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Anhingas, Cormorants
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Chickadees, Nuthatches, Bushtits, Creepers, Verdins, Titmice
Cuckoos & Roadrunners
Cranes, Rails, Coots, & Soras
Ducks
Falcons
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Flycatchers, Phoebes, Kingbirds, Pewees
Geese & Swans
Goatsuckers (no joke)
Grebes & Loons
Gulls
Hawks and Vultures
Hummingbirds
Jaegers & Skuas
Jays, Crows, Ravens, & Nutcrackers
Kingfishers & Trogans
Kinglets, Gnatcatchers, Dippers, & Wrentits
Larks
Mockingbirds, Thrashers, & Catbirds
Owls
Parrots & Parakeets
Pelicans and Boobies
Pigeons & Doves
Puffins, Guillemots, Auklets & Murres
Shorebirds
Shrikes and Vireos
Sparrows, Juncos & Towhees
Swallow and Martins
Tanagers, Cardinals, Buntings & Grosbeaks
Terns & Skimmers
Thrushes, Robins, Solitaires & Bluebirds
Upland Game Birds
Wading Birds
Warblers, Chats, Redstarts
Woodpeckers
Wrens
Wagtails, Pipits, Waxwings, Starlings, Snowy Buntings, Longspurs, Olive Warbler

Thematic Galleries

Pelagic Birding
Ecuador ’25: The Western Foothills
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Ecuador ’25: The Amazon Basin
Birding Baja ’23
Siltcoos Kayak ’23
Spring Fling ’23
Birding Panamá ’23
Panamá Slideshow
Birding Florida ’23
Arizona ’22
Costa Rica ’21
Alaska ’21

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2018 Birds

American Bittern (© Nick Viani) Ankeny National Wildlife Preserve, Salem, OR

American Dipper (© Nick Viani) Lithia Park, Ashland, OR

American Kestrel (Female) (© Nick Viani)

American Redstart (Blue Ridge Parkway, NC)

American Redstart (female) (Beaver Lake, NC)

American Redstart - female (Blue Ridge Parkway, NC)

American Robin (in the distance) Hyatt Lake, OR

American Robin - juvenile (Ankeny National Wildlife Preserve, Salem, OR)

American Robin - juvenile (Crane Flats Reservoir, Bend, OR)

American White Pelican, Klamath Falls, Wood River Wetlands

American White Pelican exhibiting the vertical plate characteristic of a breeding male (Hyatt Lake, OR)

Bald Eagle not far from the nest at Lynx Lake, Prescott, AZ (© Nick Viani)

Baltimore Oriole (© Nick Viani) Royal Front, VA

Black-capped Chickadee (excavating a cavity for possible nesting)

Black-capped Chickadee, Backyard Birds in Paradise

Black-headed Grosbeak (© Nick Viani) Backyard Birds in Paradise

Black-headed Grosbeak (immature/female) - Paradise Lane backyard

Black-throated Blue Warbler (f - Price Lake, NC)

Black-throated Gray Warbler, Oredson-Todd Woods

Black-throated Green Warbler (Blue Ridge Parkway, NC)

Black-throated Sparrow (© Nick Viani 1/28)

Black and White Warbler (Blue Ridge Parkway, NC)

Blackburnian Warbler (Cradle of Forestry, NC)

Blue-headed Vireo (Blue Ridge Parkway, NC)

Blue-winged Teal (immature) on the Hoster pond, Yaak, MT

Blue Jay - uncommon west of the Cascades. This photo was taken in Whitefish, MT.

Bonaparte's Gull (transitioning) - (Washington DC)

Brewers Blackbird - female (© Nick Viani) Centennial Golf Club, Medford, OR

Brewers Blackbird - juvenile (© Nick Viani) Crane Flats Reservoir, Bend, OR

Brewers Blackbird - male (© Nick Viani) Centennial Golf Club, Medford, OR

Brown-headed Cowbird and its surrogate "parent" (Western Tanager) (© Nick Viani) Crane Flats Reservoir, Bend, OR - An example of "brood/nest parasitism" where a cowbird lays an egg into other bird's nest.

