Author Archives: Roger

euphydryas phaeton Thursday, June 24, 1999 — 10:24 am Lake County, Illinois — Lyons Marsh Conservation Area I was walking along the floating boardwalk that extends out into the marsh. I saw this butterfly land on the reeds a few feet … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

phalacrocorax (from phalakros, bald, and kora, crow) brasilianus Monday, May 17, 1999 — 12:05 pm Barrington, Illinois — Crabtree Nature Center This Neotropic Cormorant showed up on IBET. It was first reported last Thursday. This morning I saw it was … Continue reading →