Category Archives: Wildlife

Bird #210 — Upland Sandpiper

Posted on June 8, 1981 by Roger

bartramia (given by Alexander Wilson for his friend William Bartram, and early American naturalist) longicauda (from longus, long, and caudum, tail) Monday, June 8, 1981 — 11:00 am Illinois Beach State Park, Illinois Like the Piping Plover and the Grasshopper … Continue reading →

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Bird #209 — Grasshopper Sparrow

Posted on June 8, 1981 by Roger

ammodramus (from ammos, sand, and dramein, to run) savannarum (meadows) Monday, June 8, 1981 — 11:00 am Illinois Beach State Park, Illinois I also heard about this bird on the Audubon hot line. I drove up after I saw the … Continue reading →

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Bird #208 — Piping Plover

Posted on June 8, 1981 by Roger

charadrius (plover) melodus (melodious) Monday, June 8, 1981 — 10:30 am Waukegan, Illinois — Waukegan Public Beach I heard about this bird on the Audubon hot line. It was just where the information said it would be, but I almost … Continue reading →

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Bird #207 — Wilson’s Warbler

Posted on May 19, 1981 by Roger

wilsonia (for Alexander Wilson) pusilla (very small) Tuesday, May 19, 1981 — 10:00 am Elk Grove Village, Illinois — Busse Woods Forest Preserve I spent a couple hours birding in the woods. I came out of the trees where a … Continue reading →

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Bird #206 — Short-billed Dowitcher

Posted on May 15, 1981 by Roger

limnodromus (marsh runner) griseus (grizzled) Friday, May 15, 1981 — 7:15 am Hoffman Estates, Illinois — Poplar Creek Forest Preserve — Bode and Barrington Roads The Short-billed Dowitchers were preening on mud flats in the middle of the slough. One … Continue reading →

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