Category Archives: Wildlife

vireo (bird) gilvus (pale yellow) Saturday, May 8, 1982 — 9:00 am Waukegan, Illinois — Waukegan Public Beach The Warbling Vireo was foraging at eye-level in a strip of bushes and small trees on the dunes along a small marsh … Continue reading →

cygnus (swan) columbianus (the Columbia River where Lewis and Clark discovered this bird) Saturday, April 10, 1982 — 7:45 am Racine County, Wisconsin — Nicholson Wildlife Center Four swans (an adult and three immatures) were swimming in the open area. … Continue reading →

procyon lotor April 9, 1982 — 10:30 am Barrington, Illinois — Crabtree Nature Center I spotted the Raccoon climbing headfirst from a branch and down the trunk of a large tree on the island in Sulky Pond. It then wandered off … Continue reading →

odocoileus virginianus March 29, 1982 — 5:15 pm Barrington, Illinois — Crabtree Nature Center I was walking along the path by Sulky Pond when I scared up these two deer. They crashed off through the brush in the woods with their … Continue reading →

mustela vison March 23, 1982 — 5:00 pm Barrington, Illinois — Crabtree Nature Center I first saw this Mink in brush along Sulky Pond. It crossed under the path through a drainage pipe. It foraged about the roots of trees … Continue reading →