Bird watching 
I love photographing birds. I have several favorite spots at my house. I have just begun trying to identify birds. I love websites like this one to help …

Another Mystery Bird 
I'd say this was about Towhee sized, but I thought the tail wasn't long enough. Any ideas?

Mystery Warbler Du Jour 
A pair of these were around our feeder today, morning and afternoon. I was lucky when one landed right outside our kitchen window. I have trouble identifying …

Help needed!  
We live in northeast ohio. This bird was here for the summer and we cant find another one like it anywhere! We would love to know what it is. smuennich@gmail.com …

Indepedence State Dam-Defiance OH 
Love to spend pleasant summer mornings watching these guys patiently waiting for breakfast to swim by.....

Hummingbird taking a drink 
I captured this picture of this hummingbird from inside my window stopping by to take a drink.

Two protected species in one random shot! 
January 2, 2012 I was photographing a flock of Trumpeter Swans that had been feeding in a flooded field for several days. As I was taking pictures, I …

Red-bellied Woodpecker 
Hello! While out enjoying the BEAUTIFUL 70 degree fall day today, I heard what I thought might be a woodpecker near the woods behind my home. I followed …

Ring Neck Pheasant 
No big story, just saw it walking through our yard, in southeastern Ohio, outside Gallipolis, in early May 2010.

Canadian Goose in Flight 
In late January I stopped by a well known waterfowl hangout on the Blanchard River near our City Sewer Treatment Plant. The River there never freezes …

Beautiful Rose Breasted Grosbeak 
This beautiful bird appeared at our feeder this past Spring and stayed long enough to get some wonderful photos. We live on a 6 acre lake with a large …

Golden Finch 
My Sunflowers are attracting this Golden Finch and the Cardinals.

Hawk 
This beautiful bird has been visiting our yard all weekend, calling and perching in the trees. We're thinking maybe a broad-winged hawk, but not sure - …

Mourning Doves 
Guess you could say I collect “Louie the Cat” items for the birds and my flower garden. One that I have is a plaque that hangs against our privacy fence, …

Birds In Flight 
My favorite captures are birds in flight. I keep my ISO high, 400 - 1600 Best on real nice sunny days, 11:00AM to 2:00PM. I would love to have a f2.8, …

Sora Rail at Magee Marsh Ottawa County 
Magee Marsh is the place to go especially in May. With so many variables each day as to all migrants especially Warblers. The Sora is one of many that …

Owl 
This guy has been visiting us during the summer months and only at night for the past 4 to 5 yrs. Finally tonight, I got a pic!!! Hes white, but they claim …

Mystery Bird 
We spotted this fellow at the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge. Can you help us identify it?

american kestrels 
For two mornings now i have watched 2 american kestrels atop a large tree behind my home.

Mr & Mrs Cardinal 
I feed the birds and I took this pic from my dining room. As you can see it was to cold and snowy for me to go out. There are many many more Cardinals …

Our Search for the Piliated Woodpecker 
Marilyn and I set out this morning on one of our favorite local adventures, a trip to the Cincinnati Nature Center. The C.N.C. is about a thousand acres …

HAWK? 
I have seen this bird a few times in my neighborhood. It was even in my back yard once and my Great Dane tried to catch it. The bird was long gone before …

Black Capped Chickadee 1 
I'm not really sure what the different birds are but I shot them through my front window the past week. I'm looking forward to winter to see what else …

Yellow-Headed Blackbird (He's BAAACK!) 
Last year I caught just a couple fuzzy pictures of this wary bird one day, then, didn't see him again the rest of the year. Hoped I'd get a chance again …

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Yellow breasted bird 
I was cooking breakfast and heard a loud thud, like something ran into my kitchen window. Sure enough, as I looked out and saw a small yellow clump on …

City Gardening 
I live in the city of Toledo. I love to garden to attract nature. Butterflies and Humming birds are what I like best. I love to photograph them when …

Humming Bird  
Was staying at our in-laws and had given my mother-in-law a Humming Bird feeder for Mother's Day. We put it up and within the day a family was stopping …

Oak Openings Mountain Bluebird 
This is a photo of the now famous bird that is visiting the Oak Openings area. It doesn't seem to frightened by people as it flew right at us & landed …

Coopers or Sharp Shinned Hawk 
We had just finished dinner and were getting ready to do a few things around the house when my wife yelled at me to get my camera and come to the kitchen. …

Can you help identify? 
I was coming out of my doctor's office in Fairview Park. Ohio. on April 28,2011 when I saw this bird that looked the size of a white-throated sparrow, …

Woodpecker 1 
Window shot

Young Turkey Vultures 
I found these two vultures sitting in a dead tree along a hiking trail in the Van Buren State Park upstream along the Rocky Ford Creek. I thought maybe …

Tufted Titmouse 
Through my living room window

Bird found at Silver Creek 
While I was photographing the pond life at the Summit County Metro Park in Silver Creek, this bird flew down and landed about 50 ft. from me. I tried …

Bird by mouth of Rocky River by Lake Erie 
Found this bird while visiting Rocky River near Lake Erie. He was tormenting squirrels. I have no idea what kind of bird this is. It is not a Blue Jay. …

Indigo Bunting Not rated yet
I think this is an Indigo Bunting passing through. Wish he could stay:)

Ruby-throated Humming bird Not rated yet
I believe it was this little guy last summer who would sit on a branch above the feeder and chase off the other humming birds who would try to feed.

