Nichols Arboretum

Cardinal — A northern cardinal in Nichols Arboretum.

It's America. Everything's big. Even ice picks. — It’s America. Everything’s big. Even ice picks.

A fox squirrel perched on the end of a branch.

At the northwestern end of the Arb: view of the Huron River.

Full album at Picasa (starting at number 30)…

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2018 in birds

November (34)
218. Stork-billed Kingfisher *
217. Intermediate Egret *
216. Oriental Darter *
215. Little Egret
214. Common Sandpiper
213. Scaly-breasted Munia *
212. Purple Heron *
211. Pink-necked Pigeon *
210. White-breasted Woodswallow *
209. Pied Triller *
208. Pacific Swallow *
207. Chestnut Munia *
206. White-breasted Waterhen *
205. Cattle Egret
204. Pacific Reef Heron *
203. Red Junglefowl *
202. Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker *
201. Olive-backed Sunbird *
200. Common Myna
199. Germain's Swiftlet *
198. House Swift *
197. Brahminy Kite *
196. Asian Glossy Starling *
195. Black-naped Oriole *
194. Asian Brown Flycatcher *
193. Common Tailorbird *
192. Oriental Magpie Robin *
191. Javan Myna *
190. Spotted Dove *
189. House Crow *
188. Zebra Dove
187. Yellow-vented Bulbul *
186. Eurasian Tree Sparrow
185. Red-wattled Lapwing *

July (20)
184. Black-winged Stilt
183. Common House Martin
182. Black-billed Magpie
181. Common Raven
180. Yellow-rumped Warbler
179. Cliff Swallow
178. Northern Rough-winged Swallow
177. House Wren
176. California Quail
175. Yellow-headed Blackbird
174. Brewer's Blackbird
173. Western Wood Pewee
172. White-headed Woodpecker *
171. Steller's Jay *
170. Violet-green Swallow *
169. Pygmy Nuthatch
168. White-breasted Nuthatch
167. Mountain Chickadee
166. American White Pelican
165. Wild Turkey

June (50)
164. Blue-winged Teal
163. American Bittern *
162. Redhead
161. American Coot
160. Bald Eagle
159. Pied-billed Grebe
158. Wood Duck
157. Common Gallinule
156. Spotted Sandpiper
155. Song Sparrow
154. Purple Martin *
153. Osprey
152. Turkey Vulture
151. Belted Kingfisher
150. Tree Swallow
149. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
148. Green Heron
147. Blue Jay
146. Eastern Wood Pewee
145. Black-capped Chickadee
144. Orchard Oriole
143. Northern Flicker
142. Killdeer
141. Brown-headed Cowbird
140. Northern Cardinal
139. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
138. Field Sparrow
137. Common Yellowthroat
136. Yellow Warbler
135. Chipping Sparrow
134. Red-winged Blacbird
133. Tufted Titmouse
132. Hairy Woodpecker
131. American Crow
130. Dark-eyed Junco
129. Double-crested Cormorant
128. Great Blue Heron
127. Ring-billed Gull
126. Red-breasted Merganser
125. Downy Woodpecker
124. Mourning Dove
123. Eastern Kingbird
122. Cedar Waxwing
121. American Robin
120. Gray Catbird
119. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
118. House Finch
117. American Goldfinch
116. Red-bellied Woodpecker
115. Common Grackle

May (6)
114. Garden Warbler
113. Common Nightingale
112. Savi's Warbler
111. Eurasian Reed Warbler
110. Black-crowned Night Heron
109. Common Swift

April (18)
108. Eurasian Spoonbill
107. Mediterranean Gull
106. Common Cuckoo
105. Cetti's Warbler *
104. Northern Wheatear
103. Greater Whitethroat
102. Sedge Warbler
101. European Stonechat
100. Eurasian Skylark
99. White Wagtail
98. Common Tern
97. Pied Avocet
96. Barn Swallow
95. Whimbrel
94. Common Redshank
93. Red-necked Grebe
92. Eurasian Blackcap
91. Willow Warbler

March (2)
90. Eurasian Bullfinch
89. Common Chiffchaff

February (16)
88. Redwing
87. Gray Partridge
86. Fieldfare
85. Great Gray Shrike *
84. Common Kingfisher
83. Canada Goose
82. White-throated Dipper
81. Goldcrest
80. Firecrest
79. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
78. Meadow Pipit *
77. Ruff
76. Northern Pintail
75. Black-tailed Godwit
74. European Green Woodpecker
73. Tawny Owl

January (72)
72. Smew
71. Eurasian Oystercatcher
70. Eared Grebe
69. Reed Bunting
68. Horned Lark
67. Gray Wagtail
66. Long-tailed Tit
65. Northern Lapwing
64. Short-toed Treecreeper
63. Eurasian Sparrowhawk
62. Common Merganser
61. Common Goldeneye
60. Iceland Gull *
59. Common Shelduck
58. Eurasian Kestrel
57. Bohemian Waxwing *
56. Song Thrush
55. Common Pochard
54. Red-crested Pochard
53. Common Snipe
52. Ring-necked Pheasant
51. Eurasian Wigeon
50. Great Egret
49. Common Redpoll
48. Little Grebe
47. Green-winged Teal
46. Great Black-backed Gull
45. Eurasian Siskin
44. European Greenfinch
43. Hawfinch
42. Great Spotted Woodpecker
41. Stock Dove
40. Mew Gull
39. Eurasian Nuthatch
38. Eurasian Jay
37. White Stork
36. Common Buzzard
35. Eurasian Wren
34. Gadwall
33. Common Chaffinch
32. Northern Shoveler
31. Lesser Black-backed Gull
30. European Goldfinch
29. Greater White-fronted Goose
28. Barnacle Goose
27. Eurasian Collared Dove
26. European Robin
25. European Starling
24. Dunnock
23. Common Wood Pigeon
22. Egyptian Goose
21. European Shag *
20. Rose-ringed Parakeet
19. Graylag Goose
18. Great Cormorant
17. Eurasian Blackbird
16. Gray Heron
15. House Sparrow
14. Eurasian Jackdaw
13. Rock Pigeon
12. Herring Gull
11. Eurasian Moorhen
10. Great Crested Grebe
9. Mallard
8. Carrion Crow
7. Mute Swan
6. Tufted Duck
5. Eurasian Coot
4. Great Tit
3. Eurasian Blue Tit
2. Eurasian Magpie
1. Black-headed Gull

* denotes lifer

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