Category Archives: Wildlife

Bird #200 — Yellow-headed Blackbird

Posted on April 17, 1981 by Roger

xanthocephalus (from xanthos, yellow, and kephale, head) xanthocephalus (ditto) Friday, April 17, 1981 — 9:10 am South Barrington, Illinois — Mundhank Road I heard about these Yellow-headed Blackbirds on the hotline. The small marsh where they were seen is approximately … Continue reading →

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Bird #199 — Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Posted on April 15, 1981 by Roger

nyctanassa (from nyks, night, and anassa, queen) violacea (violet-colored) Wednesday, April 15, 1981 — 3:30 pm Barrington, Illinois — Baker’s Lake Two Yellow-crowned Night Herons were on the island in the middle of the lake, perched on a branch about … Continue reading →

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Bird #198 — Cattle Egret

Posted on April 8, 1981 by Roger

bubulcus (concerning cattle) ibis (a sacred Egyptian bird) Wednesday, April 8, 1981 — 10:30 am Palos Hills, Illinois — Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center I had never birded in the Palos area, so after I saw the Eurasian Wigeon, I … Continue reading →

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Bird #197 — Eurasian Wigeon

Posted on April 8, 1981 by Roger

anas (duck) penelope (a kind of duck) Wednesday, April 8, 1981 — 9:30 am Palos Hills, Illinois — John J. Duffy Preserve — 131st and Will-Cook Road This Eurasian Wigeon was reported on the hotline. I drove down to the … Continue reading →

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Bird #196 — Oldsquaw

Posted on March 16, 1981 by Roger

clangula (noise) hyemalis (winter) Monday, March 16, 1981 — 4:45 pm Evanston, Illinois — Northwestern University — Lake Michigan In the spring of 1980, I would drive to Lake Michigan after work to bird. I saw a lot of interesting … Continue reading →

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