Photo journal of my birding

I started watching birds and taking photographs of them in December, 2006. These web pages are a photographic journal of this activity. While most of the bird photos are taken of birds in the wild, I have recently started visiting bird aviaries and the photos taken there are also here. Besides pictures of birds, I have have included some of my favorite places to bird (under the menu item at the top labeled "Birding Places").

The 'Bird Index' is a index based on the English bird names including well-known alternate names. Besides the English index, I have recently added an index based on the latin names. I am also currently expanding the descriptions on each species to include more information.

Notes: The left menu is a a general classification of the bird species. I have used an amalgamation of Ken Kaufman's book "Field Guide to Birds of North America", David Allen Sibley's "The Sibley Guide to Birds", Wikipedia articles and my own ideas to organize the birds species. Many birds can be in more than one category. For example, Phalaropes could be in Seabirds or Shorebirds (I put them in Seabirds).

I have used HighSlide to display the photos on the multiple image photos on the individual bird pages. The url is http://vikjavev.no/highslide/ HighSlide is a Javascript, but if you have disabled Java, you still should be able to view the photos.