Bird equivelant to BugGuide

I've registered and uploaded some pictures of species not already on the site...didn't find any way but via ID-request to upload them, though. Since I know what my bird pictures are, is there a more direct route? Or do you prefer everything to go through the ID page?

I have images of 70-odd species...some, like cardinals, are common everywhere, so I won't put those up, but I think the migrants and winter-residents, and some of the summer specialties like painted bunting, might be of interest.

I should've browsed taxonomy first. Of *course* you had a way to add birds directly where they belong. Now...I'm afraid you or someone will have to move my first five contributions. Apologies.

Mike,
I have uploaded a few bird pics at Birdsite and like it so far....pretty cool.
I know this is asking a lot but how about reptiles and amphibians ?
Maybe even mammals....

Thanks for uploading. The software I built is flexible enough to handle other types of wildlife. But I'm not sure I have time to run lots of sites. :) For now I'm going to focus on the birds. If anyone has a ton of herp or mammal images to flesh out a site, I'll reconsider!

I'm going to put a forum higher up on my to-do list so we can take the discussion over there and stop abusing BugGuide. :)

Have about 40 Utah taxons (about 6K images), most are diagnostic shots, a few "nature" style. You may want to expressly exclude pet trade specimens from being submitted, not a problem for BG. Imagine how many pictures of "Boxy" the turtle or albino corn snakes named "Pinky" you might receive!

I own and run a reptile/amphibian site. I consider myself to be a bit of an expert. I can usually ID a reptile within seconds of seeing it, and knowing where it was found. There are so many reptile sites out there it's amazing. I guess another one wouldn't kill the internet though.

If anyone is interested I have an ID section. http://www.herpfamily.com

and plan to add some pics for NC, MT and WA. Would also love to see the reptile/amphibiam equivalent. :)

The photo-sharing site Flickr has quite an active community of nature nuts:
-Field Guide--Birds of the World
-Reptiles and Amphibians
- Wildflower Field Guide, North America
A basic membership is free, but there are upload limits. A "pro" membership, at $25 or so per year, removes the upload limits, basically. There are some very interesting features, such as a system of key words (tags), and ability to add geographic information by dropping photo thumbnails on a map.

Warning: Flickr is almost as addictive as BugGuide.
(My photos)

Unless I'm missing something I don't think I could get into flikr. It's the organization of bugguide that really draws me. However, I did look at some of your shots, and as usual love them. I especially liked your Bloodroot seeds, and passionflower tendril.

Go to flickr.com and do a "create account", I believe.

Ok, so it took me a while, but I finally got into Flickr. I am up and running with the free account and showing some of my non-bug animals. Thanks for the suggestion and if you want you can see my stuff here.

took a peek at your page(s). I'm still using ancient dial up, makes for problems. The Tiger Whiptail Lizard (Cnemidophorus tigris) was a nice shot. The snake with the lizard tail going down the hatch has me puzzled, no bells going off for North America. Where was it shot? Thats as far as my system let me get. Someday!

that snake is the Western Long Nose Snake, I believe. Thanks for the comments!

the white/black morph of Rhinoceilus, (used to be called R. clarus,) familiar with the typical red morph, maybe that was what seemed out of place. Always a treat to see something new.

Mike:

I don't have time to check it out now but I'll get back to you.

David.

Well done Mike - all the best of luck. My other comments have been left on the BirdSite contact form.

And THANKS
JC

I wish my camera didn't suck! I'd start taking shots of some of the stuff in my Ohio Breeding Bird Atlas blocks, just to help build things up a little. In any case, I'd be interested.

Nick, the camera probably doesn't matter. I would submit until a better image comes along.

Probably what's important right now is propogating the database.

Hope Mike doesn't mind my saying that.

I posted my best stuff first, so don't be afraid to post your own. I'm going to post some lesser quality images just to get something in the "guide." We can always "frass" stuff later if better images come in.

If the bird is small in the photo, try to crop it down so that the bird fills up most of the JPEG.

I'll start getting some stuff together.

Mike:

If you do this project, I suggest you include sharing of audio. All the reagional dialects would be valuable. I know of one person in my local realm who's out there with a parabolic microphone; I guess this is goin' on all around the country by amateurs, I don't know.

Thanks for all your BugGuide work,

David.

I also have about 20 sound recordings, including Buff-collared Nightjar and Black Rail

I have about 189 species photgraphed in the US that you could start it off with :-)

Hi Mike, thanks for that reply. I checked your profile and you would certainly have the background to do that.

I am not a birder but enjoy photography. If you do give it a shot would you be able to do it without going commercial? Do you think you would be able to find an Educational institution to support your work or perhaps a sponsorship.

Good luck

Thanks Forest - I'll give it a try.

I'm a birder and I can identify most birds you have questions on or can get people who do know what they are. So feel free to email me if that is what you're looking for! :-)

Much thanks, I have emailed you.