Category Archives: Wildlife

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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Bird #20 – Common Loon

Posted on May 30, 1979 by Roger

gavia (sea smew) immer (ember) Wednesday, May 30, 1979 – 7:15 pm Manotowish Waters, Wisconsin – Powell Marsh Wildlife Area The two loons were swimming in an open part of the marsh along an elevated dike.  They swam very low … Continue reading →

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Bird #19 – Killdeer

Posted on May 30, 1979 by Roger

charadrius (a plover and the watery places inhabited by them) vociferus (vocal) Wednesday, May 30, 1979 – 7:15 pm Manotowish Waters, Wisconsin – Powell Marsh Wildlife Area Earlier in the day, when my girlfriend and I were driving up to … Continue reading →

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