Creative Commons Licenses

An ENORMOUS thank-you to everyone on the internet who opts in to allow their photos to be used by others. This book would not have been possible without those of you generous enough to tag your photos with Creative Commons Licenses.

This is a list of all of the photos in Neighborhood Birding 101 that were not taken by me. It is ordered by photographer, and then page number. All photos were edited by me. If you love an image, please follow the link to the photographer’s page and let them know!


Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren CC BY 2.0
54 Cooper’s Hawk
69 Red-shouldered Hawk
75 Barn Owl
83 Acorn Woodpecker
110 Swainson’s Thrush

Bering Land Bridge National Preserve – CC BY 2.0
14 Green-Winged Teal Duck



Becky Matsubara – CC BY 2.0
13 Green-winged Teal (m)
20 Bufflehead (f)
46 Cliff Swallow
58 Sharp-shinned Hawk (juvenile) 
70 Red-shouldered Hawk
73 Great-horned Owl
78 Peregrine Falcon (juvenile)
80 Hairy Woodpecker
93 Oak Titmouse with sunflower seed
102 Bewick’s Wren
105 Band-tailed Pigeon
106 Eurasian Collared-Dove
141 European Starling
153 Townsend’s Warbler (m)
157 Black-headed Grosbeak (m)

Bettina Arrigoni – CC BY 2.0
143 Olive-sided Flycatcher | Sabine Woods | High Island | TX|2018-04-26|09-14-16.jpg

Bill Thomson – CC BY 2.0
41 Purple Martin

Colby Stopa – CC BY 2.0
156 Western Tanager-Piranga ludoviciana 

David St. Louis – CC BY 2.0
77 Merlin 2

Denis Fournier – CC BY 2.0
35 Bihoreau gris – Black-crowned Night Heron 

Ik T – CC BY 2.0
12 オナガガモ ー 本埜「白鳥の郷」

John Benson – CC BY 2.0
43 Tree Swallow

Laura Wolf – CC BY 2.0
114 house sparrow cromwell valley 6.16.20 DSC_0265
137 edit brown-headed cowbird neighborhood 4.2.20 DSC_0245

Larry Lamsa – CC BY 2.0
49 Rufous Hummingbird
50 Female Rufous Hummingbird
123 Pine Siskin

Joachim Bertrands – All rights reserved – (THIS PHOTO IS INCREDIBLE! Follow JOACHIM on IG)
40 Vaux’s Swift 

Marneejill CC BY-SA 2.0 (Woah! This license lets you do whatever you want with this version of the image that I adapted!)
38 female belted kingfisher

Russ Whitehurst – CC BY 2.0
36 immature black-crowned night heron alighting, gamecock cottage
56 sharp-shinned hawk on wing ventral

Ryan Mandelbaum – CC BY 2.0
71 red-shouldered hawk – brooklyn, ny
138 brown-headed cowbird – prospect park

Shenandoah National ParkPublic domain
98 White-breasted Nuthatch
117 Purple Finch (male)
118 Purple Finch (female)
121 American Goldfinch
122 American Goldfinch

Sunny – CC BY 2.0
57 Sharp Shinned Hawk Sun bathing

USFWS Mountain-Prairie – Public domain
6 Northern shoveler at Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge
8 Gadwall Hen on Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge
11 Northern pintail at Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge
26 Ruddy duck at Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge
61 Golden eagle in Wyoming 
62 Golden eagle on Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge
66 Red-Tailed Hawk Rufous Morph Adult Seedskadee NWR
103 Marsh wren at Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge

USFWS Midwest Region Public domain 
31 Spotted sandpiper

All other photos by Eric R. Carlson – All rights reserved.