Indiana "Review List" species - photo records of rare and accidental Indiana birds

Curlew Sandpiper

The following photos were taken with a Nikon Coolpix 995 Digital Camera attached to a Kowa TSN4 telescope, a Nikon D50 with a 70-300mm zoom lens, or an Olympus 35mm SLR camera with a 500mm mirror lens. Some of these shots are of low quality, but are included for the purpose of documentation.

Fulvous Whistling-duck - Grand Kankakee Marsh, Hebron, Indiana - June 8, 2002

Black-bellied Whistling-duck - Celery Bog, West Lafayette, Indiana - August 4, 2007

Cinnamon Teal - LaPorte, Indiana - April 9, 2006

King Eider (female) - Jeorse Park, E. Chicago, Indiana - January, 1998

Brown Pelican - Eagle Creek Park, Indianapolis, Indiana - June 17, 2004

Brown Pelican - Miller Beach, Miller, Indiana - August 12, 2004

Magnificent Frigatebird (adult male in flight) - Michigan City Harbor, LaPorte County, Indiana - September 27, 2008

Reddish Egret - Miller Beach, Miller, Indiana - September 9, 2006

Roseate Spoonbill - Goose Pond, Linton, Indiana - June 2, 2009

White-faced Ibis - Kankakee Sands TNC, Indiana - May 25, 2002

Swallow-tailed Kite - Michigan City, Indiana - August 19, 2004

Purple Gallinule - Boone County, Indiana - April 26, 2007

Red-necked Stint - Wakarusa Waste Water Ponds, Wakarusa, Indiana - May 23, 2007

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper - Wakarusa Waste Water Ponds, Wakarusa, Indiana - September 25, 2003

Curlew Sandpiper (breeding plumage) - Wakarusa Waste Water Ponds, Wakarusa, Indiana - May 22, 2007

Ruff - Grand Kankakee Marsh, Hebron, Indiana - May 25, 2002

Long-tailed Jaeger (juvenile) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - October 28, 2006

Mew Gull (adult) - Michigan City Harbor, Indiana - March 29, 1996

California Gull (winter adult) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - November 15, 2008

California Gull (winter adult) - Michigan City Harbor, LaPorte County, Indiana - November 17, 2008

Royal Tern - Michigan City Harbor, Indiana - June 29, 1996

Arctic Tern (adult) - Miller Beach, Indiana - August 11, 2005

Arctic Tern (adult) - Miller Beach, Indiana - August 13, 2005

Black Skimmer - Wolf Lake, Hammond, Indiana - October 10, 2004

White-winged Dove - Whiting, IN - April 25, 2004

Black-chinned Hummingbird (female) - Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana - December, 2006

Vermilion Flycatcher (female) - Forsythe Park, Hammond, Indiana - October 11, 1997

Western Kingbird - Kingsbury FWA, Kingsbury, Indiana - June, 1996

Western Kingbird - Valparaiso, Indiana - September 9, 2001

Western Kingbird - - Pulaski County, Indiana - June 9, 2007

Gray Kingbird - Southeast LaPorte County, Indiana - November 5, 2005

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - Mulberry, Indiana - September 12, 2004

Fork-tailed Flycatcher - Near Lick Creek, Hubble, Owen County, Indiana - May 31, 2008

Townsend's Solitaire (immature) - West Beach Pinery, Ogden Dunes, Indiana - November 25, 1995

Townsend's Solitaire (adults) - Indiana Dunes State Park, Porter County, Indiana - November 25, 2007

Townsend's Solitaire (adult) - West Beach, Porter County, Indiana - October 31, 2009

Bohemian Waxwing - West Beach, Porter County, Indiana - November 16, 1997

Western Tanager (male) - New Castle, Indiana - May 4, 1996

Western Tanager (male) - Chesterton, Indiana - May 3, 2008

Green-tailed Towhee - New Albany, Indiana - December 13, 2003

Spotted Towhee (female) - Ogden Dunes, Porter County, Indiana - January, 2009

Black-headed Grosbeak - West Lafayette, Indiana - December 26, 1998

Bullock's Oriole - Austin, Scott County, Indiana - February 18, 2007

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