Birding Gallery

Bird watching has become a major hobby of mine. I try to spend as many hours outdoors as possible! I have completed several birdwatching trips since 2015: road trip to the Rockies, a month in England, a spring break in Texas and several weeks in the Philippines.

I am slowly updating this page organization to follow the Clements Checklist, Aug. 2018 updates via eBird.

Order Anseriformes, Family Anatidae (Ducks & Geese)

Black-bellied Whistling Duck (captive) Sylvan Heights Bird Park Nov. 2014

WHISTLING DUCKS

GEESE

SWANS

SWANS

SHELDUCKS

Wood Duck (captive) Sylvan Heights Bird Park Nov. 2014

PERCHING DUCKS

Baikal Teal (captive) Sylvan Heights Bird Park June 2014

DABBLING DUCKS

Redhead (captive) Sylvan Heights Bird Park Nov. 2014

POCHARDS

Common Eider (captive) Sylvan Heights Bird Park Nov. 2014

EIDERS

Common Goldeneye (captive) Sylvan Heights Bird Park Nov. 2014

SEA DUCKS

Hooded Merganser Shem Creek boardwalk Charleston, SC - Dec. 2013

MERGANSERS

Ruddy Duck (Captive) Sylvan Heights Bird Park, Scotland Neck, NC Nov. 2014

STIFF-TAILED DUCKS

Order Galliformes, Family Cracidae (Curassows & Guans)

CHACHALACAS

Order Galliformes, Family Odontophoridae (New World Quails)

QUAILS

Order Galliformes, Family Phasianidae (Partridges, Grouse, Turkeys & Old World Quail)

PEACOCK-PHEASANT

Chukar Antelope Island SP July 2015

PARTRIDGES & QUAIL

Willow Ptarmigan Denali National Park May 2008

PTARMIGAN

TURKEYS

Order Podicipediformes, Family Podicipedidae (Grebes)

GREBES

Order Columbiformes, Family Columbidae (Doves & Pigeons)

Doves & Pigeons

DOVES & PIGEONS

Order Cuculiformes, Family Cuculidae (Cuckoos & Roadrunners)

Yellow-billed Cuckoo Pee Dee NWR May 2016

CUCKOOS

Order Caprimulgiformes, Families Podargidae & Caprimulgidae (Frogmouth & Nightjars)

FROGMOUTH

NIGHTJARS

Order Caprimulgiformes, Family Apodidae (Swifts & Hummingbirds)

HUMMINGBIRDS

Order Gruiformes, Families Rallidae (Rails & Coots), Aramidae (Limpkin) and Gruidae (Cranes)

COOTS & MOORHENS

CRANES

RAILS

Order Charadriiformes, Family Recurvirostridae (Avocets & Stilts)

American Avocet Prime Hook NWR - Apr. 2014 Prime Hook Rd.

AVOCETS

Black-necked Stilt Prime Hook NWR - 2014 Prime Hook Rd.

STILTS

Order Charadriiformes, Family Haematopodidae (Oystercatchers)

OYSTERCATCHERS

Order Charadriiformes, Family Charadriidae (Plovers, Dotterels, and Lapwings)

Killdeer Pee Dee NWR June 2014

LAPWINGS & PLOVERS

Order Charadriiformes, Family Scolopacidae (Sandpipers)

CURLEW & WHIMBRELS

CURLEW & WHIMBRELS

DUNLIN

GODWITS

GREENSHANK & REDSHANK

KNOTS

PHALAROPES

PHALAROPES

RUFF

SANDERLING

Upland Sandpiper Crescent Lake NWR June 2015

SANDPIPERS

SNIPE

TURNSTONES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loons & Grebes

Common Loon Burton's Island, Delaware Seashore State Park

LOONS

 

Gannets, Pelicans, Darters & Cormorants

American White Pelican Blackwater NWR Dec. 2014

PELICANS

BOOBIES & GANNETS

BOOBIES & GANNETS

Anhinga Middleton Place Charleston, SC; Dec. 2014

ANHINGA

Double Crested Cormorant High Rock Dam, Rowan County, NC

CORMORANTS

 

 

