Bird Photography Index - Photography by Kirk M. Rogers


From a young age I have had an interest in birds. With my photographic endeavors expanding in recent history, I took opportunities to image them whenever I could, it is both enjoyable and challenging. In 2006 I started to gear up to accommodate this task and was developing a significant database of images with no proper display venue so decided to add this index to my website. It has grown considerably since that timeframe. These images were taken in my local area and from wherever I happen to find myself while traveling with my cameras. The short list would include Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia and into Canada. For details and some comments about my imaging system please refer to my article, My Canon Photographic System, found on my Writings & Articles page. I also have various bird & nature related articles posted. If you have an interest in my birding photojournals the direct link can be found at Birding and Bird Photography.

This index page was revised in November 2008. I had the list tabled in alphabetical order and it was becoming too unwieldy and difficult to revise in that format. The revision was indexed referencing The Sibley Guide to the Birds, Copyright 2000 by Chanticleer Press (ISBN 0-679-45122-6).

Recent additions to the Index, March 2012:

I have been in Santa Monica, California since late February, so far with little time to get out seeking birds with my cameras. Just two Saturday mornings - the second in a driving rain. Even so I was able to add nine new species to The Index so far. The spring migration will be underway here soon and I hope to take full advantage of it. Below is the list to date: Pacific Loon; Surfbird; three new gulls including Mew Gull, Western Gull, and two not so great shots on a Heermann's Gull; one new hummie in the rain a, Allen's Hummingbird; a new flycatcher, Black Phoebe; and always a treat for me, two new warblers also in the rain, Orange-crowned Warbler and Townsend's Warbler.
I wish to thank an expert birder and photographer in Southern California, Christopher Taylor, who was particularly helpful in identifying the local gulls when we were in the field together. Check out his photography when you have a minute - I was impressed and you will be as well.

More California birds added into May 2012 include:

Red-throated Loon; Clark's Grebe; Pelagic Cormorant; Brandt's Cormorant; Graylag Goose; Long-billed Curlew

Black-hooded Parakeet; Anna's Hummingbird; Costa's Hummingbird; Acorn Woodpecker; Pacific-slope Woodpecker; Bushtit

American Pipit; Black-throated Gray Warbler; Western Tanager; Black-headed Grosbeak; Lazuli Bunting; California Towhee



