Category Archives: Wildlife

junco (rush colored) hyemalis (winter) Friday, September 21, 1979 — 2:15 pm Deerfield, Illinois Six Dark-eyed Juncos were foraging in the grass and weeds along a dirt road on a college campus. The road ran through an area of scrubby … Continue reading →

dendroica (from dendron, tree, and oikein, to dwell) virens (becoming green) Friday, September 21, 1979 — 2:15 pm Deerfield, Illinois This Black-throated Green Warbler was flitting about in the understory of the woods on a college campus.

dendroica (from dendron, tree, and oikein, to dwell) palmarum (palms) Friday, September 21, 1979 — 2:00 pm Deerfield, Illinois This Palm Warbler was foraging on a weed-covered dirt mound in a field between a baseball diamond and woods. It walked … Continue reading →

dendroica (from dendron, tree, and oikein, to dwell) caerulescens (blue) Thursday, September 20, 1979 — 3:15 pm Deerfield, Illinois I spotted this beautiful warbler moving very rapidly through the understory of the woods on a college campus. A few days … Continue reading →

setophaga (from setos, moth, and phagein, to eat) ruticilla, from rutillus, red, and cilla, tail) Tuesday, September 18, 1979 — 2:00 pm Glenview, Illinois — residential area I was on my roofing job when I saw this bird.  It was foraging … Continue reading →