L I F E L I S T
(last updated 11/25/06)
Recent sightings have my list up to 265.
Songbirds |
Woodland
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Woodpeckers |
Raptors |
Shorebirds |
Fishing Birds |
International
NOTES: Bird names highlighted in blue have pictures I've taken associated with them.
bold blue indicates first-time sighting with photograph, first-time sighting with no photograph
indicates a trophy photograph of this species.
NOTE: THIS PAGE IS BEING UPDATED - IT'S JUST TAKING A WHILE
Songbirds - Finches, Sparrows, Warblers and Other Songbirds
This section is birds that I think of as songbirds, and includes several sections
from
The Sibley Guide to Birds that are normally separated. ||
See all songbird photos
Woodland Birds - Thrushes, Jays, Blackbirds, Doves, Tanagers and Game
birds
Woodland and yard birds of a larger variety.
- Blackbirds
- Doves
- Jays
- Game Birds
- Northern Bobwhite
- White-tailed Ptarmigan
- Ring-necked Pheasant
- Wild Turkey
- Tanagers
- Thrushes
Woodpeckers
Woodpeckers, flickers and related birds.
- Woodpeckers
- Nuthaches
- Creepers
Raptors - Eagles, Hawks, Falcons, Owls and Vultures
Basically, this section is all of the large birds of prey.
- Eagles
- Falcons
- Hawks
- Owls
- Vultures
Shorebirds - Rails, Wading Birds and Waterfowl
If it works the water, it's here.
- Pelanaciformes - Pelicans, Cormorants and Ibis
- Rails
- Gulls & Terns
- Herons
- Waterfowl
- American Black Duck
- Bufflehead
- Canvasback
- Gadwall
- Harlequin Duck
- Long-Tailed Duck (Oldsquaw)
- Mallard Duck
- Northern Pintail
- Northern Shoveler
- Ring-necked Duck
- Ruddy Duck
- Scaup, Greater
- Scaup, Lesser
- Teal, Blue-winged
- Teal, Green-winged
- Wood Duck
- American Black Duck x Mallard
- Brant
- Canada Goose
- Snow Goose
- Snow Goose (Blue Morph)
- Swan, Mute
- Swan, Tundra
- Horned Grebe
- Pied-billed Grebe
- Loon, Common

- Loon, Red-Throated
- Merganser, Common
- Merganser, Hooded
- Merganser, Red-breasted
- Eider, Common
- Scoter, Surf
- Scoter, Black
- Scoter, White-Winged
- Shorebirds
- American Avocet
- American Oystercatcher
- Dowitcher, short-billed
- Dunlin

- Killdeer
- Plover, American Golden
- Plover, Black-Bellied

- Plover, Piping
- Purple Gallinule
- Red Knot

- Ruddy Turnstone

- Sanderling

- Sandpiper, Pectoral
- Sandpiper, Purple

- Sandpiper, Semipalmated
- Sandpiper, Solitary
- Sandpiper, Spotted
- Sandpiper, Stilt
- Snipe, Common
- Whimbrel
- Willet
- Yellowlegs, Greater

- Yellowlegs, Lesser
- Wading Birds
- Glossy Ibis
- White Ibis
- Roseate Spoonbill
- Wood Stork
Kingfishers, Flycatchers, Nighthawks and Swallows
Birds that eat on the wing, basically.
- Kingfishers
- Flycatchers
- Swallows
Birds I've seen in other countries
I've tried to sort them by country rather than type.
- Jamaica
- Fiji
- Avadavat, Red male
• group
- Vanikoro Broadbill
- Red-vented Bulbul male
- Fiji Goshawk
- Reef Heron - Gray photo
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- Reef Heron - White
- Wattled Honeyeater
- White-Collared Kingfisher photo
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- Collared Lory
- Slaty Monarch
- Brown Mynah
- Gray Mynah
- Orange-Breasted Myzomela
- Fiji Parrotfinch
- Feral Pigeon
- White-Throated Pigeon
- Polynesian Triller
- White-tailed Tropicbird
- Golden Whistler
- Collared Dove
- Pacific Swallow
- White-rumped Swiftlet
- Fiji Woodswallow
- Fiji White-eye photo
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