Photo Index
Birds (Copyright, 1996-2014 Bert Frenz)
In addition to my best shots, I've included some poorer-quality, distant photos for
educational purposes. These poor views are indicative of what we often see through
binoculars and they present an identification challenge similar to actual field
experience.
Quiz Birds
Following AOU order as of 2008.
Tinamous (Order Tinamiformes, Family Tinamidae)
Whistling-Ducks, Swans and Geese (Order Anseriiformes, Family Anatidae, Subfamily
Dendrocygninae)
Geese and swans (Order Anseriiformes, Family Anatidae, Subfamily Anserinae)
Ducks (Order Anseriiformes, Family Anatidae, Subfamily Anatinae)
Pheasants (Order Galliformes, Family Phasianidae)
Grouse (Order Galliformes, Family Tetraonidae)
Curassows, Guans, Chachalacas (Order Galliformes, Family Cracidae)
Turkeys (Order Galliformes, Family Melagrididae)
Loons (Order Gaviiformes, Family Gaviidae)
Grebes (Order Podicipediformes, Family Podicipedidae)
Boobies (Order Pelecaniformes, Family Sulidae)
Pelicans (Order Pelecaniformes, Family Pelecanidae)
Cormorants (Order Pelecaniformes, Family Phalacrocoracidae)
Anhinga (Order Pelecaniformes, Family Anhingidae)
Frigatebirds (Order Pelecaniformes, Family Fregatidae)
Herons, Egrets and Bitterns (Order Ciconiiformes, Family Ardeidae)
Ibises and Spoonbills (Order Ciconiiformes, Family Threskiornithidae)
Storks (Order Ciconiiformes, Family Ciconiidae)
New World Vultures (Order Ciconiiformes, Family Cathartidae)
Flamingos (Order Phoenicopteriformes, Family Phoenicopteridae)
Petrels and Shearwaters (Order Procellariiformes, Family Diomedeidae)
Kites, Hawks, Eagles (Order Falconiformes, Family Accipitridae)
Rails (Order Gruiformes, Family Rallidae)
Sungrebe (Order Gruiformes, Family Heliornithidae)
Limpkin(Order Gruiformes, Family Aramidae)
Cranes(Order Gruiformes, Family Gruidae)
Thick-knees (Order Charadriiformes, Family Burhinidae)
Plovers (Order Charadriiformes, Family Charadriidae)
Oystercatchers (Order Charadriiformes, Family Haematopodidae)
Oystercatchers (Order Charadriiformes, Family Recurvirostridae)
Jacanas (Order Charadriiformes, Family Jacanidae)
Sandpipers (Order Charadriiformes, Family Scolopacidae)
Gulls & Terns (Order Charadriiformes, Family Laridae)
- Pomarine Jaeger
- Parasitic Jaeger
- Long-tailed Jaeger
- Laughing Gull
- Mew Gull (Homer, AK)
- Mew Gull (Anchorage, AK)
- Iceland Gull
- Lesser Black-backed Gull #1 (Mustang
Island, Port Aransas, Texas)
- Lesser Black-backed Gull #1 (Mustang
Island, Port Aransas, Texas)
- Lesser Black-backed Gull #2 (Mustang
Island, Port Aransas, Texas)
- Lesser Black-backed Gull #3 (Mustang
Island, Port Aransas, Texas)
- Lesser Black-backed Gull #4 (Mustang
Island, Port Aransas, Texas)
- Lesser Black-backed Gull #5 (Mustang
Island, Port Aransas, Texas)
- Lesser Black-backed Gull #6 (Mustang
Island, Port Aransas, Texas)
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 17Dec2013 #1 (Mustang
Island, Port Aransas, Texas)
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 17Dec2013 #2 (Mustang
Island, Port Aransas, Texas)
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 17Dec2013 #3 (Mustang
Island, Port Aransas, Texas)
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 17Dec2013 #4 (Mustang
Island, Port Aransas, Texas)
- Sabine's Gull
- Black-legged Kittiwake (3 birds) (photo by Sandy
Dillard)
- Black-legged Kittiwake (closeup) (photo by Sandy
Dillard)
- Black-legged Kittiwake (on nesting grounds)
- Ivory Gull (next to Glaucous Gull)
- Caspian Tern
- Sandwich Tern
- Sandwich Tern
- Arctic Tern
- Arctic Tern (on nest)
- Forster's Tern
- Aleutian Tern
Alcids (Order Charadriiformes, Family Alcidae)
Doves & Pigeons (Order Columbiformes, Family Columbidae)
Parrots (Order Psittaciformes, Family Psittacidae)
Cuckoos (Order Cuculiformes, Family Cuculidae)
Barn Owls (Order Strigiformes, Family Tytonidae)
Owls (Order Strigiformes, Family Strigidae)
Nightjars (Order Caprimulgiformes, Family Caprimulgidae)
