Category Archives: Wildlife

Bird #113 — Greater White-fronted Goose

Posted on March 22, 1980 by Roger

anser (goose) albifrons (from albus, white, and frons, forehead) Saturday, March 22, 1980 — 8:15 am Barrington, Illinois — Crabtree Nature Center I heard on the Audubon Society hotline that White-fronted Geese had been at Crabtree since the 19th. My … Continue reading →

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Bird #112 — Gadwall

Posted on March 19, 1980 by Roger

anas (duck) strepera (noisy) Wednesday, March 19, 1980 — 5:30 pm Barrington, Illinois — Crabtree Nature Center This Gadwall was swimming in Crabtree Lake. I was on a duck craze this spring. I felt like I had to see them … Continue reading →

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Bird #111 — Lesser Scaup

Posted on March 19, 1980 by Roger

aythya (seabird) affinis (related to) Wednesday, March 19, 1980 — 5:30 pm Barrington, Illinois — Crabtree Nature Center I agonized over these birds. They were swimming in Crabtree Lake near some Ring-necked Ducks. Were they Lesser or were they Greater? … Continue reading →

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Bird #110 — Ruddy Duck

Posted on March 19, 1980 by Roger

oxyura (from oxys, pointed, and oura, tail) jamaicensis (of the island of Jamaica) Wednesday, March 19, 1980 — 4:15pm Barrington, Illinois — Crabtree Nature Center I was sitting in the blind on Crabtree Lake when I spotted this Ruddy Duck. … Continue reading →

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Bird #109 — Ring-necked Pheasant

Posted on March 8, 1980 by Roger

phasianus (of the river Phasis) colchicus (Colchis, a city at the eastern end of the Black Sea, from which the Greek Argonauts were said to have brought home the original pheasant stock to their own country) Saturday, March 8, 1980 … Continue reading →

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