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Bird #294 — Abert’s Towhee

Posted on April 2, 1984 by Roger

pipilo (to chirp) aberti (given in 1852 by Spencer F. Baird for Major James W. Abert, U. S. Army, who collected the first one known to science in New Mexico) Monday, April 2, 1984 — 9:00 am Coronado National Forest, … Continue reading →

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Bird #293 — Black-throated Gray Warbler

Posted on April 2, 1984 by Roger

dendroica (from dendron, tree, and oikein, to dwell) nigrescens (blackening) Monday, April 2, 1984 — 7:55 am Coronado National Forest, Arizona — Sabino National Recreation Area I crossed the flats and came to the base of the canyon. The creek … Continue reading →

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Bird #292 — Pyrrhuloxia

Posted on April 2, 1984 by Roger

cardinalis (dignitary of the Roman Catholic Church who wears scarlet robes) sinuatus (curved) Monday, April 2, 1984 — 7:30 am Coronado National Forest, Arizona — Sabino Canyon Recreation Area As I was watching the Brewer’s Sparrows fly from one mesquite … Continue reading →

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Bird #291 — Brewer’s Sparrow

Posted on April 2, 1984 by Roger

spizella (finch) breweri (given in 1856 by John Cassin, Philadelphia ornithologist, in honor of Thomas M. Brewer, Boston physician, ornithologist, and friend of John James Audubon) Monday, April 2, 1984 — 7:30 am Coronado National Forest, Arizona — Sabino Canyon … Continue reading →

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Bird #290 — Painted Redstart

Posted on April 1, 1984 by Roger

myioborus (from myna, a fly, and borus, greedy) pictus (painted) Sunday, April 1, 1984 — 5:00 pm Coronado National Forest, Arizona — Ramsey Canyon Preserve Wow! Wow wow! Wow wow wow! This is a bird. I saw it sitting near … Continue reading →

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