Bald Eagle – Photo taken along the Hudson River
Since 2009, I have been documenting all of the wildlife that I’ve photographed in my travels. These ‘life lists’, as they are commonly called, contain everything I’ve identified AND photographed since the beginning.
Below is my birding life list, in the order used by the American Ornithologists’ Union. If you are interested in any species you see on this list, I have provided a quick link to one of my photos for each sighting. You can also search on my blog for where I’ve spotted and photographed these species. Clicking on a category below will bring you to the appropriate ‘Wildlife in Dutchess County’ gallery.
My Bird Life List (If not seen in Dutchess County, it will be noted)
- Snow Goose – (photo)
- Brant – (photo)
- Canada Goose – (photo)
- Mute Swan – (photo)
- Wood Duck – (male photo) (female photo)
- American Black Duck – (photo)
- Mallard – (male & female photo)
- Green-winged Teal – (male photo)
- Ring-necked Duck – (male photo)
- Greater Scaup – (male & female photo)
- Common Eider – (male photo) – Sighting in Kennebunkport, Maine
- Surf Scoter – (male photo) – Sighting in Wells, Maine
- Bufflehead – (male & female photo)
- Common Goldeneye – (male photo) – Sighting in Kennebunkport, Maine
- Hooded Merganser – (male photo) (female photo)
- Common Merganser – (male photo) (female photo)
- Red-breasted Merganser (male photo) – Sighting in Kennebunkport, Maine
- Ruddy Duck – (female photo)
- Wild Turkey – (male photo) (female photo)
LOONS
- Common Loon – (non-breeding photo) – Sighting in Kennebunkport, Maine
GREBES
- Pied-Billed Grebe – (photo)
- Horned Grebe – (non-breeding photo) – Sighting in Kennebunkport, Maine
- Double-crested Cormorant – (photo)
- Great Blue Heron – (photo)
- Great Egret – (photo)
- Green Heron – (photo)
- Black-crowned Night-Heron – (photo)
- Black Vulture – (photo)
- Turkey Vulture – (photo)
- Osprey – (photo)
- Bald Eagle – (adult photo) (juvenile photo)
- Northern Harrier – (photo) – Sighting at the Shawangunk Grasslands
- Cooper’s Hawk – (juvenile photo)
- Red-shouldered Hawk – (photo)
- Broad-winged Hawk – (photo)
- Red-tailed Hawk – (photo)
- American Kestrel – (photo)
- Merlin – (photo)
- American Coot – (photo)
- Killdeer – (photo)
- Spotted Sandpiper – (photo) (non-breeding photo)
- Solitary Sandpiper – (photo) (non-breeding photo)
- Bonaparte’s Gull – (non-breeding photo) (juvenile photo)
- Laughing Gull – (photo) – Sighting at Pelham Bay Park in Bronx, New York
- Ring-billed Gull – (photo)
- Herring Gull – (non-breeding photo) – Sighting in Wells, Maine
- Great Black-backed Gull – (photo)
- Barred Owl – (photo)
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird – (male photo) (female photo)
- Belted Kingfisher – (male photo) (female photo)
- Red-headed Woodpecker – (juvenile photo)
- Red-bellied Woodpecker – (male photo) (female photo)
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker – (male photo) (female photo) (juvenile photo)
- Downy Woodpecker – (male photo) (female photo)
- Hairy Woodpecker – (male photo) (female photo)
- Northern Flicker – (male photo) (female photo)
- Pileated Woodpecker – (male photo) (female photo)
- Eastern Wood-Pewee – (photo)
- Willow Flycatcher – (photo)
- Least Flycatcher – (photo)
- Eastern Phoebe – (photo)
- Great Crested Flycatcher – (photo)
- Eastern Kingbird – (photo)
- White-eyed Vireo – (photo)
- Yellow-throated Vireo – (photo)
- Blue-headed Vireo – (photo)
- Warbling Vireo – (photo)
- Red-eyed Vireo – (photo)
- Blue Jay – (photo)
- American Crow – (photo)
- Fish Crow – (photo)
- Common Raven – (photo) – Sighting in New Paltz, New York
- Tree Swallow – (photo)
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow – (photo)
- Bank Swallow – (photo)
- Barn Swallow – (photo)
- Brown Creeper – (photo)
- Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher – (photo)
- Eastern Bluebird – (photo) (juvenile photo)
- Veery – (photo)
- Swainson’s Thrush – (photo)
- Hermit Thrush – (photo)
- Wood Thrush – (photo)
- American Robin – (photo) (juvenile photo)
- European Starling – (photo)
- Cedar Waxwing – (photo)
- Blue-winged Warbler – (photo)
- Tennessee Warbler – (photo)
- Nashville Warbler – (photo)
- Northern Parula – (photo)
- Yellow Warbler – (photo)
- Chestnut-sided Warbler – (photo)
- Magnolia Warbler – (photo)
- Black-throated Blue Warbler – (photo)
- Yellow-rumped Warbler – (photo)
- Black-throated Green Warbler – (photo)
- Blackburnian Warbler – (photo)
- Pine Warbler – (photo)
- Prairie Warbler – (photo)
- Palm Warbler – (photo)
- Bay-breasted Warbler – (photo)
- Blackpoll Warbler – (photo)
- Black-and-white Warbler – (photo)
- American Redstart – (photo)
- Worm-eating Warbler – (photo)
- Ovenbird – (photo)
- Northern Waterthrush – (photo)
- Common Yellowthroat – (male photo) (female photo)
- Wilson’s Warbler – (photo)
- Eastern Towhee – (male photo)
- American Tree Sparrow – (photo)
- Chipping Sparrow – (photo)
- Field Sparrow – (photo)
- Savannah Sparrow – (photo)
- Song Sparrow – (photo)
- Lincoln’s Sparrow – (photo)
- Swamp Sparrow – (photo)
- White-throated Sparrow – (photo)
- White-crowned Sparrow – (photo)
- Dark-eyed Junco – (photo)
- Scarlet Tanager – (male photo) (female photo) (juvenile photo)
- Northern Cardinal – (male photo) (female photo)
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak – (male photo) (female photo)
- Indigo Bunting – (male photo) (female photo)
- Bobolink – (male photo) (female photo) – Male photo taken in Wells, Maine
- Red-winged Blackbird – (male photo) (female photo)
- Rusty Blackbird - (non-breeding male photo)
- Eastern Meadowlark – *lost photo – Sighting in the Town of Shawangunk, New York
- Common Grackle – (photo)
- Brown-headed Cowbird – (male photo) (female photo)
- Orchard Oriole – (male photo) (female photo) (juvenile photo)
- Baltimore Oriole – (male photo) (female photo)
- Purple Finch – (male photo)
- House Finch – (male & female photo)
- American Goldfinch – (male photo) (female photo)
- House Sparrow – (male photo) (female photo)
