SONGBIRDS AS PHOTOGRAPHED BY GERARD PAS

 

 


Songbirds also called Passerines are an order of bird that comprise as many as 4,000 species or nearly half of the world’s birds in 35 to 55 families. Essentially songbirds are birds that perch in trees. There is archaeological evidence that songbirds evolved some 50 million years ago. This bird gets its name because its song is used to mark territory, identity, whereabouts, and also its sexual intentions. Although many songbirds have pleasant songs to the human ear, such as Nightingales or Warblers some species songs sound more distinctly like screeches or crooks like that of the crow.

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SONGBIRDS BY GERARD PAS ©
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Summer Tanager - click to enlarge Summer Tanager - click to enlarge Scarlet Tanager - click to enlarge Scarlet Tanager - click to enlarge Scarlet Tanager - click to enlarge
Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) spring Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) spring
         
Indigo Bunting - click to enlarge Indigo Bunting - click to enlarge Indigo Bunting - click to enlarge Indigo Bunting - click to enlarge
  Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) spring    
         
Indigo Bunting - click to enlarge Indigo Bunting - click to enlarge Indigo Bunting - click to enlarge
  Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) spring  
         
Cedar Waxwing - click to enlarge Cedar Waxwing - click to enlarge Veery Thrush - click to enlarge
  Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Veery Thrush
(Catharus fuscescen)
 
         
House Wren - click to enlarge House Wren - click to enlarge
  House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)  
         
Carolina Wren - click to enlarge Carolina Wren - click to enlarge Carolina Wren - click to enlarge Carolina Wren - click to enlarge
    Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) winter  
         
Carolina Wren - click to enlarge Carolina Wren - click to enlarge Carolina Wren - click to enlarge Carolina Wren - click to enlarge
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) winter   Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) spring
         
Common Redpoll - click to enlarge Common Redpoll - click to enlarge Common Redpoll - click to enlarge Common Redpoll - click to enlarge Common Redpoll - click to enlarge
Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea) - during winter bird irruption 2008
         
Common Redpoll - click to enlarge Common Redpoll - click to enlarge Common Redpoll - click to enlarge Common Redpoll - click to enlarge
Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea) - during winter bird irruption 2008
         
Common Redpoll - click to enlarge Common Redpoll - click to enlarge Common Redpoll - click to enlarge  Common Redpoll - click to enlarge Common Redpoll - click to enlarge
  Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea) - winter 2011  
         
  Common Redpoll - click to enlarge Common Redpoll - click to enlarge Common Redpoll - click to enlarge  
  Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea) - winter 2011  
         
Pine Siskin - click to enlarge Pine Siskin - click to enlarge Pine Siskin - click to enlarge
  Pine Siskin (Carduelis pinus) - during winter bird irruption 2008  
         
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - click to enlarge Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - click to enlarge Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - click to enlarge Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - click to enlarge
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) spring
         
Warbling Vireo - click to advance Warbling Vireo - click to advance Warbling Vireo - click to advance White-eyed Vireo - click to advance
Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus)   White-eyed Vireo
(Vireo griseus) spring
         
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - click to enlarge Great Crested Flycatcher - click to enlarge Eastern Wood-Peewee - click to enlarge
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
(Empidonax flaviventris) fall
  Great Crested Flycatcher
(Myiarchus crinitus) spring
  Eastern Wood-Peewee
(Contopus virens)
         
Eastern Phoebe - click to advance Eastern Phoebe - click to advance Eastern Phoebe - click to advance
  Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)  
         
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - click to enlarge Rose-breasted Grosbeak - click to enlarge Rose-breasted Grosbeak - click to enlarge Rose-breasted Grosbeak - click to enlarge Rose-breasted Grosbeak - click to enlarge
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) male
         
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - click to enlarge Rose-breasted Grosbeak - click to enlarge Rose-breasted Grosbeak - click to enlarge Rose-breasted Grosbeak - click to enlarge Rose-breasted Grosbeak - click to enlarge
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) male Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) female
         
    Orchard Oriole male - click to enlarge
  Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius)  
         
         
Baltimore Oriole male - click to enlarge Baltimore Oriole male - click to enlarge Baltimore Oriole male - click to enlarge
  Baltimore / Northern Oriole (Icterus galbula) male  
         
Baltimore Oriole male - click to enlarge Baltimore Oriole male - click to enlarge Baltimore Oriole male - click to enlarge Baltimore Oriole male - click to enlarge Baltimore Oriole male - click to enlarge
  Baltimore / Northern Oriole (Icterus galbula) male  
         
Baltimore Oriole female - click to enlarge Baltimore Oriole female - click to enlarge Baltimore Oriole female - click to enlarge Baltimore Oriole female - click to enlarge
  Baltimore / Northern Oriole (Icterus galbula) female  
         
White-throated Sparrow - click to advance White-throated Sparrow - click to advance Fox Sparrow - click to enlarge
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) fall   Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)  
         
Song Sparrow - click to enlarge White-crowned Sparrow - click to enlarge White-crowned Sparrow - click to enlarge
Song Sparrow
(Melospiza melodia)
  White-crowned Sparrow
(Zonotrichia leucophrys)
 
         
Grey Catbird - click to enlarge Grey Catbird - click to enlarge Northern Mockingbird - click to advance
Grey Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)     Northern Mockingbird
(Mimus polyglottos)
         
Eastern Bluebird - click to enlarge
    Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)    
         
  new photos of songbirds will be added as they are photographed  
  last updated February 26, 2015  

 

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