best of birds
**updated Jan. 2024**
My favorite images of birds, organized into the following groups:
fowl, waterbirds, shorebirds, gulls, tubenoses, boobies & darters, waders, raptors, small birds, and songbirds.
Click links above to skip to a specific gallery, or scroll down to enjoy them all.
Click any image to enlarge.
fowl (orders Anseriformes & Galliformes)
awkward waterbirds (orders Podicipediformes, Gaviiformes, & Gruiformes)
shorebirds (order Charadriiformes pt. 1)
gulls (order Charadriiformes pt. 2)
pelagic tubenoses (order Procellariformes)
boobies & darters (order Suliformes)
waders (orders Ciconiiformes & Pelicaniformes)
raptors (orders Accipitriformes, Strigiformes, & Falconiformes)
small birds (various orders)
songbirds (order Passeriformes)
