Category Archives: Wildlife

charadrius (a plover and the watery places inhabited by such birds) semipalmatus (from semi, half, and palma, hand) Saturday, September 1, 1979 — 12:30 pm Ottawa National Forest, Michigan — Black River Harbor My fiancée and I were walking east … Continue reading →

larus (ravenous seabird) argentatus (silvery) Saturday, September 1, 1979 — 11:30 am Ottawa National Forest, Michigan — Black River Harbor My fiancée and I walked out to the end of a rock breakwater that extended about 150 yards into Lake … Continue reading →

mergus (diver) merganser (from mergere, to plunge, and anser, goose) Saturday, September 1, 1979 — 11:00 am Ottawa National Forest, Michigan — Black River Harbor My fiancée and I were crossing the suspension bridge across the Black River on our … Continue reading →

capella (diminutive of caper, goat, in allusion to its goat-like bleating sounds during territorial flights) gallinago (a hen) Saturday, September 1, 1979 — 8:00 am Manotowish Waters, Wisconsin — Powell Marsh Wildlife Area My fiancée and I spent a weekend … Continue reading →

toxostoma (from toxon, bow, and stema, bill) rufum (red or rufous) Tuesday, August 28, 1979 — 5:30 pm Northbrook, Illinois — residential area I saw this Brown Thrasher while on my roofing job. I call it a residential area, but … Continue reading →