Category Archives: Wildlife

Bird #153 — Cape May Warbler

Posted on May 15, 1980 by Roger

dendroica (from dendron, tree, and oikein, to dwell) tigrina (striped) Thursday, May 15, 1980 — 3:30 pm Deerfield, Illinois This Cape May Warbler was foraging in the woods on a college campus with a small wave of other warblers.

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Bird #152 — Blue-headed Vireo

Posted on May 15, 1980 by Roger

vireo (a bird) solitarius (alone) Thursday, May 15, 1980 — 3:15 pm Deerfield, Illinois I was wandering about on a college campus when I heard this bird singing. It was foraging in the woods near a small wave of warblers.

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Bird #151 — Chestnut-sided Warbler

Posted on May 15, 1980 by Roger

dendroica (from dendron, tree, and oikein, to dwell) pensylvanica (of Pennsylvania) Thursday, May 15, 1980 — 2:45 pm Deerfield, Illinois The Chestnut-sided Warbler was foraging in the woods on a college campus with a small wave of warblers.

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Bird #150 — Blackburnian Warbler

Posted on May 15, 1980 by Roger

dendroica (from dendron, tree, and oikein, to dwell) fusca (dark) Thursday, May 15, 1980 — 11:30 am Des Plaines, Illinois — residential area I noticed a few warblers flitting around the neighborhood, and I wandered around with my binoculars looking … Continue reading →

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Bird #149 — Great Egret

Posted on May 12, 1980 by Roger

casmerodius (from kosmos, ornament and herodios, a heron) albus (white) Monday, May 12, 1980 — 4:30 pm Conway, Arkansas — Sturgis Road I spent about an hour birding by the bridge on Sturgis Road. The creek had overflowed and flooded … Continue reading →

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