Category Archives: Wildlife

Bird #55 — Pied-billed Grebe

Posted on September 6, 1979 by Roger

podilymbus (from podi, rump foot, and kolymbos, diver) podiceps (from podus, foot, and caput, head) Thursday, September 6, 1979 — 4:30 pm Barrington, Illinois — Crabtree Nature Center I saw these birds from the blind on Bulrush Pond. The grebes … Continue reading →

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Bird #54 — Pine Siskin

Posted on September 2, 1979 by Roger

carduelis (thistle) pinus (pine) Sunday, September 2, 1979 — 12:00 noon Boulder Junction, Wisconsin There was a small jack pine grove next to an antique store with many feeders. The Pine Siskins were eating sunflower seeds on a feeder hanging … Continue reading →

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Bird #53 — Solitary Sandpiper

Posted on September 2, 1979 by Roger

tringa (a white-rumped water bird) solitaria (solitary) Sunday, September 2, 1979 — 10:00 am Oneida County, Wisconsin — Rainbow Flowage My fiancée and I went to the flowage beach-comb and bird. The water level was low, and a lot of … Continue reading →

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Bird #52 — Hairy Woodpecker

Posted on September 2, 1979 by Roger

picoides (from picus, a woodpecker, and eidos, appearance) villosus (hairy) Sunday, September 2, 1979 — 7:30 am McNaughton, Wisconsin My college roommate and I were standing in a yard at the edge of the woods watching a Red-eyed Vireo (a … Continue reading →

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Bird #51 — Red-eyed Vireo

Posted on September 2, 1979 by Roger

vireo (green) olivaceus (olive-colored) Sunday, September 2, 1979 — 7:30 am McNaughton, Wisconsin My college roommate and I were in the yard of a house in the woods. The vireo was singing in the very top of a tall, dead … Continue reading →

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