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North American wild birds

:: Loons ::	:: Grebes ::	:: Cormorants & Anhinga ::	:: Shearwaters and Petrels ::	:: Storm Petrels ::	:: Pelicans, Frigatebirds, Gannets & Allies ::
:: Herons Egrets & Allies ::	:: Waterfowl ::	:: Raptors ::	:: Upland Game Birds ::	:: Cranes, Rails & Gallinules ::	:: Shorebirds ::
:: Jaegers & Skuas ::	:: Gulls ::	:: Terns ::	:: Alcids ::	:: Doves ::	:: Goatsuckers & Swifts ::
:: Cuckoos & Allies ::	:: Parrots ::	:: Owls ::	:: Hummingbirds ::	:: Kingfishers ::	:: Woodpeckers ::
:: Flycatchers ::	:: Shrikes & Vireos ::	:: Jays and Crows ::	:: Horned Lark ::	:: Swallows ::	:: Chickadees & Allies ::
:: Nuthatches & Creepers ::	:: Wrens ::	:: Old World Warblers, Thrushes and Allies ::	:: Thrashers & Allies - Mimidae ::	:: Starlings & Mynas ::	:: Pipits and Wagtails ::
:: Silky Flycatchers ::	:: Waxwings ::	:: Warblers ::	:: Tanagers, Cardinals & Allies ::	:: Sparrows & Allies ::	:: Icterids - Meadowlarks, Bobolink, Cowbirds, Blackbirds, Grackles & Orioles ::
:: Finches & Old World Sparrows ::	:: Massachusetts Rare Birds ::	:: Birds in Flight ::

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Riley		26-Jun-2011 12:31
Your pictures show amazing color and detail, making identification easy for us novice bird watchers. What a great reference site. I have never seen an Indigo Bunting; I love it's bold color. Thank you so much for posting your pictures.

Donald		28-Mar-2011 05:11
Your pictures are beautiful & well presented to help identification. I have just become interested in "Bird Watching" and have built two feeders one painted red and the other green. I understand that birds are attracted mostly to green. My neighbors on both sides have had feeders for a long time and attract sparrows,quail, doves, and an occasional hawk. At the moment I'm seeing doves and sparrows. The invitation is out for all!! I have also built a "Bat House" and hope to offer residence to that group.

Jyoti		03-Dec-2010 07:44
i had a great time watching birds

KSHITISH CHANDRA BARIK		24-Jun-2010 12:06
Amazing photographs that enchant and inspire naturally

Linda		15-Jun-2010 21:33
I have a bird feeder at my home in northern Massachusetts. I have a bird coming to my feeder and I am unable to identify it. Can you help me. It has a white chest with red under it's wings. It's wings and back are black. This is not a grosbeak, that much I know, although for the few seconds I had, I thought the beak to be that of a grosbeak.

Bob Perry		15-Jun-2010 15:51
Tom ~ absolutely gorgeous pictures, thank you for sharing them. I do not know if you can help me or not, I was walking with my two sons in a wooded area with a marsh and spotted a bird that I could have sworn was a pelican! Can you think of what it might have been? I have tried searching on google & all of your birds, but cannot locate it. I am 20 minutes south of Worcester MA on the CT border. Thank you, brother ~ Bob P.

Lynn		02-May-2010 20:10
beutiful!! how did you get them to pose for you:)

Mike		20-Apr-2010 15:26
can you help me identify what birds I saw? Location northern Michigan I site several large black birds with a straight orange beek. They had a wing span of 4'-6'.

grace oaks		23-Feb-2010 01:41
to Patsy McGee a solid blue bird about the size of a gold finch is an indigo bunting my feeders are covered in the spring and summer to gin snetzinger the bird u discribed in central ms if it was black with a white underside and red on the chest sounds like a rose breasted grosbeak

Tom Murray		17-Feb-2010 23:37
Jason, most likely the bird in your yard is a Woodcock. Have a look at the one I photographed.http://www.pbase.com/tmurray74/image/97852825

jason c. barbee		17-Feb-2010 18:12
i live in va. there was a bird in my yard that is about 4 or 5 inches tall, has a long beek. looks like a 3 inch pencil. it goes back and forth 3 or 4 times before it takes its step.i just throught this bird was cool looking.just looked 2 YOUR PICS....might be a purple sandpiper

jason c. barbee		17-Feb-2010 18:08
i live in va. there was a bird in my yard that is about 4 or 5 inches tall, has a long beek. looks like a 3 inch pencil. it goes back and forth 3 or 4 times before it takes its step.i just throught this bird was cool looking. thanks.....jason

