Author Archives: Roger

icterus (jaundice) cucullatus (hooded) Saturday, March 31, 1984 — 10:50 am Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Arizona This was one of the strangest lifer sightings I’ve ever had. I followed my family into the aviary. After walking around a while, we sat … Continue reading →

auriparus (from aurum, gold, and parus, titmouse) flaviceps (from flavus, tawny, and caput, head) Saturday, March 31, 1984 — 10:40 am Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Arizona I spotted the Verdin foraging in the mesquite near the aviary. My family went into … Continue reading →

carduelis (thistle) psaltria (one who plays the lute) Saturday, March 31, 1984 — 10:40 am Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Arizona We were walking through the park near the bird cages when I saw this Lesser Goldfinch fly to the top branch … Continue reading →

dendroica (from dendron, tree, and oikein, to dwell) coronata (crowned) Saturday, March 31, 1984 — 10:30 am Tucson, Arizona — Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum This bird looked like the “Myrtle” Yellow-rumped Warblers I was familiar with, but with a yellow throat … Continue reading →

icterus (jaundice) parisorum (given in 1838 by Charles Lucien Bonaparte, French ornithologist, for the Paris brothers, who did considerable pioneer collecting of birds in Mexico) Saturday, March 31, 1984 — 10:25 am Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Arizona This beautiful Scott’s Oriole … Continue reading →