These are recent photographs of free, wild birds in Josephine County, OR. All were taken by me from May 2025 to present. I hope you enjoy them! Please use the link at the bottom of my home page to email me with questions, comments or suggestions.

Ducks, Geese, and Allies

Canada Goose	Common Merganser	Hooded Merganser	Mallard	Mute Swan
Wood Duck	Northern Pintail	Northern Shoveler	Cackling Goose	Greater White-fronted Goose
American Wigeon	Pied-billed Grebe	Snow Goose	American Coot	Lesser Scaup
Common Goldeneye	Canvasback	Green-winged Teal	Bufflehead

Chicken-like Birds

California Quail	Mountain Quail	Wild Turkey	Ruffed Grouse	Sooty Grouse
Sora	Virginia Rail

Shorebirds

Greater Yellowlegs	Kildeer	Least Sandpiper	Long-billed Dowitcher	Red-necked Phalarope
Spotted Sandpiper	Western Sandpiper	Wilson's Snipe	Semi-palmated Plover

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon

Band-tailed Pigeon

Mourning Dove

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Herons and Egrets

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Green Heron

Black-crowned Night Heron

Birds of Prey

Bald Eagle	Cooper's Hawk	Osprey	Red-tailed Hawk	Red-shouldered Hawk
Peregrine Falcon	Sharp-shinned Hawk	Merlin	Northern Harrier	American Kestrel
Turkey Vulture	Golden Eagle	Barred Owl	Northern Pygmy-Owl

CORACIIFORMES

Belted Kingfisher

Woodpeckers and Allies

Acorn Woodpecker	Hairy Woodpecker	Northern Flicker	Pileated Woodpecker	Red-breasted Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker	White-breasted Nuthatch	White-headed Woodpecker	Brown Creeper	Red-breasted Nuthatch

Sparrows, Finches and Allies

Vesper Sparrow	Song Sparrow	White-crowned Sparrow	Spotted Towhee	California Towhee
Purple Finch	Savannah Sparrow	Pine Siskin	Lincoln's Sparrow	American Goldfinch
Lesser Goldfinch	Lazuli Bunting	House Finch	Golden-crowned Sparrow	Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco	Cassin's Finch	Lark Sparrow	Chipping Sparrow	Black-headed Grosbeak

Flycatchers

Willow Flycatcher	Western Wood-Pewee	Western Kingbird	Western Flycatcher	Say's Phoebe
Olive-sided Flycatcher	Hammond's Flycatcher	Black Phoebe	Ash-throated Flycatcher

Swifts and Swallows

Violet-green Swallow	Vaux's Swift	Tree Swallow	Purple Martin	Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Cliff Swallow