Flight shots
Canada Goose (in flight) - Willow Slough FWA, Newton County, Indiana - March, 2011
American Wigeon (in flight) - Beverly Shores, Porter County - November, 2011
Green-winged Teal (in flight) - Beverly Shores, Porter County - November, 2011
Ring-necked Duck (in flight) - Willow Slough FWA, Newton County, Indiana - March, 2011
Bufflehead (male in flight) Portage Lakefront Park, Porter County, Indiana - February, 2011
Bufflehead (female in flight) Portage Lakefront Park, Porter County, Indiana - February, 2011
Common Goldeneye (male in flight) - Hammond Marina, Lake County, Indiana - February, 2011
Common Goldeneye (1st cycle male in flight) Portage Lakefront Park, Porter County, Indiana - February, 2011
Common Goldeneye (female in flight) - Hammond Marina, Lake County, Indiana - February, 2011
Hooded Merganser (female in flight) Portage Lakefront Park, Porter County, Indiana - February, 2011
Common Merganser (male and female in flight) Portage Lakefront Park, Porter County, Indiana - February, 2011
American White Pelican (in flight) - Willow Slough FWA - March, 2011 and Salton Sea, California - June, 2006
Red-breasted Merganser (in flight) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - November, 2010
White-winged Scoter (adult male in flight) - Port of Indiana, Porter County, Indiana - January, 2011
Red-throated Loon (non-breeding in flight) - Goleta State Park, Santa Barbara County, California - April, 2011
Brown Pelican (juvenile in flight) - Ventura, California - June, 2006
Brown Pelican (adult in flight) - La Jolla, California - April, 2011
Pelagic Cormorant (in flight) - Shell Beach, California - April, 2011
Double-crested Cormorant (in flight) - Shell Beach, California - April, 2011
Neotropic Cormorant State Line Power Plant, Lake County, Indiana - April 26 and April 28, 2012
Magnificent Frigatebird - Dry Tortugas, Florida - April, 1996
Great Blue Heron (in flight) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - July, 2012
Black-crowned Night-heron (adult in flight) - Chase Street Wetland, Gary, Indiana - July, 2007
Turkey Vulture (in flight) - Indiana Dunes, Chesterton, Indiana - April, 2006
White-tailed Kite (in flight) - Tijuana Slough, San Diego, California - April, 2011
* Bald Eagle (adult in flight) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - January, 2012
Cooper's Hawk (immature in flight) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - August, 2011
Northern Goshawk (immature in flight) - Whitefish Point, Chippewa County, Michigan - October, 2010
Common Black-Hawk - Davis Mountains, Texas - June, 1998
Red-shouldered Hawk (adult eastern in flight) - INdiana Dunes State Park, Porter County, Indiana - March, 2012
Broad-winged Hawk (adult in flight) - Southwest Mississippi - April, 2010
Swainson's Hawk (adult in flight) - Del Rio, Texas - July, 2007
Zone-tailed Hawk (adult in flight) - Concan, Texas - July, 2007
Red-tailed Hawk (in flight) - Beverly Shores, Porter County, Indiana - October 2010 and August, 2007
* Red-tailed Hawk (immature "western" in flight) - Mendocino Coast, California - April, 2012
Rough-legged Hawk (light morph adult male in flight) - Newton County, Indiana - January, 2009
Rough-legged Hawk (dark morph adult male in flight) - Prairie Chicken Refuge, Newton County, Indiana - March, 2011
Rough-legged Hawk (dark morph adult female in flight) - Newton County, Indiana - February, 2015 and March, 2018
Rough-legged Hawk (light morph immature in flight) - Prairie Chicken Refuge, Newton County, Indiana - March, 2011
Rough-legged Hawk (light morph immature in flight) - West Beach, Porter County, IN - November, 2010 and Kankakee FWA, LaPorte County, IN - February, 2011
Golden Eagle (immature) - Indiana Dunes State Park, Porter County, IN - April, 2011
* Merlin (in flight) - Whitefish Point, Chippewa County, Michigan - October, 2010
* Peregrine Falcon (in flight) - Port of Indiana, Porter County, Indiana - October, 2010
Sandhill Crane (in flight) - Kankakee FWA, Indiana - February, 2011
Whooping Crane (in flight) - Aransas NWR, Texas - April, 1990
Black-bellied Plover (juvenile in flight) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - September, 2011
* Piping Plover (juvenile in flight) - Michigan City Harbor, LaPorte County, Indiana - July, 2007
Black-necked Stilt (in flight) - Salton Sea, California - June, 2006
Black-necked Stilt (in flight) - Cane Ridge Wildlife Area, Gibson County, Indiana - June, 2007
* American Avocet (adults in Flight) - Joerse Park, E. Chicago, Indiana - April, 1997
Lesser Yellowlegs (in flight) - Porter County, Indiana - August, 2007
Solitary Sandpiper (in flight) - Porter County, Indiana - August, 2007
Willet (in flight) - Miller Beach, Indiana - July, 2006
Red Knot (juvenile in flight) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - August, 2009
Sanderling (breeding adult in flight) - Michigan City, Indiana - May, 2009
Sanderling (juvenile in flight) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - September, 2007
