Category Archives: Wildlife

Bird #226 — Clay-colored Sparrow

Posted on May 28, 1982 by Roger

spizella (finch) pallida (pale) Friday, May 28, 1982 — 6:30 pm McNaughton, Wisconsin — Spider Lake Road I was driving up the road toward McNaughton for some long-forgotten reason when I saw a hawk flying over a field. I pulled … Continue reading →

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Bird #225 — Red Knot

Posted on May 23, 1982 by Roger

calidris (speckled water bird) canutus (the Danish King Canute, or Knut, who was know for trying to hold back the tide) Sunday, May 23, 1982 — 4:00 pm Racine, Wisconsin — Wind Point — Lake Michigan I was wandering along … Continue reading →

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Bird #224 — Philadelphia Vireo

Posted on May 15, 1982 by Roger

vireo (bird) philadelphicus (of the city of Philadelphia, where it was first collected by John Cassin in 1851) Saturday, May 15, 1982 — 10:00 am Elk Grove Village, Illinois — Busse Woods This must have been the stage of my … Continue reading →

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Bird #223 — Yellow-throated Vireo

Posted on May 8, 1982 by Roger

vireo (bird) flavifrons (from flavus, yellow, and frons, forehead) Saturday, May 8, 1982 — 3:00 pm Des Plaines, Illinois — Des Plaines River The Yellow-throated Vireo was foraging slowly, branch to branch, near the top of a tall tree in … Continue reading →

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Bird #222 — Virginia Rail

Posted on May 8, 1982 by Roger

rallus (rail) limicola (mud dweller) Saturday, May 8, 1982 — 9:10 am Waukegan, Illinois — Waukegan Public Beach I finished looking at my lifer Warbling Vireo just moments before. I walked about twenty feet further along the edge of the … Continue reading →

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