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Animal #24 — Coati

Posted on April 5, 1984 by Roger

nasua narica Thursday, April 5, 1984 — 9:10 am Coronado National Forest, Arizona — Mt. Lemmon On our last day in Arizona, we spent the morning on Mt. Lemmon. We had just started up, passing through the pinyon/juniper level when … Continue reading →

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Bird #301 — Harris’s Hawk

Posted on April 4, 1984 by Roger

parabuteo (from para, near, and buteo, hawk) unicinctus (from unus, one, and cinctus, girdled) Wednesday, April 4, 1984 — 7:00 pm, just a few minutes after the sun dipped below the horizon Saguaro National Monument, Arizona — West Unit My … Continue reading →

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Bird #300 — Bronzed Cowbird

Posted on April 3, 1984 by Roger

molothrus (vagabond) aeneus (of bronze) Tuesday, April 3, 1984 — 12:30 pm Amado, Arizona — Cow Palace Restaurant We stopped before we got to the Mexican border at the Cow Palace Restaurant. This place is right off Interstate 19, surrounded … Continue reading →

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Bird #23a — Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)

Posted on April 3, 1984 by Roger

colaptes (to peck with bill) discolor (of different colors) cafer (When Johann Gmelin, German systematist, named this bird as a distinct species in 1788, he mistook the origin of the bird, assuming it came from the Cape of Good Hope, … Continue reading →

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Bird #61a — Dark-eyed Junco (Gray-headed)

Posted on April 3, 1984 by Roger

junco (rush colored) hyemalis (winter) Tuesday, April 3, 1984 — 9:15 am Madera Canyon, Arizona — Santa Rita Lodge These Gray-headed Juncos were foraging underneath the evergreens in the valley near the lodge.

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