Author Archives: Roger

picoides (from picus, a woodpecker, and eidos, appearance) villosus (hairy) Sunday, September 2, 1979 — 7:30 am McNaughton, Wisconsin My college roommate and I were standing in a yard at the edge of the woods watching a Red-eyed Vireo (a … Continue reading →

vireo (green) olivaceus (olive-colored) Sunday, September 2, 1979 — 7:30 am McNaughton, Wisconsin My college roommate and I were in the yard of a house in the woods. The vireo was singing in the very top of a tall, dead … Continue reading →

charadrius (a plover and the watery places inhabited by such birds) semipalmatus (from semi, half, and palma, hand) Saturday, September 1, 1979 — 12:30 pm Ottawa National Forest, Michigan — Black River Harbor My fiancée and I were walking east … Continue reading →

larus (ravenous seabird) argentatus (silvery) Saturday, September 1, 1979 — 11:30 am Ottawa National Forest, Michigan — Black River Harbor My fiancée and I walked out to the end of a rock breakwater that extended about 150 yards into Lake … Continue reading →

mergus (diver) merganser (from mergere, to plunge, and anser, goose) Saturday, September 1, 1979 — 11:00 am Ottawa National Forest, Michigan — Black River Harbor My fiancée and I were crossing the suspension bridge across the Black River on our … Continue reading →