanderdrossel (German), Tordo migratore (Italian), Robín Americano (Spanish).
Photos taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XT / 350D and a Sigma 175-500mm Lens on March 14, 2010 in Davenport, Iowa.
American Robin - Turdus migratorius - also known as merle d’Amérique (French), merle erratique, Roodborstlijster (Dutch), Wanderdrossel (German), Tordo migratore (Italian), Robín Americano (Spanish).
Impressive eyebrows and beard.
Photo taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XT / 350D and a Sigma 175-500mm Lens on March 14, 2010 in Davenport, Iowa.
Bald Eagle - Haliaeetus leucocephalus - also known as Le pygargue à tête blanche (French), aigle à tête blanche (French), Amerikaanse zeearend (Dutch), Weißkopf-Seeadler (German), and Pigargo Americano (Spanish).
In the second picture you can see the nictitating membrane over the eye.
Eagles have eyelids that close during sleep. For blinking, they also have an inner eyelid called a nictitating membrane. Every three or four seconds, the nictitating membrane slides across the eye from front to back, wiping dirt and dust from the cornea. Because the membrane is translucent, the eagle can see even while it is over the eye.
And:
Two eyelids and a circle of bones known as the sclerotic eye ring, [sic] safeguards the outer part of the eye called the cornea. The bald eagle shuts its outer eyelid while sleeping, much like a human. The inner eyelid is translucent and is referred to as a nictitating membrane. This membrane moves across the eye side to side every three to four seconds to help shield it and to keep the eye wet and clear…A bald eagles [sic] can close its nictitating membrane and then even look directly at the sun if need be to spot their prey.
Photo taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XT / 350D and a Sigma 175-500mm Lens on February 28, 2010 near Maysville, Iowa.
Bald Eagle - Haliaeetus leucocephalus - also known as Le pygargue à tête blanche (French), aigle à tête blanche (French), Amerikaanse zeearend (Dutch), Weißkopf-Seeadler (German), and Pigargo Americano (Spanish).
Photo taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XT / 350D and a Sigma 175-500mm Lens on February 28, 2010 near Maysville, Iowa.
Bald Eagle - Haliaeetus leucocephalus - also known as Le pygargue à tête blanche (French), aigle à tête blanche (French), Amerikaanse zeearend (Dutch), Weißkopf-Seeadler (German), and Pigargo Americano (Spanish).
Photo taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XT / 350D and a Sigma 175-500mm Lens on February 28, 2010 near Maysville, Iowa.
Bald Eagle - Haliaeetus leucocephalus - also known as Le pygargue à tête blanche (French), aigle à tête blanche (French), Amerikaanse zeearend (Dutch), Weißkopf-Seeadler (German), and Pigargo Americano (Spanish).
Photo taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XT / 350D and a Sigma 175-500mm Lens on February 28, 2010 near Maysville, Iowa.
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