Category Archives: Wildlife

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 →

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 →

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 →