Category Archives: Wildlife

Bird #25 – Downy Woodpecker

Posted on June 26, 1979 by Roger

picoides (from picus, a woodpecker, and eidos, appearance) pubescens (with hairs of puberty) Tuesday, June 26, 1979 – 12:15 pm Highland Park, Illinois – residential area I was on my roofing job.  I had just returned from the lunch break … Continue reading →

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Bird #24 – Red-headed Woodpecker

Posted on June 26, 1979 by Roger

melanerpes (from melanos, black and herpes, a creeper) erythrocephalus (from erythros, red, and kephale, head) Tuesday, June 26, 1979 – 12:00 noon Highland Park, Illinois – Rosewood Park I was on lunch break from my roofing job.  The guy I … Continue reading →

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Bird #23 – Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)

Posted on June 11, 1979 by Roger

colaptes (to peck with bill) discolor (of different colors) Monday, June 11, 1979 – 6:50 am Glencoe, Illinois – residential area off Dundee Road I was driving to work at my roofing job when this flicker flew across the road … Continue reading →

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Bird #22 – Northern Cardinal

Posted on June 8, 1979 by Roger

cardinalis (important dignitary of the Roman Catholic Church who wears scarlet robes) cardinalis, ditto Friday, June 8, 1979 – 3:00 pm Glencoe, Illinois – residential area I was on a roofing job. I had just seen my lifer Chimney Swift … Continue reading →

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Bird #21 – Chimney Swift

Posted on June 8, 1979 by Roger

chaetura (from chaite, stiff hair and oura, tail) pelagica (of the sea) Friday, June 8, 1979 – 2:30 p.m. Glencoe, Illinois – residential area During the summer, I worked for a roofer in Glencoe, Illinois. Shortly after I began the … Continue reading →

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