Swans, Geese, Ducks, and Whistling Ducks

Bird ID: Swan Goose
Anser cygnoides
Date: 8/2/10
Location: Susquehanna River - Camp, Winfield, PA







Bird ID: Snow Goose
Chen Caerulescens
Date: 1/9/11
Location: Chincoteague, Eastern Shore, VA

Swans, Geese, Ducks, and Whistling Ducks

Bird ID: Canada Goose
Branta canadensis
Date: 6/4/10
Location: Camp, Winfield, PA

Swans, Geese, Ducks, and Whistling Ducks

Bird ID: Mute Swan
Cygnus olor
Date: 11/1/10
Location: JHNWR

Swans, Geese, Ducks, and Whistling Ducks

Bird ID: Wood Duck
Aix Sponsa
Date: 4/21/10
Location: Aviary - Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center

Swan, Geese, Ducks, and Whistling Ducks

Bird ID: Mallards
Anas platyrhynchos
Date: 5/9/10
Location: Susquehanna River/Camp, Winfield, PA

Swans, Geese, Ducks, and Whistling Ducks

Bird ID: Northern Shoveler
Anas clypeata
Date: 1/9/11
Location: Chincoteague NWR, Eastern Shore, VA

Swans, Geese, Ducks, and Whistling Ducks

Bird ID: Northern Pintail
Anas acuta
Date: 1/9/11
Location: Chincoteague NWR, Eastern Shore, VA

Bird ID:  Greater Scaup
Aytha marila
Date:  2/20/11
Location:  Bolsa Chica Reserve, CA

Bird ID: Surf Scooter
Melanitta perspicillata
Date: 1/16/11
Location: Kiptopeke SP, Eastern Shore, VA

Bird ID: Bufflehead
Bucephala albeola
Date: 1/9/11
Location: Kiptopeke SP, Eastern Shore, Va.

Bird ID: Common Mergansers
Mergus merganser
Date: 4/13/10
Location: Camp, Winfield, PA




Bird ID: Hooded Merganser
Lophodytes cucullatus
Date: 1/24/11
Location: Bombay Hook NWR, Symrna, DE

Swans, Geese, Ducks, and Whistling Ducks

Bird ID: Smew
Mergellus albellus
Date: 4/21/10
Location: Aviary, Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center

Swans, Geese, Ducks, and Whistling Ducks

Bird ID: Ruddy Duck
Oxyura jamaicensis
Date: 4/21/10
Location: Aviary, Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center

Upland Game Birds

Bird ID:  Helmeted Guinea Fowl
Numida meleagris
Date:  5/18/111
Location:  somewhere in VA

Bird ID: Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
Date: May, 2010
Location: JHNWR

                                          GREBES

Bird ID:  Horned Grebe

Podiceps auritus

Date:  1/18/13

Location:  JHNWR

Pelicans and Allies

Bird ID:  Red-billed Tropicbird
Phaethon lepturus
Date:  5/2010
Location:  Bermuda

Bird ID: Brown Pelican
Pelecanus occidentalis
Date: 1/14/11

Location: Atlantic Ocean, Virg. Beach




Bird ID:  American White Pelican
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Date:  2/23/13
Location:  Galveston Harbor, Galveston

Pelicans and allies

Bird ID: Double Crested Cormorant
Phalacrocorax auritus
Date: 9/15/10
Location: JHNWR

Bird ID:  Magnificent Frigatebird

Fregata magnificens

Date:  3/21/11

Location:  Mexican Riviera

Herons, Ibises, Spoonbills, and Storks

Bird ID: Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
Date: 11/13/10
Location: JHNWR

Herons, Ibises, Spoonbills, and Storks

Bird ID: Great Egret
Ardea alba
Date: 9/15/10
Location: JHNWR

Bird ID:  Tricolored Heron

Egretta tricolor

Date:  4/12/11

Location:  Bermuda

Bird ID:  Reddish Egret
Egretta rufescens
Date:  3/2/12
Location:  Grand Turk

Bird ID:  Black-crowned Night-Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
Date:  5/6/12
Location:  somewhere in VA

Bird ID:  Green Heron
Butorides virescens
Date:  5/16/11
Location:  VA

Herons, Ibises, Spoonbills, and Stocks

Bird ID: White Ibis
Eudocimus albus
Date: 10/27/10
Location: FLSP, Virginia

Juvenile

Bird ID:  Scarlet Ibis

Eudocimus ruber

Date:  10/10/12

Location:  Cayman Turtle Farm, Grand Cayman

Bird ID:  Wood Stork
Mycteria americana
Date:  2/28/12
Location:  Sawgrass Park, Weston, FL

Flamingos



Bird ID:  Greater Flamingo

Phoenicopterus ruber

Date:   3/3/11 

Location:  Curacao

Hawks and Falcons

Bird ID:  Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
Date:  2/28/12
Location:  Sawgrass Park, Weston, FL

Bird ID:  Coopers Hawk
Accipiter cooperii
Date:  11/22/12
Location:  NBG, VA

Bird ID:  Northern Harrier Hawk
Circus cyaneus
Date:  10/26/10
Location:  Back Bay NWR, VA

Bird ID:  Northern Harrier Juvie
Circus cyaneus
Date: 
Location:  Back Bay NWR, Va

Bird ID: Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Date: 10/28/10
Location: Norfolk Botanical Garden

Hawks and Falcons

Bird ID: Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Date: 11/2/10
Location: Conowingo Dam, Maryland

Juvenile

 

Bird ID:  Ferruginous Hawk

Buteo regalis

Date:  2/22/11

Location:  Santa Ynez, CA

 

 

Hawks and Falcons

Bird ID:  Red-shouldered Hawk
Buteo lineatus
Date:  2/22/11
Location:  Santa Ynez, CA

Hawks and Falcons

Bird ID: Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
Date: 11/2/10
Location: Conowingo Dam, Maryland

Hawks and Falcons

Bird ID: White-Morph Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
Date: 11/17/08
Location: Backyard, Folsom, PA

Rails, Limpkins, and Cranes

Bird ID: Common Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
Date: 4/21/10
Location: Aviary Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center

Rails, Limpkins, and Cranes

Bird ID: American Coot
Fulica americana
Date: 11/2/10
Location:  Bolsa Chica Reserve, CA

PLOVERS
Bird ID: Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus
Date: 1/9/11
Location: Kiptopeke SP, Eastern Shore, VA




                  Oystercatchers, Stilts & Avocets
            and Jacanas

Bird ID:  American Avocet
Recurvirostra americana
Date:  12/3/12
Location:  Bombay Hook

Bird ID:  Black-necked Stilt

Himantopus mexicanus

Date:  2/28/12

Location:  Sawgrass Park, Weston, FL



Sandpipers & Phalaropes

Bird ID: Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Date: 5/9/10
Location: JHNWR

Juvenile

 

 

Bird ID:  Lesser Yellowlegs

Tringa flavipes

Date:  11/23/12

Location:  Chincoteague,VA

 

Bird ID:  Wandering Tattler
Tringa incana
Date:  3/2011
Location:  Bolsa Chica NWR, CA

Bird ID:  Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Date:  3/2/12
Location:  Grand Turk

Bird ID:  Sanderling
Calidris alba
Date:  12/10/12
Location:  Cayman Turtle Farm, Grand Cayman

Bird ID:  White-rumped Sandpiper
Calidris fuscicollis
Date:  3/2/12
Location:  Grand Turk