Potoos (Order Caprimulgiformes, Family Nyctibiidae)
Swifts (Order Apodiformes, Family Apodidae)
Hummingbirds (Order Apodiformes, Family Trochilidae)
- Band-tailed Barbthroat at La Selva,
Costa Rica
- Long-billed Hermit at Palenque,
Mexico
- Stripe-throated Hermit at Chan
Chich, Belize
- Wedge-tailed Sabrewing at El Tajin,
Mexico
- Wedge-tailed Sabrewing at La Milpa,
Belize
- Wedge-tailed Sabrewing at La Milpa,
Belize
- Violet Sabrewing at
Cinchona, Costa Rica
- White-necked Jacobin (perched)
- White-necked Jacobin (in flight)
- Green Violetear
- Green-breasted Mango
- Green-breasted Mango
- Green-breasted Mango (female with
male characteristics)
- Violet-headed Hummingbird
- Green Thorntail
- Cozumel Emerald
- Canivet's Emerald (male)
- Canivet's Emerald (female)
- Salvin's Emerald
- Dusky Hummingbird
- Dusky Hummingbird at Teotitlán
del Valle, Mexico
- Doubleday's Hummingbird (AOU:
Broad-billed Hummingbird) at Tehuantepec, Mexico
- White-eared Hummingbird
- White-bellied Emerald at
Palenque, Mexico
- Blue-throated Goldentail at El
Chocoyero, Nicaragua
- Azure-crowned Hummingbird
- Azure-crowned Hummingbird (showing crown)
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (on nest)
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (tail spread)
- from below
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (tail
spread) - from above
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird - rectrices
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird - mandibles (male)
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird - mandibles (female)
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird - bill curvature
- Cinnamon Hummingbird
- Cinnamon Hummingbird
- Cinnamon Hummingbird
- Snowcap
- Blue-throated Hummingbird
- Garnet-throated Hummingbird at
Huitepec, Mexico
- Green-crowned Brilliant
(adult male)
- Green-crowned Brilliant
(juvenile)
- Green-crowned
Brilliant (females fighting)
- Purple-crowned Fairy
- Purple-crowned Fairy (feeding juvenile)
- Mexican Sheartail (wide view)
- Mexican Sheartail (closeup)
- Mexican Sheartail #2
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird (immature/female in
flight)
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird being weighed
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird #1 (photo by Maggie
Devens)
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird #2 (photo by Maggie
Devens)
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird #3 (photo by Maggie
Devens)
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird #4 (photo by Maggie
Devens)
- Bumblebee Hummingbird at Tepic, Mexico
- Bumblebee Hummingbird at Cerro
Felipe, Mexico
- Wine-throated Hummingbird
- Rufous Hummingbird (tail outstretched) (photo by Shirley
Wilkerson)
- Scintillant Hummingbird
Trogons (Order Trogoniformes, Family Trogonidae)
Motmots (Order Coraciiformes, Family Momotidae)
Kingfishers (Order Coraciiformes, Family Alcedinidae)
Puffbirds (Order Piciformes, Family Bucconidae)
Jacamars (Order Piciformes, Family Galbulidae)
Toucans (Order Piciformes, Family Ramphasitidae)
Woodpeckers (Order Piciformes, Family Picidae)
Woodcreepers (Order Passeriformes, Family Dendrocolaptidae)
Antbirds (Order Passeriformes, Family Thamnophilidae)
Tyrant Flycatchers (Order Passeriformes, Family Tyrannidae)
- Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet #1
- Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
#2
- Northern
Beardless-Tyrannulet audio
- Greenish Elaenia
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia
- Common Tody-Flycatcher #1
- Common Tody-Flycatcher #2
- Yellow-olive Flycatcher #1owl
- Yellow-olive Flycatcher #2
- Pileated Flycatcher at Monte Alban,
Mexico
- Pileated Flycatcher at
Coajomulco, Mexico
- Tufted Flycatcher
- Greater Pewee
- Tropical Pewee
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
- Alder Flycatcher
- Least Flycatcher
- Hammond's Flycatcher at Cerro
Burro, Mexico
- Dusky Flycatcher #1 at Monte Alban,
Mexico
