Category Archives: Wildlife

Bird #300 — Bronzed Cowbird

Posted on April 3, 1984 by Roger

molothrus (vagabond) aeneus (of bronze) Tuesday, April 3, 1984 — 12:30 pm Amado, Arizona — Cow Palace Restaurant We stopped before we got to the Mexican border at the Cow Palace Restaurant. This place is right off Interstate 19, surrounded … Continue reading →

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Bird #23a — Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)

Posted on April 3, 1984 by Roger

colaptes (to peck with bill) discolor (of different colors) cafer (When Johann Gmelin, German systematist, named this bird as a distinct species in 1788, he mistook the origin of the bird, assuming it came from the Cape of Good Hope, … Continue reading →

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Bird #61a — Dark-eyed Junco (Gray-headed)

Posted on April 3, 1984 by Roger

junco (rush colored) hyemalis (winter) Tuesday, April 3, 1984 — 9:15 am Madera Canyon, Arizona — Santa Rita Lodge These Gray-headed Juncos were foraging underneath the evergreens in the valley near the lodge.

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Bird #299 — Acorn Woodpecker

Posted on April 3, 1984 by Roger

melanerpes (from melanos, black, and herpes, creeper) formicivorus (from forma, an ant, and voro, to devour) Tuesday, April 3, 1984 — 6:45 am Madera Canyon, Arizona — Santa Rita Lodge We started the day with a visit to another one … Continue reading →

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Animal #23 — Roundtail Ground Squirrel

Posted on April 2, 1984 by Roger

citellus tereticaudus Monday, April 2, 1984 — 3:00 pm Coronado National Forest, Arizona — Sabino Canyon Recreation Area These three squirrels were foraging around holes and in the brush in front of the building. They took handouts from visitors and … Continue reading →

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