Category Archives: Wildlife

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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Bird #145 — Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Posted on May 10, 1980 by Roger

archilochus (from archi-, first in importance, and lochos, an ambush) colubris (South American Indian name for these birds) Saturday, May 10, 1980 — 12:15 pm Petit Jean State Park, Arkansas Petit Jean State Park covers the top of a plateau … Continue reading →

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Bird #144 — Tennessee Warbler

Posted on May 10, 1980 by Roger

vermivora (from vermis, worm, and vorare, to devour) peregrina (wandering alien) Saturday, May 10, 1980 — 7:45 am Conway, Arkansas — Happy Valley I left the road and headed gingerly into the woods halfway up the hillside, wary about Copperheads. … Continue reading →

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