Monthly Archives: June 1999

Butterfly #1 — Cabbage White

pieris rapae Thursday, June 24, 1999 — 9:16 am Cary, Illinois — Hickory Grove Conservation Area Three Cabbage Whites were flitting around above the mown grass on the parking lot margin between a field and a wood lot. They frequently landed … Continue reading

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Bird #376 — Little Gull

larus (ravenous seabird) minutus (small) Thursday, June 10, 1999 — 3:10 pm Manitowoc, Wisconsin — Lake Michigan A few years ago, a book came out called America’s 100 Most Wanted Birds.  I didn’t buy it because it mostly listed birds … Continue reading

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Bird #375 — Barred Owl

strix (screech owl) varia (variegated) Friday, June 4, 1999 — 7:30 am McHenry County, Illinois — Moraine Hills State Park The only birds that breed in Northern Illinois that I hadn’t seen in my first 20 years of birding were … Continue reading

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