Wild birds, year by year
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2001 || 2004 || 2005 || 2006 || 2007 || 2008 || 2009 || 2010 || 2011
South Dakota, 2011
Bald Eagle perched on a tree (1/7/11)
Bald Eagle in flight (1/7/11)
Virginia, 2010
Kestrel perched on a wire (1/9/10)
Bluebird perched on a wire (1/9/10)
Ovenbird, at Augusta Springs (5/15/10)
Louisiana Waterthrush, at Augusta Springs (5/15/10)
Eastern Kingbird, near Swoope (5/15/10)
Red-winged Blackbird, near Swoope (5/15/10)
Scarlet Tanager, at Humpback Rocks visitors center (5/31/10)
Ruffed Grouse, at Reddish Knob (June 19)
Great Egret, near Pentagon (Sept. 25)
South Dakota & Illinois, 2010
Eurasian Collared Dove, Burbank, SD (July)
Ring-necked Pheasant, near Wakonda, SD (July)
American White Pelicans, south of Waubay NWR, SD (July)
Ring-billed Gull, Chicago (Aug. 2)
Virginia & Ohio << {switch between} >> Colorado
Virginia (& Ohio), 2009
Pine siskin (2/16/09)
Dark-eyed Junco (3/2/09) | Dark-eyed Junco, December
Goldfinch, winter (3/2/09) | Goldfinch, male (4/17/09)
Cardinal (4/5/09)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (F) (May)
Downy Woodpecker, with red crown (juv.) (May)
Wood Duck (male) | Mute Swans, Gypsy Hill Park, July 4
Cowbird & Mourning Dove, August
Ruffed Grouse (camouflaged), October
Magee Marsh, Ohio (Aug. 3)
Bald Eagle ~ Great Egret
Red-wing blackbirds, two males and one female
Barn Swallows ~ Purple Martin house
Colorado (August)
August 2009 bird montage (RMNP, Aug. 12)
Clark's Nutcracker (RMNP, Aug. 12)
Gray-headed Junco (RMNP, Aug. 12)
Mountain Bluebird (RMNP, Aug. 12)
Red-breasted Nuthatch ( alt.) (LB, Aug. 10)
Three-toed woodpecker ( alt.) (LB, Aug. 10)
Mountain Chickadee (LB, Aug. 10)
Yellow-rumped "Audubon's" warbler (LB, Aug. 10)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (LB, Aug. 10)
Bushtit, out of its normal range (Niwot, Aug. 8)
LB = Lake Brainerd; RMNP = Rocky Mountain National Park
Early 2008 << {switch between} >> Mid-to-late 2008
Virginia, Jan.-May 2008
Painted Bunting (1/31/08)
Northern Shoveler (3/8/08)
Tree Swallow (4/12/08)
Purple Finch (male) (4/19/08)
Blue-headed Vireo (4/24/08)
Baltimore Oriole (male) (5/10/08)
Green Heron (5/10/08)
Yellow Warbler (male) (5/15/08)
Bluebird (female) (5/16/08)
Black & White Warbler (//08)
Virginia, June-Sept.; S.D. Oct. 2008
Barred Owl (6/9/08)
Bird montage, Highland County (6/9/08)
Flicker (female) (6/17/08)
Catbird albino (6/17/08)
Red-wing Blackbird (M) (6/21/08)
Brown-headed Cowbird (male) (7/06/08)
Sanderling (8/28/08)
Undetermined Gull, immature (8/28/08)
Brown Thrasher (9/22/08)
Harris's Sparrow (Vermillion, SD -- 10/8/08)
Virginia, 2007
Cooper's Hawk rehabilitation (3/27/07)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker(3/31/07)
Swamp Sparrow | Towhee (March, 2007)
Wild Turkey (April, 2007)
Purple Martin, house (May, 2007)
Indigo Bunting (July 8, 2007) | Cardinal (July 29, 2007)
Redstart eating (Sept. 28, 2007)
Downy Woodpecker at window (Oct. 3, 2007)
Magnolia Warbler (Oct. 9, 2007)
Great Blue Heron in a tree (Oct. 20, 2007)
Hummingbird feeding (Oct., 2007)
Mockingbird (Dec. 10, 2007)
Painted Bunting ! (Dec. 29, 2007)
Virginia 2006 (I) || Virginia 2006 (II) || S. Dakota & Neb. 2006
South Dakota & Nebraska, 2006
Dickcissel (M), west of Volin (7/8/06)
