Category Archives: Wildlife

limosa (muddy) fedoa (old English name) Friday, August 18, 2000 — 11:43 am Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge, Illinois Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge is known worldwide for its migrating shorebirds. Two friends and I made plans to go down together. We … Continue reading →

vermivora (from vermis, worm, and vorare, to devour) leucobronchialis (white throated) Friday, May 26, 2000 — 9:20 am Ringwood, Illinois – Glacial Park I was walking the Deerpath trail between the kame and the wooded hill. I was dividing my … Continue reading →

lynx rufus Tuesday, December 28, 1999 — 8:54 am Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas I arrived at the refuge at 8:05, just after it opened. I drove along the river and stopped a few times when I saw something interesting. … Continue reading →

spilogale putorius Monday, December 27, 1999 — 11:20 am Stuttgart, Arkansas — Stuttgart Municipal Airport I drove to the Suttgart Airport on Monday to look (successfully) for Smith’s Longspur and Sprague’s Pipit, both of which had been reported from there all … Continue reading →

anthus (In Greek legend, Anthus, a youth killed by his father’s horses, was changed into a bird) spragueii (given by John James Audubon in honor of Isaac Sprague, artist and botanical illustrator, who accompanied Audubon on his Missouri River expedition … Continue reading →