There is a blog meme going around as to one's pick for the 10 most beautiful birds, found in the ABA (American Birding Association) Checklist Area. Here is our personal pick for the 10 Most Beautiful Birds, including photos. If you like these, you're sure to like the 3,400 beautiful photos in our brand new field guide, Stokes Field Guide To The Birds Of North America. Get your copy now go here.
At the top of the list would be the * Painted Bunting, it's the cover photo for our new field guide, taken by Lillian.
The * Prothonotary Warbler is melted butter beauty
The * Roseate Spoonbill is outrageous cotton candy pink
The * Great Egret is pure elegance
The * Baltimore Oriole is attention-grabbing black and orange
The * Black Skimmer has classic graphic colors
The * Northern Cardinal is oh, so red
The * Yellow Warbler lights up the marshes
The * Blackburnian Warbler is the flame of beauty
The graceful flyer, * Swallow-tailed Kite, gets our voteAll photos © Lillian Stokes, 2006
11 comments:
thanx for the lovely pictures.
hi !!!!!!
Love to see these most beautiful birds again n again :)
beautiful birds but i would put the blue jay at number 1
I saw three of these birds today at the Forsythe Nature Reserve in Brigantine NJ! (Black Skimmer, Great Egret, and Roseate Spoonbill!)
I wish the mute swan was in there. I love those beautiful birds
hello??? the peacock!?
I saw one of those birds when i was really little and wanted so badly to know what it was called!
Nice photographs! They are very colorful. I love them.
I live on Edisto Island South Carolina and have visits by the Painted Buntings every day. I am an artist so hardily agree that he is the 'Monet' bird. But how about his wife? Tiny chartruse jewel? Many of your top picks live here with me. I am blessed.
Excellent pictures of some stunningly beautiful birds.
How about including some waterfowls?
Thanks.
Theres a picture of a bird at the top of the page that isnt on the list..nor does it have a name...i think its also the front cover of you're book. If you can, could you please tell me the name of that bird?
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