Category Archives: Wildlife

Bird #123 — Fox Sparrow

Posted on April 6, 1980 by Roger

passerella (sparrow) iliaca (flanks) Sunday, April 6, 1980 — 4:15 pm Barrington, Illinois — Crabtree Nature Center When I spotted this bird, I let my wife obey the stay-on-the-path rules, while I took off into the woods in disregard for … Continue reading →

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Bird #122 — Horned Grebe

Posted on April 6, 1980 by Roger

podiceps (from podus, foot, and caput, head) auritus (eared) Sunday, April 6, 1980 — 2:30 pm Barrington, Illinois — Baker’s Lake On the Friday before this, the day that I saw my lifer House Wren, the naturalist at Crabtree told … Continue reading →

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Bird #121 — House Wren

Posted on April 4, 1980 by Roger

troglodytes (creeper into holes) aedon (Queen of Thebes in Greek mythology, who was changed by Zeus into a nightingale) Friday, April 4, 1980 — 11:45 am Barrington, Illinois — Crabtree Nature Center I spotted this bird foraging actively in the … Continue reading →

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Bird #120 — American Pipit

Posted on April 3, 1980 by Roger

anthus (bird) spinoletta (titlark) Thursday, April 3, 1980 — 4:45 pm Evanston, Illinois — Northwestern University Once again, I drove east to Lake Michigan after work, this time by myself. As I got closer to the lake, the sky got … Continue reading →

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Bird #119 — Eared Grebe

Posted on March 31, 1980 by Roger

podiceps (foot) nigricollis (from niger, black, and collum, neck) Monday, March 31, 1980 — 5:00 pm Evanston, Illinois — Northwestern University — Lake Michigan I heard about the Eared Grebe on the Audubon hotline and dragged my friends out after … Continue reading →

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