Category Archives: Wildlife

Bird #5 – Blue Jay

Posted on May 13, 1979 by Roger

cyanocitta (from kynos, blue, and kitta, chattering bird) cristata (crested) Sunday, May 13, 1979 – 1:30 pm Des Plaines, Illinois My girlfriend and I spotted two Blue Jays in a Norway maple in a residential area. They were moving around … Continue reading →

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Bird #4 – European Starling

Posted on May 13, 1979 by Roger

sturnus (starling) vulgaris (common) Sunday, May 13, 1979 – 11:01 am Des Plaines, Illinois This starling was foraging on a front lawn in a residential area. For some reason, Starling is the one common neighborhood bird that I hadn’t become … Continue reading →

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Bird #3 – American Robin

Posted on May 13, 1979 by Roger

turdus (a thrush) migratorius (wanderer) Sunday, May 13, 1979 – 11:00 am Des Plaines, Illinois This robin was foraging on a front lawn in a residential area. I didn’t even have to look in my field guide. Good thing, because … Continue reading →

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Bird #2 — Rock Dove

Posted on May 12, 1979 by Roger

columba (a dove or pigeon) livia, (blue, blue-gray, or lead-colored) Saturday, May 12, 1979 — 8:00 p.m. Chicago, Illinois — LaSalle Street First of all, let me state that I know this bird has been renamed “Rock Pigeon,” but that’s … Continue reading →

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Bird #1 — House Sparrow

Posted on May 12, 1979 by Roger

passer (sparrow) domesticus (house, belonging to a household) May 12, 1979 — 4:00 pm Marriott’s Great America Amusement Park — Gurnee, Illinois By the time my final semester at college came along, I’d been thinking about starting a life list … Continue reading →

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