Category Archives: Birds

vermivora (from vermis, worm, and vorare, to devour) virginiae (for Virginia Anderson, wife of Dr. William W. Anderson, an assistant surgeon, U.S. Army, who discovered the bird in 1858 in New Mexico) Tuesday, April 30, 2002 — 2:21 pm Pueblo, … Continue reading →

falco (hawk) mexicanus (of Mexico) Monday, April 29, 2002 — 12:08 pm Colorado Springs, Colorado — Garden of the Gods Garden of the Gods is the chief tourist attraction of Colorado Springs (along with Pikes Peak) and was also billed … Continue reading →

poecile (titmouse) gambeli (given by Robert Ridgway for William Gambel, 19th-century pioneering California ornithologist) Monday, April 29, 2002 — 9:04 am Teller County, Colorado — Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument After seeing the Williamson’s Sapsuckers, I continued on the Boulder … Continue reading →

sphyrapicus (from sphyra, a hammer, and picus, a woodpecker) thyroideus (from thyreos, a shield, and eidos, resembling) Monday, April 29, 2002 — 8:54 am Teller County, Colorado — Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument The Boulder Creek Trail was listed on … Continue reading →

sialia (bird) currucoides (from carruca, carriage, and eidos, appearance) Monday, April 29, 2002 — 8:01 am Teller County, Colorado — Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument I had three target birds — Mountain Bluebird, Mountain Chickadee and Williamson’s Sapsucker. Within an … Continue reading →