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Bird #204 — Least Sandpiper

Posted on May 15, 1981 by Roger

calidris (speckled water bird) minutilla (very small) Friday, May 15, 1981 — 6:30 am Hanover Park, Illinois — field near Hanover Park water tower When the Wilson’s Phalaropes flew out of sight, I moved in closer to identify the other, … Continue reading →

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Bird #203 — Wilson’s Phalarope

Posted on May 15, 1981 by Roger

phalaropus (from phalaris, coot, and pous, foot) tricolor (three colors) Friday, May 15, 1981 — 6:30 am Hanover Park, Illinois — field by Hanover Park water tower I had heard from another birder about a lot of shorebirds near the … Continue reading →

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Bird #202 — Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Posted on May 2, 1981 by Roger

polioptila (from polios, gray, and ptilon, feather) caerulea (blue) Saturday, May 2, 1981 — 1:00 pm Barrington, Illinois — Crabtree Nature Center I was walking the path through the woods along Bulrush Pond near the blind. I heard a high-pitched … Continue reading →

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Bird #201 — Marsh Wren

Posted on April 29, 1981 by Roger

cistothorus (from kistos, a flowering shrub, and thouros, rushing) palustris (marshy) Wednesday, April 29, 1981 — 2:45 pm Inverness, Illinois — Palatine Road east of Barrington Road The large marshy area about a mile east of Barrington Road where I … Continue reading →

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Bird #200 — Yellow-headed Blackbird

Posted on April 17, 1981 by Roger

xanthocephalus (from xanthos, yellow, and kephale, head) xanthocephalus (ditto) Friday, April 17, 1981 — 9:10 am South Barrington, Illinois — Mundhank Road I heard about these Yellow-headed Blackbirds on the hotline. The small marsh where they were seen is approximately … Continue reading →

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