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Animal #16 — Opossum

Posted on July 31, 1982 by Roger

didelphis marsupialis July 31, 1982 — 9:30 pm Mt. Prospect, Illinois — side road off Euclid Road across from Randhurst Mall I spotted the Opossum walking across a lawn toward the road. I stopped the car with the headlights shining … Continue reading →

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Animal #15 — Red Squirrel

Posted on July 30, 1982 by Roger

tamiasciurus hudsonicus July 30, 1982 — 8:30 am McNaughton, Wisconsin — Spider Lake Road Three Red Squirrels were running, climbing and chasing each other on and around a brush pile in the bog next to a house. They were chattering … Continue reading →

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Bird #234 — Swainson’s Hawk

Posted on July 30, 1982 by Roger

buteo (hawk) swainsoni (given in 1838 by Charles Lucien Bonaparte for William Swainson, English ornithologist of the early 19th century) Friday, July 30, 1982 — 3:00 pm Elgin, Illinois — Interstate 90 north of town I was driving north of … Continue reading →

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Bird #233 — Mourning Warbler

Posted on July 22, 1982 by Roger

oporornis (from opora, autumnal, and ornis, bird) philadelphia (Alexander Wilson discovered this warbler on the borders of a marsh near Philadelphia in 1810) Thursday, July 22, 1982 — 3:50 pm Munising, Michigan — Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore I spotted a … Continue reading →

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Animal #14 — Beaver

Posted on July 20, 1982 by Roger

castor canadensis July 20, 1982 — 7:15 am Oneida County, Wisconsin — Cross Country Road My wife and I saw this Beaver standing where the road we were driving on crossed a creek. We stopped the car to look, but … Continue reading →

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