Birds in Nature - images of wild birds by Richard Ditch

Species by Location

This option allows viewing my bird photos by the state in which the photo was taken. Within each state category, images are listed in checklist order.

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If you prefer to select images from a checklist order, use the checklist selection page.

A much shorter list that avoids redundant and weaker images is made up of my favorites.

AZ
CA
DE
FL
MD
MA
ME
NJ
NM
NY
TX

VA

WA

Arizona


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

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


Snowy Egret 2
Snowy Egret 3
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 3

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck

Mallard
Mallard 6
Mallard 7
Mallard 8
Mallard 9
Mallard 10
Mallard 11
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon 7
Eurasian Wigeon 9
Eurasian Wigeon 10
Eurasian Wigeon 47
American Wigeon
American Wigeon 7
American Wigeon 8
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

Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Harris' Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk 6

Peregrine Falcon

Gambel's Quail
Gambel's Quail 6
Gambel's Quail 9
Gambel's Quail 12
Gambel's Quail 17

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

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

Least Sandpiper 3
Least Sandpiper 4
Least Sandpiper 5
Least Sandpiper 8

Buff-breasted Sandpiper 1
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 2
Wilson's Phalarope 4

Pomarine Jaeger
Ring-billed Gull 1
Ring-billed Gull 2
Black-legged Kittiwake 3
Sabine's Gull 1
Sabine's Gull 2

Elegant Tern

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 15

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
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

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

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

Northern Mockingbird - AZ 1
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

Northern Parula 1
Northern Parula 2
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Red-faced Warbler

Western Tanager 1
Western Tanager 2

Northern Cardinal 1
Northern Cardinal 3

Spotted Towhee
Abert's Towhee

Brewer's Sparrow 1
Brewer's Sparrow 2
Brewer's Sparrow 3
Baird's Sparrow
Song Sparrow 5
White-crowned Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow 4

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

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

House Sparrow 1
House Sparrow 2

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California

Willet 1
Heerman's Gull 1
Heerman's Gull 4
Heerman's Gull 6
Western Gull
Western Gull 6
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Delaware

Snowy Egret 1

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Florida

Pied-billed Grebe
Roseate Spoonbill
Northern Mockingbird - FL
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Maine

Herring Gull

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Maryland

Bald Eagle 4

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Massachusetts

Purple Martin

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New Jersey

Northern Gannet

Great Blue Heron 24
Little Blue Heron

Canada Goose
Canvasback

Northern Bobwhite

American Golden Plover

Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet 2
Red Knot
Winter Shorebirds
Purple Sandpiper
Ruff 1
Ruff 2

Laughing Gulls
Laughing Gull 5
Black-headed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake 1
Black-legged Kittiwake 2

Royal Tern

Eastern Screech Owl
Eastern Screech Owl 5
Long-eared Owl

Northern Wheatear

Gray Catbird

Black-and-White Warbler

Clay-colored Sparrow

American Goldfinch
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New Mexico (Bosque del Apache NWR)

Great Blue Heron 1
Great Blue Heron 3
Great Blue Heron 15
Great Egret
Black-crowned Night Heron 10

Snow Geese
Northern Pintail

Bald Eagle 5
Red-tailed Hawk - NM

American Kestrel
American Kestrel 8

Gambel's Quail 10
Gambel's Quail 11

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

Greater Yellowlegs

Wilson's Snipe 3
Wilson's Snipe 4
Wilson's Snipe 6

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

Say's Phoebe

Loggerhead Shrike - NM 1

Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 3
White-crowned Sparrow 12
White-crowned Sparrow 15
White-crowned Sparrow 16
Golden-crowned Sparrow

Western Meadowlark 2
Western Meadowlark 3
Western Meadowlark 4
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New York

Black-crowned Night Heron 5
Great Gray Owl

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Texas

Hybrid Yellowthroat 1
Hybrid Yellowthroat 2
Hybrid Yellowthroat 3

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Virginia

Black-crowned Night Heron 1
Great Blue Heron 7
Great Blue Heron 16
Black Skimmers
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Washington

White-tailed Ptarmigan
Tufted Puffin
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