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| Birds of Fermilab | The Full List | List of Pictures | Site Guide | Statistics |
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| Recent Sightings | Christmas Count | Picture Browser | Site Map | Graphs |
| Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) Photographer: Peter Kasper. | Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens) Photographer: Tom Bentley. |
| Ross's Goose (Chen rossii) Photographer: Fermilab's Visual Media Services. | Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii) Photographer: Eric Secker. The Cackling Goose is the small one in the middle of the picture. The rest are Canada Geese. |
| Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) Photographer: Tom Bentley. | Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) Photographer: Fermilab's Visual Media Services. |
| Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) Photographer: Bob Lootens. | Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) Photographer: Duane Plant. This is a female with young. |
| Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) Photographer: Nagendra Kolluru. This is a male. | Gadwall (Anas strepera) Photographer: Tom Bentley. |
| American Wigeon (Anas americana) Photographer: Nagendra Kolluru. | American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) Photographer: Jackie Tilles. |
| Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) Photographer: Tom Bentley. | Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) Photographer: Gene Oleynik. |
| Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) Photographer: Tom Bentley. | Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) Photographer: Nagendra Kolluru. |
| Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) Photographer: Gene Oleynik. | Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) Photographer: Leticia Shaddix. |
| Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) Photographer: Gene Oleynik. | Black Scoter (Melanitta nigra) Photographer: Paul Quintas. |
| Black Scoter (Melanitta nigra) Photographer: Karen Fisher. | Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) Artist: Peter Kasper. This is a male. |
| Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) Photographer: Tom Bentley. This is a female. | Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) Artist: Peter Kasper. |
| Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) Photographer: Gene Oleynik. This is a female. | Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) Photographer: Todd Sullivan. These are two males. |
| Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) Photographer: Dave Spleha. | Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) Photographer: Gene Oleynik. This is a male. |
| Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) Photographer: Tom Bentley. This is a female. | Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) Photographer: Dave Spleha. This is a female. |
| Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) Photographer: Wes Mueller. | Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) Photographer: Tom Bentley. This is a male. |
| Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) Photographer: Tom Bentley. This is a female. | Common Loon (Gavia immer) Photographer: Ann Sullivan. |
| Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) Photographer: Eric Vaandering. | Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) Photographer: Bob Lootens. This is a juvenile bird found near the bufflao feeders. |
| Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) Photographer: Tom Bentley. | Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) Photographer: Paul Quintas. |
| American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) Photographer: Steve Baginski. | Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) Photographer: Greg Vogel. |
| Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) Photographer: Tom Bentley. | Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Photographer: Greg Vogel. |
| Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Photographer: Eric Vaandering. | Great Egret (Ardea alba) Photographer: Gene Oleynik. |
| Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) Photographer: Gene Oleynik. | Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) Photographer: Tom Bentley. |
| Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) Photographer: Urs Geiser. | Green Heron (Butorides virescens) Photographer: Gene Oleynik. |
| Green Heron (Butorides virescens) Photographer: Gene Oleynik. This is a juvenile bird. | Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) Photographer: Gene Oleynik. |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) Photographer: Gene Oleynik. This is a juvenile bird. | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) Photographer: Gene Oleynik. |
| Glossy Ibis? (Plegadis falcinellus) Photographer: Urs Geiser. | Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Photographer: Gene Oleynik. |
| Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Photographer: Eugene Schmidt. | Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) Photographer: Jed Hertz |
| Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) Photographer: Gene Oleynik. | Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) Photographer: Gene Oleynik. This is an immature bird. |
| Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) Photographer: Gene Oleynik. This is a female. | Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) Photographer: Gene Oleynik. This is a female. |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) Artist: Denis Kania. | Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) Photographer: Jackie Tilles. |
| Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) Photographer: Lester Wahl. This is an immature bird. | Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) Photographer: Jed Hertz |
| Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Photographer: Greg Vogel. | Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Photographer: Greg Vogel. |
| Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus) Photographer: Dave Spleha. | American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) Photographer: Tom Bentley. This is a male. |
| Merlin (Falco columbarius) Photographer: Jed Hertz | Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) Photographer: Marek Proga. The bands indicated that this is an adult male called "Joe". He was hatched on May 13, 2005 in Irving Park, Chicago, IL. |
| Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) Photographer: Harry Cheung. The bands indicated that this is a 1st year female called "Neomi Jo". She was hatched on April 16, 2006 in Bedford, KY. | Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) Photographer: Joe Suchecki |
| King Rail (Rallus elegans) Photographer: Jed Hertz | Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola) Photographer: Denis Kania. |
| American Coot (Fulica americana) Photographer: Greg Vogel. | American Coot (Fulica americana) Photographer: Greg Vogel. |
| Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) Photographer: Tom Bentley. | Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) Photographer: Eric Secker. |
| American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica) Photographer: Ed Teune. | Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) Photographer: Eric Secker. |
| Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) Photographer: Tom Bentley. | Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) Photographer: Gene Oleynik. |
| American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) Photographer: Gene Oleynik. | Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) Photographer: Peter Kasper. |
| Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) Photographer: Tom Bentley. | Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) Photographer: Peter Kasper. |
| Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) Photographer: Ed Teune. | Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus) Photographer: Tom Bentley. |
| Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) Photographer: Gene Oleynik. This bird is in winter plumage | Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) Photographer: Dave Spleha. |
| Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) Photographer: Tom Bentley. | Red Knot (Calidris canutus) Photographer: Jed Hertz |
| Sanderling (Calidris alba) Photographer: Tom Bentley. | Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii) Photographer: Ed Teune. |
| Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) Photographer: Tom Bentley. | Dunlin (Calidris alpina) Photographer: Tom Bentley. |
| Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) Photographer: Peter Kasper. | Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) Photographer: Eric Secker. This is an immature bird. |
| Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata) Photographer: Dave Spleha | Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) Photographer: Eric Secker. |
| Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) Photographer: Eric Secker. | Bonaparte's Gull (Larus philadelphia) Photographer: Eric Secker. |
| Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) Photographer: Greg Vogel. | Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) Photographer: Tom Bentley. |
| Thayer's Gull (Larus thayeri) Photographer: Eric Secker. | Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia) Photographer: Eric Secker. |
| Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) Photographer: Jed Hertz | Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri) Photographer: Jed Hertz |
| Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) Photographer: Ed Teune. | Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) Photographer: Peter Kasper. |
| Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Photographer: Gene Oleynik. | Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus) Photographer: Jed Hertz |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Artist: Denis Kania. | Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio) Photographer: Peter Kasper. |
| Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Photographer: Dave Spleha. | Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus) Photographer: Tom Bentley. |
| Long-eared Owl (Asio otus) Photographer: Denis Kania. | Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) Photographer: Gene Oleynik. |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) Photographer: Ann Sullivan. This is a female/immature bird. | Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon) Photographer: Gene Oleynik. This is a female bird. |
| Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) Photographer: Gene Oleynik. | Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) Photographer: Gene Oleynik. |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) Photographer: Tom Bentley. | Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) Photographer: Tom Bentley. |
| Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Photographer: Pennie Urban. This is a male. | Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Photographer: Gene Oleynik. This is a female. |
| Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii) Photographer: Jackie Tilles. | Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii) Photographer: Jed Hertz |
| Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Photographer: Jed Hertz | Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya) Photographer: Peter Moxon. |
| Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) Photographer: Gene Oleynik. | Northern Shrike (Lanius excubitor) Artist: Denis Kania. |
| Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons) Artist: Denis Kania. | Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) Artist: Denis Kania. |
| Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) Photographer: Pennie Urban. | Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Photographer: Gene Oleynik. |
| Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Artist: Denis Kania. | American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Photographer: Gene Oleynik. |
| Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) Photographer: Greg Vogel. | Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) Photographer: Gene Oleynik. |
| Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Photographer: Gene Oleynik. | Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Photographer: Greg Vogel. |
| Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Photographer: Gene Oleynik. | Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) Artist: Denis Kania. |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) Photographer: Gary Davis. | White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) Photographer: Gary Davis. |
| Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) Photographer: Ann Sullivan. | House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) Artist: Denis Kania. |
| House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) Photographer: Ann Sullivan. | Winter Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) Artist: Denis Kania. |
| Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis) Photographer: Ann Sullivan. | Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris) Artist: Denis Kania. |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) Artist: Denis Kania. | Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Artist: Denis Kania. |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Artist: Denis Kania. | Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Photographer: Gene Oleynik. The male of this pair is on the right. |
| Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Artist: Denis Kania. This is a male. | Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) Photographer: Ed Dijak |
| Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) Artist: Denis Kania. | Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) Artist: Denis Kania. |
| American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Photographer: Harry Cheung. | American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Photographer: Ann Sullivan. This is a young bird. |
| Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) Photographer: Gene Oleynik. | Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Photographer: Peter Kasper. |
| Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Artist: Denis Kania. | Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) Photographer: Tom Bentley. |
| European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) Photographer: Gene Oleynik. | Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Photographer: Gene Oleynik. |
| Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Photographer: Gene Oleynik. | Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Photographer: Gene Oleynik. This is a juvenile. |
| Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora pinus) Artist: Denis Kania. | Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera) Artist: Denis Kania. |
| Tennessee Warbler (Vermivora peregrina) Photographer: Jed Hertz | Northern Parula (Parula americana) Artist: Denis Kania. |
| Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia) Artist: Denis Kania. | Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia) Photographer: Ann Sullivan. |
| Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia) Photographer: Jed Hertz | Chestnut-sided Warbler (Dendroica pensylvanica) Photographer: Tom Bentley. |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler (Dendroica pensylvanica) Artist: Denis Kania. | Magnolia Warbler (Dendroica magnolia) Artist: Denis Kania. |
| Cape May Warbler (Dendroica tigrina) Artist: Denis Kania. | Cape May Warbler (Dendroica tigrina) Photographer: Pennie Urban. |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler (Dendroica caerulescens) Artist: Denis Kania. | Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Artist: Denis Kania. |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Photographer: Tom Bentley. | Black-throated Green Warbler (Dendroica virens) Artist: Denis Kania. |
| Blackburnian Warbler (Dendroica fusca) Artist: Denis Kania. | Yellow-throated Warbler (Dendroica dominica) Artist: Denis Kania. |
| Pine Warbler (Dendroica pinus) Artist: Denis Kania. | Palm Warbler (Dendroica palmarum) Photographer: Tom Bentley. |
| Blackpoll Warbler (Dendroica striata) Photographer: Tom Bentley. | American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) Photographer: Tom Bentley. This is a male. |
| American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) Artist: Denis Kania. This is a female. | Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) Artist: Denis Kania. |
| Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) Artist: Denis Kania. | Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) Artist: Denis Kania. |
| Mourning Warbler (Oporornis philadelphia) Artist: Denis Kania. | Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) Artist: Denis Kania. |
| Hooded Warbler (Wilsonia citrina) Artist: Denis Kania. | Wilson's Warbler (Wilsonia pusilla) Artist: Denis Kania. |
| Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) Artist: Denis Kania. | Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) Photographer: Gary Davis. |
| American Tree Sparrow (Spizella arborea) Artist: Denis Kania. | Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Photographer: Greg Vogel. |
| Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) Photographer: Gary Davis. | Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Photographer: Pennie Urban. |
| Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) Photographer: Jackie Tilles. | Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) Photographer: Jed Hertz |
| Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) Artist: Denis Kania. | Henslow's Sparrow (Ammodramus henslowii) Photographer: Jack Leather. |
| Henslow's Sparrow (Ammodramus henslowii) Photographer: Merilee Janusz. | Le Conte's Sparrow (Ammodramus leconteii) Photographer: Jed Hertz |
| Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow (Ammodramus nelsoni) Artist: Denis Kania. | Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca) Artist: Denis Kania. |
| Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca) Photographer: Jed Hertz | Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Photographer: Tom Bentley. |
| Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Photographer: Pennie Urban. | Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Artist: Denis Kania. |
| Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) Artist: Denis Kania. | Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) Photographer: Jed Hertz |
| White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) Artist: Denis Kania. | White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) Photographer: Tom Bentley. |
| White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) Artist: Denis Kania. | White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) Photographer: Jed Hertz This is a juvenile. |
| Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) Photographer: Gene Oleynik. | Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) Artist: Denis Kania. |
| Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Photographer: Tom Bentley. | Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) Artist: Denis Kania. |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) Photographer: Ann Sullivan. | Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) Photographer: Gary Davis. |
| Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) Photographer: Jed Hertz This a female. | Dickcissel (Spiza americana) Photographer: Gene Oleynik. |
| Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) Artist: Denis Kania. | Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) Photographer: Jackie Tilles. |
| Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Photographer: Tom Bentley. This is a male. | Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Photographer: Gene Oleynik. This is a female. |
| Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) Photographer: Gene Oleynik. | Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) Photographer: Gary Davis. |
| Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) Photographer: Nagendra Kolluru. | Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) Photographer: Tom Bentley. |
| Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Photographer: Gene Oleynik. This is a male. | Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Photographer: Gene Oleynik. This is a female. |
| Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) Photographer: Gene Oleynik. This is a female. | Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) Artist: Denis Kania. |
| Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) Photographer: Pennie Urban. | Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus) Photographer: Nagendra Kolluru. This is a female. |
| House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Photographer: Eric Vaandering. This is a male. | House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Photographer: Tom Bentley. This is a female. |
| Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea) Artist: Denis Kania. | Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea) Photographer: Nagendra Kolluru. |
| Pine Siskin (Carduelis pinus) Photographer: Tom Bentley. | American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) Photographer: Ann Sullivan. The bird on the left is a male and the one on the right is a female. |
| American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) Photographer: Tom Bentley. This bird is in winter plumage. | House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Photographer: Tom Bentley. This is a male. |
| House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Photographer: Gene Oleynik. This is a female. |
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