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Bird #254 — Canyon Towhee

Posted on March 31, 1984 by Roger

pipilo (to chirp) fuscus (dusky) Saturday, March 31, 1984 — 9:30 am Tucson Mountain Park, Arizona As I was following a Black-tailed Gnatcatcher down a dry wash through a scrubby saguaro forest, I spotted a Canyon Towhee foraging on the … Continue reading →

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Bird #253 — Black-tailed Gnatcatcher

Posted on March 31, 1984 by Roger

polioptila (from polios, and ptilon, feather) melanura (from melanos, black, and oura, tail) Saturday, March 31, 1984 — 9:30 am Tucson Mountain Park, Arizona Mom and Dad took us to the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum for the morning. On the way, … Continue reading →

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Bird #252 — Inca Dove

Posted on March 31, 1984 by Roger

columbina (scaly appearance of feathers) inca (given in 1847 by Rene Primivere Lesson, French naturalist and traveler, for the Inca Empire) Saturday, March 31, 1984 — 8:15 am Tucson, Arizona I wandered out on the balcony of Mom and Dad’s … Continue reading →

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Bird #251 — White-winged Dove

Posted on March 31, 1984 by Roger

zenaida (applied by Charles Lucien Bonaparte, French zoologist in 1838 in honor of his wife, Princess Zenaide Charlotee Julie Bonaparte) asiatica (of Asia) Saturday, March 31, 1984 — 7:50 am Tucson, Arizona I woke up in the morning at Mom … Continue reading →

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Bird #250 — House Finch

Posted on March 30, 1984 by Roger

carpodacus (from karpos, fruit, and dakos, biter) mexicanus (Mexican) Friday, March 30, 1984 — 5:20 pm Tempe, Arizona — office park near the airport I was walking back toward our hotel after seeing the Great-tailed Grackles. The road passed an … Continue reading →

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