A living page documenting my birding life list.
Current life list count: 87

Last updated: June 1st, 2023

BITTERNS, HERONS & ALLIES

American bittern Botaurus lentiginosu
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias

American Bittern

American Bittern

Black-crowned Night Heron

Black-crowned Night Heron flying

Blue Heron Elk Island National Park Alberta

BLACKBIRDS

Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus

Baltimore Oriole in a tree

Baltimore Oriole in a tree

Brown-headed Cowbird on a wooden railing — Brown-headed Cowbird

Common Grackle standing on a rocky shoreline

Common Grackle standing on a rocky shoreline

Red-winged Blackbird on a branch, singing — Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)

Red-winged Blackbird on tree branch

Red-winged Blackbird close up

Red-winged Blackbird on a branch, calling

Red-winged Blackbird on dried cattails, singing.

Female Red-winged Blackbird in tree — Red-Winged Blackbird (Female)

Red-winged Blackbird (female) sitting on a branch

Red-winged Blackbird (Female) perched on a dried cattail with dried grass in it's beak

Female Red-winged Blackbird in tree

Female Red-winged Blackbird sitting on a cattail framed by a large, dried piece of grass

Red-Winged Blackbird (Female) sitting on a leafy branch

Yellow-headed Blackbird

Yellow-headed Blackbird

CARACARAS & FALCONS

Merlin Falco columbarius

CHICKADEES & TITMICE

Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus

Black Capped chickadee sitting on a branch with leaves. Background is green, bokeh is present.

Black-capped Chickadee

Black-capped Chickadee

CHICKENS, JUNGLEFOWL, PARTRIDGES, PEAFOWL, PHEASANTS, GROUSE, TURKEYS & OLD WOLRD QUAIL

Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
Gray Partridge Perdix perdix
Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus

Ruffed Grouse

CORMORANT

Double-Crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum

CRANES

Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis

CROWS & JAYS

American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia
Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
Common Raven Corvus corax

Raven | Icefields Parkway, Alberta

American Crow

DUCKS, GEESE & SWANS

American Wigeon Mareca americana
Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
Canada Goose Branta canadensis
Canvasback Aythya valisineria
Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
Common Merganser Mergus merganser
Gadwall Mareca strepera
Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
Redhead Aythya americana
Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator

Canada Goose

Canada Goose

Canada Goose

Canada Goose

Canada Goose

Canada Goose

Canada Goose flapping its wings in the water

A pair of Canada Geese splashing in the water

Canada Goose with his wings spread, drying off his wings

Canada Goose gosling walking towards the sunset

Sixteen Canada Goose goslings swimming in the water

Mallard duckling swimming in the water, curiously looking at a bug on the surface of the water

Mallard duckling swimming in the water,

Canada Goose gosling on the grass

Canada Goose gosling walking on sunlight rocks

Canada Goose goslings hiding under their mother on a rocky shorline

Canada Goose (goslings) swimming in the water alongside a rocky shore in front of cattail foliage. One gosling is standing straight up looking at the camera straight on

Canada Goose (gosling) walking in the grass

Female Common Merganser swimming in a pond

A pair of Common Merganser's swimming in a pond

Lesser Scaup

Redhead

Mallard

Mallard

Mallard

Female mallard and eight ducklings swimming in the water

Female Mallard and eight ducklings swimming in the water

Female mallard duck, with ducklings swimming behind.

Female mallard duck, with ducklings swimming behind. Only the tail is visible of the Mom, and one duckling is hidden behind. 7 ducklings in view

Northern Shoveler in the water — Northern Shoveler

EMBERIZIDS

Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis

Chipping Sparrow sitting on a branch in a tree — Chipping Sparrow

Song Sparrow sitting in a tree — Song Sparrow

FRINGILLINE & CARDUELINE FINCHES & ALLIES

Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus

GREBES

Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisgena

Pied-Billed Grebe

Red Necked Grebe

Red Necked Grebe

Red-necked Grebe swimming in the water — Red-necked Grebe

GULLS, TERNS & SKIMMERS

Black Tern Chlidonias niger
California Gull Larus californicus
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Forster’s Tern Sterna forsteri
Franklin’s Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
Ring-Billed Gull Larus delawarensis

California gull swimming in water — California Gull

2 Franklin's Gulls swimming in a pond — Franklin’s Gull

Ring-Billed Gull

Ring-Billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)

2 Ring-billed Gulls standing in the parking lot

Portrait of a Ring-billed Gull

HAWKS, KITES, EAGLES & ALLIES

Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Bonaparte’s Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
Swainson’s Hawk Buteo swainsoni

Bald Eagle flying — Bald Eagle

Broad-winged Hawk

HUMMINGBIRDS

Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris

NEW WORLD VULTURES

Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura

OLD WORLD SPARROWS

House Sparrow Passer domesticus

OSPREYS

Osprey Pandion haliaetus

PELICANS

American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

Pelican Astotin Lake Elk Island National Park Alberta

PIGEONS & DOVES

Rock Pigeon Columba livia

Grey, white and copper coloured Rock Pigeon on ground

RAILS, GALLINULES & COOTS

American Coot Fulica americana
Sora Porzana carolina
Virginia Rail Rallus limicola

American Coot

American Coot

Sora

Virginia Rail

STILTS AND AVOCETS

Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus

SANDPIPERS, PHALAROPES, AND ALLIES

Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
Wilson’s Snipe Gallinago delicata

Flock of Long-billed Dowitcher, Greater Yellowlegs, and some Black-neck Stilts — Long-billed Dowitcher, Greater Yellowlegs, and some Black-neck Stilts

SHRIEKS

Northern Shrike Lanius borealis

SWALLOWS

Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor

Barn Swallow

Barn Swallow

Barn Swallow

Barn Swallow

Barn Swallow in mud with a beak-full of mud, grass — Barn Swallow

Tree Swallow on a stick

Tree Swallow

Tree Swallow

Tree Swallow on a stick

THRUSHES

American Robin Turdus migratorius

American Robin pulling a worm from the grass

American Robin sitting on a dried tree branch

American Robin eating a worm

American Robin on the grass

American Robin sitting on dead tree branch

STARLINGS

European Starling Sturnus vulgaris

European Starling on tree branch — European Starling

TYPICAL OWLS

Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus

WAXWINGS

Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum

WOODPECKERS AND ALLIES

American Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides dorsalis
Downy woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius

American Three-toed woodpecker

Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker

WOOD-WARBLERS

Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia
Yellow-Rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata

Yellow-rumped Warbler sitting in a tree — Yellow-rumped Warbler