Left to Right - Black-bellied Whistling Ducks, White-tailed Kite, Forster's Tern, Eastern Bluebird

Please note that the purpose of displaying the following photos is to document my sighting of bird species during 2008 and that some pictures may not be especially high quality photographs. The only criterion for posting a photo is that it display enough field marks to positively identity the bird specie as noted for that photograph.

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Common Loon - Picture taken at Bodega Bay, California Horned Grebe - Picture taken at Bodega Bay, California Eared Grebe - Picture taken at Bodega Bay, California
Pied-billed Grebe - Picture taken at Shollenberger Park, Petaluma, California Clark's Grebe - Picture taken at Bodega Bay, California Western Grebe - Picture taken at Bodega Bay, California
White Pelicans - Picture taken at Port Aransas, Texas Brown Pelican - Picture taken at Shollenberger Park, Petaluma, California Pelagic Cormorant - Picture taken at Bodega Bay, California
Double-crested Cormorant - Picture taken at Lucchesi Park, Petaluma, California American Bittern - Picture taken at Shollenberger Park, Petaluma, California Black-crowned Night-heron - Picture taken at Shollenberger Park, Petaluma, California
Green Heron - Picture taken at Las Gallinas Ponds, San Rafael, California Tricolored Heron - Picture taken at Port Aransas, Texas Little Blue Heron - Picture taken at Port Aransas, Texas
Reddish Egret - Picture taken at South Padre Island, Texas Snowy Egret - Picture taken at Bodega Bay, California Great Egret - Picture taken at Corte Madera, California
White Ibis - Picture taken at Port Aransas, Texas Canada Goose - Picture taken at Shollenberger Park, Petaluma, California Brant - Picture taken at Bodega Bay, California
Roseate Spoonbills - Picture taken at South Padre Island, Texas Mute Swan - Picture taken at Shollenberger Park, Petaluma, California Ross's Goose - Picture taken at Lucchesi Park, Petaluma, California
Black-bellied Whistling-ducks - Picture taken at Corpus Christi, Texas Wood Duck (Drake) - Picture taken at Lucchesi Park, Petaluma, California Mallards - Picture taken at Shollenberger Park, Petaluma, California
Gadwall - Picture taken at Novato, California Green-winged Teal - Picture taken at Port Aransas, Texas American Wigeon - Picture taken at Las Gallinsa Ponds, San Rafael, California
Northern Pintail - Picture taken at Novato, California Northern Shoveler - Picture taken at Novato, California Cinnamon Teals - Picture taken at Shollenberger Park, Petaluma, California
Blue-winged Teal - Picture taken at Shollenberger Park, Petaluma, California Greater Scaup - Picture taken at Olema Marsh - Point Reyes National Seashore, California Common GoldenEye - Picture taken at Shollenberger Park, Petaluma, California
Bufflehead - Picture taken at Shollenberger Park, Petaluma, California Common Merganser - Picture taken at Las Gallinas Ponds, San Rafael, California Hooded Merganser - Picture taken at Golden Gate Park - San Francisco, California
Ruddy Duck - Picture taken at Lucchesi Park, Petaluma, California Turkey Vulture - Picture taken at Petaluma, California Osprey - Picture taken at Heart's Desire Beach - Tomales State Park, California
White-tailed Kite- Picture taken at Novato, California Northern Harrier- Picture taken at Shollenberger Park, Petaluma, California Red-shouldered Hawk (immature) - Picture taken at Shollenberger Park, Petaluma, California
Red-tailed Hawk - Picture taken at Point Reyes National Seashore, California Crested Caracara - Picture taken at Corpus Christi, Texas American Kestrel - Picture taken at Bodega, California
Wild Turkey - Picture taken at Valley Ford, California American Coot - Picture taken at Lucchesi Park, Petaluma, California Killdeer - Picture taken at Las Gallinas Ponds, San Rafael, California
Black OysterCatcher - Picture taken at Bodega Bay, California American Avocet - Picture taken at Shollenberger Park, Petaluma, California Black-necked Stilt - Picture taken at Shollenberger Park, Petaluma, California
Willet - Picture taken at Bodega Bay, California Whimbrel - Picture taken at Bodega Bay, California Greater Yellowlegs - Picture taken at Shollenberger Park, Petaluma, California
Marbled Godwits - Picture taken at Bodega Bay, California Ruddy Turnstones - Picture taken at Bodega Bay, California Black Turnstone - Picture taken at Bodega Bay, California
Sanderling - Picture taken at South Padre Island, Texas Long-billed Dowitcher - Picture taken at Las Gallinas Ponds, San Rafael, California Laughing Gull - Picture taken at South Padre Island, Texas
