Category Archives: Wildlife

Bird #35 — Green Heron

Posted on July 29, 1979 by Roger

butorides (bittern) striatus (unknown) Sunday, July 29, 1979 — 1:30 pm Barrington, Illinois — Crabtree Nature Center Two Green Herons were standing motionless on a fallen tree in the marsh at the end of Bulrush Pond. … Continue reading →

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Bird #34 — Great Blue Heron

Posted on July 29, 1979 by Roger

ardea (heron) herodias (heron) Sunday, July 29, 1979 — 12:00 noon Barrington, Illinois — Crabtree Nature Center The herons were standing on a mudflat by the water’s edge on the island in Crabtree Lake.

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Bird #33 — Mallard

Posted on July 29, 1979 by Roger

anas (duck) platyrynchos (from platys, broad or flat, and rhynchos, beak) Sunday, July 29, 1979 — 10:00 am Barrington, Illinois — Crabtree Nature Center The Mallards were feeding in amongst the dead trees and stumps in Bulrush Pond about 30 … Continue reading →

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Bird #32 — Mourning Dove

Posted on July 20, 1979 by Roger

zenaida (applied by Charles Lucien Bonaparte, French zoologist, in 1838, in honor of his wife, Princess Zenaide Charlotte Julie Bonaparte) macroura (from makros, long, and oura, tail) Friday, July 20, 1979 — 8:00 am Golf, Illinois — residential area I … Continue reading →

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Bird #31 – Canada Goose

Posted on July 1, 1979 by Roger

branta (to burn) canadensis (of Canada) Sunday, July 1, 1979 – 4:15 pm Barrington, Illinois – Crabtree Nature Center My fiancee and I ended our first visit to Crabtree with a stop at a blind on Crabtree Lake. The geese … Continue reading →

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