Songbirds

These are our photographs of songbirds (ie passerines - the perching birds.) This large group of birds are organized in groups as shown in the Table of Contents below.

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1.  Corvids (Ravens, Crows, Jays)
Young Raven, Nova Scotia. 8/05	Raven fledgling, Ketchikan, AK. 6/07	Raven, Canyonlands, UT. 4/07	Raven pair, Death Valley, CA. 11/07	American Crow at Long Pine Key, Everglades. FL. 2/05	American Crow begging, California. 12/06
Northwestern Crow begging, Fort Worden, WA. 5/07	Jackdaw, Isle of Skye, Scotland. 5/06	Rook, Scotland, 6/06	Black-billed Magpie, Banff National Park, BC. 7/06	Clark's Nutcracker begging, Banff National Park. 7/06	Another Clark's Nutcracker, Lake Louise, BC. 7/06
Gang of juvenile Steller's Jays, Oregon. 8/06	Young Steller's Jay, Oregon. 8/06	Steller's Jay practicing display skills, Oregon. 8/06	Western Scrub Jay, California. 12/06	Western Scrub Jay, Catalina State Park, AZ. 3/07	Black-throated Magpie Jay, Alamos, Sinaloa. 1/07
Green Jay, Laguna Atascosa NWR, TX. 1/06	Blue Jays, Michigan. 5/05	Gray Jay, Denali National Park. 7/07
2.   Thrushes, Mimids and the like
Eastern Bluebird, Arkansas. 4/05	Western Bluebird, California. 12/06	Vermillion Flycatcher and Eastern Bluebird, La Becerrera, Colima. 2/07	Mountain Bluedbird, Arches National Park, UT. 4/07	Mountain Bluebird, Arches National Park, UT. 4/07	Curve-billed Thrasher, Elephant Butte, NM. 4/07
California Thrasher, Morro Bay, CA. 10/07	American Robin preparing brood patch. Lewiston, ID. 5/07	Rufous-backed Thrush (Robin), Copala, Sinaloa. 1/07	White-throated Thrush (Robin), La Becerrera, Colima. 2/07	Mockingbird, Adolph Thomae, Jr County Park, TX. 1/06	Loggerhead Shrike, Los Mochis, Sinaloa. 3/07
3.  Warblers and other small birds
Prothonatory Warbler - RIP, Dauphin Island, AL. 3/05	Blackburnian Warbler taking refuge at sea . 5/04	Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, La Maria, Colima. 2/07	Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, La Maria, Colima. 2/07	Tufted Titmouse, Three Rivers State Park, FL. 2/08
4.  Sparrows, Towhees, Buntings, Finches, etc. [LBJs]
Stripe-headed Sparrow, La Becerrera, Colima. 3/07	White-crowned Sparrow, Seminole Canyon SP, TX. 2/06	White- crowned Sparrow, Seminole Canyon SP, TX. 2/06	White-crowned Sparrow (male), Port Townsend, WA. 5/07.	Juvenile White-crowned Sparrow. Port Townsend, WA. 6/07.	White-crowned Sparrow with brood patch. Fort Worden, WA. 6/07.
White-crowned Sparrow. Fort Worden, WA. 6/07.	Pair of White-throated Sparrows. Kennebunk, ME. 4/06.	White-throated Sparrow. Kennebunk, ME. 4/06	Song sparrow, Ogunquit, ME. 4/06	House Sparrow (male), Port Townsend, WA. 5/07	House Sparrow (male), Port Townsend, WA. 5/07
House Finches (juvenile or female), Port Townsend, WA. 5/07	Chaffinch from the back end, N. Wales. 5/06	Chaffinch singing, Yorkshire. 5/06	European Goldfinch, Yorkshire. 5/06	Rose-breasted Grosbeak peeking. Vermont, 7/06	Lark Bunting in winter togs, Seminole Canyon, TX. 2/06
Painted Bunting, La Becerrera, Colima. 2/07	Canyon Towhee, Big Bend, TX. 3/06	Canyon Towhee, Albuquerque, NM. 11/07	Spotted Towhee, Fort Worden, WA. 6/07	Female Cardinal, San Antonio, TX. 12/07
5.  Blackbirds, Grackles, etc.
Groove-billed Ani, La Maria, Colima	Caribbean Grackle, Puerto Rico. 3/03	Blackbird thieving, Yorkshire, 5/06	Brewer's Blackbirds (male), California. 12/06	Brewer's Blackbird (female), California. 12/06	Yellow-winged Cacique, Mazatlan, Sinaloa. 3/07
Hanging nest of Cacique or Oriole, Colima. 2/07	Yellow-winged Cacique, Mazatlan, Sinaloa. 3/07	Red-winged Blackbird, Bosque del Apache, NM. 4/07	Yellow-headed Blackbird, Elephant Butte, NM. 4/07	Yellow-headed Blackbird, Bear River NWR, Utah 4/07
6.  Other Songsters
Mystery 5" bird in the butterfly house, HMNS, Houston TX. 1/06	Violet-green Swallow, San Carlos, Sonora. 3/07	Tree Swallows, Bear River NWR, Utah 4/07	Cliff Swallows collecting nest mud, Bear River NWR, Utah 4/07	Barn Swallow. Lewiston, ID. 5/07	Red-headed Tanager, La Becerrera, Colima. 2/07
Pyrrhuloxia, Big Bend NP. 2/06	Cactus Wren, Big Bend, TX. 2/06	Cactus Wren, Arizona. 1/07	Red-breasted Nuthatch, Nova Scotia. 9/05	Noisy Myna taking a dustbath, Australia. 10/02	Noisy Myna watching, Australia. 10/02
Nest in a bike (Carolina Wren?), Tennessee. 4/05	Nest low in bush, two small eggs, unknown bird, Fort Worden, WA. 6/07	Flock of Cedar Waxwing, OR. 10/07