Category Archives: Wildlife

Bird #173 — Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Posted on July 5, 1980 by Roger

coccyzus (to call “cuckoo”) americanus (of America) Saturday, July 5, 1980 — 7:30 pm McNaughton, Wisconsin I thought I’d seen one of these in the woods behind Mom and Dad’s house the day before, shortly after I saw the Black-billed … Continue reading →

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Bird #172 — Bald Eagle

Posted on July 4, 1980 by Roger

haliaeetus (sea eagle) leucocephalus (from leukos, white, and kephale, head) Friday, July 4, 1980 — 6:30 pm McNaughton, Wisconsin — Spider Lake I assure you that I did no manipulating of any sort in order to see my lifer Bald … Continue reading →

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Bird #171 — Black-billed Cuckoo

Posted on July 4, 1980 by Roger

coccyzus (to call “cuckoo”) erythropthalmus (from erythros, red, and ophthalmos, eye) Friday, July 4, 1980 — 1:00 pm McNaughton, Wisconsin — Spider Lake Road I heard the Black-billed Cuckoo calling, then spotted it as it flew from perch to perch … Continue reading →

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Bird #170 — Willow Flycatcher

Posted on June 16, 1980 by Roger

empidonax (from empidos, mosquito, and anax, king) traillii (given in 1831 by John James Audubon for his friend Dr. Thomas Stewart Traill of Edinburgh) Monday, June 16, 1980 — 2:00 pm Barrington, Illinois — Crabtree Nature Center I spotted the … Continue reading →

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Bird #169 — Whimbrel

Posted on May 27, 1980 by Roger

numenius (of the new moon, for the curve of the bill) phaeopus (from phaios, gray, and pous, foot) Tuesday, May 27, 1980 — 4:35 pm Tawas Point State Park, Michigan — Lake Huron I headed back toward my car along … Continue reading →

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