Category Archives: Wildlife

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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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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