Category Archives: Wildlife

Bird #278 — Black Phoebe

Posted on April 1, 1984 by Roger

sayornis (for Thomas Say, American entomologist who accompanied Stephen Long on his 19th-century expedition to the Rocky Mountains during which the phoebe was described, and ornis, bird) nigricans (blackish) Sunday, April 1, 1984 — 12:20 pm Patagonia, Arizona — Patagonia-Sonoita … Continue reading →

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Bird #277 — Ladder-backed Woodpecker

Posted on April 1, 1984 by Roger

picoides (from picus, a woodpecker, and eidos, appearance) scalaris (ladder) Sunday, April 1, 1984 — 12:15 pm Patagonia, Arizona — Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Sanctuary I spotted two Ladder-backed Woodpeckers climbing about on the trunks of the cottonwoods right at the edge … Continue reading →

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Bird #276 — Bridled Titmouse

Posted on April 1, 1984 by Roger

parus (titmouse) wollweberi (given in 1850 by Charles Lucien Bonaparte for Wollweber, a 19th-century traveler and collector of birds in Mexico) Sunday, April 1, 1984 — 11:55 am Patagonia, Arizona — Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Sanctuary The Bridled Titmice were foraging rapidly … Continue reading →

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Bird #275 — Cooper’s Hawk

Posted on April 1, 1984 by Roger

accipiter (hawk) cooperii (in honor of William Cooper, of New York, who shot the bird which Charles Lucien Bonaparte described for science in 1828) Sunday, April 1, 1984 — 11:45 am Patagonia, Arizona — Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Sanctuary This sanctuary is … Continue reading →

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Bird #274 — White-tailed Kite

Posted on April 1, 1984 by Roger

elanus (kite) leucurus Sunday, April 1, 1984 — 11:00 am Sonoita, Arizona — Route 82, just south of town We were driving away from Sonoita when Mom suddenly yelled, “What’s that?” She pulled the van over to the side of … Continue reading →

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