Author Archives: Roger

sialia (bird) mexicana (of Mexico) Thursday, April 5, 1984 — 10:30 am Coronado National Forest, Arizona — Mt. Lemmon We were on top of the mountain, near Summerhaven, looking at two Pygmy Nuthatches climbing about on a roadside stump. I … Continue reading →

sitta (nuthatch) pygmaea (pygmy) Thursday, April 5, 1984 — 10:30 am Coronado National Forest, Arizona — Mt. Lemmon We were near the top of the mountain, close to the town of Summerhaven, driving slowly and watching the scenery.  I saw … Continue reading →

cyanocitta (from kyanos, blue, and kitta, chattering bird) stelleri (for Georg Wilhelm Steller, German zoologist and member of Vitus Bering’s Arctic expedition in 1741, who shot the first one known to science along the Alaskan coast) Thursday, April 5, 1984 … Continue reading →

eutamias dorsalis Thursday, April 5, 1984 — 9:50 am Coronado National Forest, Arizona — Mt. Lemmon We stopped at an overlook about halfway up the mountain. The chipmunks were standing upright just below us at the base of a 4’ rock … Continue reading →

psaltriparus (from psaltria, player of the lute, and parus, titmouse) minimus (least) Thursday, April 5, 1984 — 9:30 am Coronado National Forest, Arizona — Mt. Lemmon On our final day in Arizona, we drove to the top of Mt. Lemmon. … Continue reading →