Brown Thrasher (© Nick Viani) Washington DC

Bullocks Oriole - male (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond

California Towhee (© Nick Viani) North Mtn. Park, Ashland

California Towhee (Denman Wildlife Area)

Carolina Chickadee (Blue Ridge Parkway, NC)

Carolina Chickadee (Charlottesville, VA)

Carolina Wren (© Nick Viani) Charlottesville, VA

Carolina Wren (© Nick Viani) Royal Front, VA

Chestnut-backed Chickadee (© Nick Viani)

Chestnut-backed Chickadee (© Nick Viani) Matheson Lake, Sooke, BC

Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Beacon Hill, Victoria, BC)

Chipping Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Washington DC

Chipping Sparrow (Blue Ridge Parkway, NC)

Common Grackle (© Nick Viani) Washington DC

Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani) #2 Green River, AZ

Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani) Backyard Bird Collection

Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani) Tucson, AZ. In Phil's back yard. Note the size of the feet and the shape of the forehead.

Coopers Hawk (© Nick Viani) #3 Tucson, AZ. In Phil's back yard.

Coopers Hawk (© Nick Viani) #6 Mt. Ashland

Coopers Hawk - juvenile (© Nick Viani) #5 unusual lighter eye and marked graduation in the tail feathers. Streaking on chest (vs. horizontal barring) indicates juvenile.

Curve-billed Thrasher at Sunset (© Nick Viani 1/28) Arizona

Dark-eyed Junco (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park

Dark-Eyed Junco (Arizona) (© Nick Viani)

Dark-Eyed Junco (Arizona) (© Nick Viani 1/28)

Dark-eyed Junco (Blue Ridge Parkway, NC)

Dark-eyed Junco - Backyard Birds, Paradise Lane, Ashland, OR

Dark-eyed Junco - Ditch Trail above Paradise

Downey Woodpecker (Pacific—females lack the red spot on the nape)

Downy Woodpecker (Blue Ridge Parkway, NC)

Downy Woodpecker (Washington DC - Note nictitating membrane)

Evening Grosbeak (taking a break from binging on Juniper berries and, possibly, rose hip berries)

Fox Sparrow (Sooty - also note the two-toned beak) - North Mountain Park, Ashland

Golden-crowned Sparrow (Denman Wildlife Area)

Golden-crowned Sparrow (immature) - North Mountain Park

Golden-crowned Sparrow - North Mountain Park

Great Egret with fish and emerging breeding plumage (© Nick Viani) Washington DC

Hairy Woodpecker (© Nick Viani) Sampson Creek Preserve, Southern OR

Hairy Woodpecker (eastern - Shenandoah NP, VA)

Hermit Thrush - backyard birds in Paradise

House Wren at Willow-Witt Farm - BioBlitz

Killdeer (presumed male & female) (Hyatt Lake, OR)

Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Female) (© Nick Viani)

Lesser Goldfinch (female/immature) - North Mountain Park

Lesser Goldfinch (immature/female) - backyard birds in Paradise

Lesser Goldfinch (m) Oredson-Todd Woods, Ashland

Lesser Goldfinch, Backyard Birds in Paradise

MacGillivrays Warbler (Greensprings Mt. Trail)

MacGillivrays Warbler (Potholes Regional Park, Sooke, BC)

Mockingbird (© Nick Viani) Washington DC

Mountain Bluebird (© Nick Viani) Picard Rd., Doris, CA

Northern Flicker (Red-shafted male) (Gresham, OR)

Northern Shrike - Eagle Ridge recreation area on Upper Klamath Lake

Northwestern Crow (Beacon Hill, Victoria, BC)

Oak Titmouse - Ditch Trail above Paradise

Orchard Oriole (© Nick Viani) Washington, DC

Osprey chasing off Bald Eagle (Hyatt Lake, OR)

Ovenbird (© Nick Viani) Shenandoah NP, VA

Pacific-slope Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Comox, BC

Pacific Wren "Nymph of the Forest" (© Nick Viani) Oredson-Todd Woods, Ashland

Pacific Wren (Oredson-Todd Woods, Ashland)

Painted Redstart (© Nick Viani 1/28) Madera Canyon, AZ

Peacock Peafowl (© Nick Viani) Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Peafowl (© Nick Viani) Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Peahen Peafowl (© Nick Viani) Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Pileated Woodpecker (© Nick Viani) Dining on the few remaining serviceberry fruits.

