Category Archives: Wildlife

Bird #291 — Brewer’s Sparrow

Posted on April 2, 1984 by Roger

spizella (finch) breweri (given in 1856 by John Cassin, Philadelphia ornithologist, in honor of Thomas M. Brewer, Boston physician, ornithologist, and friend of John James Audubon) Monday, April 2, 1984 — 7:30 am Coronado National Forest, Arizona — Sabino Canyon … Continue reading →

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Bird #290 — Painted Redstart

Posted on April 1, 1984 by Roger

myioborus (from myna, a fly, and borus, greedy) pictus (painted) Sunday, April 1, 1984 — 5:00 pm Coronado National Forest, Arizona — Ramsey Canyon Preserve Wow! Wow wow! Wow wow wow! This is a bird. I saw it sitting near … Continue reading →

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Bird #289 — Blue-throated Mountain-gem

Posted on April 1, 1984 by Roger

lampornis (from lampis, a lamp, and ornis, bird) clemenciae (given in 1830 by Rene Primivere Lesson, French naturalist, explorer and collector of birds for his wife, Clemence, a painter of flowers and birds) Sunday, April 1, 1984 — 4:45 pm … Continue reading →

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Bird #288 — Broad-billed Hummingbird

Posted on April 1, 1984 by Roger

cynanthus (from kyanos, blue, and anthos, bright) latirostris (from latus, wide, and rostrum, beak) Sunday, April 1, 1984 — 4:45 pm Coronado National Forest, Arizona — Ramsey Canyon Preserve Up to this point, and maybe since, this was the most … Continue reading →

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Bird #287 — Golden Eagle

Posted on April 1, 1984 by Roger

aquila (eagle) chrysaetos (from chrysos, golden, and aetos, eagle) Sunday, April 1, 1984 — 4:35 pm Coronado National Forest, Arizona — Ramsey Canyon Preserve As amazed as I was by the hummingbird show, I tore myself away to watch a … Continue reading →

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