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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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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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