Loons & Grebes
Pacific Loon Gallery Common Loon Gallery Red-necked Grebe Gallery
Pied-billed Grebe Gallery Horned Grebe Gallery Eared Grebe Gallery
Western Grebe Gallery
Tubenoses
Northern Fulmar Gallery Greater Shearwater Gallery Manx Shearwater Gallery
Sooty Shearwater Gallery Wilson's Storm Petral Gallery Greater Shearwater
Pelicans, Gannets & More
American White Pelican Gallery Brown Pelican Gallery Magnificent Frigatebird Gallery
Great Cormorant Gallery Double-crested Cormorant Gallery Brown Pelican
Anhinga Gallery
Northern Gannet Gallery
Wading Birds
American Bittern Gallery Least Bittern Gallery Great Blue Heron Gallery
Great Egret Gallery Snowy Egret Gallery Reddish Egret Gallery
Tricolored Heron Gallery Little Blue Heron Gallery Cattle Egret Gallery
Green Heron Gallery Black-crowned Night-Heron Gallery Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Gallery
White Ibis Gallery Glossy Ibis Gallery Glossy Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill Gallery Wood Stork Gallery
Swans, Geese & Ducks
Mute Swan Gallery Canada Goose Gallery Brant Gallery
Snow Goose Gallery Black-bellied Whistling Duck Gallery
Muscovy Duck Gallery
Wood Duck Gallery Mallard Gallery Mottled Duck Gallery
American Black Duck Gallery Gadwall Gallery Northern Pintail Gallery
American Wigeon Gallery Northern Shoveler Gallery
Blue-winged Teal Gallery
Green-winged Teal Gallery Tufted Duck Gallery Canvasback Gallery
Lesser Scaup Gallery Ring-necked Duck Gallery Common Eider Gallery
King Eider Gallery Harlequin Duck Gallery Long-tailed Duck Gallery
Surf Scoter Gallery
Black Scoter Gallery White-winged Scoter Gallery
Common Goldeneye Gallery
Barrow's Goldeneye Gallery
Bufflehead Gallery
Hooded Merganser Gallery Common Merganser Gallery Mute Swan
Red-breasted Merganser Gallery Ruddy Duck Gallery
Exotic Waterfowl
Mandarin Duck Gallery Red-Crested Pochard Gallery Egyptian Goose
Black Swan Black Swan Gallery
Raptors
Black Vulture Gallery Turkey Vulture Gallery Northern Harrier Gallery
Snail Kite Kite Gallery Mississippi Kite Gallery Swallow-tailed Kite Gallery
Cooper's Hawk Gallery Red-shouldered Hawk Gallery Broad-winged Hawk Gallery
Swainson's Hawk Gallery Red-tailed Hawk Gallery Sharp-shinned Hawk Gallery
Golden Eagle Gallery Bald Eagle Gallery Osprey Gallery
Crested Caracara Gallery Merlin Gallery American Kestrel Gallery
Peregrine Falcon Gallery Snail Kite with Apple Snail American Kestrel
Game Birds
Common Peafowl Gallery Wild Turkey Gallery Ring-necked Pheasant Gallery
Ruffed Grouse Gallery
Golden Pheasant Gallery Common Peafowl
Helmeted Guineafowl Gallery
Gruiformes
Purple Gallinule Gallery Common Moorhen Gallery American Coot Gallery
Clapper Rail Gallery King Rail Gallery Virginia Rail Gallery
Sora Gallery Limpkin Gallery
Virginia Rail
Sandhill Crane Gallery
Shorebirds
Black-bellied Plover Gallery Piping Plover Gallery Semipalmated Plover Gallery
Wilson's Plover Gallery
Killdeer Gallery American Oystercatcher Gallery
American Avocet Gallery Black-necked Stilt Gallery Greater Yellowlegs Gallery
Lesser Yellowlegs Gallery
Solitary Sandpiper Gallery Willet Gallery
Spotted Sandpiper Gallery Upland Sandpiper Gallery Whimbrel Gallery
Marbled Godwit Gallery Ruddy Turnstone Gallery
Surfbird Gallery
Purple Sandpiper Gallery Red Knot Gallery Sanderling Gallery
Dunlin Gallery  White-rumped Sandpiper Gallery  Semipalmated Sandpiper Gallery
Western Sandpiper Gallery Least Sandpiper Gallery
Short-billed Dowitcher Gallery
Wilson's Snipe Gallery Ruddy Turnstone Killdeer
Jaegers & Gulls
Parasitic Jaeger Gallery
Gulls, Terns & Skimmers
Bonaparte's Gull Gallery Laughing Gull Gallery Mew Gull Gallery
Ring-billed Gull Gallery Herring Gull Gallery Iceland Gull Gallery
Glaucous Gull Gallery Western Gull Gallery Lesser Black-backed Gull Gallery
Great Black-backed Gull Gallery Heermann's Gull Gallery Black-legged Kittiwake Gallery
Caspian Tern Gallery Royal Tern Gallery Sandwich Tern Gallery
Common Tern Gallery Artic Tern Gallery Black Skimmer
Forester's Tern Gallery Roseate Tern Gallery Least Tern Gallery
Black Tern Gallery Black Skimmer Gallery
Alcids Razorbill in Flight
Common Murre Gallery Thick-billed Murre Gallery Razorbill Gallery
Dovekie Gallery Black Guillemot Gallery Atlantic Puffin
Atlantic Puffin Gallery Atlantic Puffin
Pigeons & Doves
Mourning Dove Gallery White-winged Dove Gallery Eurasian Collared-Dove Gallery
Inca Dove Gallery Eurasian Collared-Dove Common Ground-Dove Gallery
Rock Dove Gallery White-crowned Pigeon Gallery
Parrots & Allies
Blue & Yellow Macaw Gallery White-winged Parakeet Gallery
Cuckoos & Allies
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Gallery Smooth-billed Ani Gallery Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Greater Roadrunner Gallery
Owls
Barn Owl Gallery Great Horned Owl Gallery Snowy Owl Gallery
Barred Owl Gallery Burrowing Owl Gallery Great Horned Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl Gallery Burrowing Owl
Eastern Screech Owl Gallery Northern Hawk Owl Gallery Snowy Owl
Goatsuckers & Swifts
Chuck will's widow Gallery Common Nighthawk Gallery Chuck will's widow
Hummingbirds
Black-chinned Hummingbird Gallery Ruby-throated Hummingbird Gallery Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Broad-tailed Hummingbird Gallery Allen's Hummingbird Gallery Rufous Hummingbird Gallery
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher Gallery Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers
Red-headed Woodpecker Gallery Golden-fronted Woodpecker Gallery Red-bellied Woodpecker Gallery
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Gallery Downy Woodpecker Gallery
Red-headed Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker Gallery Red-cockaded Woodpecker Gallery Ladder-backed Woodpecker Gallery
Northern Flicker Gallery Pileated Woodpecker Gallery
Flycatchers
Eastern Wood Pewee Gallery Least Flycatcher Gallery Hammond's Flycatcher Gallery
Black Phoebe Eastern Phoebe Gallery Eastern Phoebe
Say's Phoebe Gallery Ash-throated Flycatcher Gallery Great Crested Flycatcher Gallery
Eastern Kingbird Gallery Western Kingbird Gallery Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Gallery
Shrikes & Vireos
Loggerhead Shrike Gallery Red-eyed Vireo Gallery Hutton's Vireo Gallery
Warbling Vireo Gallery Bell's Vireo Gallery
White-eyed Vireo Gallery
Yellow-throated Vireo Gallery
Blue-headed Vireo Gallery
Jays & Crows
Steller's Jay Gallery Blue Jay Gallery Western Scrub-Jay Gallery
Florida Scrub-Jay Gallery Gray Jay Gallery Blue Jay
Clark's Nutcracker Gallery Black-billed Magpie Gallery American Crow Gallery
Fish Crow Gallery
Swallows
Purple Martin Gallery Northern Rough-winged Swallow Gallery Bank Swallow Gallery
Tree Swallow Gallery Cliff Swallow Gallery Barn Swallow Gallery
Chickadees & Allies
Tufted Titmouse Gallery Black-crested Titmouse Gallery Black-capped Chickadee Gallery
Carolina Chickadee Gallery Red-breasted Nuthatch Gallery White-breasted Nuthatch Gallery
Brownheaded Nuthatch Gallery Brown Creeper Gallery
Wrens
Carolina Wren Gallery Bewick's Wren Gallery House Wren Gallery
Marsh Wren Gallery Rock Wren Rock Wren Gallery
Canyon Wren Gallery
Kinglets and Gnatcatchers
 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Gallery Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Gallery
Bluebirds & Thrushes
Mountain Bluebird Gallery Western Bluebird Gallery Eastern Bluebird Gallery
Varied Thrush Gallery American Robin Gallery Wood Thrush Gallery
Veery Gallery
Swainson's Thrush Gallery Varied Thrush
Hermit Thrush Gallery


