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Padres vs. Braves — Qualcomm Stadium

Posted on May 8, 2001 by Roger

I was in San Diego for a convention. We had a free evening, so two coworkers and I decided to go to the Padres game at the nearby Qualcomm Stadium. If going to a baseball game was always this easy, … Continue reading →

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Bird #400 — Wrentit

Posted on May 8, 2001 by Roger

chamaea (dwarf) fasciata (striped) Tuesday, May 8, 2001 — 11:45 am San Diego, California — Mission Trails Regional Park I left the hotel at 10:00, after my first session. I planned on going to the Padres game in the evening … Continue reading →

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Bird #399 — Bullock’s Oriole

Posted on May 8, 2001 by Roger

icterus (jaundice) bullockii (given in 1827 by William Swainson, British ornithologist for William Bullock, English traveler and proprietor of Bullock’s Museum in London who collected the bird near Mexico City) Tuesday, May 8, 2001 — 7:27 am San Diego, California … Continue reading →

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Bird #398 — Elegant Tern

Posted on May 7, 2001 by Roger

sterna (tern) elegans (elegant) Monday, May 7, 2001 — 10:20 am San Diego, California — Mission Bay Park — San Diego River On Sunday, as we drove to Point Loma, we crossed the San Diego River about half a mile … Continue reading →

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Bird #397 — Say’s Phoebe

Posted on May 7, 2001 by Roger

sayornis (for Thomas Say, American entomologist who accompanied Stephen Long on his 19th-century expedition to the Rocky Mountains) saya (ditto) Monday, May 7, 2001 — 8:59 am Imperial Beach, California — Tijuana Beach National Wildlife Refuge I still had two … Continue reading →

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