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• Birds
  • Bluebirds
    • Mountain Bluebirds
  • Emberzine Sparrows & Allies
    • American Tree Sparrow
    • Brewer's Sparrows
    • Green-tailed Towhees
    • Lark Bunting
    • Lark Sparrows
    • Lincoln's Sparrows
    • Sage Sparrows
    • Savannah Sparrows
    • Song Sparrows
    • White-crowned Sparrows
  • Finches and Old World Sparrows
    • Cassin's Finches
    • Pine Siskins
  • Grebes
    • Clark's Grebe
    • Eared Grebes
    • Pied-billed Grebes
    • Western Grebes
  • Gruiformes
    • American Coots
    • Common Gallinule
    • Limpkins
    • Sandhill Cranes
  • Gulls and Terns
    • Black Skimmers
    • California Gulls
    • Caspian Terns
    • Forster's Terns
    • Franklin's Gulls
    • Herring Gulls
    • Laughing Gulls
    • Ring-billed Gulls
    • Royal Terns
    • Sandwich Terns
  • Hummingbirds
    • Black-chinned Hummingbirds
  • Icterids
    • Brewer's Blackbirds
    • Brown-headed Cowbirds
    • Great-tailed Grackles
    • Red-winged Blackbirds
    • Western Meadowlarks
    • Yellow-headed Blackbirds
  • Jays, Crows and Allies
    • Black-billed Magpies
    • Common Ravens
    • Fish Crows
  • Kingfishers
    • Belted Kingfishers
  • Larks
    • Horned Larks
  • Mimids
    • Northern Mockingbirds
    • Sage Thrashers
  • Owls
    • Barn Owls
    • Burrowing Owls
    • Great Horned Owls
    • Short-eared Owls
  • Parrots and allies
    • Black-hooded Parakeets
    • Monk Parakeet
  • Pelicaniformes
    • American White Pelicans
    • Anhingas
    • Brown Pelicans
    • Double-crested Cormorants
    • Northern Gannet
  • Pigeons and Doves
    • Mourning Doves
    • White-winged Doves
  • Raptors
    • American Kestrels
    • Bald Eagle
    • Ferruginous Hawks
    • Golden Eagles
    • Merlins
    • Northern Harriers
    • Ospreys
    • Peregrine Falcons
    • Prairie Falcons
    • Red-shouldered Hawks
    • Red-tailed Hawks
      • Harlan's Hawk
    • Rough-legged Hawks
    • Swainson's Hawks
    • Turkey Vultures
  • Shorebirds
    • American Avocets
    • American Oystercatchers
    • Black-bellied Plovers
    • Black-necked Stilts
    • Dunlins
    • Greater Yellowlegs
    • Killdeer
    • Least Sandpipers
    • Long-billed Curlews
    • Marbled Godwits
    • Mountain Plovers
    • Piping Plovers
    • Red Knots
    • Ruddy Turnstones
    • Sanderlings
    • Semipalmated Plovers
    • Short-billed Dowitchers
    • Snowy Plovers
    • Spotted Sandpipers
    • Western Sandpipers
    • Whimbrels
    • Willets
    • Wilson's Phalaropes
    • Wilson's Plovers
  • Shrikes and Vireos
    • Loggerhead Shrikes
    • Northern Shrikes
  • Starlings and Mynas
    • European Starlings
  • Swallows
    • Barn Swallows
    • Cliff Swallows
    • Northern Rough-winged Swallows
    • Tree Swallow
  • Swans, Ducks and Geese
    • Buffleheads
    • Cackling Geese
    • Canada Geese
    • Cinnamon Teals
    • Common Goldeneyes
    • Common Mergansers
    • Duck hybrids
    • Gadwalls
    • Greater Scaups
    • Green-winged Teal
    • Harlequin Ducks
    • Mallards
    • Northern Pintails
    • Northern Shovelers
    • Red-breasted Mergansers
    • Ring-necked Ducks
    • Snow Geese
    • Tundra Swans
    • Wood Ducks
  • Tanagers, Cardinal & Allies
    • Bananaquits
    • Black-headed Grosbeaks
    • Lazuli Buntings
    • Western Tanager
  • Thrushes
    • American Robins
  • Tyrant Flycatchers
    • Eastern Kingbirds
    • Gray Flycatchers
    • Western Kingbirds
  • Upland Game Birds
    • Chukars
    • Dusky Grouse
    • Gray Partridges
    • Ring-necked Pheasants
  • Wading Birds
    • Black-crowned Night Herons
    • Great Blue Herons
    • Great Egrets
    • Least Bitterns
    • Little Blue Herons
    • Reddish Egrets
    • Roseate Spoonbills
    • Snowy Egrets
    • Tricolored Herons
