South Dakota Birds -- Photo Gallery

The photo gallery is devoted to higher-resolution photographs than are shown on the species description pages.  Click on the species name for photographs of that species.   Note that while these are higher-resolution shots than on the species pages, they are mostly relatively high-compression JPEG's in order to save space and loading times.  JPEG artifacts may be visible in some shots, artifacts that aren't there in the original imagery.

These are all photos taken by myself.  And as you can see, no, it's not all birds!!  I've started to take more and more photos of other animals and of landscapes.  Click on the appropriate link below to view these photos.  Click on "My Favorites" for my favorite individual photos.

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Birds here are listed in taxonomical order.  Click here if you'd rather see the bird photo list in alphabetical order.

 
GAVIIDAE: Loons
Common Loon    

PODICIPEDIDAE: Grebes

Pied-billed Grebe     Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe Horned Grebe
Western Grebe  

PELECANIDAE: Pelicans

American White Pelican Brown Pelican
PHALACROCORACIDAE and SULIDAE: Cormorants, Gannets, and Boobies
Double-crested Cormorant   Northern Gannet

ARDEIDAE: Bitterns and Herons

American Bittern     Great Blue Heron
Great Egret Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron

THRESKIORNITHIDAE: Ibises

Glossy Ibis White-faced Ibis

ANATIDAE: Swans, Geese, and Ducks

Tundra Swan Trumpeter Swan
Mute Swan Greater White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose Ross' Goose
Canada Goose Barnacle Goose
Wood Duck Green-winged Teal
Mallard Northern Pintail
Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler
Gadwall Canvasback
Redhead Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup
Harlequin Duck Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser Ruddy Duck
Long-tailed Duck King Eider

CATHARTIDAE: American Vultures

Turkey Vulture

ACCIPITRIDAE: Kites, Eagles, and Hawks

Osprey Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier Cooper's Hawk
Sharp-shinned Hawk Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk Ferruginous Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk Golden Eagle

FALCONIDAE: Falcons

American Kestrel Merlin
Prairie Falcon Gyrfalcon

PHASIANIDAE: Partridge, Pheasant, Grouse, Turkey, and Quail

Ring-necked Pheasant Ruffed Grouse
Sharp-tailed Grouse Wild Turkey
Chukar California Quail
Gambel's Quail  

RALLIDAE: Rails, Gallinules, and Coots

Virginia Rail Common Moorhen
American Coot Sora

GRUIDAE: Cranes

Sandhill Crane  

CHARADRIIDAE: Plovers

Killdeer Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover  

RECURVIROSTRIDAE: Stilts and Avocets

Black-necked Stilt American Avocet

SCOLOPACIDAE: Sandpipers and Phalaropes

Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper Willet
Spotted Sandpiper Upland Sandpiper
Hudsonian Godwit Marbled Godwit
Semipalmated Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper Dunlin
Stilt Sandpiper Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe Wilson's Phalarope
LARIDAE: Jaegers, Gulls, and Terns
Laughing Gull Franklin's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull Mew Gull
Ring-billed Gull California Gull
Herring Gull Glaucous-winged Gull
Western Gull Black-legged Kittiwake
Forster's Tern Common Tern
Arctic Tern Caspian Tern
Royal Tern Black Tern
Black Skimmer Red-legged Kittiwake

ALCIDAE: Auks / Alcids

Horned Puffin Tufted Puffin
Common Murre Pigeon Guillemot
 

COLUMBIDAE: Pigeons and Doves

Eurasian Collared Dove Mourning Dove

CUCULIDAE: Cuckoo, Ani, Roadrunner

Black-billed Cuckoo Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Greater Roadrunner  

STRIGIDAE: Typical Owls

Eastern Screech-Owl Great Horned Owl
Northern Hawk Owl Burrowing Owl
Great Gray Owl Barred Owl
Short-eared Owl Long-eared Owl
Northern Saw-Whet Owl Snowy Owl
Elf Owl  

TROCHILIDAE: Hummingbirds

Ruby-throated Hummingbird Calliope Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird Anna's Hummingbird
Costa's Hummingbird Black-chinned Hummingbird
Broad-billed Hummingbird  

ALCEDINIDAE: Kingfishers

Belted Kingfisher

PICIDAE: Woodpeckers

Red-headed Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker
Gilded Flicker Gila Woodpecker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker Acorn Woodpecker

TYRANNIDAE: Tyrant Flycatchers

Eastern Wood-Pewee Alder Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird Black Phoebe

ALAUDIDAE: Larks

Horned Lark

HIRUNDINIDAE: Swallows

Tree Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow

CORVIDAE: Jays, Magpies, and Crows

Gray Jay Blue Jay
Black-billed Magpie FIsh Crow
Clark's Nutcracker Western Scrub Jay
Common Raven Northwestern Crow
American Crow  

PARIDAE: Titmice / Chickadee / Verdin

Black-capped Chickadee Mountain Chickadee
Verdin  

SITTIDAE: Nuthatches / Creeper

White-breasted Nuthatch Pygmy Nuthatch
Brown Creeper Red-breasted Nuthatch

TROGLODYTIDAE: Wrens

House Wren Marsh Wren
Sedge Wren Cactus Wren

MUSCICAPIDAE: Thrushes, Kinglets, Gnatcatchers

Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Mountain Bluebird Eastern Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire Swainson's Thrush
American Robin Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher  

MIMIDAE: Mockingbird and Thrashers

Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher Curve-billed Thrasher

BOMBYCILLIDAE: Waxwings

Bohemian Waxwing Cedar Waxwing

LANIIDAE: Shrikes

Loggerhead Shrike   

STURNIDAE: Starlings

European Starling

VIREONIDAE: Vireos

Yellow-throated Vireo Bell's Vireo
Warbling Vireo Red-eyed Vireo

FAMILY EMBERIZIDAE: SUBFAMILY PARULINAE: Wood-Warblers

Tennessee Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler Yellow Warbler
Magnolia Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler
Townsend's Warbler Pine Warbler
Palm Warbler Prairie Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart Ovenbird
Common Yellowthroat Wilson's Warbler

FAMILY EMBERIZIDAE: SUBFAMILY THRAUPINAE: Tanagers

Scarlet Tanager Western Tanager

FAMILY EMBERIZIDAE: SUBFAMILY CARDINALINAE: Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Bunting

Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel Pyrrhuloxia
Black-headed Grosbeak  

FAMILY EMBERIZIDAE: SUBFAMILY EMBERIZINAE: Towhees, Sparrows, Juncos, and Longspurs

Eastern Towhee Spotted Towhee
American Tree Sparrow Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow Brewer's Sparrow
Field Sparrow Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow Black-throated Sparrow
Lark Bunting Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow Le Conte's Sparrow
Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow Harris' Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting  

FAMILY EMBERIZIDAE: SUBFAMILY ICTERINAE: Meadowlarks, Blackbirds, and Orioles

Bobolink Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle Great-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole  

FRINGILLIDAE: Finches

Pine Grosbeak Purple Finch
House Finch Common Redpoll
Pine Siskin Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch  

PASSERIDAE: Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow

 

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  This page was last edited on 05/09/08