Category Archives: Wildlife

Bird #180 — Sedge Wren

Posted on August 14, 1980 by Roger

cistothorus (from kistos, and thouros, rushing) platensis (Rio de la Plata at Buenos Aires, Argentina) Thursday, August 14, 1980 — 3:00 pm Barrington, Illinois — Crabtree Nature Center I heard this bird singing in the grass along the prairie trail … Continue reading →

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Bird #179 — Greater Yellowlegs

Posted on August 14, 1980 by Roger

tringa (a white-rumped water bird) melanoleuca (from melas, black, and leukos, white) Thursday, August 14, 1980 — 1:00 pm Inverness, Illinois — side road off Palatine Road This was not one of my most romantic bird sightings. A new housing … Continue reading →

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Bird #178 — Dickcissel

Posted on July 31, 1980 by Roger

spiza (finch) americana (of American) Thursday, July 31, 1980 — 12:45 pm Inverness, Illinois — Bradwell Road I heard about this Dickcissel on the Audubon Society Hot Line. It was reported singing in a field about half a mile east … Continue reading →

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Bird #177 — Sanderling

Posted on July 21, 1980 by Roger

calidris (a speckled water bird) alba (white) Thursday, July 21, 1980 — 2:00 pm Illinois Beach State Park, Illinois The southern half of Illinois Beach State Park is set aside as a wildlife refuge. If you try to get into … Continue reading →

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Bird #176 — Forster’s Tern

Posted on July 21, 1980 by Roger

sterna (tern) forsteri (given in 1834 by Thomas Nuttall in honor of Johann R. Forster, German naturalist) Thursday, July 21, 1980 — 12:30 pm Waukegan, Illinois — Waukegan Harbor — Lake Michigan My friends and I were standing near the … Continue reading →

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