Category Archives: Wildlife

chlidonias (swallow) niger (black) Monday, May 26, 1980 — 7:10 pm Bay Park, Michigan — Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron Near the marina, a dirt road cut off toward the lake through some woods and a small marsh. My family and … Continue reading →

riparia (frequenting riverbanks) riparia (ditto) Monday, May 26, 1980 — 6:05 pm Bay Park, Michigan — Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron My family and I visited the shore of Lake Huron where we parked and walked around a small marina. There … Continue reading →

arenaria (a sandy place) interpres (an interpreter) Monday, May 26, 1980 — 5:50 pm Bay Park, Michigan — just south of Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron These Ruddy Turnstones were foraging with a mixed flock of birds in a large dirt … Continue reading →

pluvialis (rain) squatarola (the gray plover) Monday, May 26, 1980 — 5:45 pm Bay Park, Michigan — just south of Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron Within half a mile of Lake Huron, my family and I saw a large flock of … Continue reading →

wilsonia (for Alexander Wilson) canadensis (of Canada) Wednesday, May 21, 1980 — 4:15 pm Barrington, Illinois — Crabtree Nature Center I hung around Crabtree for much of the afternoon. I was walking along the path through the woods next to … Continue reading →