Herons, Bitterns & Allies

Snowy Egret Chincoteague NWR

EGRETS

Great Blue Heron Blackwater NWR Dec. 2014

HERONS

Black-crowned Night-heron Bear River MBR, UT July 2015

NIGHT-HERONS

Ibises & Spoonbills

White Ibis Middleton Place, Charleston, SC - Dec. 2013

IBISES

 

Vultures, New World

Turkey Vultures Blackwater NWR Dec. 2014

VULTURES

 

Hawks, Kites, Eagles & Allies

Osprey Blackwater NWR

OSPREY & HARRIERS

Bald Eagle Blackwater NWR There is a large nest in a cluster of trees at the end of the Wildlife Drive.

EAGLES

Cooper's Hawk Port Mahon, DE Dec. 2014 Click to enlarge.

ACCIPITERS

Red-tailed Hawk E. A. Vaughn Wildlife Management Area This area is very rural with no well-marked parking areas. I spotted this hawk around 8:30am from Taylor Landing Rd.

BUTEOS

 

Caracaras & Falcons

American Kestrel Assawoman Wildlife Area, Camp Barnes Rd. Click for larger photo. Dec. 2014

FALCONS

 

Sandpipers, Phalaropes & Allies

 

Gulls, Terns & Skimmers

Ring-billed Gull Charleston Waterfront Park Dec. 2013

GULLS

Forster's Tern Chincoteague NWR - Apr. 2014

TERNS

 

Auks, Murres & Puffins

Common Murre Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska - 2008

MURRES

Tufted Puffin SeaLife Center, Seward, AK - 2008

PUFFINS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lories, Parakeets, Macaws, Parrots

Budgerigar (Parakeet) Atlanta Zoo - 2012

Lories, Parakeets, Macaws, Parrots

 

 

Owls

Owls

OWLS

 

 

Kingfishers

Belted Kingfisher Burton's Island, DE Dec. 2014

KINGFISHERS

 

Woodpeckers, Allies

Red-bellied Woodpecker Prime Hook NWR Dec. 2014

WOODPECKERS, ALLIES

 

Tyrant Flycatchers

Eastern Kingbird Bombay Hook NWR - Jul. 2014

TYRANT FLYCATCHERS

 

Vireos

Warbling Vireo Hell Canyon, Jewel Cave NM June 2015

VIREOS

 

Crows, Jays & Magpies

Blue Jay Bicentennial Garden, Greensboro, NC

CROWS, JAYS, MAGPIES

 

Larks

Horned Lark (captive) North Carolina Zoological Park - Apr. 2014

LARKS

 

Swallows

Swallows

SWALLOWS

 

Chickadees & Titmice

Chickadee, sp. Gordon's Pond Cape Henlopen State Park, DE

CHICKADEES, TITMICE

 

Creepers & Nuthatches

Creepers

CREEPERS

Nuthatches

NUTHATCHES

Wrens

Wrens

WRENS

Old World Warblers & Gnatcatchers

Old World Warblers & Gnatcatchers

GNATCATCHERS

 

Thrushes

Thrushes

THRUSHES

Mockingbirds & Thrashers

Northern Mockingbird Mocksville, NC - Oct. 2014

MOCKINGBIRDS, THRASHERS

Starlings

STARLINGS

Wagtails, Pipits & Waxwings

Wagtails & Pipits

WAGTAILS & PIPITS

WAXWINGS

Wood Warblers

Wood Warblers

WOOD WARBLERS

Tanagers

Tanagers

TANAGERS

 

Emberizids

Savannah, Swamp & White-throated Sparrows

SPARROWS (S-W)

Field Sparrow Mocksville, NC Jan. 2016

SPARROWS (CHIPPING, FIELD & LARK)

Song Sparrows

SONG SPARROWS

Towhees

TOWHEES

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cardinals, Saltators, Allies

Cardinals

CARDINALS

Grosbeaks & Buntings

GROSBEAKS & BUNTINGS

 

 

Blackbirds

Blackbirds

BLACKBIRDS

Grackles

GRACKLES

 

Finches

Finches

FINCHES

 

 

 

 

 

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