Hairy (left) and Downy Woodpeckers (both males) Not rated yet
I bet most Ohio birders know these guys, but how often do you get to see them posing together? I like that black line bisecting the Hairy's red patches. …

Common Redpoll Not rated yet
Quite a flock of these at our feeder this mid-January weekend. My friends have seen them too. I think this one may be a female. I'm told the Plain Dealer …

Eastern Bluebird Not rated yet
Eating berries off my burning bush

Northern Shrike Not rated yet
I woke up this morning and looked at my feeder. I use a wildlife mix, so I get a lot of finches, Nuthatches, Chickadees and Cardinals. None were around...and …

American Wigeon at Atwood Lake near Dellroy, Ohio Not rated yet
While pumping gas into our pontoon, we noticed a "strange mallard"...and upon listening to the call and looking at the slight tuft on the top of the head, …

Determined to identify a bird Not rated yet
I live in Maumee, Ohio and I have been trying to identify a bird I've been seeing in my own backyard the last couple summers. It is a slate colored bird …

Fawn Not rated yet
I was back cutting briars off that were hanging over a nature trail when I heard a loud high-pitched noise as I was zipping past to butcher my next thorny-victim. …

Can anyone ID this bird for me, please? Not rated yet
I can't seem to find this bird in any of my bird books. I assume it is the female of one of my regulars, but I'm just not sure. Only saw it for about …

Everyday Peeps Not rated yet
I have several feeders in my backyard and enjoy sitting out and watching the birds. It is so neat in the spring to sit and watch them feed the babies. …

Pretty little finch Not rated yet
This house finch has such pretty markings. They can vary from a bright red to orange to yellow, but this one starts out orange on the top, fading to yellow …

Partial albino house sparrow Not rated yet
Although I live in Florence, Ky. it is considered part of the Greater Cincinnati area. I spend my days watching the birds in my yard or taking nature …

Birds Not rated yet
Red-Bellied Woodpecker and Northern Cardinal

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Night Owl Not rated yet
02.19.12 - I grabbed my camera to take a picture of an amazing sunset, and I discovered this owl in a neighbor's tree!

Mystery Bird Not rated yet
We have seen this "family" of birds off and on this summer but we are not sure what kind of bird it is. Can anyone tell us what kind of bird this is please? …

Bald Eagle Not rated yet
I looked out the sliding glass doors and there was an Eagle eating a Catfish along the side of the pond. When the catfish jumped, the Eagle would stand …

Fishing the River. Not rated yet
A Blue Heron fishing the Blanchard River at the Liberty Street dam location.

Towhee Not rated yet
Seen at Oaks Openings in NW Ohio. And we believe we may have found its nest as well. :)

Turkey Vulture Not rated yet
This bird was part of a flock sited at Fairport Harbor on the beach near the lighthouse this weekend. I took this with a Cannon Rebel xsi with a 300 …

Leaving the Ice Not rated yet
Two Canadian Geese leaving the ice on the Blanchard River near Findlay, Ohio.

Eastern Saw-Whet Owl Not rated yet
We found this owl in front of our barn on the road in Licking County. It had been apparently hit and killed by a car.

Black Swallowtail Not rated yet
We recently visited the Butterfly House in Whitehouse, Ohio and enjoyed all the different butterflies they had inside. Then we went outside to their flower …

My Sunflower patch in my yard with a Goldfinch eating the seeds. Toledo Not rated yet
Goldfinches along with sparrows are eating the seeds from my Sunflower that I plant every year.

Unknown bird Not rated yet
Can anyone identify this bird spotted in Hinckley, Ohio? There is a tuft of feathers on the head. It is one of a pair that have taken up residence in …

Hummingbird - Up Close and Personal Not rated yet
I just love the swing on our patio where I not only swing but watch for that next perfect subject. The hummingbirds always seem to know when to come around …

Common Yellowthroat male in Ottawa Wildlife Refuge Not rated yet
One of the most common songs of northern Ohio, I can hear them from my car almost daily as I drive hustle bustle to work at 55mph.

AMERICAN KESTREL Not rated yet
This is a closer view of one of the American Kestrels that I have been observing behind my house for the past two weeks.

spring love Not rated yet
taken at walbridge parks boat dock

Hungry Fliker Not rated yet
The Northern Flicker looking for food near our feeders on a cold, winter day in Ross country, Ohio.

In our back yard Not rated yet
Just watching the birds and squirrels today and found this Downy woodpecker eating the leftover black walnuts from the openned shells left by the squirrels. …

Yellow-Headed Blackbird Not rated yet
Not long after putting up our feeders just outside our kitchen windows, the birds started flocking. I'd been taking hundreds of pictures within the next …

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