Category Archives: Wildlife

Bird #296 — Violet-green Swallow

Posted on April 2, 1984 by Roger

tachycineta (from tachys, swift, and kinetos, to move) thalassina (sea-green) Monday, April 2, 1984 — 10:00 am Coronado National Forest, Arizona — Sabino Canyon Recreation Area I had a hard time seeing all the field marks on these Violet-green Swallows … Continue reading →

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Bird #295 — Canyon Wren

Posted on April 2, 1984 by Roger

catherpes (to creep down) mexicanus (of Mexico) Monday, April 2, 1984 — 9:30 am Coronado National Forest, Arizona — Sabino Canyon Recreation Area I was still near the base of the canyon near the creek.  I started walking uphill from … Continue reading →

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Bird #294 — Abert’s Towhee

Posted on April 2, 1984 by Roger

pipilo (to chirp) aberti (given in 1852 by Spencer F. Baird for Major James W. Abert, U. S. Army, who collected the first one known to science in New Mexico) Monday, April 2, 1984 — 9:00 am Coronado National Forest, … Continue reading →

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Bird #293 — Black-throated Gray Warbler

Posted on April 2, 1984 by Roger

dendroica (from dendron, tree, and oikein, to dwell) nigrescens (blackening) Monday, April 2, 1984 — 7:55 am Coronado National Forest, Arizona — Sabino National Recreation Area I crossed the flats and came to the base of the canyon. The creek … Continue reading →

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Bird #292 — Pyrrhuloxia

Posted on April 2, 1984 by Roger

cardinalis (dignitary of the Roman Catholic Church who wears scarlet robes) sinuatus (curved) Monday, April 2, 1984 — 7:30 am Coronado National Forest, Arizona — Sabino Canyon Recreation Area As I was watching the Brewer’s Sparrows fly from one mesquite … Continue reading →

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