Semipalmated Sandpiper (juvenile in flight) - McCool Basin, Portage, Indiana - August, 2010
Least Sandpiper (juveniles in flight) - McCool Basin, Portage, Indiana - August, 2010
Baird's Sandpiper (adult in flight) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - August, 2007
Baird's Sandpiper (juvenile in flight) - Southern Porter County, Indiana - September, 2006
Stilt Sandpiper (adult in flight) - McCool Basin, Porter County, Indiana - July, 2011
Stilt Sandpiper (juvenile in flight) - McCool Basin, Portage, Indiana - August, 2010
Buff-breasted Sandpiper (juvenile in flight) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - August, 2010
* Pomarine Jaeger (juvenile in flight) - Michigan City Harbor, LaPorte County, Indiana - December, 2010
Bonaparte's Gull (in flight) - Miller Beach, Lake County, IN - November, 2011 and Point Reyes, CA - April, 2012
Bonaparte's Gull (juvenile in flight) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - November, 2011
*Ring-billed Gull (adult in flight) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - February, 2009
Ring-billed Gull (1st cycle in flight) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - September, 2006
Herring Gull (adult in flight) - Michigan City Harbor, LaPorte County, Indiana - December, 2010
Herring Gull (3rd cycle in flight) - Michigan City Harbor, LaPorte County, Indiana - December, 2010
Herring Gull (2nd cycle in flight) - Michigan City Harbor, LaPorte County, Indiana - December, 2010
Herring Gull (1st cycle in flight) - Michigan City Harbor, LaPorte County, Indiana - December, 2010
Herring Gull (limited black primaries) - Portage Lakefront Park, Porter County, IN - March, 2009
Thayer's Gull (adult in flight) - Michigan City Harbor, LaPorte County, IN - December, 2010 and Hammond Marina, IN - February, 2011
Thayer's Gull (3rd cycle in flight) - Michigan City, LaPorte County, Indiana - December, 2010
Thayer's Gull (2nd cycle in flight) - Whiting Refinery Beach, Lake County, Indiana - February, 2010
Thayer's Gull (2nd cycle in flight) - Whiting Refinery Beach, Lake County, Indiana - February, 2010
Thayer's Gull (1st cycle in flight) - Michigan City Harbor, LaPorte County, Indiana - December, 2010
*Iceland Gull (adult in flight) - Hammond Marina, Lake County, Indiana - February, 2009
Iceland Gull (3rd cycle in flight) - Michigan City Harbor, LaPorte County, Indiana - December, 2010
Iceland Gull (1st cycle in flight) - Michigan City Harbor, LaPorte County, Indiana - December, 2010
Lesser Black-backed Gull (3rd cycle in flight) - Whiting Park, Lake County, Indiana - February, 2010
Lesser Black-backed Gull (2nd cycle in flight) - Michigan City Harbor, IN - January, 2002 and Hammond Marina, IN - February, 2011
Western Gull (adult in flight) - Ventura, California - June, 2006
Glaucous Gull (adult in flight) - Whiting Refinery Beach, Lake County, Indiana - February, 2010
Glaucous Gull (3rd cycle in flight) - Ogden Dunes, Porter County, Indiana - February, 2009
Glaucous Gull (2nd cycle in flight) - Whiting Refinery Beach, Lake County, IN - Feb., 2010 and Michigan City Harbor, IN - Dec., 2010
* Glaucous Gull (1st cycle in flight) - Michigan City Harbor, LaPorte County, Indiana - December, 2010
Great Black-backed Gull (adult in flight) - Ogden Dunes, Porter County, Indiana - February, 2009
Great Black-backed Gull (3rd cycle in flight) - Hammond Marina, Lake County, Indiana - February, 2011
Great Black-backed Gull (2nd cycle in flight) - Ogden Dunes, Porter County, Indiana - February, 2009
Great Black-backed Gull (1st cycle in flight) - Ogden Dunes, Porter County, Indiana - February, 2009
Black-legged Kittiwake (2nd cycle in flight) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - November, 2006
Black-legged Kittiwake (1st cycle in flight) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - November, 2006
Black-legged Kittiwake (1st cycle in flight) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - November, 2010
Sabine's Gull (adult) - Monterey Bay, California - August, 1995
Gull-billed Tern (in flight) - Salton Sea, California - June, 2006
Caspian Tern (in flight) - Miller Beach, Indiana - August, 2006
Royal Tern (in flight) - Tijuana Slough, San Diego, California - April, 2011
Elegant Tern (in flight) - Bolsa Chica Preserve, Orange County, California - April, 2011
Common Tern (adult in flight) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - July, 2008
Common Tern (1st summer in flight) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - September, 2012
Common Tern (juvenile in flight) - Hitchcock Road Ponds, LaPorte County, Indiana - October, 2011
* Short-eared Owl (in flight) - Lagrange County, Indiana - February, 2007
Chimney Swift - Miller Beach, Indiana - August, 2006
* Western Kingbird (in flight) - Mojave Desert, California - June, 2006
* Blue Jay (in flight) - Indiana Dunes, Chesterton, Indiana - May, 2006
Violet-green Swallow (in flight) - Santa Barbara, California - April, 2011
Red-winged Blackbird (partial albino) - Willow Slough FWA, Indiana - June, 2006
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