Red-bellied Woodpecker (Blue Ridge Parkway, NC)

Red-bellied Woodpecker plundering a (supposed) Starling nest (Washington DC)

Red-breasted Sapsucker (Strathcona Provincial Park, Comox, BC)

Red-breasted Sapsucker, Juvenile. Mt. Ashland

Red-breasted Sapsucker - backyard birds in Paradise

Red-necked Phalarope, Kirtland Pond, Medford

Red-shouldered Hawk - North Mountain Park

Red-tailed Hawk (© Nick Viani 1/2/18) Klamath

Red-tailed Hawk (a juvenile in the process of pre-digestion)

Red-tailed Hawk - Running-Y Resort, Klamath Co.

Red-tailed Hawk; birds in our backyard, Ashland, OR

Red-tailed Hawk in the wind - Ditch Trail above Paradise

Red-winged Blackbird - female (© Nick Viani)

Ring-necked Pheasant - Miller Lake, Klamath County

Rivoli (Magnificent) Hummingbird (© Nick Viani)

Rough-winged Swallow (Linville Falls, NC)

Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Backyard Birds, Ashland, OR

Rufous Hummingbird - male (Salt Spring Island, BC)

Rufous Hummingbird - Paradise Lane backyard

Savannah Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Grizzly Peak Preserve

Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) #8 Backyard Birds, Ashland, OR Note

Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park - ID based on shape of body and tail with minimal graduation.

Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) Paradise Lane, Ashland, OR

Shoveler (© Nick Viani) Sweetwater Treatment Plant, Tucson, AZ

Song Sparrow (Eastern) - (Washington DC)

Song Sparrow - Juvenile (Salt Spring Island, BC)

Spotted Towhee Juvenile (© Nick Viani) Comox, BC

Steller's Jay after the bath(© Nick Viani) Ditch Trail, Ashland

Swamp Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Washington DC

Tom Oar's Homing Pigeons in their traveling cage in his pickup.

Townsend's Solitaire (© Nick Viani) Bonner's Ferry, Idaho

Townsend's Solitaire - Eagle Ridge recreation area on Upper Klamath Lake

Townsend's Solitaire bracing against autumn morning chill - Ditch Trail above Paradise

Townsend's Warbler (© Nick Viani) Matheson Lake, Sooke, BC

Townsend's Warbler (Matheson Lake, Sooke, BC)

Tufted Titmouse (Blue Ridge Parkway, NC)

Warbling Vireo, Klamath Falls, Wood River Wetlands

Watching over the strike of the outdoor Elizabethan stage. Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

Western Bluebird (Female) (© Nick Viani) Rio Rico, AZ

Western Bluebird (male) (© Nick Viani) Rio Rico, AZ

Western Tanager (Greensprings Mt. Trail)

White-breasted Nuthatch (raiding the granary of an Acorn Woodpecker)

White-breasted Nuthatch, Backyard Birds in Paradise (on the Trumpet Vine)

White-brested Nuthatch (Denman Wildlife Area)

White-crowned Sparrow (immature), Klamath Falls, Wood River Wetlands

White-crowned Sparrow? (White-crowned Sparrows generally have a plain breast but this may be a feature of a juvenile) - Oregon coast

White-throated Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Ditch Trail, Ashland

White-throated Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Washington DC

White-throated Sparrow (Charlottesville, VA)

Willow Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Wood River Marsh

Wilson's Warbler (© Nick Viani) Matheson Lake, Sooke, BC

Wilsons Warbler tagged (Matheson Lake, Sooke, BC)

Worm-eating Warbler (Linville Falls, NC)

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon), Female/immature - Ditch Trail

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Blue Ridge Parkway, NC)

Yellow-rumped Warbler (note full crop of food being softened before passing into the stomach)

Yellow-rumped Warbler - backyard birds in Paradise

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