Birds of the Nearctic Realm

Since moving to Winnipeg in September 2000, I have been photographing the birds of this region - which presents different challenges from photographing birds in the tropics! Although most of my birding here has been in Manitoba, I have managed a few trips further afield.

I have used the accepted North American common names for species and put alternative names beside them in brackets. The abbreviation "f:" indicates "formerly" and is used to give the former names of recently split species. The status of endangered species (according to Birdlife International) is given in brackets.

Species are listed in alphabetical order of their common names. The images featured are changed periodically.

Acorn Woodpecker	American Avocet	American Bittern	American Dipper
American Golden Plover	American (Buff-bellied) Pipit	American Redstart	American Three-toed Woodpecker (f: Three-toed Wodpecker)
American Woodcock	Anna's Hummingbird	Arctic Tern	Bank Swallow (Sand Martin)
Barred Owl	Bay-breasted Warbler	Black Oystercatcher	Black Skimmer
Black Tern	Black Turnstone	Black-and-white Warbler	Black-backed Woodpecker
Black-capped Gnatcatcher	Black-billed Cuckoo	Black-footed Albatross (vulnerable)	Black-throated Grey-Warbler
Blue Grouse	Blue-headed Vireo	Blue-winged Teal	Blue-winged Warbler
Bohemian Waxwing	Bonaparte's Gull	Boreal Chickadee	Boreal (Tengmalm's) Owl
Brandt's Cormorant	Brown Creeper (American Treecreeper)	Buff-breasted Sandpiper (near-threatened)	Burrowing Owl