Category Archives: Wildlife

buteo (hawk) platypterus (from platys, broad, and pteron, wing) Thursday, May 1, 1980 — 4:45 pm Deerfield, Illinois I was standing on a dirt hill by the baseball diamond looking at my lifer Lark Sparrow when I saw this Broad-winged … Continue reading →

chondestes (from chondros, grain, and edestes, eater) grammacus (lined) Thursday, May 1, 1980 — 4:45 pm Deerfield, Illinois I was walking around a college campus, back by the baseball diamond. There was a weed-covered dirt hill in the corner near … Continue reading →

pooecetes (from poa, grass, and oiketes, dweller) gramineus (grass) Tuesday, April 29, 1980 — 12:30 pm Northbrook, Illinois — golf course I was on another half-hour walk to the golf course over lunch. I crossed the fairways and began walking … Continue reading →

porzana (crake) carolina (of Carolina) Monday, April 21, 1980 — 12:00 noon Northbrook, Illinois — golf course I was only wearing one contact this day. I think I lost the other one the day before at Baker’s Lake. I went … Continue reading →

gallinula (chicken) chloropus (from chloros, green, and pous, foot) Sunday, April 20, 1980 — 12:30 pm Barrington, Illinois — Baker’s Lake The lake was crawling with birds this day. This lone bird, called a gallinule at the time, was swimming … Continue reading →