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Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
A living photographic field journal
The Visual Life List
A lifelong photographic record of the world’s birds.
Enter the life list- Species
- 77
- Families
- 36
- Regions
- 1
The mission
One lifetime. As many birds as possible.
I’m building a lifelong visual record of every bird species I am fortunate enough to encounter and photograph. Each entry begins with a first meeting, then grows as I return to document more of the bird’s life.
Photography and field journals by Brittany Templin
New encounters
Latest additions
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Song Sparrow
Melospiza melodia
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House Finch
Haemorhous mexicanus
064
Northern Yellow Warbler
Setophaga aestiva
063
Bullock’s Oriole
Icterus bullockii
062
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
How the archive grows
Every bird receives a permanent place.
A species joins the list with its first identifiable photograph. Its page then becomes a living study—gaining stronger portraits, behavior, habitat, seasonal changes, and new field notes over time.
Read about the projectExplore the taxonomy
Bird families in the archive
The work continues
The list is not a finish line. It is a record of attention—one bird, one encounter, one lifetime at a time.