Mew Gulls with Western Gull - Picture taken at Bodega Bay, California Ring-billed Gulls - Picture taken at Lucchesi Park, Petaluma, California California Gull - Picture taken at Lucchesi Park, Petaluma, California
Herring Gull with Red-rock Crab - Picture taken at Bodega Bay, Petaluma, California Thayer's Gull - Picture taken at Lucchesi Park, Petaluma, California Western Gull - Picture taken at Bodega Bay, California
Glaucous-winged Gull - Picture taken at Lucchesi Park, Petaluma, California Royal Terns - Picture taken at South Padre Island, Texas Caspian Tern - Picture taken at Shollenberger Park, Petaluma, California
Forster's Tern - Picture taken at Shollenberger Park, Petaluma, California Black Skimmers - Picture taken at Corpus Christi, Texas Rock Pigeon - Picture taken at Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California
Mourning Dove - Picture taken at Elkin, North Carolina Anna's Hummingbird - Picture taken at Shollenberger Park, Petaluma, California Belted Kingfisher - Picture taken at Bodega Bay, California
Red-bellied Woodpecker - Picture taken at Elkin, North Carolina Northern Flicker - Picture taken at Petaluma, California Downy Woodpecker - Picture taken at Statesville, North Carolina
Eastern Phoebe - Picture taken at Elkin, North Carolina Black Phoebe - Picture taken at Shollenberger Park, Petaluma, California Say's Phoebe - Picture taken at Shollenberger Park, Petaluma, California
Blue Jay - Picture taken at Elkin, North Carolina Steller's Jay - Picture taken at Point Reyes National Seashore, California Western Scrub Jay - Picture taken at Bodega Bay, California
American Crow - Picture taken at Lucchesi Park, Petaluma, California Common Raven - Picture taken at Point Arena, California Tree Swallow - Picture taken at Shollenberger Park, Petaluma, California
Bushtit - Picture taken at Shollenberger Park, Petaluma, California Tufted Titmouse - Picture taken at Elkin, North Carolina Carolina Chickadee - Picture taken at Elkin, North Carolina
Chestnut-backed Chickadee - Picture taken at Point Reyes National Seashore, California Brown Creeper - Picture taken at Heart's Desire Beach - Tomales State Park, California White-breasted Nuthatch - Picture taken at Elkin, North Carolina
Red-breasted Nuthatch - Picture taken at Elkin, North Carolina Winter Wren - Picture taken at Heart's Desire Beach - Tomales State Park, California Marsh Wren - Picture taken at Shollenberger Park, Petaluma, California
Carolina Wren - Picture taken at Elkin, North Carolina Ruby-crowned - Picture taken at Rohnert Park, California Eastern Bluebird - Picture taken at Elkin, North Carolina
Hermit Thrush - Picture taken at Point Reyes National Seashore, California American Robin - Picture taken at Elkin, North Carolina Northern Mockingbird - Picture taken at Elkin, North Carolina
American Pipit - Picture taken at Las Gallinas Ponds, San Rafael, California Cedar Waxwings - Picture taken at Petaluma, California Yellow-rumped Warbler - Picture taken at Rohnert Park, California
Townsend's Warbler - Picture taken at Golden Gate Park - San Francisco, California California Towhee - Picture taken at Rohnert Park, California Eastern Towhee - Picture taken at Elkin, North Carolina
Field Sparrow - Picture taken at River Bend Park, Conover, North Carolina Chipping Sparrow - Picture taken at Elkin, North Carolina Savannah Sparrow - Picture taken at Las Gallinas Ponds, San Rafael, California
Song Sparrow - Picture taken at Shollenberger Park, Petaluma, California White-crowned Sparrow - Picture taken at Shollenberger Park, Petaluma, California White-throated Sparrow - Picture taken at Elkin, North Carolina
Golden-crowned Sparrow - Picture taken at Shollenberger Park, Petaluma, California Dark-eyed Junco - Picture taken at Elkin, North Carolina Northern Cardinal - Picture taken at Elkin, North Carolina
Eastern Meadowlark - Picture taken in South Texas Red-winged Blackbird - Picture taken at Shollenberger Park, Petaluma, California Common Grackle - Picture taken at Elkin, North Carolina
Great-tailed Grackle - Picture taken at South Padre Island, Texas Brewer's Blackbirds - Picture taken at Shollenberger Park, Petaluma, California PurpleFinch - Picture taken at Elkin, North Carolina
House Finch - Picture taken at Elkin, North Carolina American Goldfinch - Picture taken at Elkin, North Carolina House Sparrow - Picture taken at Bodega Bay, California


Total Species Count = 128
plus Mute Swan