Category Archives: Wildlife

Bird #350 — Harris’s Sparrow

Posted on May 10, 1996 by Roger

zonotrichia (from zone, girdle, and trichos, hair) querula (complaining) Friday, May 10, 1996 — 3:00 pm Wheaton, Illinois — Cantigny I was on here with a group from work. I had gotten advance notice that we were going to Cantigny. … Continue reading →

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Animal #32 — Fisher

Posted on July 18, 1995 by Roger

martes pennanti July 18, 1995 — 2:00 pm Oneida County, Wisconsin — County Road D I’d been birding at Rainbow Flowage and decided to head east on “Dâ” to see if the local cranberry farm gave tours (it didn’t). I … Continue reading →

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Bird #349 — Short-eared Owl

Posted on February 7, 1995 by Roger

asio (long-eared owl) flammeus (flaming) Tuesday, February 7, 1995 — 5:45 pm Du Page County, Illinois — Munger Road — Pratts Wayne Woods Forest Preserve I hadn’t been birding around home much in recent months, and I hadn’t been thinking … Continue reading →

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Bird #348 — Great Black-backed Gull

Posted on April 15, 1992 by Roger

larus (ravenous seabird) marinus (of the sea) Wednesday, April 15, 1992 — 10:40 am Mystic, Connecticut — Mystic Seaport — Mystic River We spent this morning at Mystic Seaport. We visited the whaling ship, Charles W. Morgan, and I wandered … Continue reading →

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Bird #347 — Snowy Owl

Posted on January 4, 1992 by Roger

nyctea (nocturnal) scandiaca (of Scandinavia) Saturday, January 4, 1992 — 9:55 am Chicago, Illinois — Meig’s Field — Lake Michigan When I got up on Thursday morning, I was greeted by an article in the Tribune about an Ivory Gull … Continue reading →

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