Trip Report: Moving the Car (2012-05-31 - 2012-07-15)
Gray Wolf (Canis lupus)
Bones on the Prairie
After the rain
Northern River Otter (Lontra canadensis)
Gray Wolf (Canis lupus)
Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana)
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis)
American Bison (Bison bison)
Kirtland's Warbler (Setophaga kirtlandii)
Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)
Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni)
Black-tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus)
Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides)
Gray Jay (Perisoreus canadensis)
American Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)
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Gray Wolf (Canis lupus)
Bones on the Prairie
After the rain
Northern River Otter (Lontra canadensis)
Gray Wolf (Canis lupus)
Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana)
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis)
American Bison (Bison bison)
Kirtland's Warbler (Setophaga kirtlandii)
Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)
Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni)
Black-tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus)
Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides)
Gray Jay (Perisoreus canadensis)
American Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)
This is a two-part trip that I took driving from Philadelphia to San Francisco via North Dakota and Yellowstone National Park.
Sites Visited
Country: United States of America
(18 sites)
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (177 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(1 record)
Class: Insects
(1 record)
- Order: Dragonflies and Damselflies
(1 record)
- Family: Skimmers
- Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella)
Phylum: Chordates
(176 records)
Class: Amphibians
(1 record)
- Order: Toads and Frogs
(1 record)
- Family: Typical Frogs
- Northern Leopard Frog (Rana pipiens)
Class: Birds
(150 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(11 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica)
- Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors)
- Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
- Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
- Gadwall (Mareca strepera)
- Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
- Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)
- Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)
- Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Cranes
- Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- American Coot (Fulica americana)
- Order: Cuckoos
(1 record)
- Family: Cuckoos
- Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (7 records)
- Family: Osprey
- Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(3 records)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(1 record)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(3 records)
- Family: Nighthawks and Nightjars
- Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio)
- Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
- Order: Pelicans
(20 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
- Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
- Family: Herons
- Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
- Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi)
- Family: Loons
- Common Loon (Gavia immer)
- Family: Pelicans
- American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- American Woodcock (Scolopax minor)
- Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
- Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
- Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)
- Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
- Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda)
- Willet (Tringa semipalmata)
- Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata)
- Order: Perching Birds
(82 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)
- Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)
- Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)
- Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)
- Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)
- Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius)
- Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
- Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)
- Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus)
- Family: Cardinals and Allies
- Dickcissel (Spiza americana)
- Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena)
- Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)
- House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
- Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus)
- Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus)
- Family: Chickadees and Titmice
- Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)
- Mountain Chickadee (Poecile gambeli)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
- Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia)
- Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
- Canada Jay (Perisoreus canadensis)
- Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana)
- Common Raven (Corvus corax)
- Family: Larks
- Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)
- Family: Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Allies
- Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)
- Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
- Family: New World Warblers
- American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
- Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
- Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica)
- Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
- Kirtland's Warbler (Setophaga kirtlandii)
- Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia)
- Nashville Warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla)
- Northern Yellow Warbler (Setophaga aestiva)
- Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)
- Family: Nuthatches
- Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)
- White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Brewer's Sparrow (Spizella breweri)
- Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
- Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida)
- Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
- Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum)
- Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus)
- LeConte's Sparrow (Ammospiza leconteii)
- Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)
- Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
- Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
- Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus)
- Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana)
- Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus)
- White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Family: Swallows
- Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
- Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
- Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
- Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides)
- Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)
- Veery (Catharus fuscescens)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum)
- Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)
- Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)
- Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)
- Hammond's Flycatcher (Empidonax hammondii)
- Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi)
- Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya)
- Western Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis)
- Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis)
- Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii)
- Family: Vireos
- Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- American Pipit (Anthus rubescens)
- Family: Waxwings
- Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
- Family: Wrens
- Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris)
- Northern House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)
- Sedge Wren (Cistothorus stellaris)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(6 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- American Herring Gull (Larus smithsonianus)
- Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)
- Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
- Family: Plovers
- American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)
- Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
- Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(3 records)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
- Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus)
- Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
- Order: Vultures
(1 record)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(8 records)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- American Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides dorsalis)
- Black-backed Woodpecker (Picoides arcticus)
- Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)
- Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus)
- Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
- Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)
- Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)
Class: Mammals
(25 records)
- Order: Carnivorans (7 records)
- Family: Mustelids
- Northern River Otter (Lontra canadensis)
- Family: Procyonidae
- Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean
(7 records)
- Family: Antilocapridae
- Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana)
- Family: Cervidae
- Elk (Cervus canadensis)
- Moose (Alces alces)
- Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus)
- White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
- Order: Lagomorpha
(1 record)
- Family: Leporidae
- Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)
- Order: Perissodactyla
(1 record)
- Family: Equidae
- Horse (Equus caballus)
- Order: Rodents
(9 records)
- Family: Hamsters, New World Rats and Mice, Muskrats, Voles
- Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus)
- Family: Old World Porcupines
- North American Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)
- Family: Squirrels
- American Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)
- Black-tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus)
- Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus)
- Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus richardsonii)
- Uinta Ground Squirrel (Urocitellus armitus)
- Yellow-bellied Marmot (Marmota flaviventris)
- Yellow Pine Chipmunk (Neotamias amoenus)