Patsy McGee		21-Apr-2009 15:34
I have seen a blue bird that is solid blue. It is small about 4 or 5 inches. I have looked in my bird book(Birds of North American, Eastern Region, Smithsonian Handbooks) and can't find this one. I live in Philadelphia, MS in the county. A small community of Dixon. It comes to eat in the morning and evening. There have been six at one time. I like your pictures very much.I would like to know what kind it is. Thanks Patsy McGee

Guest		18-Apr-2009 20:15
Tahnk you very much for these beautyful pictures. It´s interresting what kind of birds are in your Area. I live in Germany, and here whe dont have so nice birds.

Tom Murray		20-Aug-2008 04:08
Paige, it sounds like a Swallow-tailed Kite. Google it and you'll find plenty of pictures to compare.

Paige		19-Aug-2008 22:17
I seen some birds that was white and gray on the belly with a v tail. It was a little smaller than a hawk or maybe the same size. I have never seen them before They sounded like hawks. Could you help me. Thanks!

Dink		13-May-2008 03:39
Wow!! Your pictures are beautiful!!! That's all I can say they are just beautiful!

gin snetzinger		23-Apr-2008 01:16
My son took a picture of a bird in his back yard (central Mississippi) that we don't recognize...about as large as a cardinal but the coloration was black/white with a bright red breast. Also I saw a large solid orange bird about the size of a crow on a birdfeeder in northwest minnesota in June of last year. Any ideas as to what these could have been?

Tom Murray		17-Mar-2008 00:16
Marcie, it sounds like you probably have an American Woodcock. This is the time of year the start doing their courtship behavior.

Marcie		17-Mar-2008 00:12
WE found an injured bird in our yard. It had a long beek and bugged eyes. We live in Illinois. Can anyone help.

Sharon Pierce		14-Mar-2008 00:34
Great pictures!! Now I know what kind of birds are in my front yard.

Nancy Hicks		09-Mar-2008 23:27
Tom: Thank you for pictures, I located a black bird that had been visiting my feeders, it was the one of yiu first pictures on the black bird sectionm is very pretty with the red and yellow on his wings,again thanks, the pics are amazing Nancy

Nancy Fetsko		28-Feb-2008 04:39
All of your pictures that you have taken are beautiful. Now I can know what kinds of birds coming to my feeders by looking at your pictures. Thank you for taking beautiful picture that we all can enjoy.

Guest		08-Jan-2008 20:59
Your website is awesome for helping me identify the birds at my new house which has many bird feeders. Much appreciated....

marian		26-Aug-2007 21:40
Thank you for having a picture of the crablike orb weaving spiders - I have seen several in the past three years and found that the design in the web is specific to the spider, not the species. My guys tend to be more the yellow and black striped kind--

shirley		24-Aug-2007 06:39
TOM I'M NOT AN EXPERT BUTI LOVE THESE BIRD PICS.THEY ARE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PHOTO'S I'VE EVER SEEN.YOU DO GORGEOUS WORK.I HOPE TO SEE MORE SOON ,THANK-YOU FOR MAKING MY NIGHT.GOD BLESS SHIRLEY

gguestg		24-Apr-2007 02:32
I love these pictures. I have 3 bird feeders, and houses that these birds visit.they are now busy building nest all around our yard.thanks to your pictures I can see what birds are coming here thank you.

Raul Quinones		23-Apr-2007 01:45
Fantastic gallery, awesome collection.

Manon		11-Apr-2007 01:19
awsom do you have more?

Guest		05-Apr-2007 14:39
You take beautiful pictures. I thank you for helping me identify my Massachusetts birds. My daily bread feeders this winter: various sparrows, a pair of cardinals, a pair of blue jays, a mocking bird, a wren, black-capped chickadees, one gray vole, and a white-tail rabbit. Thanks! Cheryl

Guest		07-Mar-2007 16:17
what gorgeous pictures. thank you for all the work you have put into this so that others may enjoy. :)

Kevin Fasken		21-May-2006 02:51
You have a very diverse collection of birds here. Nice work!

Gayle P. Clement		20-Jan-2006 00:44
Very impressive collection.

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