Author Archives: Roger

calidris (speckled water bird) melanotos (from melas, black, and noton, back) Friday, April 18, 1980 — 12:00 noon Northbrook, Illinois As the weather got warmer and migration started, I began going outside every chance I found to see birds. I … Continue reading →

passerculus (little sparrow) sandwichensis (of Sandwich, Unalaska, in the Aleutians) Thursday, April 17, 1980 — 4:45 pm Deerfield, Illinois On a college campus was an overgrown garden where the married students grew vegetables in the summer. I spotted several sparrows … Continue reading →

actitis (shore dweller) macularia (spotted) Sunday, April 13, 1980 — 4:00 pm Lisle, Illinois — Morton Arboretum I’ve been to the Arboretum three or four times during my birding life, and I’ve never been particularly impressed. The roads and paths … Continue reading →

stelgidopteryx (from stelgidos, scraper, and pteryx, wing) serripennis (unknown) Sunday, April 13, 1980 — 3:00 pm Lisle, Illinois — Morton Arboretum The Northern Rough-winged Swallow was flying back and forth over a small pond that goes by the pretentious name … Continue reading →

melospiza (from melos, song, and spiza, finch) georgiana (of Georgia) Sunday, April 6, 1980 — 4:30 pm Barrington, Illinois — Crabtree Nature Center This bird was foraging in a strip of brushy trees along the edge of Bulrush Pond, across … Continue reading →