Birds that I have seen

While I was riding in the car with my sister and going to the various cemeteries where family members are buried, I did some bird watching.  I also did see a lot through the windows of the Amtrak train I was riding in.

Below is just the partial list of birds and animals that I spotted.  Birds spotted

Sand Hill Cranes;  western side central of Wisconsin,  Boy were some of them big.

Ravens

Crows

Nuthatch

Red crested woodpecker

Pileated woodpecker

Humming birds,  Rufus, Anna’s and unknown  

Loons

Geese

Canada geese

Herons  Great Green, and Great Blue

Grebes

Coots

Mallard Ducks

Wild turkeys

Bald eagle

Turkey Vulture

Peregrine Falcons    Giant Female

Falcons:  A Pair of Gyrfalcons in Northern Wisconsin. Wow was up between Spooner and Minong Wisconsin that I spotted this Pair.  some Merlin’s by the markings too.

Hawks: coopers, red tailed, Harriers,

Golden Eagle  In the Sierras, going and coming back.

Cliff Swallow, Barn Swallows

Cardinals

Robin            

Bittern along the streams and rivers, Colorado and Wisconsin

House wren

Sea Gulls, all over Green Bay, wis.

Swans in Colorado and Northern Wisconsin  Large Black Swans,  Colorado River in Colorado, Platte River in Nebraska and in small ponds in Northern Wisconsin. Had Trouble Believing what I was seeing.  Was verified by other people.

For Wild Animals Spotted.

Wisconsin

Black Bears a pair, a mom and yearling, were crossing a field

Deer

Raccoons

Black squirrels

Red squirrels

Grey squirrels

Chipmunks

Skunks

Minnesota

Squirrels, red and grey

Colorado

Elk

Deer

Buffalo

Kansas:  saw beefalo, cross between angus beef and buffalo, was really neat.

I was able to verifiy some of these in a Sibley's Bird book too.