Birds

Snow Geese at Bosque del Apache NWR, November [New Mexico, USA]

Whooping Crane (Grus grus) at the International Crane Foundation [Baraboo, Wisconsin, USA], standing on one leg.

Great Egret (Ardea alba) October [Wisconsin, USA]

Great Egret (Ardea alba), September [Wisconsin, USA]

Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) in October [Wisconsin, USA]

Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) and goslings in May [Wisconsin, USA]

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) female [January, Wisconsin, USA]

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) [Wisconsin USA] July

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) April [Wisconsin, USA]

American White Pelicans (Pelicanus erythrorhynchos). The bump on the upper surface of the bill appears during the breeding season: late spring and early summer -- in this case, April [Wisconsin, USA]

American White Pelicans (Pelicanus erythrorhynchos) April [Wisconsin, USA]

Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) in May, on nest, incubating eggs [Wisconsin, USA]

Pair of Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis) with colts - May [Wisconsin, USA]

Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis) November morning flight. Bosque del Apache NWR [New Mexico, USA]

Uncertain identification -- perhaps a juvenile Cooper's Hawk. [October, Wisconsin, USA]

Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) [Wisconsin, USA] July Ruby-throated Hummingbird male - August [Wisconsin, USA]

Ruby-throated Hummingbird male - August [Wisconsin, USA]

Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) [October, Wisconsin, USA]

American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) male, September [Wisconsin, USA]

Bay-breasted Warbler (Dendroica castanea) in May [Wisconsin, USA]

House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) - female - in September [Wisconsin, USA]

Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) October [Wisconsin, USA]

Female House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) August [Wisconsin, USA]

House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) March [Wisconsin, USA]

Pair of House Finches (Carpodacus mexicanus) March [Wisconsin, USA]

Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) - June [Ulva, Mull, Scotland]

Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis), November, on the Lake Michigan shore of Wisconsin, USA

Ring-billed Gulls (Larus delawarensis), and Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus), October [Long Point, Lake Erie, Ontario, Canada]

Greater black-backed Gull (Larus marinus), May [Lizard Point, Cornwall, England]

Lesser Black Backed Gull (Larus fuscus), June [Mull, Scotland]

A pair of Atlantic Puffins (Fratercula arctica) emerges from their burrow (Isle of Staffa, Inner Hebrides, Scotland)

Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) at cliff's edge (Isle of Staffa, Inner Hebrides, Scotland)

An Atlantic Puffin (Freatercula arctica) prepares to launch from the cliff top (Isle of Staffa, Inner Hebrides, Scotland)