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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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Bird #289 — Blue-throated Mountain-gem

Posted on April 1, 1984 by Roger

lampornis (from lampis, a lamp, and ornis, bird) clemenciae (given in 1830 by Rene Primivere Lesson, French naturalist, explorer and collector of birds for his wife, Clemence, a painter of flowers and birds) Sunday, April 1, 1984 — 4:45 pm … Continue reading →

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Bird #288 — Broad-billed Hummingbird

Posted on April 1, 1984 by Roger

cynanthus (from kyanos, blue, and anthos, bright) latirostris (from latus, wide, and rostrum, beak) Sunday, April 1, 1984 — 4:45 pm Coronado National Forest, Arizona — Ramsey Canyon Preserve Up to this point, and maybe since, this was the most … Continue reading →

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Bird #287 — Golden Eagle

Posted on April 1, 1984 by Roger

aquila (eagle) chrysaetos (from chrysos, golden, and aetos, eagle) Sunday, April 1, 1984 — 4:35 pm Coronado National Forest, Arizona — Ramsey Canyon Preserve As amazed as I was by the hummingbird show, I tore myself away to watch a … Continue reading →

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Bird #286 — Rivoli’s Hummingbird

Posted on April 1, 1984 by Roger

eugenes (well-born) fulgens (to gleam, glitter) Sunday, April 1, 1984 — 4:35 pm Coronado National Forest, Arizona — Ramsey Canyon Preserve The Rivoli’s Hummingbirds were hovering at the feeders by the cabins and perching in nearby bushes and trees along … Continue reading →

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