Mimids
Gray Catbird Gallery Northern Mockingbird Gallery Brown Thrasher Gallery


Starlings, Bulbuls & Waxwings
European Starling Gallery Red-whiskered Bulbul Gallery Cedar Waxwing
Bohemian Waxwing Gallery Red-whiskered Bulbul Cedar Waxwing Gallery
Warblers
Northern Parula Gallery Orange-crowned Warbler Gallery Blue-winged Warbler Gallery
Nashville Warbler Gallery Yellow Warbler Gallery Chestnut-sided Warbler Gallery
Magnolia Warbler Gallery Black-throated Blue Warbler Gallery Blackburnian Warbler Gallery
Yellow-rumped Warbler Gallery Townsend's Warbler Gallery Yellow-throated Warbler Gallery
Black-throated Green Warbler Gallery Golden-cheeked Warbler Gallery Prairie Warbler Gallery
Palm Warbler Gallery Pine Warbler Gallery Bay-breasted Warbler Gallery
Blackpoll Warbler Gallery Prothonotary Warbler Gallery Black-and-white Warbler Gallery
American Redstart Gallery Ovenbird Gallery Northern Waterthrush Gallery
Louisiana Waterthrush Gallery Black & White Warbler Common Yellowthroat
Common Yellowthroat Gallery Wilson's Warbler Gallery Canada Warbler Gallery


Tanagers, Grosbeaks, Buntings & Cardinals
Summer Tanager Gallery Scarlet Tanager Gallery Northern Cardinal Gallery
Rose-breasted Grosbeak Gallery Blue Grosbeak Gallery
Indigo Bunting Gallery
Painted Bunting Gallery Snow Bunting Painted Bunting
Snow Bunting Gallery
Towhees, Sparrows & Juncos
Spotted Towhee Gallery Eastern Towhee Gallery Canyon Towhee Gallery
Rufous-crowned Sparrow Gallery Bachman's Sparrow Gallery Black-throated Sparrow Gallery
American Tree Sparrow Gallery Field Sparrow Gallery Chipping Sparrow Gallery
Grasshopper Sparrow Gallery Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow Gallery Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow Gallery
Seaside Sparrow Gallery Savannah Sparrow Gallery Vesper Sparrow Gallery
Lark Sparrow Gallery Harris's Sparrow Gallery White-throated Sparrow Gallery
White-crowned Sparrow Gallery Song Sparrow Gallery Swamp Sparrow Gallery
House Sparrow Gallery White-crowned Sparrow Harris's Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco Gallery
icterids
Western Meadowlark Gallery Eastern Meadowlark Gallery Bobolink Gallery
Brown-headed Cowbird Gallery Red-winged Blackbird Gallery
Common Grackle Gallery
Boat-tailed Grackle Gallery Brown-headed Cowbird Great-tailed Grackle Gallery
Baltimore Oriole Gallery Orchard Oriole Gallery Bullock's Oriole Gallery
Spot-breasted Oriole Gallery


Finches
Pine Grosbeak Gallery Purple Finch Gallery Cassin's Finch Gallery
House Finch Gallery White-winged Crossbill Gallery Common Redpoll Gallery
Hoary Redpoll Gallery Common Redpoll White-winged Crossbill
Pine Siskin Gallery Lesser Goldfinch Gallery American Goldfinch Gallery


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A note about the photography...All images are by Kirk M. Rogers. Most images have been printed at an appropriate size and added to my collection of works for exhibit. These are displayed when at shows and events either packaged on foam core, professionally framed or ArtiPlaq mounted as a final for purchase. The web versions are excellent representations, but a full resolution print significantly enhances the beauty of these photographs. Please contact me should you have an interest in obtaining any of the images.



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