Category Archives: Wildlife

sturnella (diminutive of starling) magna (great) Tuesday, November 20, 1979 — 10:30 am Conway, Arkansas — Happy Valley My fiancée and I were walking through her parents’ backyard when we spotted several meadowlarks. They were feeding in the grass near … Continue reading →

mimus (mimic) polyglottos (many-tongued) Tuesday, November 20, 1979 — 10:00 am Conway, Arkansas — Happy Valley Two mockingbirds were foraging on the lawn and driveway in front of my in-law’s house.

parus (titmouse) bicolor (two-colored) Tuesday, November 20, 1979 — 8:00 am Conway, Arkansas —  Happy Valley Two Tufted Titmice were foraging through the scrubby oaks on the side of the hill across the road from my in-law’s house.

parus (titmouse) carolinensis (of Carolina) Tuesday, November 20, 1979 — 8:00 am Conway, Arkansas — Happy Valley I had survived the ordeal of meeting my in-laws-to-be. Everyone had taken off to work or school and left my fiancée and me … Continue reading →

buteo (hawk) jamaicensis (of Jamaica) Friday, November 16, 1979 — 11:00 am Deerfield, Illinois Two days after I saw the Ring-necked Ducks and Hooded Mergansers (previous posts), I walked to the pond along I-94 again. I don’t recall if I … Continue reading →