Category Archives: Wildlife

Bird #376 — Little Gull

Posted on June 10, 1999 by Roger

larus (ravenous seabird) minutus (small) Thursday, June 10, 1999 — 3:10 pm Manitowoc, Wisconsin — Lake Michigan A few years ago, a book came out called America’s 100 Most Wanted Birds.  I didn’t buy it because it mostly listed birds … Continue reading →

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Bird #375 — Barred Owl

Posted on June 4, 1999 by Roger

strix (screech owl) varia (variegated) Friday, June 4, 1999 — 7:30 am McHenry County, Illinois — Moraine Hills State Park The only birds that breed in Northern Illinois that I hadn’t seen in my first 20 years of birding were … Continue reading →

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Bird #374 — Neotropic Cormorant

Posted on May 17, 1999 by Roger

phalacrocorax (from phalakros, bald, and kora, crow) brasilianus Monday, May 17, 1999 — 12:05 pm Barrington, Illinois — Crabtree Nature Center This Neotropic Cormorant showed up on IBET. It was first reported last Thursday. This morning I saw it was … Continue reading →

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Bird #373 — Roseate Spoonbill

Posted on May 4, 1999 by Roger

ajaia (Brazilian name for the bird) ajaja (ditto) Tuesday, May 4, 1999 — 4:30 pm Canaveral National Seashore, Florida On Route 402, between the entrance booth and Playalinda Beach, visitors are only allowed to stop at occasional pullouts every quarter … Continue reading →

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Bird #372 — Florida Scrub-Jay

Posted on May 4, 1999 by Roger

aphelocoma (from apheles, smooth, and kome, hair, “without crest”) coerulescens (blue) Tuesday, May 4, 1999 — 4:00 pm Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Florida I drove the Black Point Wildlife Drive, then headed for the Haulover Canal to see a … Continue reading →

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