Author Archives: Roger

euphagus (to eat well) cyanocephalus (from kyanos, blue, and kephale, head) Saturday, June 19, 1982 — 9:00 am Illinois Beach State Park, Illinois I heard about these Brewer’s Blackbirds on the Audubon hot line. I found a male perched in … Continue reading →

sylvilagus floridanus June 1, 1982 — 5:30 pm Des Plaines, Illinois — home This cottontail was hunched motionlessly on the lawn in the side yard. As I approached, it hopped up, went about 10 feet and crouched still again.

parus (titmouse) hudsonicus (Hudsonian) Sunday, May 30, 1982 — 11:15 am Three Lakes, Wisconsin — off C.T.H. A, near town After I saw the Alder Flycatcher, I started back through the bog toward the car. I hadn’t gone too far … Continue reading →

empidonax (from empidos, mosquito, and anax, king) alnorum (alders) Sunday, May 30, 1982 — 11:00 am Three Lakes, Wisconsin — off C.T.H. A, near town The book, Wisconsin’s Favorite Bird Haunts, sent me to this place to look for Boreal … Continue reading →

litellus tridecemlineatus May 30, 1982 — 8:15 am Manotowish Waters, Wisconsin — Powell Marsh Wildlife Refuge I saw this squirrel along the edge of the road on the levy through the marsh. It was standing straight up, with its paws … Continue reading →