Category Archives: Birds

Bird #457 — Dusky Flycatcher

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Roger

empidonax (from empis, gnat, mosquito, and anax, king) oberholseri (after Harry Oberholser, American ornithologist) Wednesday, May 9, 2012 — 11:04 am Phantom Canyon Road — Fremont County, Colorado This flycatcher was singing its distinctive three-part song from the branches of a … Continue reading →

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Bird #456 — Cassin’s Finch

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Roger

carpodacus (from karpos, fruit, and dakos, biter) cassinii (named for John Cassin, 19th-century Philadelphia ornithologist) Wednesday, May 9, 2012 — 10:43 am Phantom Canyon Road — Fremont County, Colorado The bird I saw was a female. It was calling repeatedly … Continue reading →

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Bird #455 — Plumbeous Vireo

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Roger

vireo (to be green) plumbeus (the color of lead) Wednesday, May 9, 2012 — 10:05 am Phantom Canyon Road — Fremont County, Colorado It was a lot easier to hear this bird than it was to see it. I spent … Continue reading →

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Bird #454 — Gray Flycatcher

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Roger

empidonax (from empis, gnat, mosquito, and anax, king) wrightii (given by Spencer F. Baird in 1858 for Charles Wright, a Connecticut botanist who collected birds in the Southwest) Wednesday, May 9, 2012 — 9:00 am Temple Canyon Road — Canon … Continue reading →

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Temple Canyon

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Roger

I’d been hoping for six lifers on Tuesday, and I’d only seen two. My main objective on this day was Phantom Canyon Road, but I decided to take a couple hours and hit a spot that was supposed to be … Continue reading →

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