- Dusky Flycatcher #2 at La Cima, Mexico
- Dusky Flycatcher #3 at Teotitlán
del Valle, Mexico
- Pine Flycatcher
- Vermilion Flycatcher (on nest)
- Vermilion Flycatcher (male)
- Vermilion Flycatcher (male) #2
- Vermilion Flycatcher (female) at
El Tule, Mexico
- Vermilion Flycatcher (male)
at El Tule, Mexico
- Long-tailed Tyrant
- Rufous Mourner #1
- Rufous Mourner #2
- Yucatan Flycatcher
- Nutting's Flycatcher
- Nutting's Flycatcher
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Brown-crested Flycatcher at
Tehuantepec, Mexico
- Brown-crested Flycatcher at
Tehuantepec, Mexico
- Brown-crested Flycatcher at
Tehuantepec, Mexico
- Great Kiskadee nesting tree
- Great Kiskadee on nest - closeup #1
- Great Kiskadee on nest - closeup #2
- Boat-billed Flycatcher
- Boat-billed Flycatcher
- Social Flycatcher
- Gray-capped Flycatcher
- Tropical Kingbird (wide view)
- Tropical Kingbird (close view)
- Tropical Kingbird (back, tail and bill)
- Thick-billed Kingbird
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Manakins (Order Passeriformes, Family Pipridae)
Vireos (Order Passeriformes, Family Vireonidae)
Jays, Crows (Order Passeriformes, Family Corvidae)
Larks (Order Passeriformes, Family Alaudidae)
Swallows (Order Passeriformes, Family Hirundinidae)
Wrens (Order Passeriformes, Family Troglodytidae)
Old World Warblers (Order Passeriformes, Family Sylviidae)
Gnatwrens & Gnatcatchers (Order Passeriformes, Family Polioptilinae)
Thrushes (Order Passeriformes, Family Turdidae)
Catbirds, Mockingbirds, Thrashers (Order Passeriformes, Family Mimidae)
Wagtails, Pipits (Order Passeriformes, Family Motacillidae)
Waxwings (Order Passeriformes, Family Bombycillidae)
Wood Warblers (Order Passeriformes, Family Parulidae)
- Crescent-chested Warbler
- Golden-cheeked Warbler
- Black-throated Green Warbler
- Blackpoll Warbler
- Northern Waterthrush at Misol-Ha,
Mexico
- Louisiana Waterthrush at Pueblo
Viejo Falls, Belize
- MacGillivray's Warbler at Monte
Alban, Mexico
- Common Yellowthroat
- Black-polled Yellowthroat
- Gray-crowned Yellowthroat
- Hooded Warbler #1
- Hooded Warbler #2
- Hooded Warbler #3
- Wilson's Warbler at Monte Alban,
Mexico
- Red-faced Warbler at Teotitlán del
Valle, Mexico
- Red-faced Warbler at Teotitlán del
Valle, Mexico
- Red Warbler at Angangeo, Mexico
- Red Warbler at Huitzilac, Mexico
- Painted Redstart at Highrise,
Nuevo Leon, Mexico
- Painted Redstart #1 at Brooks County
Rest Area, Texas
- Painted Redstart #2 at Brooks County
Rest Area, Texas
- Golden-crowned Warbler
- Rufous-capped Warbler
- Rufous-capped Warbler
- Chestnut-capped Warbler
- Golden-browed Warbler at Cerro
San Felipe, Mexico
Bananaquits (Order Passeriformes, Family Coerebidae)
Tanagers (Order Passeriformes, Family Thraupidae)
Sparrows (Order Passeriformes, Family Emberizidae)
Grosbeaks & Buntings (Order Passeriformes, Family Cardinalidae)
Blackbirds & Orioles (Order Passeriformes, Family Icteridae)
Finches (Order Passeriformes, Family Fringillidae)
Rare Bird Documentation
Not always the best of photos, these nonetheless are good documentation of rare
sightings in the Oaks & Prairies of Central Texas and in the Pineywoods of East
Texas. Some of the photos are quite well done and have even appeared in print.
- Common Loon (photo by Tim Fennell, Meadow Lake, Williamson
Co., TX)
- Brown Pelican (photo by Tim Fennell, Granger Lake, Williamson
Co., TX)
- Cinnamon Teal (photo by Tim Fennell, Meadow Lake, Williamson
Co., TX)
- Whooping Crane with Sandhill Cranes in migration (photo by
Tim Fennell, CR 435, Williamson Co., TX)
- Semipalmated Plover (photo by Chris Merkord, taken at Welch
Park, Lake Somerville, TX)
- Mountain Plover (photo by Tim Fennell)
- Least Sandpiper & Western Sandpiper (photo by Sandy
Dillard)
- Baird's Sandpiper (photo by Sandy Dillard)
- California Gull (photo by Tim Fennell, through his
spotting scope, taken at Lake O' Pines, Marion Co., TX. First East Texas record)
- Lesser Black-backed Gull (photo by Tim Fennell, Travis Co.)
