Birds in Nature - images of wild birds by Richard Ditch

This page lists my bird photos in checklist order, the way most experienced birders expect to see birds listed. Checklist order is based on taxonomic relationships of related species, so thrashers and mockingbirds appear close to each other, etc. Most field guides base their structure on this same taxonomic order.

If you prefer selecting from another list, try either my alphabetic order selector or my location selector page - all three methods contain links to all the same images. The most recent posts can also be seen. A much shorter list that avoids redundant and weaker images is made up of my favorites.

Common Loon 1
Common Loon 2
Common Loon 3
Yellow-billed Loon 1
Yellow-billed Loon 2
Yellow-billed Loon 3
Yellow-billed Loon 4
Yellow-billed Loon 5
Yellow-billed Loon 6
Yellow-billed Loon 7
Yellow-billed Loon 8

Pied-billed Grebe

Northern Gannet

Neotropic Cormorant 1
Neotropic Cormorant 2
Neotropic Cormorant 3
Neotropic Cormorant 4
Neotropic Cormorant 5

Great Blue Heron 1
Great Blue Heron 3
Great Blue Heron 7
Great Blue Heron 15
Great Blue Heron 16
Great Blue Heron 24

Great Egret

Snowy Egret 1
Snowy Egret 2
Snowy Egret 3

Little Blue Heron

Green Heron 1
Green Heron 8
Green Heron 11
Green Heron 14
Green Heron 15
Green Heron 17
Green Heron 18
Green Heron 19
Green Heron 22
Green Heron 23

Black-crowned Night Heron 1
Black-crowned Night Heron 3
Black-crowned Night Heron 5
Black-crowned Night Heron 10

Roseate Spoonbill

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck

Snow Geese
Canada Goose

Mallard
Mallard 6
Mallard 7
Mallard 8
Mallard 9
Mallard 10
Mallard 11
Northern Pintail
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon 7
Eurasian Wigeon 9
Eurasian Wigeon 10
Eurasian Wigeon 47
American Wigeon
American Wigeon 7
American Wigeon 8
Canvasback
Redhead 4
Redhead 5
Redhead 6
Ring-necked Duck 11
Ring-necked Duck 12
Ring-necked Duck 14
Ring-necked Duck 19
Ring-necked Duck 21
Ring-necked Duck 25
Ring-necked Duck 26
Ring-necked Duck 28
Ring-necked Duck 29
Ring-necked Duck 33
Ring-necked Duck 34
Ring-necked Duck 35
Ring-necked Duck 36
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup 1
Lesser Scaup 5
Lesser Scaup 6
Lesser Scaup 8
Hooded Merganser 3
Hooded Merganzer 6
Hooded Merganser 7
Hooded Merganser 9
Hooded Merganser 12
Hooded Merganser 15

Turkey Vulture 4
Turkey Vulture 5

Bald Eagle 4
Bald Eagle 5
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Harris' Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk - AZ
Red-tailed Hawk - NM
Red-tailed Hawk 6

American Kestrel
American Kestrel 8
Peregrine Falcon

White-tailed Ptarmigan

Northern Bobwhite
Gambel's Quail
Gambel's Quail 6
Gambel's Quail 9
Gambel's Quail 10
Gambel's Quail 11
Gambel's Quail 12
Gambel's Quail 17

Sora
Common Moorhen
American Coot 6
American Coot 13
American Coot 14
American Coot 17

Sandhill Cranes 1
Sandhill Cranes 2
Sandhill Crane 13
Sandhill Crane 14

American Golden Plover
Killdeer 8
Killdeer 9
Killdeer 10
Killdeer 11
Killdeer 12
Killdeer 14
Killdeer 15
Killdeer 19
Killdeer 20
Killdeer Nest with Eggs

Black-necked Stilt 14
Black-necked Stilt 15
Black-necked Stilt 20
American Avocet

Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet 1
Willet 2
Red Knot
Winter Shorebirds
Least Sandpiper 3
Least Sandpiper 4
Least Sandpiper 5
Least Sandpiper 8
Purple Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 1
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 2
Ruff 1
Ruff 2
Wilson's Snipe 3
Wilson's Snipe 4
Wilson's Snipe 6
Wilson's Phalarope 4

Pomarine Jaeger
Laughing Gulls
Laughing Gull 5
Black-headed Gull
Heerman's Gull 1
Heerman's Gull 4
Heerman's Gull 6
Ring-billed Gull 1
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Western Gull
Western Gull 6
Black-legged Kittiwake 1
Black-legged Kittiwake 2
Black-legged Kittiwake 3
Sabine's Gull 1
Sabine's Gull 2

Royal Tern
Elegant Tern
Black Skimmers

Tufted Puffin

Rock Dove
White-winged Dove 1
White-winged Dove 2
White-winged Dove 7
Mourning Dove 1
Mourning Dove 3
Mourning Dove 5
Mourning Dove 6
Mourning Dove 7
Mourning Dove 9
Mourning Dove 17
Mourning Dove 19
Mourning Dove 21
Mourning Dove 22
Mourning Dove 24
Mourning Dove 26
Mourning Dove 29
Mourning Dove 30
Inca Dove
Inca Dove 5
Ruddy Ground-Dove 1
Ruddy Ground-Dove 2
Ruddy Ground-Dove 3

