We are in the process of sorting through photos for the upcoming bird atlas book, and have compiled a limited list of species for which we may want additional photos. This summer is a great time to try for more cool photos of breeding birds!
We are most interested in photos that are:
- High quality, in-focus, beautiful, and interesting
- Preferably show some aspect of breeding biology
- Preferably taken in Wisconsin
We also already have many photos to sift through, so with this call for photos we are NOT looking for a dump of more photos, we are hoping for a targeted response to the list below. Therefore, please send no more than 2 per species from the list below, and limit it to your best shots, and ones showing breeding behavior as much as possible. (For rarer species, we will be more open to using photos that do not show breeding behavior).
We’d love it if you headed out into the field specifically looking for breeding behavior for these species but as with atlasing, remember to practice ethical bird photography. Nesting birds are more sensitive to disturbance, so make sure your photography is not interfering with building nests or caring for young.
If you have high-quality photos of the species below and willing to allow us to print them in the atlas book, please email them to trschultz44@gmail.com by Sept 15, 2023.
(Note that we did have a website to solicit photos for the book but that method of submission is now closed.) Also note that not every photo submitted will be chosen for the book.
Also, it would be very helpful if the file name of the photo could include: species, date, location, and your name, for example: TrumpterSwan_060215_CrexMeadows_NickAnich_IMG1043.jpg.
Thanks!
Acadian Flycatcher
American Bittern
American Black Duck
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Bank Swallow
Barn Owl
Bay-breasted Warbler
Bell’s Vireo
Blackburnian Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blue Grosbeak
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue-winged Warbler
Boreal Chickadee
Brewer’s Blackbird
Brewster’s Warbler (hybrid)
Broad-winged Hawk
Brown Creeper
Bufflehead
Canada Jay
Canada Warbler
Canvasback
Cape May Warbler
Carolina Wren
Caspian Tern
Cattle Egret
Cerulean Warbler
Chimney Swift
Chuck-wills- widow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Common Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Common Tern
Connecticut Warbler
Dark-eyed Junco
Dickcissel
Double-crested Cormorant
Eared Grebe
Eastern Meadowlark
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Eurasian Collared-Dove
European Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak
Forster’s Tern
Gadwall
Glossy Ibis
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Golden-winged Warbler
Grasshopper Sparrow
Gray Partridge
Great Egret
Great Gray Owl
Great Tit
Green-winged Teal
Hooded Warbler
Horned Lark
Kentucky Warbler
King Rail
Kirtland’s Warbler
Lark Sparrow
Laughing Gull
Lawrence’s Warbler (hybrid)
Least Bittern
Least Flycatcher
LeConte’s Sparrow
Lesser Scaup
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Loggerhead Shrike
Long-eared Owl
Louisiana Waterthrush
Magnolia Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Mute Swan
Nashville Warbler
Nelson’s Sparrow
Northern Bobwhite
Northern Goshawk
Northern Harrier
Northern Mockingbird
Northern Parula
Northern Pintail
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Northern Shoveler
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Orange-crowned Warbler
Ovenbird
Palm Warbler
Pied-billed Grebe
Pine Warbler
Piping Plover
Prairie Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Purple Finch
Red Crossbill
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Red-necked Grebe
Red-shouldered Hawk
Ring-necked Duck
Ring-necked Pheasant
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Ruddy Duck
Ruffed Grouse
Savannah Sparrow
Scarlet Tanager
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Short-eared Owl
Snowy Egret
Spruce Grouse
Summer Tanager
Swainson’s Thrush
Swamp Sparrow
Tennessee Warbler
Upland Sandpiper
Veery
Vesper Sparrow
Western Kingbird
Western Meadowlark
White-eyed Vireo
White-faced Ibis
White-throated Sparrow
White-winged Crossbill
White-winged Dove
Wilson’s Snipe
Wilson’s Warbler
Winter Wren
Worm-eating Warbler
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-breasted Chat
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Vireo
Yellow-throated Warbler
Yellow Rail