Barn swallow, NE Nebraska (7/11/06)
Dickcissel (M), Spirit Mound (7/11/06)
Red-headed woodpecker, S of Burbank (7/13/06)
Lark sparrow, south of Burbank (7/13/06)
Killdeer on "nest," Vermillion (7/15/06)
Killdeer standing over "nest," Vermillion (7/7/06)
Baltimore oriole (F), at Missouri River (7/11/06)
Orchard oriole (M), Clay Co. Park (7/15/06)
Orchard oriole (1st year M), Clay Co. Park (7/15/06)
Kingbird, Clay County Park (7/15/06)
Virginia, Jan.-Apr. 2006
Gray catbird in snow, behind SARS, (2/12/06)
Red-bellied woodpecker (F) (2/12/06)
Downy woodpecker (M), back yard (3/12/06)
Turkey vulture, James River (3/18/06)
Common grackle, back yard (3/28/06)
Pileated woodpecker, Betsy Bell Hill (4/1/06)
Robin, back yard (4/11/06)
Yellow-rumped warbler (M), behind SARS (4/20/06)
Goldfinch (M), at window (4/27/06)
Brown-headed cowbird, behind apt. (4/28/06)
Mourning dove, back yard (4/28/06)
White-throated sparrow, behind apt. (4/28/06)
Virginia, May-Dec. 2006
Pine siskin, at feeder (5/3/06)
Least flycatcher, behind SARS (5/5/06)
Phoebe on a fence, Lewis Creek (5/28/06)
Tree swallow (M), on Bell's Lane (5/28/06)
Mallard (M), Gypsy Hill Park (5/29/06)
N. roughwing swallows (M), Lewis Creek (6/4/06)
American crow, back yard (6/5/06)
Bluebird on wire, "Leonard's Pond" (6/17/06)
Glossy ibis, SE Rockingham County ( #2) (8/3/06)
Savannah sparrow, Bell's Lane (10/20/06)
White-breasted nuthatch, Deerfield, VA (10/22/06)
Black Swan, near Fishersville (11/8/06)
Virginia, 2005
Baby Carolina wren, by our apartment (5/11/05)
Chestnut-sided warbler (M), Shen. N.P. (6/5/05)
Scarlet tanager (M), Shen. N.P. (6/5/05)
Kestrel juvenile, Verona, VA (6/22/05)
Ruby-throated hummingbird (F), back porch (8/28/05)
Goldfinch (F/J), at window (10/1/05)
Palm Warbler, Bell's Lane (10/23/05)
Yellow-rumped Warbler, Bell's Lane (10/23/05)
Dark-eyed junco, brownish, behind apt. (10/29/05)
Brown creeper, behind SARS (11/5/05)
ALSO SEE: Costa Rica birds
Gray catbird, in snow, behind SARS (12/6/05)
Sharp-shinned hawk, behind apt. (Dec. 26)
Wood duck (male) ( female), Gypsy Hill Park (12/28/05)
Virginia << {switch between} >> South Dakota / New York
Virginia, 2004
White-crowned sparrow, Augusta Co., VA (2/04)
Short-eared owl, Augusta Co., VA (2/04)
Western tanager (JM), back yard! ( #2) ( #3) (Mar.)
Indigo bunting (M), behind SARS ( pair) (5/04)
Catbird, behind SARS (5/04)
C. yellowthroat (F), victim of W. Nile Virus? (5/04)
Scarlet tanager (M), Humpback Rocks (5/04)
Redstart (M), Humpback Rocks (Blue Ridge) (5/04)
Ruby-throated hummer (M), Buffalo Gap ( #2) July
Red-eyed vireo, Shenandoah Nat. Park (9/04)
Sharp-shinned hawk, in back yard ( #2) (Nov. 17, 26)
Cedar waxwings, Belmont Terrace ( flock) (Dec. 5)
South Dakota & NYC, 2004
Great egret, Central Park, NYC (7/04)
Common yellowthroat (M), NE of Vermillion (8/04)
Marsh wren, NE of Vermillion (8/04)
Ospreys, Clay County Park (8/04)
Various, 1985-2003
Purple gallinule (Everglades, FL, Dec. 1985)
Steller's Jays (west of Lolo Pass, ID, August 1987)
Canada geese & goslings (near Blacksburg, June, 2001)
Bluebird (juv.) (Blacksburg, June, 2001)
Mute swans (Gypsy Hill Park, Staunton, May 2002)
Vesper sparrow (Staunton, April 2002)
Albino goldfinch, behind apt. (Nov. 2002)
Barn swallow (juv.) (Swoope, VA, June, 2003)