Category Archives: Wildlife

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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Bird #148 — Lincoln’s Sparrow

Posted on May 12, 1980 by Roger

melospiza (from melos, song, and spiza, finch) lincolnii (given in 1834 by John James Audubon for Thomas Lincoln, young man who accompanied Audubon on his Labrador trip of 1833) Monday, May 12, 1980 — 1:00 pm Conway, Arkansas — Happy … Continue reading →

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Bird #147 — Orchard Oriole

Posted on May 12, 1980 by Roger

icterus (jaundice) spurius (false) Monday, May 12, 1980 — 7:10 am Conway, Arkansas — Happy Valley This pair of Orchard Orioles was flying perch-to-perch in the trees and brush along a small pond. At one point, the male mounted the … Continue reading →

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Bird #146 — Chuck-will’s-Widow

Posted on May 12, 1980 by Roger

caprimulgus (from caper, goat, and mulgeo, to milk) carolinensis (of Carolina) Monday, May 12, 1980 — 6:15 am Conway, Arkansas — Happy Valley I had been hearing Chuck-will’s-widows singing in the woods on the hillside next to the house every … Continue reading →

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