Category Archives: Wildlife

Bird #342 — Red-necked Grebe

Posted on July 15, 1991 by Roger

podiceps (from podos, foot, and caput, head) grisegena (from griseus, gray, and gena, cheek) Monday, July 15, 1991 — 7:35 am Crow Wing County, Minnesota — North Long Lake — Route 371 This one was easy. A Birder’s Guide to … Continue reading →

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Bird #341 — Cerulean Warbler

Posted on June 13, 1991 by Roger

dendroica (from dendron, tree, and oikein, to dwell) cerulea (blue) Thursday, June 13, 1991 — 9:45 am Indiana Dunes State Park, Indiana — Trail 2, east of Wilson’s Shelter Encouraged by my success with the Henslow’s Sparrow, I decided to … Continue reading →

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Bird #340 — Henslow’s Sparrow

Posted on June 8, 1991 by Roger

ammodramus (from ammos, sand, and dramein, to run) henslowii (given in 1831 by John James Audubon for his friend John Stevens Henslow, professor of botany at Cambridge University in England) Saturday, June 8, 1991 — 8:20 am Zion, Illinois — … Continue reading →

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Bird #339 — Le Conte’s Sparrow

Posted on May 28, 1991 by Roger

ammodramus (from ammos, sand, and dramein, to run) leconteii (in honor of John L. Le Conte, Philadelphia physician, friend of John James Audubon, and distinguished entomologist) Tuesday, May 28, 1991 — 6:30 am Manotowish Waters, Wisconsin — Powell Marsh Wildlife … Continue reading →

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Bird #338 — Merlin

Posted on September 3, 1990 by Roger

falco (hawk) columbarius (doves) Monday, September 3, 1990 — 7:35 am Manotowish Waters, Wisconsin — Powell Marsh Wildlife Area On Monday morning, I drove to Powell Marsh. It was a cool, windy day, and there wasn’t much to see. I … Continue reading →

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