Category Archives: Wildlife

Bird #257 — Gila Woodpecker

Posted on March 31, 1984 by Roger

melanerpes (from melanos, black, and herpes, a creeper) uropygialis (from oura, tail, and pyge, rump) Saturday, March 31, 1984 — 10:00 am Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Arizona I found this Gila Woodpecker perched on the side of a large saguaro cactus, … Continue reading →

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Bird #256 — Cactus Wren

Posted on March 31, 1984 by Roger

campylorhynchus (curved beak) brunneicapillus (from brunneus, brown and capillus, hair) Saturday, March 31, 1984 — 9:45 am Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Arizona The Cactus Wren was singing from a perch on top of an ocotillo stalk.  Its song sounded rather like … Continue reading →

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Bird #255 — Curve-billed Thrasher

Posted on March 31, 1984 by Roger

toxostoma (from toxon, bow, and stema, bill) curvirostre (from curvus, curved, and rostrum, beak) Saturday, March 31, 1984 — 9:45 am Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Arizona Almost as soon as we walked through the gate into the zoo/park, I spotted a … Continue reading →

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Bird #254 — Canyon Towhee

Posted on March 31, 1984 by Roger

pipilo (to chirp) fuscus (dusky) Saturday, March 31, 1984 — 9:30 am Tucson Mountain Park, Arizona As I was following a Black-tailed Gnatcatcher down a dry wash through a scrubby saguaro forest, I spotted a Canyon Towhee foraging on the … Continue reading →

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Bird #253 — Black-tailed Gnatcatcher

Posted on March 31, 1984 by Roger

polioptila (from polios, and ptilon, feather) melanura (from melanos, black, and oura, tail) Saturday, March 31, 1984 — 9:30 am Tucson Mountain Park, Arizona Mom and Dad took us to the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum for the morning. On the way, … Continue reading →

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