- Laughing Gull (photo by Chris Merkord, taken at Welch Park,
Lake Somerville, TX)
- Least Tern (photo by Tim Fennell, Granger Lake, Williamson
Co., TX)
- Eurasian Collared-Dove (photo by Tim Fennell, Granger Lake,
Williamson Co., TX)
- Burrowing Owl #1 (photo by John August of injured bird from
Brazos Co., TX)
- Burrowing Owl #2 (photo by John August)
- Burrowing Owl #3 (photo by John August)
- Burrowing Owl #4 (photo by John August)
- Burrowing Owl #5 (photo by John August)
- Burrowing Owl #6 (photo by Tim Fennell, through his spotting
scope, taken at Granger Lake area, Williamson Co.)
- Green Violet-ear #1 (photo by Keith Bartels in Guadalupe Co.)
- Green Violet-ear #2 (photo by Keith Bartels in Guadalupe Co.)
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird #1 (First county record for
Washington Co. Photo by John Woelke, The Brenham Press, taken in Chappell Hill, TX)
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird #2 (closeup. Photo by John
Woelke)
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird #3 (First county record for Brazos
Co. Photo by Marge Williams)
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird #4 (First county record for Milam Co.
Photo by Frank & Carolyn Burford)
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird #5 (First county record for Milam Co.
Photo by Frank & Carolyn Burford)
- Anna's Hummingbird #1 (First county record for Gregg Co.
Photo by Mike Lovell)
- Anna's Hummingbird #2 (First county record for Gregg Co.
Photo by Mike Lovell)
- Anna's Hummingbird #3 (First county record for Gregg Co.
Photo by Mike Lovell)
- Anna's Hummingbird #4 (First county record for Gregg Co.
Photo by Mike Lovell)
- Anna's Hummingbird #5 (Second county record
for Brazos Co. Photo by Bert Frenz)
- Anna's Hummingbird #6 (Second county record
for Brazos Co. Photo by Bert Frenz)
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird (First county record
for Rusk Co. Photos by Peggy Harding)
- Rufous Hummingbird (photo by Sandy Dillard from his yard
in Bryan, TX)
- Rufous Hummingbird (shows identifying tail feathers.
Photo by Shirley Wilkerson)
- Ringed Kingfisher (First county record
for Grimes Co. Photo by Marsha Seyffert)
- Couch's Kingbird (photo by Jesse Fagan. First East
Texas Pineywoods record)
- Horned Lark (photo by Tim Fennell, presumably nesting in
Williamson Co.)
- Purple Martin (albino, in flock) (photos by Shirley
Wilkerson in Bryan, TX)
- Purple Martin (albino, single) (photos by Shirley
Wilkerson in Bryan, TX)
- Bank Swallow (photo by Tim Fennell, presumably nesting at
Granger Lake, Williamson Co.)
- Cave Swallow (First county record for Brazos Co.; on open
nest)
- Cave Swallow (close-up view of first county record)
- Cave Swallow (second or third record for Burleson Co.
Photo by Darrell Vollert)
- Rock Wren (sixth county record and
first since 1989. Photo by Eric Haskell)
- Sprague's Pipit (photo by Tim Fennell, through his spotting
scope, taken at Granger Lake area, Williamson Co.)
- Black-headed Grosbeak #1 (photo by Mary Brandt, Chappell
Hill, Washington Co., TX)
- Black-headed Grosbeak #2 (photo by Mary Brandt, Chappell
Hill, Washington Co., TX)
- Lazuli Bunting with Indigo Bunting (photo by Sue & Billie
Bernard, Austin Co., TX)
- Chipping Sparrow - albinistic (photo by Sue & Billie
Bernard, Austin Co., TX)
- Bronzed Cowbird (photo by Jim Anding, College Station, TX)
- Bronzed Cowbird #2 (photo by Jim Anding)
- Lesser Goldfinch (photo by Jesse Fagan. First record
for East Texas Pineywoods)
Mammals
Carnivores (Order Carnivora)
Bats (Order Chiroptera)
Rodents (Order Rodentia)
Squirrels (Order Rodentia, Family Sciuridae)
Sea lions, seals (Order Pinnipedia)
Even-toed ungulates (Order Artiodactyla)
Monkeys (Order Primates, Family Cebidae)
Whales (Order Cetacea)
Reptiles & Amphibians
Flowers and other plants
Places
- Anchorage, Alaska
- Byer's Lake, Alaska
- Dawson Creek, British Columbia
- Denali National Park, Alaska
- Dezadeash Lake, Yukon Territory
- Great Sand Dunes National Monument, Colorado
- Homer Spit, Alaska (aerial view)
- Homer Spit, Alaska (shore view)
- Hudson Bay, Churchill, Manitoba
- Hyder, Alaska (town limits)
- Hyder, Alaska (marsh)
- Hyder, Alaska (salmon stream)
- Hyder, Alaska (road to glacier)
- Kachemak Bay, Alaska
- Lambert Lake, Alaska
- Salmon Glacier, Hyder, Alaska
Revised: February 28, 2014.