Category Archives: Wildlife

Bird #283 — White-throated Swift

Posted on April 1, 1984 by Roger

aeronautes (from aer, air, and nautes, sailor) saxatilis (rock) Sunday, April 1, 1984 — 1:20 pm Patagonia, Arizona — Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Sanctuary The White-throated Swifts were flying high over the woods along the creek and over the surrounding fields. Their … Continue reading →

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Bird #282 — Ash-throated Flycatcher

Posted on April 1, 1984 by Roger

myiarchus (from myia, fly, and archos, chief) cinerascens (turning ashy) Sunday, April 1, 1984 — 1:05 pm Patagonia, Arizona — Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Sanctuary This Ash-throated Flycatcher was flitting perch to perch in the bushes and small trees at the edge … Continue reading →

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Bird #281 — Gray Hawk

Posted on April 1, 1984 by Roger

buteo (hawk) nitidus (bright, shining) Sunday, April 1, 1984 — 1:00 pm Patagonia, Arizona — Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Sanctuary This bird is one of the specialties of the Sanctuary. We first spotted it flying to a perch near the top of … Continue reading →

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Bird #280 — Bewick’s Wren

Posted on April 1, 1984 by Roger

thryomanes (from thryon, a reed, and manes, cup, refers to nest) bewickii (given by John James Audubon for his friend Thomas Bewick, English artist and wood engraver) Sunday, April 1, 1984 — 12:50 pm Patagonia, Arizona — Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Sanctuary … Continue reading →

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Bird #279 — Lucy’s Warbler

Posted on April 1, 1984 by Roger

vermivora (from vermis, worm, and vorare, to devour) luciae (Dr. James Cooper, prominent 19th-century ornithologist, discovered this warbler in 1861 and named it for Lucy Hunter Baird, then 13-year-old daughter of Spencer F. Baird, later secretary of the Smithsonian Institution) … Continue reading →

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