Category Archives: Wildlife

Bird #100 — Common Raven

Posted on December 28, 1979 by Roger

corvus (raven) corax (croaker) Friday, December 28, 1979 — 8:30 am McNaughton, Wisconsin A friend and I were walking along a road through the woods when this raven flew overhead, croaking loudly. It passed so close to us that I … Continue reading →

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Bird #99 — Gray Jay

Posted on December 27, 1979 by Roger

perisoreus (to heap up food) canadensis (of Canada) Thursday, December 27, 1979 — 2:30 pm McNaughton, Wisconsin — West Spider Lake We threw the remains of a turkey on the ice on West Spider Lake. Our intent was to attract … Continue reading →

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Bird #98 — Red-breasted Nuthatch

Posted on December 27, 1979 by Roger

sitta (a nuthatch) canadensis (of Canada) Thursday, December 27, 1979 — 9:30 am McNaughton, Wisconsin I went out by myself to look for birds, and particularly for this bird. Before I began listing, I spotted a Red-breasted Nuthatch in a … Continue reading →

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Bird #97 — Pileated Woodpecker

Posted on December 26, 1979 by Roger

dryocopus (from drys, an oak tree, and kopis, cleaver) pileatus (crested) Wednesday, December 26, 1979 — 2:00 pm McNaughton, Wisconsin In the afternoon, my fiancée and I took a walk along a narrow road through the woods. We hadn’t gone … Continue reading →

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Bird #96 — Loggerhead Shrike

Posted on November 21, 1979 by Roger

lanius (butcher) ludovicianus (Louisiana Territory) Wednesday, November 21, 1979 — 9:30 am Conway, Arkansas — Happy Valley I first saw the shrike on a wire between a yard and a brushy field. It was perched on the wire, looking around. … Continue reading →

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