    • White Ibises
    • White-faced Ibises
    • Wood Storks
    • Yellow-crowned Night Herons
  • Wood-Warblers
    • Blackpoll warblers
    • Palm Warblers
    • Yellow-rumped Warblers
  • Woodpeckers
    • Downy Woodpeckers
    • Red-naped Sapsuckers
  • Wrens
    • Marsh Wrens
• Bird ID
• Wildlife
  • Alapacas
  • American Badgers
  • American Bison
  • Bighorn Sheep
  • Black-tailed Jackrabbits
  • Chipmunks
  • Cottontail Rabbits
  • Coyotes
  • Dragonflies
  • Elk
  • Ghost Crabs
  • Golden-silk Spiders
  • Gopher Tortoises
  • Loggerhead Turtles
  • Long-tailed Weasels
  • Monarch Butterflies
  • Moose
  • Mule Deer
  • North American Porcupines
  • Pronghorn
  • Raccoons
  • Rattlesnakes
  • Red Foxes
  • Richardson's Ground Squirrels
  • Sea Stars
  • Uinta Ground Squirrels
  • Western Spotted Orbweaver
  • White-tailed Deer
• Humor
• Locations
  • Australia
    • Burnie
    • Tasmania
  • Bahamas
  • Florida
    • Celery Fields
    • Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge
    • Egmont Key State Park
    • Fort De Soto County Park
    • Honeymoon Island State Park
    • Lake Seminole
    • Pinellas County
    • Roosevelt Wetlands
    • Sarasota
    • Sawgrass County Park
    • USF Botanical Garden
  • Montana
    • Beaverhead County
    • Centennial Valley
    • Cliff Lake
    • Cut Bank
    • Glacier County
    • Glacier National Park
    • Madison County
    • Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
  • Nevada
    • Great Basin National Park
  • New Zealand
    • Auckland
    • Wellington
    • Whakaari / White Island
  • Saint Thomas
  • St. Thomas
  • USVI
  • Utah
    • Antelope Flat
    • Antelope Island State Park
    • Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
    • Bear River National Wildlife Refuge
    • Box Elder County
    • Buckhorn Wash
    • Burr Trail
    • Capitol Reef National Park
    • Davis County
    • Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area
    • Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge
    • Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area
    • Francis Peak
    • Golden Spike National Historic Site
    • Great Salt Lake
    • High Uintas
    • Jordan River Parkway Trail
    • Juab County
    • Little Cottonwood Canyon
    • Locomotive Springs
    • Red Fleet State Park
    • Salt Lake County
    • Salt Lake Valley
    • San Rafael Swell area
    • Simpson Springs
    • Sky Line Drive, Bountiful Canyon
    • Stansbury Mountains
    • Summit County
    • The Wedge
    • Tooele County
    • Utah County
    • Wasatch Mountains
    • West Desert
    • Zion National Park
• Man & Nature
  • Petroglyphs
  • Pictographs
• Styles and Methods
  • Angles & perspectives
  • Auto levels
  • Being prepared
  • Blurs
  • Close up
  • Composition
  • Depth of Field
  • Exposure Compensation
  • Friday Photos
  • Frustrations in bird photography
  • Habitat
  • Handheld
  • Head Angles
  • High Key
  • Image Overlay
  • Light angles
  • Low angle
  • Low light
  • Partnering with another photographer
  • Playing Favorites
  • Portraits
  • Repairs
  • Rotation adjustment
  • Self critique
  • Small in the frame
  • Sunday Shorebirds
  • Using a Noodle
  • White Balance adjustments
  • Zooming back
• Scenics
  • Dunes
  • Forests
  • Lakes
  • Volcanoes
  • moutains
  • valley
  • weather
  • western skies
• Seasons
  • Fall
  • Inversions
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Winter
• Wildlife Ethics, Etiquette and Copyright Issues
  • Baiting
  • Captive killing – large game
  • Copyright Infringement
  • Copyright Issues
  • Environment
  • Etiquette
  • Fishing Line Dangers
  • Harassment
  • Nesting Birds
  • Tragedy
  • Wildlife Ethics
  • Young birds
• Conservation

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