Category Archives: Wildlife

myadestes (from myia, fly, and edestes, eater) townsendi (given in 1838 by John James Audubon for John K. Townsend, young Philadelphia ornithologist, who collected the first one known to science along the Columbia River) Tuesday, November 11, 1997 — 2:30 … Continue reading →

falco (hawk) peregrinus (wandering) Friday, November 7, 1997 — 9:20 am Evanston, Illinois — Evanston Water Department and Northwestern University — Lake Michigan It had only been 50 minutes since I saw the Black-legged Kittiwake. During that time I had … Continue reading →

rissa (kittiwake) tridactyla (three-toed) Friday, November 7, 1997 — 8:30 am Wilmette, Illinois — Gillson Park We went to the lake primarily to look for scoters. (We saw three with dark wings, but they were too far out to identify.) … Continue reading →

calidris (speckled water bird) fuscicollis (from fuscus, brown, and collum, neck) Friday, June 20, 1997 — 8:25 am Manotowish Waters, Wisconsin — Powell Marsh Wildlife Area A friend and I were out on one of the low sand hills in … Continue reading →

calidris (speckled water bird) bairdii (given by Elliott Coues in 1861 for Spencer F. Baird, 19th-century American zoologist, writer and scholar) Wednesday, April 30, 1997 — 5:10 pm Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas In the morning, I had seen … Continue reading →