There are currently 54 species of birds represented on this page. As males, females, and juveniles within a species can look quite different, there may be more than one picture for a species illustrating these differences. All of the pictures on this page were taken in the general vicinity of my house -- "general vicinity" being defined as the Lacey/Olympia/Tumwater area. Any photos not taken in my immediate backyard (ie within a few hundred yards of my house), will have a small compass symbol below the thumbnail photo. If you click on the compass symbol, this will open a new window with the location of where the photo was taken displayed on a map. A {BG!} following the bird's name indicates that the larger version (click on the thumbnail) may make a nice desktop background.

At the bottom of the page I've also listed a few birds that I have either seen or heard in my area, but for one reason or another, I haven't been able to get a good picture of yet.

Lastly, you may notice buttons for Bird Web and/or BirdNote below the thumbnail and name. These are two *very* excellent sites with lots of information on birds. Bird Web is a site maintained by the Seattle Audubon Society which includes a lot of information about the birds of Washington. BirdNote is a local NPR radio series (produced by KPLU) which airs at 8:58 each morning on 88.5 FM. The shows are two minute vignettes. The Bird Web button will take you to a page with information on that bird; the BirdNote button will take you to the BirdNote page for that bird where there will be images, information, videos, and most importantly: archived shows on that bird. I *highly* recommend clicking on a couple of the archived shows--you get to hear the actual bird plus find out some cool information. It's a two minute auditory fix well worth the click of a button! Enjoy!