Greater Roadrunner 1
Greater Roadrunner 2
Greater Roadrunner 3
Greater Roadrunner 4
Greater Roadrunner 5
Greater Roadrunner 12
Greater Roadrunner 15

Eastern Screech Owl
Eastern Screech Owl 5
Great Horned Owl 1
Great Horned Owl 2
Burrowing Owl 3
Burrowing Owl 7
Burrowing Owl 9
Burrowing Owl 10
Burrowing Owl 11
Burrowing Owl 17
Burrowing Owl 18
Burrowing Owl 19
Burrowing Owl 20
Burrowing Owl 21
Burrowing Owl 22
Burrowing Owl 23
Burrowing Owl 24
Burrowing Owl 29
Burrowing Owl 33
Burrowing Owl 34
Burrowing Owl 35
Burrowing Owl 36
Burrowing Owl Trio
Spotted Owl 2
Spotted Owl 4
Great Gray Owl
Long-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl 1
Northern Saw-whet Owl 5

Lesser Nighthawk 1
Lesser Nighthawk 4

Broad-billed Hummingbird 2
Broad-billed Hummingbird 4
Broad-billed Hummingbird 6
Violet-crowned Hummingbird 2
Anna's Hummingbird 1
Anna's Hummingbird 5
Anna's Hummingbird 6
Anna's Hummingbird 10
Costa's Hummingbird 1
Costa's Hummingbird 2
Costa's Hummingbird 4
Costa's Hummingbird 9

Eared Quetzal

Gila Woodpecker 4
Gila Woodpecker 5
Gila Woodpecker 6
Gila Woodpecker 7
Gila Woodpecker 8
Gila Woodpecker 25
Gila Woodpecker 26
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Williamson's Sapsucker

Western Flycatcher 1
Western Flycatcher 3
Black Phoebe
Say's Phoebe 1
Say's Phoebe 2

Purple Martin
Violet-green Swallow
Cliff Swallow

Clark's Nutcracker
Common Raven 2

Verdin 1
Verdin 2

Cactus Wren 1
Cactus Wren 2
Cactus Wren 10
Cactus Wren 13
Cactus Wren 14
Cactus Wren 15
Cactus Wren 16
Cactus Wren 17

Bewick's Wren 2
Bewick's Wren 3
Bewick's Wren 4

Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1

Northern Wheatear
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush 1
Wood Thrush 2
Rufous-backed Robin 1
Rufous-backed Robin 3
Rufous-backed Robin 4
Rufous-backed Robin 5

Gray Catbird

Northern Mockingbird - AZ 1
Northern Mockingbird - FL
Northern Mockingbird 14
Northern Mockingbird 20
Northern Mockingbird 21
Northern Mockingbird 22
Northern Mockingbird 24
Northern Mockingbird 25

Bendire's Thrasher 1
Bendire's Thrasher 2
Bendire's Thrasher 14
Bendire's Thrasher 15
Bendire's Thrasher 16
Bendire's Thrasher 18

Curve-billed Thrasher 1
Curve-billed Thrasher 3
Curve-billed Thrasher 4
Curve-billed Thrasher 5
Curve-billed Thrasher 6
Curve-billed Thrasher 7
Curve-billed Thrasher 21
Curve-billed Thrasher 26
Curve-billed Thrasher 27
Curve-billed Thrasher 29
Curve-billed Thrasher 30

American Pipit
American Pipit 6
American Pipit 10
American Pipit 11
American Pipit 12
American Pipit 14
American Pipit 15

Phainopepla

Loggerhead Shrike - AZ 1
Loggerhead Shrike - AZ 3
Loggerhead Shrike - NM 1

Northern Parula 1
Northern Parula 2
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Palm Warbler
Black-and-White Warbler
Hybrid Yellowthroat 1
Hybrid Yellowthroat 2
Hybrid Yellowthroat 3
Red-faced Warbler

Western Tanager 1
Western Tanager 2

Northern Cardinal 1
Northern Cardinal 3

Spotted Towhee
Abert's Towhee

Clay-colored Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow 1
Brewer's Sparrow 2
Brewer's Sparrow 3
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 5
Baird's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow 1
White-crowned Sparrow 4
White-crowned Sparrow 12
White-crowned Sparrow 15
White-crowned Sparrow 16
Golden-crowned Sparrow

Red-winged Blackbird 2
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Western Meadowlark 1
Western Meadowlark 2
Western Meadowlark 3
Western Meadowlark 4
Great-tailed Grackle

Black Rosy-Finch
House Finch 3
Lesser Goldfinch 2
Lesser Goldfinch 4
Lesser Goldfinch 5
American Goldfinch

House Sparrow 1
House Sparrow 2