Category Archives: Wildlife

Bird #30 – Wood Duck

Posted on July 1, 1979 by Roger

aix (a water bird) sponsa (a bride) Sunday, July 1, 1979 – 3:45 pm Barrington, Illinois – Crabtree Nature Center My fiancee and I spotted a female Wood Duck and seven young swimming and feeding in Sulky Pond near the … Continue reading →

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Bird #29 – Common Yellowthroat

Posted on July 1, 1979 by Roger

geothlypis (from ge, the earth, and thlypis, a kind of finch) trichas (thrush) Sunday, July 1, 1979 – 3:00 pm Barrington, Illinois – Crabtree Nature Center My fiancee and I walked out on a trail through a large prairie. We … Continue reading →

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Bird #28 – Bobolink

Posted on July 1, 1979 by Roger

dolichonyx (dolichos, long, and onux, claw) oryzivorus (rice-eating) Sunday, July 1, 1979 – 1:45 pm Barrington, Illinois – Crabtree Nature Center My fiancee and I were walking along a path across a small field called Turkey Foot Prairie.  A few … Continue reading →

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Bird #27 – Eastern Kingbird

Posted on July 1, 1979 by Roger

tyrannus (monarch, ruler) tyrannus (ditto) Sunday, July 1, 1979 – 1:15 pm Barrington, Illinois – Crabtree Nature Center This was my first visit to Crabtree Nature Center. I went with my fiancee. We were standing on an observation platform looking … Continue reading →

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Bird #26 – Black-capped Chickadee

Posted on June 30, 1979 by Roger

parus (titmouse) atricapillus (from atri, black and capillus, crown) Saturday, June 30, 1979 – 1:30 p.m. Des Plaines, Illinois Exactly 12 hours after proposing to my girlfriend, we were looking out the window of my bedroom into the backyard and … Continue reading →

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