Category Archives: Wildlife

Bird #303 — Steller’s Jay

Posted on April 5, 1984 by Roger

cyanocitta (from kyanos, blue, and kitta, chattering bird) stelleri (for Georg Wilhelm Steller, German zoologist and member of Vitus Bering’s Arctic expedition in 1741, who shot the first one known to science along the Alaskan coast) Thursday, April 5, 1984 … Continue reading →

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Animal #25 — Cliff Chipmunk

Posted on April 5, 1984 by Roger

eutamias dorsalis Thursday, April 5, 1984 — 9:50 am Coronado National Forest, Arizona — Mt. Lemmon We stopped at an overlook about halfway up the mountain. The chipmunks were standing upright just below us at the base of a 4’ rock … Continue reading →

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Bird #302 — Bushtit

Posted on April 5, 1984 by Roger

psaltriparus (from psaltria, player of the lute, and parus, titmouse) minimus (least) Thursday, April 5, 1984 — 9:30 am Coronado National Forest, Arizona — Mt. Lemmon On our final day in Arizona, we drove to the top of Mt. Lemmon. … Continue reading →

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Animal #24 — Coati

Posted on April 5, 1984 by Roger

nasua narica Thursday, April 5, 1984 — 9:10 am Coronado National Forest, Arizona — Mt. Lemmon On our last day in Arizona, we spent the morning on Mt. Lemmon. We had just started up, passing through the pinyon/juniper level when … Continue reading →

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Bird #301 — Harris’s Hawk

Posted on April 4, 1984 by Roger

parabuteo (from para, near, and buteo, hawk) unicinctus (from unus, one, and cinctus, girdled) Wednesday, April 4, 1984 — 7:00 pm, just a few minutes after the sun dipped below the horizon Saguaro National Monument, Arizona — West Unit My … Continue reading →

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