American Avocet

American Bittern

American Dipper

American Goldfinch

American White Pelican

Anna's Hummingbird

Arctic Tern

Bananaquit

Barred Antshrike

Barred Owl

Bay-headed Tanager

Black and White Warbler

Black-footed Albatross

I write about the Black-footed albatross in Perpetua Sea Bank

Black Oystercatcher

Black Vulture

Black vultures have no syrinx, which is the organ that allows birds to make sound. So, in vulture fashion, they hiss and grunt. These vultures are framed against a container ship in the Panama canal. Black vultures are mentioned in the Mayan codexes; documents in paper that survived the Mayan empire and offer insight into the cultures of the New World.

Blackburnian Warbler

Black-capped Chickadee

Black-crowned Night Heron

Black-necked Stilt

The Black-necked stilt is my favorite North American bird. To some people, this may sound strange. But when you see one for yourself, you will understand it to be a form of pure avian aesthetics - a perfect shape, like a cheetah or a manta ray.

Black-throated Gray Warbler

Black-throated green warbler

Black-throated shrike tanager

Blue Dacnis

Blue-chested Hummingbird

Blue-crowned Manakin

Blue-crowned Motmot

Blue-gray Tanager

Blue Tit

Broad-winged Hawk

Brown Pelican

The once endangered brown pelicans are among the most intriguing animals in North America. I wrote about them when I visited the islands of the Sea of Cortez.

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

I was testing a new telephoto lens at Tualatin NWR and had no idea that I was looking at one of the rarest shorebirds of Oregon.

Buller's Shearwater